Inter-Forum PREMIER Positions Game 2015-16

Inter-Forum PREMIER Positions Game 2015-16


The game is already well established, several seasons running now. The Sunderland ‘Black Cat Chat’ forum (and Hakuna Matata to be precise) does the real hard mathematical donkey work all during the season, whilst I am the representative from the Reading’s Royals Rendezvous forum and do more the ‘public relations’ type stuff as many already know. We are going to be your points of reference for all this coming season.

Some 750 of you have already participated in previous seasons. But for newcomers, what is this game? It’s dead easy! You simply guess ONCE (now!) what you think will be the final league positions for the Premier League 2015-16 (that means placing all teams, in order from 1st to 20th), leave them on this thread, and then sit back and enjoy! Nothing more!!

BUT … THIS SEASON THE GAME WILL BE SPECIFICALLY A FORUM EVENT, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER EVENT, OK?! That means don’t give rash selections like some did before in the hope for personal glory; now it’s a team average event, so putting the relegated three as the two Manchesters plus Chelsea is hardly going to get a healthy prospect for your forum…
But this is an ideal way to keep fans from many different clubs all together… so where forums have an entry of a minimum of five people we will make a ‘board average’, thus you’ll be able to see how your forum copes against many of the others across the land. It is set against an single initial average entry taken from your forum guesses, and this average will be the forum entry. Before we have the first update each forum entry will be made clear on every participating forum. Five different member entries as a minimum is the requirement (no maximum!), this so as to avoid ‘fluke’ results which might distort the good guess-work averaged out by forums with large numbers.


This game will initially take you a couple of minutes, and then enjoy without having to make updates at all, all season. Right, below are the current 20 Premier teams in alphabetical order – BEST IDEA is simply copy these onto your PC and re-arrange them in your finishing order come the end of the 2015-16 season. The Sunderland computer handles them in an alphabetical order initially so please help us with accurate spelling, as laid out below:


Arsenal
Aston Villa (please don’t write only ‘Villa’!!)
Bournemouth
Chelsea
Crystal Palace (please don’t write only ‘Palace’!!)
Everton
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Southampton
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur (please don’t write only ‘Spurs’!!)
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United

Try not to give any nicknames – putting the ‘Hammers’ or ‘Gunners’ or ‘Tigers’ or ‘Toffees’ or more disrespectful rival names might understandably be a good laugh – but it is simply a headache for us at our end so … Please!!




According to your choices your forum will score points, and better still, very few, points. And how do you sparingly score those points?

Scoring is as follows:

For each team your forum scores one point for each place away from its predicted position. Example - if you predict Sunderland to finish 9th and they finish 9th, you score 0 points (that’s really excellent predicting). If they finish 13th you score 4 points or if they finish 7th you score 2 points. Therefore, the nearer you get to the exact position and have less points mounting up the better. I will endeavour to make updates at least at the beginning of every month during the season out of interest, and usually fortnightly, scoring points from the ‘real’ live premier table at each moment, but all leaderboards during the season are given for interest. So IMPORTANT! - The big winners are the forums at the end of the season who have LEAST points after the final game has been played.


The table positions won’t change position so much in the later stages of the season so … how can we maintain interest to the end you might be thinking?! Well, we have MONTHLY rewards for those in the top positions! That’s points rewards for the highest positions at the end of every month (calculating from the REAL table on the 30th/31st - except when part-way through a weekend programme in which case we will wait to a maximum of Monday night for completed weekend programme to calculate progress reports).

Here's the idea:

1st spot - take off 3 bonus points from score, so score dips even lower /

2nd - take off 2 bonus points /

3rd - take off 1 bonus point

Bonus Points are for the most successful - Positions 1 to 3 – and includes tied points so there may well be far more than 3 teams involved. Their position for the deduction will be based on their (true) teams' score, not taking any previous deductions into account which you do keep all season of course on lowering your overall total.



* LAST SEASON

How did the best forums do 2014-15? Here goes!


