Championship Table Prediction Game

[TomPNE94]

So I was bored.. and worked out the average predicted league table based on all 41 entries.

Are the collective minds of 1FF smarter than Ian Holloway?


1. Newcastle
2. Norwich
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3. Derby
4. Sheff Wed
5. Brighton
6. Aston Villa
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7. Wolves
8. Ipswich
9. Leeds
10. Birmingham
11. Brentford
12. QPR
13. Bristol City
14. Huddersfield
15. Preston
16. Cardiff
17. Nottm Forest
18. Wigan
19. Fulham
20. Reading
21. Barnsley
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22. Blackburn
23. Rotherham
24. Burton


99% accuracy guaranteed. Removed MATT_WWFC's entry as he loved Birmingham City so much he wanted to include them twice.

I've got the averaged out table in the leaderboard

 

[City169]

I was one of the few who didn't put Burton bottom

 

[hodge]

I was one of the few who didn't put Burton bottom

 

[City169]

Yes

 

[TomPNE94]

£14 billion pounds richer, making 20m bids for players and some of you have us to finish 16th-20th?

I will enjoy revisiting this thread at the end of the season.

Hi Mark

 

[JaseTheVillain]

You have Norwich twice (4th and 7th).

1. Newcastle United
2. Sheffield Wednesday
3. Derby County
4. Norwich City
5. Leeds United
6. Aston Villa
7. Bristol City
8. Ipswich Town
9. Huddersfield Town
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers
11. Preson North End
12. Barnsley
13. Brighton & Hove Albion
14. Brentford
15. Queens Park Rangers
16. Small Heath Alliance
17. Nottingham Forest
18. Cardiff City
19. Reading
20. Blackburn Rovers
21. Wigan Athletic
22. Burton Albion
23. Rotherham United
24. Fulham

Bold are within 2 positions of what I said (up or down), underlined are over 4 off. Not that bad really, I'm clearly better at predicting mid-table mediocrity than anything else though. Of course, much can change in 10 games.

 

[hodge]

Screw it, going for it now.

1 - Newcastle
2 - Norwich
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3 - Derby
4 - Aston Villa
5 - Brentford
6 - Brighton
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7 - Cardiff
8 - Sheffield Wednesday
9 - Ipswich
10 - Huddersfield
11 - Bristol City
12 - Leeds
13 - Birmingham
14 - Nottingham Forest
15 - Wigan
16 - Preston
17 - QPR
18 - Reading
19 - Wolves
20 - Blackburn
21 - Fulham
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22 - Barnsley
23 - Rotherham
24 - Burton

Can I just swap us and Barnsley?

Edit - Did Jase's thing, pretty shit

 

[JJH]

1) Newcastle United
2) Derby City
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3) Norwich City
4) Sheffield Wednesday
5) Brighton
6) Aston Villa
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7) Huddersfield Town
8) Leeds United
9) Wolves
10) Fulham
11) Bristol City
12) Ipswich Town
13) Brentford
14) QPR
15) PNE
16) Blackburn Rovers
17) Birmingham City
18) Malaysian Red Dragons
19) Reading
20) Nottingham Forest
21) Barnsley
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22) Wigan Athletic
23) Rotherham United
24) Burton Albion

Reading I'm really not sure about, they've made some relatively unknown signings and have an unproven manager, so I may well be miles out on that one. We'll see.

8/24 highlighted, most aren't far out either.

Ones I got massive wrong were Derby, Reading, us, Barnsley, Wolves & Villa.

 

[TomPNE94]

8/24 highlighted, most aren't far out either.

Ones I got massive wrong were Derby, Reading, us, Barnsley, Wolves & Villa.

And us

 

[JJH]

And us

Only six places, if you only win 2/3 between now and the end of the season you could still finish there quite easily

 

[markwwfc1992]

Hi Mark

Oh, the big plan is that Dicko is going to score about 20 against you in our game at Molineux

 

[roversfan2001]

1. Newcastle United
2. Sheffield Wednesday
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3. Aston Villa
4. Norwich City
5. Derby County
6. Ipswich Town
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7. Brighton*
8. Brentford
9. Birmingham City
10. Wolves
11. Wigan Athletic
12. Bristol City
13. Blackburn Rovers
14. Huddersfield Town
15. Cardiff City
16. Preston North End
17. Nottingham Forest
18. QPR
19. Reading
20. Leeds United
21. Fulham
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22. Barnsley
23. Rotherham United
24. Burton Albion

* I don't think they will come so high but I'm not re-doing my entire table for the sake of some soft southerners

Wigan in 11th. Might as well give up.

