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    Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

    Yes folks, Serie A restarts this weekend, and with it the reasonably popular OTF prediction league. Ursus minor and I both hope that a number of our newer posters with an interest in things Italian will choose to join the usual suspects (Martlets, Bruno, we're looking at you, not chewing a brick).

    But before we get down to business, a tribute to last season's very worthy Champion*



    Unlike anything else involving Italian football, the rules for our competition don't change every year. We will post five matches a week (no later than Friday morning, we hope, and trying to include "big" games and all major derbies) and ask you to submit 1X2 "Totocalcio style" (i.e., home win=1, draw=X, away win=2) predictions for each of them, along with score predictions for the two matches highlighted in bold.

    Correct result predictions earn you one point; correct score predictions get (at a total of) three points. The maximum score in any one week is therefore nine points, which has never been recorded in the history of the competition. We try to post each week's results and a current table on Monday.

    And here are this week's matches (starting times are in CET):

    Sampdoria - Inter (Sat 20h30)
    Atalanta - Siena (Sun 15h00)
    Cagliari - Lazio (Sun 15h00)
    Roma - Napoli (Sun 15h00)
    Fiorentina - Juventus (Sun 20h30)


    And just to get things started, here are my picks:

    Sampdoria - Inter 2
    Atalanta - Siena 1
    Cagliari - Lazio 1
    Roma - Napoli 1 (2-1)
    Fiorentina - Juventus 2 (1-2)


    And those of ursus minor:

    Sampdoria - Inter X
    Atalanta - Siena X
    Cagliari - Lazio 2
    Roma - Napoli 1 (3-1)
    Fiorentina - Juventus 2 (0-1)


    Bocca a lupo to everyone.

    * ad hoc, we would be happy to send you a mounted hard copy of this memento for your trophy room, just pm me a postal address.

    #2
    Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

    Sampdoria - Inter 2
    Atalanta - Siena 1
    Cagliari - Lazio 1
    Roma - Napoli 1 (2-0)
    Fiorentina - Juventus X (0-0)

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      #3
      Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

      Gracias Lodzu!

      BTW, we are going to be travelling this weekend (not with Inter, unfortunately), so results and tables are likely not to appear until Tuesday morning.

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        #4
        Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

        Thanks for doing this again Ursus family.

        Congrats Ad Hoc.

        Sampdoria - Inter X
        Atalanta - Siena 1
        Cagliari - Lazio 1
        Roma - Napoli X (1-1)
        Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)

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          #5
          Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

          I will endeavour to predict more than one week of matches, this season.

          Sampdoria - Inter 2
          Atalanta - Siena 1
          Cagliari - Lazio X
          Roma - Napoli X (1-1)
          Fiorentina - Juventus 2 (0-1)

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            #6
            Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

            Sampdoria - Inter 1
            Atalanta - Siena X
            Cagliari - Lazio 1
            Roma - Napoli 1 (3-1)
            Fiorentina - Juventus 1 (2-1)

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              #7
              Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

              Sampdoria - Inter 2
              Atalanta - Siena X
              Cagliari - Lazio X
              Roma - Napoli 1 (2-0)
              Fiorentina - Juventus X (2-2)

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                #8
                Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                Grazi Ursus. I have already made room on my mantelpiece for the scudetto.

                Sampdoria - Inter (Sat 20h30) 2
                Atalanta - Siena (Sun 15h00) X
                Cagliari - Lazio (Sun 15h00) X
                Roma - Napoli (Sun 15h00) 1 (2-1)
                Fiorentina - Juventus (Sun 20h30)
                X (2-2)

                Based on last year just put me down for a draw for any Torino game.

                Ale Toro!

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                  #9
                  Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                  I think I'll have a go this year, though as I refuse to predict Juve to win any game, I doubt I'll be setting the pace.

                  Sampdoria - Inter (Sat 20h30) X
                  Atalanta - Siena (Sun 15h00) 1
                  Cagliari - Lazio (Sun 15h00) X
                  Roma - Napoli (Sun 15h00) 1-1
                  Fiorentina - Juventus (Sun 20h30) 2-1

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                    #10
                    Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                    Yeah, I'll be attempting to participate for more than a few weeks this time. Cool trophy, too.

                    Sampdoria - Inter X
                    Atalanta - Siena 1
                    Cagliari - Lazio 1
                    Roma - Napoli 1 (2-1)
                    Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)

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                      #11
                      Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                      Sampdoria - Inter (2)
                      Atalanta - Siena (x)
                      Cagliari - Lazio (x)
                      Roma - Napoli 1 (1-0)
                      Fiorentina - Juventus x (0-0)

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                        #12
                        Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                        Im a lot more confident of taking the title this season having just purchased a copy of "Calcio Italia" from WH Smiths in Liverpool Street station on the way home from work today.
                        This I feel should help provide the info that'll make the difference over the coming season.............Zengas at Catania!!!!...Giuly out and Riise in!!!!..... Manninger at Siena!!!!..... Has Diego Tristan jumped the sinking Livorno ship yet???