FORUM Honorary Gold Medal – Shared
• DCFC Fans Derby County
• Toffee Talk Everton

FORUM Honorary Silver Medal –
• United Lounge Manchester United

FORUM Honorary Bronze Medal – shared
• Foxes Talk Leicester City
• Black Cat Chat Sunderland

FORUM Honorary Diploma of Honour I
• Baggies Zone West Bromwich Albion

FORUM Honorary Diploma of Honour II – shared
• Not 606 Hull Board Hull City
• Toon Forum Newcastle United



During the past two seasons these forums have participated in one way or another:

Barnsley – Talk of the Tarn
Blackburn – Rovers Talk
Blackpool – Back Henry Street
Bournemouth - CourtOffside
Brighton – North Stand Chat
Burnley – The Longside
Cardiff – Cardiff City Forum
Crystal Palace – The Holmesdale
Derby – DCFC Fans
Doncaster – Viking Chat
Everton – Toffee Talk
Fulham – Friends of Fulham
Hemel Hempstead – Tudor Talk
Hull – Not 606 Hull Board
Leeds – LUFC Talk
Leeds – Dirty Leeds
Leicester – Foxes Talk
Man City – MCFC Forum
Man Utd – United Lounge
Newcastle – Toon Forum
Norwich – Not 606 Norwich Board
Nottm Forest – The A Block
Peterborough – Posh Forum
QPR – Not 606 QPR Board
Reading – Royals Rendezvous
Sunderland – Black Cat Chat
Swansea – Planet Swans
Tottenham – Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Fans Forum
Watford – WFC Forums
West Brom – Baggies Zone
West Ham – Cockney Boys
Wigan – This Northern Soul
(please excuse me if I have missed anyone out!)

But we’ll also have some new ones this season !

Note -
To avoid wums/trolls (or ‘jealous’ away fans) then what you see as any disruptive entry (e.g. an impossible order which would negatively help the forum) will not be included in the average entry at the request of any moderator/admin (by PM or on the thread itself), so if you see something strange please advise your mod team!





IMPORTANT –

ENTRIES IN BY 7TH AUGUST 2015 – late entries are not accepted, for we would not be able to add them to an average forum entry once the first Saturday matches have kicked off …!

Have fun …

daib0

 

Entries like this, MINE as an example, with your own order of teams of course!

1 Chelsea
2 Man Utd
3 Man City
4 Tottenham
5 Everton
6 Arsenal
7 Liverpool
8 West Ham
9 Crystal Palace
10 Swansea
11 Newcastle
12 Norwich City
13 Leicester City
14 West Brom
15 Sunderland
16 Southampton
17 Watford
18 Bournemouth
19 Stoke
20 Aston Villa


An important reminder - we need a minimum of FIVE entries each forum to constitute a forum average entry!!
Many forums ‘sticky’ or ‘pin’ this because we have proven we don’t quirk once the season has started, and this gets updated all-season long. If possible, this would help us no end, but if against internal policy then never mind …

daib0

 

1. Arsenal
2. Man Utd
3. Chelsea
4. Man City
5. Tottenham
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Southampton
9. Crystal Palace
10. West Brom
11. Stoke
12. Norwich City
13. West Ham
14. Sunderland
15. Swansea
16. Leicester City
17. Watford
18. Aston Villa
19. Bournemouth
20. Newcastle

 

1. Manchester United
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Manchester City
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Crystal Palace
8. West Ham United
9. Stoke City
10. Everton
11. Swansea City
12. Southampton
13. Aston Villa
14. Norwich City
15. Newcastle United
16. Sunderland
17. West Bromwich Albion
18. Bournemouth
19. Leicester City
20. Watford

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1 chelsea
2 manchester united
3 manchester city
4 arsenal
5 liverpool
6 tottenham hotspur
7 everton
8 swansea
9 crystal palace
10 southampton
11 west ham
12 newcastle
13 stoke city
14 sunderland
15 aston villa
16 west brom
17 norwich city
18 bournemouth
19 leicester city
20 watford

 

super start first day!

 

1: Arsenal
2: Chelsea
3: Manchester City
4: Manchester United
5: Tottenham Hotspur
6: Liverpool
7: Everton
8: Stoke City
9: West Ham
10: Swansea
11: Crystal Palace
12: Southampton
13: West Bromwich Albion
14: Leicester City
15: Norwich City
16: Newcastle United
17: Aston Villa
18: Watford
19: Sunderland
20: Bournemouth

 

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Manchester City
4. Liverpool
5. Manchester United
6. Everton
7. Tottenham Hotspur
8. Swansea City
9. West Ham United
10. Crystal Palace
11. Stoke City
12. Southampton
13. Aston Villa
14. Newcastle United
15. Watford
16. Sunderland
17. Leicester City
18. Norwich City
19. West Bromwich Albion
20. Bournemouth

 

