The All Not-So-New 2017/18 Weekly Punt Game

[Lez]

That sheep must’ve moved out of goal 🤓

[MC]

Hi guys here's my punt, early for once!
1) Man. City +36 (DP)
2) Man. United +26
3) Chelsea +17
4) Liverpool +17
5) Arsenal +12
6) Spurs +12

18) Swansea -9
19) Palace -17
20) West Ham -20

Good luck and have a great weekend.

[Val]

1. Man City +35
2. Man Utd +27
3. Chelsea +18 DP
4. Arsenal +12
5. Liverpool +14
6. Spurs +13

18. C. Palace -17
19. Swansea -10
20. West Ham -21

[SussexWelsh]

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1) Manchester City +36
2) Manchester United +26
3) Chelsea +18
4) Liverpool +16
5) Arsenal +12
6) Tottenham Hotspur +11

18) Crystal Palace -16 (dp)
19) West Ham United -21
20) Swansea City -11

[Graeme]

1. Man City +36
2. Man Utd +26
3. Chelsea +18 (DP)
4. Liverpool +16
5. Arsenal +12
6. Spurs +11

18. Palace -17
19. West Ham -21
20. Swansea -11

[Lez]

1. Man City +38 DP
2. Man Utd +24
3. Chelsea +17
4. Liverpool +16
5. Arsenal +11
6. Spurs +11

18. Palace -17
19. West Ham -20
20. Swansea -11

Thanks Sussex

[Sj]

1 MAN CITY 38
2 MAN UTD 24
3 CHELSEA 16
4 LIVERPOOL 17
5 ARSENAL 11
6 TOTTENHAM 13 DP


18 C PALACE -16
19 WEST HAM -19
20 SWANSEA -11

[Philip]

1. Man City +35 (dp)
2. Man Utd +27
3. Chelsea +16
4. Liverpool +16
5. Arsenal +10
6. Tottenham +12

18. Crystal Palace -16
19. West Ham -19
20. Swansea -10

[RedJohn]

1. Man City +37 DP
2. Man Utd +25
3. Chelsea +18
4. Arsenal +11
5. Liverpool +14
6. Spurs +12
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18. C. Palace -17
19. Swansea -10
20. West Ham -21

Ta a lot SW and good luck all.

[Dean]

1. Man City +36
2. Man Utd +26
3. Chelsea +18
4. Liverpool +16 (DP)
5. Arsenal +12
6. Spurs +13

18. Palace -16
19. Swansea -10
20. West Ham -21

Cheers Sussex, and good luck all

[David]

1 Man City +38 (DP)
2 Man Utd +24
3 Chelsea +17
4 Liverpool +15
5 Arsenal +10
6 Spurs +12

18 C Palace -17
19 West Ham -20
20 Swansea -11

[Gordon]

1. Manchester City +36 (DP)
2. Manchester United +26
3. Chelsea +16
4. Liverpool +14
5. Arsenal +10
6. Tottenham Hotspur +10

18. Crystal Palace -17
19. West Ham United -19
20. Swansea City -10

[theDuke]

Microsoft seems to given me another brief respite, so I'm able to post me flipping punt in! Yep...it's still updating! I haven't got clue what the hell is being shoved in me laptop's memory bank....but this getting beyond a joke now.

1 Man City +35
2 Man Utd +27
3 Chelsea +18
4 Liverpool +16
5 Arsenal +12
6 Tottenham +12

18 C Palace -16
19 Swansea -9
20 West Ham -21 DP

[Anita]

Mine
1,man city +37
2,man utd +25
3.chelsea +19dp
4.liverpool+16
5.arsenal+12
6.tottenham+13

18.swansea-10
19.c pslace-18
20.west ham-22

[TheFoe]

1.Man City +37
2.Man Utd +25
3.Chelsea +18
4.Liverpool+16
5.Arsenal+11 (DP)
6.Tottenham+12

18.C.Palace -15
19.Swansea -10
20.West Ham-21

Cheers Sussex!

