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    How Far Dare You Go? Football Prediction Game 2022-23

    A prediction game with a bit of jeopardy.

    I am going to ask eight questions about footballing events over the 2022-23 season. For each question you can give between one and five answers. For your first correct answer you get one point. For your second correct answer you get two points. Further correct answers give three, four and five points. Points for each question are cumulative, so if you provide five correct answers to a question, you will get 1+2+3+4+5 = 15 points. HOWEVER if any of the answers you give are incorrect, then you get zero for the question.

    As an example, if at the start of last season I asked the question "Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2022-23" and received the following answers:
    A - Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham
    B - Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham

    Player A gave three answers which were all correct, so gets 1+2+3 = 6 points
    Player B gave four correct answers, but gave one incorrect answer and so gets 0 points for the question

    Questions for this season (maximum five answers per question):
    1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2023-24
    2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup
    3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership
    4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals
    5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship
    6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League
    7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League
    8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season

    A maximum of 120 points are available.

    Entries close at 7pm on Friday 5th August

    #2
    Ooh

    This is quite diabolical

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      #3
      1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2023-24
      Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal

      2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup
      Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Canada,

      3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership
      Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen

      4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals
      Saleh, Son, Kane, de Bruyne,

      5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship
      Blackpool, Luton, Wigan

      6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League
      Real Madrid, Barcelona. PSG, Bayern, Milan

      7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League
      Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd

      8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season
      ten Hag, Klopp, Guardiola, Conte
      Last edited by Sporting; 30-07-2022, 06:10.

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        #4
        Some brave guesses for question 5 Sporting

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          #5
          Originally posted by Southport Zeb View Post
          Some brave guesses for question 5 Sporting
          ah...Will edit!

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            #6


            Questions for this season (maximum five answers per question):
            1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2023-24

            Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal

            2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup

            Iran, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Tunisia

            3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership

            Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Aberdeen

            4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals

            Salah, Haaland, Kane, Jesus, Vardy

            5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship

            Birmingham, Reading, Stoke, Rotherham, Wigan

            6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League

            Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, PSG, Liverpool

            7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League

            Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United

            8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season

            Klopp, Guardiola, Ten Haag, Conte, Arteta


            Last edited by Discordant Resonance; 30-07-2022, 15:30.

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              #7
              1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2023-24
              Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal

              2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup
              Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Costa Rica, Canada

              3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership
              Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Dundee United

              4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals
              Haaland, Salah, Kane, Son, Sterling

              5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship
              Birmingham, Rotherham, Bristol City, Huddersfield, Reading

              6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League
              Man City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG

              7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League
              Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal

              8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season
              Klopp, Pep, ten Hag, Gerrard, Moyes

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                #8

                Questions for this season (maximum five answers per question):
                1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2023-24

                Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

                2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup

                Iran, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Tunisia

                3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership

                Rangers, Celtic, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen

                4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals

                Salah, Haaland, Kane, Jesus, Nunez

                5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship

                Birmingham, Reading, Wigan, Rotherham, Bristol City

                6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League

                Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, PSG, Liverpool

                7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League

                Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Everton

                8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season

                Klopp, Guardiola, Ten Haag, Conte, Moyes

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                  #9
                  1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2022-23
                  Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd

                  2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup
                  Australia, Canada, Cameroon, Costa Rica

                  3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership
                  Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen

                  4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals
                  Saleh, Wilson, Jesus, Sterling, Haaland

                  5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship
                  Reading, Birmingham, Rotherham, Bristol C

                  6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League
                  Man C, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, PSG

                  7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League
                  Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd

                  8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season
                  Howe, Klopp, Guardiola, Arteta
                  Last edited by ale; 30-07-2022, 20:31.

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                    #10
                    This deserves more contestants, btw.

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                      #11
                      1 - Name an English club that will qualify for European competition in 2022-23
                      Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham

                      2 - Name a team that will be knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup
                      Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada

                      3 - Name a club that will finish in the top six of the Scottish Premiership
                      Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibernian

                      4 - Name a player who will score 10 or more Premier League goals
                      Haaland, Salah, Kane, Sterling, Son

                      5 - Name a club that will finish in the bottom half of the Championship
                      Rotherham, Reading, Birmingham, Wigan, Blackpool,

                      6 - Name a club that qualifies for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League
                      Manchester City, Real Madrid, Liverpool, PSG, Bayern Munich,

                      7 - Name a club that will finish in the top half of the Women's Super League
                      Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea

                      8 - Name a Premier League manager who will be in position at the same club for the first and last matches of the season
                      Klopp, Guardiola, Conte, ten Hag, Cooper
                      Last edited by nmrfox; 06-08-2022, 08:47.

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                        #12
                        nmrfox - only the first five answers per question will be accepted

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Southport Zeb View Post
                          nmrfox - only the first five answers per question will be accepted
                          And I was being so daring! I'll revise in the morning Zeb.