1 Manchester City
2 Chelsea
3 Manchester United
4 Arsenal
5 Tottenham Hotspur
6 Liverpool
7 Stoke City
8 Southampton
9 Everton
10 West Ham United
11 Crystal Palace
12 West Bromwich Albion
13 Aston Villa
14 Newcastle United
15 Swansea City
16 Leicester City
17 Sunderland
18 Norwich City
19 Bournemouth
20 Watford

 

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester Utd
3 Arsenal
4 Manchester City
5 Liverpool
6 Tottenham Hotspur
7 Crystal Palace
8 Everton
9 Swansea City
10 West Ham United
11 Southampton
12 Newcastle United
13 Stoke City
14 Norwich City
15 Aston Villa
16 Leicester City
17 Watford
18 Sunderland
19 West Bromwich Albion
20 Bournemouth

 

Well guys, I am about to go on holidays, high up in the Spanish Pyrenees, won’t have too much access in a fortnight, but I’ll be back strongly plugging this in the last week before the season kicks off. In the meanwhile, keep entries coming in and tell your pals!

Latest Stats

Board Entry Counts at the moment – 147 entries receive as of 8.30 pm today British Time. Everything safely noted down ….

some 29 forums participating so far, 16 forums now with a minimum 5 necessary, and ages to kick-off yet!

Board Entry Counts per forum at the moment, bold type have minimum already
14 – WFC Forums – Watford
12 - Foxes Talk – Leicester City
11 – Back Henry Street – Blackpool
10 - Baggies Zone – West Bromwich Albion
9 - Wolves Forum – Wolverhampton Wanderers
8 - Toon Forum – Newcastle United
7 - Talk of the Tarn – Barnsley
7 - Cardiff City Fans Forum – Cardiff
7 – Royals Rendezvous – Reading
7 - Claret and Banter – Bradford City
6 – DCFC Fans – Derby County
6 - LUFC Talk – Leeds United
5 - Extreme Football Forum – all teams
5 – North Stand Chat – Brighton
5 - Rovers Talk – Blackburn Rovers
5 – Not 606 Norwich Board – Norwich City

4 - The Holmesdale – Crystal Palace
4 – Viking Chat – Doncaster
4 - Tudor Talk – Hemel Hempstead
4 - Not 606 QPR Board – Queens Park Rangers
3 - The Posh Forum – Peterborough United
3 - Joys and Sorrows – Birmingham City
3 - Toffee Talk – Everton
2 - Not 606 Hull Board – Hull City
2 - MCFC Fans – Manchester City
2 – CourtOffside – AFC Bournemouth
1 - The Longside – Burnley
1 - Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site – Spurs
1 - This Northern Soul – Wigan Athletic
1 - Cardiff City On-Line – Cardiff

 

1 Chelsea
2 Arsenal
3 Manchester United
4 Manchester City
5 Liverpool
6 Tottenham Hotspur
7 Swansea
8 Stoke City
9 West Ham United
10 Everton
11 Southampton
12 Aston Villa
13 Newcastle United
14 Crystal Palace
15 Sunderland
16 Leicester City
17 Norwich City
18 West Bromich Albion
19 Watford
20 Bournemouth

 

1 Arsenal
2 Chelsea
3 Manchester City
4 Liverpool
5 Manchester United
6 Stoke City
7 Tottenham Hotspur
8 Everton
9 Southampton
10 Newcastle United
11 Swansea
12 Aston Villa
13 Sunderland
14 Crystal Palace
15 West Ham United
16 West Bromich Albion
17 Leicester City
18 Norwich City
19 Bournemouth
20 Watford

 

1 Manchester United
2 Chelsea
3 Arsenal
4 Manchester City
5 Tottenham Hotspur
6 West Ham United
7 Liverpool
8 Swansea City
9 Everton
10 Southampton
11 Sunderland
12 Stoke City
13 West Bromwich Albion
14 Newcastle United
15 Crystal Palace
16 Watford
17 Norwich City
18 Aston Villa
19 Bournemouth
20 Leicester City

 

Latest Stats

Board Entry Counts at the moment – 225 entries received in all as of today. Everything safely noted down ….