[SussexWelsh]

RedJohn was head and shoulders above the rest this week with a very fine 16.
Gordon came next with 13.
TheFoe is on the up after his score of 12.

MC is still the one to catch.

Scores:

RedJohn 16
Gordon 13
TheFoe 12
David, Anita & MC 11
Val 10
Stewart, Graeme, Lez, Duke & Philip 9
Tech & Deano 8
Sj 7
Sussex & Wharf 6

Standings:

MC 157
Tech 147
Sj 146
Philip & David 145
RedJohn 143
Graeme 142
Duke & Lez 137
Val & Anita 132
Sussex 130
Gordon 124
Stewart 122
Deano 107
TheFoe 104
Wharf 89

Premier League Table:

1) Manchester City +37
2) Manchester United +25
3) Chelsea +15
4) Liverpool +14
5) Arsenal +10
6) Tottenham Hotspur +14

18) West Ham United -18
19) Swansea City -9
20) Crystal Palace -17

*** NEXT WEEK ***
There are midweek games again on Tuesday & Wednesday, so hold off on your punts until they have been completed.

7 games on Saturday
2 games on Sunday
1 game on Monday

Punts in by 12:30 on Saturday, folks

[Craig White]

ha ha! accidentally uncovered my fabulous 'cup' victory on the fantasy football league - pure tanked an irish team who were kitted out in green and white hoops, which made it all the more satisfying!
anyhoo........

1 - man city +41
2 - man utd +28 - DP
3 - chelsea +18
4 - arsenal +12
5 - tottenham +16
6 - liverpool +14

18 - west brom -12
19 - c.palace -17
20 - swansea -14

cheers sussex, good luck y'all

[Gordon]

1. Manchester City +42 (DP)
2. Manchester United +28
3. Chelsea +19
4. Burnley +5
5. Arsenal +13
6. Liverpool +14

18. West Bromwich Albion -12
19. Crystal Palace -18
20. Swansea City -14

[Stewart]

1/ Man City +41
2/ Man Utd +27
3/ Chelsea +19
4/ Liverpool +15
5/ Burnley +6
6/ Arsenal +12
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18/ Palace - 16
19/ West Brom -11 (dp)
20/ Swansea -15
S.R.J

[SussexWelsh]

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1) Manchester City +43
2) Manchester United +28
3) Chelsea +19 (dp)
4) Liverpool +16
5) Burnley +6
6) Arsenal +12

18) West Bromwich Albion -12
19) Crystal Palace -18
20) Swansea City -15

[David]

! Man City +43 (DP)
2 Man Utd +27
3 Chelsea +19
4 Arsenal +12
% Liverpool +14
6 Burnley +4

18 West Brom -11
19 C Palace -18
20 Swansea -15

[Craig White]

ooh, it's too tense! i've been drawn against a team from bosnia and herzegovina in the 2nd round, and i've only got 10 fit outfield players. oh globbits! :)

[SussexWelsh]

Tech wrote: "ooh, it's too tense! i've been drawn against a team from bosnia and herzegovina in the 2nd round, and i've only got 10 fit outfield players. oh globbits! :)"

I beat an English team in the first round and face another in Round 2. Looks like I'll have my work cut out too :-(

[Val]

1. Manchester City +41
2. Manchester United +28 (DP)
3. Chelsea +18
4. Liverpool +15
5. Arsenal +12
6. Tottenham +16

18. Crystal Palace -18
19. West Ham -20
20. Swansea City -16

[Philip]

1. Man City +41 (dp)
2. Man Utd +28
3. Chelsea +19
4. Liverpool +16
5. Arsenal +13
6. Tottenham +16

18. West Brom -12
19. Crystal Palace -18
20. Swansea - 15

[Graeme]

1. Man City +43
2. Man Utd +28
3. Chelsea +20 (DP)
4. Liverpool +15
5. Burnley +5
6. Arsenal +13

18 West Brom -12
19. Palace -18
20. Swansea -14

[Lez]