 

[Madejski]

 

[roversfan2001]

1. Newcastle United 1st - 0 points
2. Sheffield Wednesday 4th - 2 points
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3. Aston Villa 13th - 10 points
4. Norwich City 8th - 4 points
5. Derby County 9th - 4 points
6. Ipswich Town 16th - 10 points
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7. Brighton 2nd - 5 points
8. Brentford 10th - 2 points
9. Birmingham City 19th - 10 points
10. Wolves 15th - 5 points
11. Wigan Athletic 23rd - 12 points
12. Bristol City 17th - 5 points
13. Blackburn Rovers 22nd - 9 points
14. Huddersfield Town 5th - 9 points
15. Cardiff City 12th - 3 points
16. Preston North End 11th - 5 points
17. Nottingham Forest 21st - 4 points
18. QPR 18th - 0 points
19. Reading 3rd - 16 points
20. Leeds United 7th - 13 points
21. Fulham 6th - 15 points
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22. Barnsley 14th - 8 points
23. Rotherham United 24th - 1 point
24. Burton Albion 20th - 4 points

Erm. 156 points. Got a lot of teams horribly wrong and not a lot close to correct.

 

[JJH]

Feeling strangely confident about the upcoming season in terms of our chances. Could do with a dose of pessimism, though I'm sure it'll hit me like a stone when we're 0-3 down at HT on the opening day against Wigan.

1) Newcastle United - 0
2) Derby City - 7
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3) Norwich City - 5
4) Sheffield Wednesday - 0
5) Brighton - 3
6) Aston Villa - 6
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7) Huddersfield Town - 2
8) Leeds United - 1
9) Wolves - 6
10) Fulham - 4
11) Bristol City - 6
12) Ipswich Town - 4
13) Brentford - 3
14) QPR - 4
15) PNE - 4
16) Blackburn Rovers - 6
17) Birmingham City - 2
18) Malaysian Red Dragons - 6
19) Reading - 16
20) Nottingham Forest - 1
21) Barnsley - 7
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22) Wigan Athletic - 1
23) Rotherham United - 1
24) Burton Albion - 4

Reading I'm really not sure about, they've made some relatively unknown signings and have an unproven manager, so I may well be miles out on that one. We'll see.

99 places out. Not too bad.

Last paragraph was spot on as well, unknown quantity.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

1. Newcastle United - 0
2. Sheffield Wednesday - 2
3. Derby County - 6
4. Norwich City - 4
5. Leeds United - 2
6. Aston Villa - 7
7. Bristol City - 10
8. Ipswich Town - 8
9. Huddersfield Town - 4
10. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 5
11. Preson North End - 0
12. Barnsley - 2
13. Brighton & Hove Albion - 11
14. Brentford - 4
15. Queens Park Rangers - 3
16. Small Heath Alliance - 3
17. Nottingham Forest - 4
18. Cardiff City - 6
19. Reading - 16
20. Blackburn Rovers - 2
21. Wigan Athletic - 2
22. Burton Albion - 2
23. Rotherham United - 1
24. Fulham - 18

Fulham and Reading hurt... Done alright on most others, two perfects, got Blackburn, Wigan and Burton in the wrong order. I'm clearly an idiot when it comes to predicting the promotion race this season, with Fulham finishing 18 positions above where I had them, Reading 16 places and Brighton 11 places.


Final score of 122 by my calculations.

 

[Luke_1884]

136 point for moi.

Best predictions; Newcastle 1st (1st), Blackburn 22nd (22nd) and Bristol City 16th (17th).

Worst predictions; Huddersfield 21st (5th), Reading 14th (3rd) and Birmingham 9th (19th).

 

[Ciderhead]

Oi TomPNE94 this is your job!

 

[AnkleBiter]

1) Newcastle 0
2) Sheff Weds 2
3) Brighton 1
4) Norwich 4
5) Derby 4
6) Villa 7
7) Wolves 8
8) Leeds 1
9) Huddersfield 4
10) Bristol City 7
11) Fulham 5
12) QPR 6
13) Ipswich 3
14) Brentford 4
15) Birmingham 4
16) Barnsley 2
17) Reading 14
18) Preston 7
19) Cardiff 7
20) Forest 1
21) Wigan 2
22) Burton 2
23) Blackburn 1
24) Rotherham 0

96

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Reading and us seem to have fucked a lot of people, also no one had any clue how Fulham would go considering the variety in places they've been placed.

