The OTF prediction competition

[Logan Mountstuart]

Latvia 3-0 Faroe Islands
Portugal 1-1 France
Sweden 0-1 Croatia
Germany 3-0 Ukraine
Switzerland 0-2 Spain
Azerbaijan 0-0 Montenegro
Cyprus 2-0 Luxembourg
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Fleetwood Town
Colchester United 2-0 Leyton Orient
Manchester United Women 1-3 Manchester City Women

1-0, 3-0.

[irony towers]

Latvia 0-1 Faroe Islands
Portugal 2-0 France
Sweden 1-2 Croatia
Germany 3-0 Ukraine
Switzerland 1-1 Spain
Azerbaijan 0-2 Montenegro
Cyprus 0-1 Luxembourg
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Fleetwood Town
Colchester United 2-1 Leyton Orient
Manchester United Women 2-2 Manchester City Women

Malta (0) 1-0 (0) Andorra

[Jah Womble]

I'm intrigued that most people post their predictions thus:

Latvia 1-1 Faroe Islands

,,,which involves deleting the "v" in Sean's posts as well as using the space bar more:

[Latvia v Faroe Islands]

,,,and not as I and Guy do it:

Latvia v Faroe Islands 2-0

,,,which seems much quicker.

It might be quicker, but it’s less aesthetically-pleasing to me - and makes one read it in an odd way.

I like them to look like final scores, as though emerging from the teleprinter.

[irony towers]

Ah, now if you wanted teleprinterese, Jah, you'd go for Latvia 1 Faroe Islands 0. Its later incarnation, the vidiprinter, would sometimes wink its cursor tantalisingly for a few seconds having got as far as Chelsea 1 Tottenham Hotspur ...

You're probably alluding to the Final Score tabulation. Len Martin, Frank Bough, eh? Torquay United evening kick-off at 7:30. Telegram claims for 23 or 24 points. Marvellous.

[Sits]

It might be quicker, but it’s less aesthetically-pleasing to me - and makes one read it in an odd way.

I like them to look like final scores, as though emerging from the teleprinter.

Yes

[Sean of the Shed]

Latest scores:

longeared 7 81
Sean of the Shed 5 73
Jah Womble 6 72
Logan Mountstuart 6 68
irony towers 10 67
CY_Boaby 5 67
nmrfox 8 66
Sporting 10 62
ad hoc 10 59
Merseybeast 8 52
Guy Profumo 8 51
Sits 3 49
pebblethefish 1 48
Duncan Gardner 1 43

Longeared now leads by eight points from myself in second place with Jah Womble just one point further back in third. Top scorers were Sporting, irony towers and ad hoc, who all scored ten.
Nobody predicted Malta coming from behind with 3 second half goals after going in at half time losing 1-0.

[Sean of the Shed]

Saturday's games:

Newcastle United v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley v Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough v Norwich City
Wigan Athletic v Oxford United
Stevenage v Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian v Celtic
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona

First game kicks off at 12:30pm GMT. For the three point bonus predict which player gets the first yellow (or straight red) card in the Spurs v Man City game.

[Sporting]

Newcastle United 1 Chelsea 2
Aston Villa 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2 Manchester City 1
Manchester United 3 West Bromwich Albion 1
Barnsley 1 Nottingham Forest 1
Middlesbrough 1 Norwich City 1
Wigan Athletic 0 Oxford United 1
Stevenage 0 Bolton Wanderers 2
Hibernian 0 Celtic 2
Atletico Madrid 1 Barcelona 3

Matt Doherty

[ad hoc]

Brighton 2 Hove Albion 0

Woah. Serious derby.

[Sean of the Shed]

And that's another reason to put the scores in the middle as well.

[Sporting]

Edited!

[Jah Womble]

Ah, now if you wanted teleprinterese, Jah, you'd go for Latvia 1 Faroe Islands 0. Its later incarnation, the vidiprinter, would sometimes wink its cursor tantalisingly for a few seconds having got as far as Chelsea 1 Tottenham Hotspur ...