1. Man. City +42 DP
2. Man Utd +27
3. Chelsea +19
4. Liverpool +16
5. Arsenal +11
6. Burnley +4

18 West Brom -11
19. Palace -18
20. Swansea -15

Thanks Sussex

[RedJohn]

1. Man City +42 DP
2. Man Utd +28
3. Chelsea +19
4. Liverpool +15
5. Burnley +5
6. Arsenal +12
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18. West Brom -12
19. C.Palace -18
20. Swansea -15

Ta lots SW.

[TheFoe]

1. Man City +42
2. Man Utd +28
3. Chelsea +19 (DP)
4. Liverpool +17
5. Burnley +5
6. Arsenal +13
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18. West Brom -12
19. C.Palace -18
20. Swansea -15

Thanks Sussex!

[MC]

1) Man. City +42 (DP)
2) Man. United +28
3) Chelsea +19
4) Liverpool +15
5) Arsenal +12
6) Burnley +4

18) Palace -17
19) West Ham -19
20) Swansea -17
Cheers Sussex.

[theDuke]

As my old P.E. teacher used to write in my annual reports....."Needs to get involved more" He never did get the gist, that I had little interest in games that don't matter; opting to skive off to the local chippy instead. I wasn't going to allow myself to get all sweaty & dirty, when final scores were of little consequence to me! Anyhoo.......back to the game....

1 Man City +43 DP
2 Man Utd +28
3 Chelsea +18
4 Liverpool +16
5 Arsenal +12
6 Tottenham +14

18 C Palace -18
19 West Ham -19
20 Swansea -15

Cheers Sussex, g'luck y'all! :)

[Sj]

1 MAN CITY 43
2 MAN UTD 28
3 CHELSEA 19 DP
4 LIVERPOOL 16
5 BURNLEY 5
6 ARSENAL 13

18 WEST BROM -12
19 C PALACE -17
20 SWANSEA -15

[Craig White]

oh, sussex! you've a wee bit of ground to make up pending today's scores - i don't know how, as my captain was also absent reducing me to 9 outfield players, i'm 12 points ahead at the moment! both got a tense 2nd half to come! :)

[Anita]

Oh no missed it sorry.

[SussexWelsh]

Tech wrote: "oh, sussex! you've a wee bit of ground to make up pending today's scores - i don't know how, as my captain was also absent reducing me to 9 outfield players, i'm 12 points ahead at the moment! both..."

Dagnabbit, Musky! My opponent had Alonso as his captain and he scored 14 point s doubled to 28. He's beating me by 10 and neither of us have any Everton or Swansea players, so I'm out.

[Craig White]

i'm still hanging on by the one point - my bosnian opponent has an everton player on the bench - that's not going to score anything, is it?

[theDuke]

Is anybody else as bemused as I, following SW & Techy's indulging in their footy fantasies?!

No?...oh alright then...continue on....... 'boys'! :)

[Craig White]

probably not, as a few of the punters here also participate in an (english) premier league fantasy football league (where were you when the foe was recruiting?), thus,

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/t...

and as a sideline run a randomly drawn 'cup' competition (with real prizes!) of which sussex just got dumped out of (he was robbed :)), and i'll go through if my opponent is unable to field an everton substitute (everton play swansea tonight - i don't have players of either team in my 'team' so won't earn points, he won't either if his everton player remains a sub, in which case i'll go through to the next round by a margin of one point) - glad you asked? :)

[theDuke]

Errrrr...ummm....run that by me again!

On second thoughts...don't bother!

As fer where I was, well that depends on when Nick started the recruiting....cos I only started frequenting the Zon forums 2 years ago. You lot have known each other far longer than that.

[Lez]

I think it was only last year Duke. I had a look but it was completely beyond my comprehension. Also it looked as though it would take a couple of hours a day!