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                            #14
                            Following the end of the Champions League group stage we have our first points on the board. Contestants can essentially be split into those who selected Barcelona and those who didn't. Sporting, Discordant Resonance and ursus arctos were the unlucky three.

                            A couple of categories have had some progress without being complete. Two players have already scored at least ten Premier League goals (Haaland and Kane). All entrants selected at least one of these players, with four selecting both. In the table below I have included these points, but they are only provisional as they are dependent on the other selected players also reaching ten goals.

                            Five Premier League managers have lost their jobs since the start of the season. Only one of those was selected - Gerrard by Sean of the Shed who will thus not get any points for Question 8.

                            Current table
                            18 nmrfox (15 confirmed + 3 provisional)
                            18 Sean of the Shed (15 + 3)
                            16 ale (15 + 1)
                            2 Discordant Resonance (0 + 2)
                            1 Sporting (0 + 1)
                            1 ursus arctos (0 + 1)

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                              #15
                              Bar a very improbable improvement, fair to say Vardy won't get 10 goals either!

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                                #16
                                For question 2 (sides knocked out in the group stage of the World Cup), nobody selected a team in Groups G or H, so this category is now closed.

                                28 answers were provided (2 contestants opted to select only four nations) but there was a lot of agreement with only 9 different nations being selected. Iran and Saudi Arabia were the most popular selections (5 each), followed by Canada, Costa Rica and Tunisia (4 each). The consensus on this occasion turned out to be correct, and picking these five would garner the full 15 points. One player selected these five nations, and so Sean of the Shed takes full marks for this round. Sporting selected four of these nations, but apparently thought Costa Rica were in with a chance. However they didn't choose another country in their place and so take just 10 points.

                                The big mistake in this round turned out to be selecting Australia, with three players predicting incorrectly that they would fall at the first hurdle. ursus arctos managed to sidestep that particular mine, but unfortunately didn't foresee Japan knocking out Germany tonight.

                                Current table
                                33 Sean of the Shed (30 confirmed + 3 provisional)
                                18 nmrfox (15 + 3)
                                16 ale (15 + 1)
                                11 Sporting (10 + 1)
                                3 Discordant Resonance (0 + 3)
                                3 ursus arctos (0 + 3)

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                                  #17
                                  Returning to this.

                                  Question 1 - English clubs qualifying for Europe.
                                  Five players selected five clubs, and all scored zero after picking Chelsea (nmrfox and ursus arctos managed to eliminate themselves twice by also selecting Tottenham). Sporting held back and only selected four clubs, but both Manchester Clubs, Arsenal, and Liverpool qualified and get him 10 points.

                                  Question 3 - Top half finishers in the Scottish Premiership.
                                  Everybody selected Celtic, Hearts, and Rangers. Sporting, Discordant Resonance, and ale all added just Aberdeen and so take 10 points. nmrfox and ursus arctos had those four, and also selected Hibernian to take 15 points. This leaves Sean of the Shed who correctly picked Celtic, Rangers, Hearts and Hibs. However his fifth selection, Dundee United, emphatically missed the top half and instead finished bottom.

                                  Question 4 - 10+ goal scorers in the Premier League
                                  This category was the only one in which all entrants scored zero, with each entry including one player who failed to reach double figures. ursus arctos came closest to scoring, with Darwin Nunez scoring nine. Sporting had de Bruyne, who got seven. Raheem Sterling scored just six, which eliminated Sean of the Shed, ale and nmrfox. Furthest off was Discordant Resonance, who picked Jamie Vardy, who managed just three goals.

                                  Question 5 - Bottom half finishers in the Championship.
                                  This was the highest scoring category, with four players getting the maximum 15 with five correct selections. ale was a bit warier, picking just four clubs, but all were correct, so gets 10 points. Wariest of all was Sporting, who selected three clubs - unfortunately one of these was Luton Town, so zero points.

                                  Question 7 - Top half finishers in the WSL.
                                  Another high scoring category. Everyone selected Arsenal, Chelsea, and the two Manchester clubs. Most held it there and scored 10 points. Sean of the Shed and ursus arctos both gambled by adding a Merseyside club - ursus arctos picked Everton and scored 15, Sean of the Shed picked Liverpool and scored 0.

                                  Question 8 - Premier League managers surviving the season.
                                  Just one scorer here, with ale correctly predicting four managers who lasted the season and so gets 10 points. Antonio Conte eliminated four players, whilst Sean of the Shed had too much faith in Steven Gerard's abilities.

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                                    #18
                                    Final Scores:
                                    =1 - ale, nmrfox - 55 points
                                    =3 - Sean of the Shed, ursus arctos - 45 points
                                    5 - Sporting - 40 points
                                    6 - Discordant Resonance - 35 points

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                                      #19
                                      Thanks for running this Southport Zeb, great fun. Just wish my team was as good on the pitch as i seem to be at OTF prediction competitions.

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