Board Entry Counts per forum at the moment, bold type – that’s 23 team forums already - have the minimum to take part!
18 - WFC Forums - Watford
15 - The Holmesdale - Crystal Palace
14- Wolves Forum - Wolverhampton Wanderers
13 - Foxes Talk - Leicester City
12 - Toon Forum - Newcastle United
11 - Back Henry Street - Blackpool
10 - Baggies Zone - West Bromwich Albion
10 - Talk of the Tarn - Barnsley
10 - Royals Rendezvous - Reading
9 - Not 606 QPR Board - Queens Park Rangers
7 - Cardiff City On-Line - Cardiff
7 - Cardiff City Fans Forum - Cardiff
7 - Claret and Banter - Bradford City
7 - DCFC Fans - Derby County
7 - Toffee Talk - Everton
6 - LUFC Talk - Leeds United
6 - Extreme Football Forum - all teams
6 - Not 606 Norwich Board - Norwich City
5 - North Stand Chat - Brighton
5 - Rovers Talk - Blackburn Rovers
5 - Joys and Sorrows - Birmingham City
5 – CourtOffside - AFC Bournemouth
5 - The Longside - Burnley
5 - Viking Chat - Doncaster

Next ones almost there …

4 - Tudor Talk - Hemel Hempstead
4 - The Posh Forum - Peterborough United
3 - Friends of Fulham – Fulham
3 - MCFC Fans - Manchester City
2 - Not 606 Hull Board - Hull City
2 - Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site - Spurs
1 - This Northern Soul - Wigan Athletic
1 - Arsenal Fan Forum

And I’ve still got to approach a half-dozen forums yet for the first time!

 

1 - Chelsea
2 - Manchester United
3 - Manchester City
4 - Arsenal
5 - Liverpool
6 - Tottenham Hotspur
7 - Everton
8 - Southampton
9 - Aston Villa
10 - West Bromwich Albion
11 - Crystal Palace
12 - Stoke City
13 - Swansea City
14 - West Ham United
15 - Newcastle United
16 - Leicester City
17 - Bournemouth
18 - Norwich City
19 - Sunderland
20 - Watford

 

Latest Info

Just one week left, and I’ll next be back on Wed and/or Thursday – you have till FRIDAY night, please don’t forget!!

Board Entry Counts at the moment – nearly 250 entries received in all as of today. Everything safely noted down ….

Some 48 forums in all contacted

Board Entry Counts per forum at the moment, bold type – that’s 27 team forums already - have the minimum to take part!
WFC Forums - Watford
The Holmesdale - Crystal Palace
Wolves Forum - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Foxes Talk - Leicester City
Toon Forum - Newcastle United
Back Henry Street - Blackpool
Talk of the Tarn - Barnsley
Baggies Zone - West Bromwich Albion
Royals Rendezvous - Reading
Not 606 QPR Board - Queens Park Rangers
North Stand Chat - Brighton
Claret and Banter - Bradford City
Cardiff City Fans Forum - Cardiff
Toffee Talk - Everton
Cardiff City On-Line - Cardiff
DCFC Fans - Derby County
CourtOffside - AFC Bournemouth
MCFC Fans - Manchester City
Extreme Football Forum - all teams
LUFC Talk - Leeds United
Not 606 Norwich Board - Norwich City
Rovers Talk - Blackburn Rovers
Joys and Sorrows - Birmingham City
The Longside - Burnley
Viking Chat - Doncaster
Tudor Talk - Hemel Hempstead
The Posh Forum - Peterborough United


Next ones … entries back, not yet to five though
Friends of Fulham – Fulham
Not 606 Hull Board - Hull City
Tottenham Hotspur Unofficial Supporters Site - Spurs
Sports 262 Luton Board – Luton
KopWorld – Liverpool
This Northern Soul - Wigan Athletic
Arsenal Fan Forum
Not 606 Southampton Board - Southampton
JA 606 Chelsea Board – Chelsea


And I’ve still got to get responses from a further dozen forums, in part because some have been contacted just this morning

 

1 Chelsea
2 Manchester City
3 Manchester United
4 Arsenal
5 Liverpool
6 Tottenham Hotspur
7 Southampton
8 Everton
9 Stoke City
10 Swansea City
11 West Ham United
12 Newcastle United
13 West Bromwich Albion
14 Crystal Palace
15 Aston Villa
16 Leicester City
17 Sunderland
18 Watford
19 Bournemouth
20 Norwich City

 

1 Chelsea*
2 Man Utd*
3 Arsenal*
4 Man City*
5 Liverpool*
6 Stoke
7 Southampton*
8 Tottenham
9 Swansea
10 Everton*
11 West Ham
12 Crystal Palace*
13 West Brom*
14 Leicester City*
15 Newcastle*
16 Norwich City
17 Bournemouth
18 Aston Villa*
19 Watford
20 Sunderland*

 

Copied - but do those asterisks on many teams mean anything special?!