[Craig White]

it was, this is the first season i've been in it, tho' some of the others have been in it longer. doesn't take up very much time at all - coupla minutes to make sure your players aren't injured to be substituted, or transferred if they're shite!

[theDuke]

I wouldn't have the foggiest idea which players to pick, or which ones were any good..i only know three! Monkey head Rooney...Ferdinand..if he's still playing..and that one who had a appetite for shagging other players WAGS...Giggs or Terry, I think.

Oh..& one more...the Portugese fellah..Ronaldo or Ronaldhino..or something like that.

[Craig White]

"that one who had a appetite for shagging other players"

what happens in the showers, stays in the showers! :)

[SussexWelsh]

Lez leaps back into condition with this week's highest score of 18. Great work, Lez.
Stewart recorded an excellent 15. Very well played.
David's 14 sees him to climb to second place overall and reduce MC's lead to boot. Nice going.

Scores:

Lez 18
Stewart 15
David 14
Duke 11
MC 10
Val & Philip 9
Sussex, RedJohn, TheFoe & Sj 8
Tech 7
Gordon, Graeme, Anita, Deano & Wharf 6

Standings:

MC 167
David 159
Lez 155
Tech, Sj & Philip 154
RedJohn 151
Graeme & Duke 148
Val 141
Anita & Sussex 138
Stewart 137
Gordon 130
Deano 113
TheFoe 112
Wharf 95

Premier League Table:

1) Manchester City +44
2) Manchester United +27
3) Chelsea +18
4) Liverpool +18
5) Arsenal +11
6) Burnley +4

18) Newcastle United -11
19) West Bromwich Albion -11
20) Swansea City -15

*** NEXT PUNT ***
It's what you've all been waiting for.
The mega Christmas punt is coming!
Details to follow shortly.

[SussexWelsh]

*** CHRISTMAS MEGA PUNT ***

This will cover four rounds of matches and points will be trebled.

If you are using this tool, we're talking weeks 19-22:
http://www.worldfootball.net/table_ca...

The first game (of week 19) is on Friday 22nd December and the last on Thursday 4th January (Spurs v West Ham rescheduled from week 21).

So, in short, you are predicting what the table will look like after all 40 matches have been played.

Punts need to be in by 7.30pm on Friday 22nd, so look sharp.

Good luck everyone and have a great Christmas and New Year!

[Craig White]

if i recall, i got about 4 points from last christmas' punt, so here goes looking for 5 or above! :)

1 - man city +50 - DP
2 - man utd +32
3 - chelsea +20
4 - liverpool +23
5 - tottenham +17
6 - arsenal +15

18 - b/mouth -12
19 - west brom -16
20 - swansea -23

[David]

Here is my attempt;

1 Man City +55 (DP)
2 Man Utd +33
3 Chelsea +23
4 Liverpool +22
5 Tottenham +19
6 Arsenal +13

18 Newcastle -14
19 West Brom -13
20 Swansea -19

Well punted Lez. Good luck everyone and a Merry Christmas to you all. However you celebrate (or not) I hope that you have a peaceful and healthy holiday

[Lez]

Glad I’ve got a cushion of a few points!

About treble points: perhaps I’m being dim (always a possibility), but if all scores are multiplied by the same number, doesn’t the differential remain the same?

If A scored 20
B scored 18
C scored 13
the differences are 20 - 18 = 2
..................................18 - 13 = 5

Trebled would be A 60
................................B 54
............................... C 39

Differences 60 - 54 =6 (2 x 3)
......................54 - 39 = 15 (5 x 3)

Doesn’t seem an advantage to anyone. 🤔

[SussexWelsh]

Lez wrote: "Doesn’t seem an advantage to anyone. 🤔"

I'm just continuing on from what MC used to do, Lez. Although it could be looked at from the perspective that when we return to standard scoring, using your example, it will be harder to close a gap of 15 than one of 5.

[Lez]

Aah, of course! ‘O’ level maths and logic puzzles failed miserably 🙄