                        S v I 2
                        A v S 1
                        C v C 1
                        R v N 1 (2-0)
                        F v J X (1-1)

                        Congrats Adhoc and thanks again UA.

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                          #13
                          Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                          Sampdoria - Inter 2
                          Atalanta - Siena 1
                          Cagliari - Lazio 1
                          Roma - Napoli 1 (1-0)
                          Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)


                          It's going to be good this year.

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                            #14
                            Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                            Excellent! And away we go.

                            Sampdoria - Inter 2
                            Atalanta - Siena X
                            Cagliari - Lazio 1
                            Roma - Napoli 2 (0-1)
                            Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)

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                              #15
                              Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                              Sampdoria - Inter (2)
                              Atalanta - Siena (X)
                              Cagliari - Lazio (X)
                              Roma - Napoli (3-1)
                              Fiorentina - Juventus (2-1)

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                                #16
                                Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                Sampdoria - Inter 2
                                Atalanta - Siena 1
                                Cagliari - Lazio X
                                Roma - Napoli 1 (2-0)
                                Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)

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                                  #17
                                  Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                  Sampdoria - Inter 2
                                  Atalanta - Siena 1
                                  Cagliari - Lazio X
                                  Roma - Napoli (2-1)
                                  Fiorentina - Juventus (0-0)

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                                    #18
                                    Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                    Sampdoria - Inter 1
                                    Atalanta - Siena 2
                                    Cagliari - Lazio 2
                                    Roma - Napoli (2-1)
                                    Fiorentina - Juventus (1-1)

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                                      #19
                                      Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                      Sampdoria - Inter 2
                                      Atalanta - Siena 1
                                      Cagliari - Lazio X
                                      Roma - Napoli (3-1)
                                      Fiorentina - Juventus (1-0)

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                                        #20
                                        Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                        Sampdoria - Inter 2
                                        Atalanta - Siena 1
                                        Cagliari - Lazio 2
                                        Roma - Napoli 1 (2-0)
                                        Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)

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                                          #21
                                          Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                          Excellent turnout for the first week; thanks to all.

                                          The results:
                                          Sampdoria - Inter X
                                          Atalanta - Siena 1
                                          Cagliari - Lazio 2
                                          Roma - Napoli X (1-1)
                                          Fiorentina - Juventus X (1-1)


                                          And the table, featuring a truly remarkable flying (heh) start by SixMartlets, who missed a perfect score only as a result of Lazio's quite surprising easy win in Cagliari:

                                          SixMartlets&aSeagull 8
                                          Bogzilla 5
                                          Etienne 5
                                          Pawlu 5
                                          Belhavka 4
                                          Broken Clock 4
                                          Nico Rijnders 4
                                          Nil Arshavin 4
                                          Sharon 4
                                          Jefe 3
                                          Bruno Maggiore 2
                                          Lodzubelieveit 2
                                          Ursus Minor 2
                                          Chasbao 1
                                          FC Lymond 1
                                          Otto Katz 1
                                          Senor Ding Dong 1
                                          Ursus Major 1
                                          Danielmak 0
                                          Gerontophile 0

                                          Serie A is off next week due to Italy's World Cup qualifiers; so we will be back with the next set of games in a bit less than two weeks.

                                          Needless to say, there is every reason for posters who may have missed the first week to join; it's a marathon not a sprint.

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                                            #22
                                            Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                            And we are back after this most unfortunately timed international break.

                                            Week 2's Matches:

                                            Inter - Catania (Sat 20h30)
                                            Napoli - Fiorentina (Sun 15h00)
                                            Siena - Cagliari (Sun 15h00)
                                            Lazio - Sampdoria (Sun 15h00)
                                            Juventus - Udinese (Sun 20h30)

                                            Score predictions for the two matches in bold, please, and 1X2 for each of the other three.

                                            My own feeble attempt:

                                            Inter - Catania (2-0)
                                            Napoli - Fiorentina X
                                            Siena - Cagliari 1
                                            Lazio - Sampdoria X
                                            Juventus - Udinese (2-1)

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                                              #23
                                              Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                              Inter - Catania (3-0)
                                              Napoli - Fiorentina 1
                                              Siena - Cagliari X
                                              Lazio - Sampdoria X
                                              Juventus - Udinese (1-0)

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                                                #24
                                                Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                                Inter - Catania (2-0)
                                                Napoli - Fiorentina 2
                                                Siena - Cagliari 1
                                                Lazio - Sampdoria X
                                                Juventus - Udinese (1-1)

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                                                  #25
                                                  Ursus Family Serie A Prediction League 2008/09

                                                  Inter - Catania (3-0)
                                                  Napoli - Fiorentina x
                                                  Siena - Cagliari 1
                                                  Lazio - Sampdoria x
                                                  Juventus - Udinese (2-0)

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