You're probably alluding to the Final Score tabulation. Len Martin, Frank Bough, eh? Torquay United evening kick-off at 7:30. Telegram claims for 23 or 24 points. Marvellous.

Maybe so. I definitely like that style of ‘final score’ layout, however - it’s perhaps more ‘Sunday papers’ than teleprinter. (Not having this ‘Man Utd v Spurs 1-6’-layout though. Apart from the points already raised, putting ‘vs’ makes folk read it as ‘versus’, rather than ‘v’ which is frankly ugly.)

[Sits]

Newcastle United 1-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester City
Manchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 1-0 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Oxford United
Stevenage 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 0-1 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

Heung Min Son

[irony towers]

I sense the genesis of a cabal of ideologues intent on Taking Back Control of the prediction scoreline format.

Shall we take this to a referendum?

[Sporting]

I sense the genesis of a cabal of ideologues intent on Taking Back Control of the prediction scoreline format.

Shall we take this to a referendum?

It's all my fault, shoot me now!

But elsewhere:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/socc...1794-s310.html

[Sean of the Shed]

Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea
Aston Villa 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Manchester City
Manchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 0-2 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 0-2 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Oxford United
Stevenage 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 1-2 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

Dier

[Sean of the Shed]

I sense the genesis of a cabal of ideologues intent on Taking Back Control of the prediction scoreline format.

Shall we take this to a referendum?

No need for a referendum, this competition is under totalitarian rule. Anyone deviating from the desired format should consider themselves lucky I am not implementing points deductions.

[Guy Profumo]

I still think we should be using ISO 8601 format…

[nmrfox]

Newcastle United 0-3 Chelsea
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester City
Manchester United 1-2 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 1-1 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Oxford United
Stevenage 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 1-3 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 2-2 Barcelona

Kyle Walker

[Jah Womble]

Newcastle Utd 1-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 3-2 Brighton & HA
Tottenham H 2-2 Manchester C
Manchester Utd 3-0 WBA
Barnsley 0-1 Nottingham F
Middlesbrough 1-2 Norwich C
Wigan Ath 1-0 Oxford Utd
Stevenage 0-0 Bolton W
Hibernian 1-4 Celtic
A Madrid 1-2 Barcelona

First card = Serge Aurier

[pebblethefish]

Newcastle United 0 v 3 Chelsea
Aston Villa 4 v 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 1 Manchester City
Manchester United 2 v 1 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 0 v 2 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 0 v 0 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 2 v 1 Oxford United
Stevenage 0 v 2 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 1 v 1 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 3 v 2 Barcelona

Lucas Moura

[longeared]

Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City
Manchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 0-0 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Oxford United
Stevenage 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 0-3 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 2-2 Barcelona

Kyle Walker

[Merseybeast]

Newcastle United v Chelsea 0-2
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City 1-1
Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion 2-0
Barnsley v Nottingham Forest 0-1
Middlesbrough v Norwich City 1-0
Wigan Athletic v Oxford United 1-2
Stevenage v Bolton Wanderers 1-2
Hibernian v Celtic 1-3
Atletico Madrid v Barcelona 2-0

First Card: Harry Kane

[Guy Profumo]

Saturday's games:

Newcastle United 2 v 1 Chelsea
Aston Villa 3 v 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 1 Manchester City
Manchester United 3 v 1 West Bromwich Albion
Barnsley 1 v 1Nottingham Forest
Middlesbrough 1 v 1 Norwich City
Wigan Athletic 1 v 3 Oxford United
Stevenage 1 v 2 Bolton Wanderers
Hibernian 2 v 1 Celtic
Atletico Madrid 2 v 1 Barcelona

First game kicks off at 12:30pm GMT. For the three point bonus predict which player gets the first yellow (or straight red) card in the Spurs v Man City game.

Son

(Happy now?)

[Sean of the Shed]

I'm not keen on the 'v' in the middle to be honest.