 

[Ciderhead]

Reading and us seem to have fucked a lot of people, also no one had any clue how Fulham would go considering the variety in places they've been placed.

Last couple of years I wrongly had Fulham to do well, so i thought I wouldn't make that mistake this year..

 

[Veggie Legs]

114 for me, at least I'm not the worst.
Best: Newcastle, Sheff Wed, Bristol City, Blackburn (0)
Worst: QPR (who knows what I was thinking?), Reading, Fulham (13)


1. Newcastle (0)
2. Norwich (6)
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3. Derby (6)
4. Wednesday (0)
5. QPR (13)
6. Villa (7)
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7. Brighton (5)
8. Ipswich (8)
9. Leeds (2)
10. Huddersfield (5)
11. Wolves (4)
12. Brentford (2)
13. Birmingham (6)
14. Cardiff (2)
15. Preston (4)
16. Reading (13)
17. Bristol City (0)
18. Wigan (5)
19. Fulham (13)
20. Forest (1)
21. Barnsley (7)
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22. Blackburn (0)
23. Rotherham (1)
24. Burton (4)

 

[hodge]

Screw it, going for it now.

1 - Newcastle (0)
2 - Norwich (6)
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3 - Derby (6)
4 - Aston Villa (9)
5 - Brentford (5)
6 - Brighton (4)
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7 - Cardiff (5)
8 - Sheffield Wednesday (4)
9 - Ipswich (7)
10 - Huddersfield (5)
11 - Bristol City (6)
12 - Leeds (5)
13 - Birmingham (6)
14 - Nottingham Forest (7)
15 - Wigan (8)
16 - Preston (5)
17 - QPR (1)
18 - Reading (15)
19 - Wolves (4)
20 - Blackburn (2)
21 - Fulham (15)
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22 - Barnsley (8)
23 - Rotherham (1)
24 - Burton (4)

138

Best guesses - Newcastle (0), QPR (1), Blackburn (2)
Worst guesses - Reading (15), Fulham (15)

After the two bad guesses Villa at 9 being the next worst isn't so bad I suppose.

 

[TomPNE94]

Wolves 19th bahahahahahaha

that's almost as funny as Leeds 22nd

oh wait Fulham 7th, i'm in stitches

 

[TomPNE94]

1) Newcastle (0)
2) Norwich (6)
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3) Brighton (1)
4) Sheffield Wednesday (0)
5) Derby (4)
6) Aston Villa (7)
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7) Huddersfield (2)
8) Wolves (7)
9) Birmingham (10)
10) Bristol City (7)
11) QPR (7)
12) Ipswich (4)
13) Brentford (3)
14) Preston (3)
15) Leeds (8)
16) Fulham (10)
17) Reading (14)
18) Blackburn (4)
19) Forest (2)
20) Wigan (3)
21) Barnsley (7)
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22) Cardiff (10)
23) Rotherham (1)
24) Burton (4)

124. Meh.

 

[JustinQPR]

1. Newcastle 0
2. Derby 7
3. Norwich 5
4. Aston Villa 9
5. Sheff Wed 1
6. Brighton 4
7. Wolves 8
8. Leeds 1
9. Birmingham 10
10. QPR 8
11. Bristol City 6
12. Ipswich 4
13. Cardiff 1
14. Brentford 4
15. Preston 4
16. Huddersfield 11
17. Nottm Forest 4
18. Wigan 5
19. Barnsley 5
20. Fulham 14
21. Reading 18
22. Rotherham 2
23. Burton 3
24. Blackburn 2

136

 

[Ciderhead]

Fine.

Good idea. Might as well go now, I'll be miles off anyway

1. Norwich (7)
2. Newcastle (1)
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3. Derby (6)
4. Sheff Wed (0)
5. Huddersfield (0)
6. Aston Villa (7)
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7. Brighton (5)
8. Brentford (2)
9. QPR (9)
10. Bristol City (7)
11. Ipswich (5)
12. Nottm Forest (9)
13. Birmingham (6)
14. Wigan (9)
15. Cardiff (3)
16. Fulham (10)
17. Wolves (2)
18. Leeds (11)
19. Barnsley (5)
20. Preston (9)
21. Reading (18)
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22. Rotherham (2)
23. Blackburn (1)
24. Burton Albion (4)

138. Pleased with Sheffield and Huddersfield, not so much with everyone else..