[Archived] Predicted League Table 07/08

[Foxxx]

1 Chelsea

2 Man Utd

3 Liverpool

4 Arsenal

5 Tottenham

6 Everton

7 Newcastle

8 Blackburn

9 West Ham

10 Man City

11 Aston Villa

12 Portsmouth

13 Bolton

14 Sunderland

15 Reading

16 Birmingham

18 Middlesbrough

17 Fulham

19 Wigan

20 Derby

[Eddie]

Not long to get them in folks.

[Lathund]

Figured I might get mine in then too.

1. Man U

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. Everton

7. Blackburn

8. Man City

9. West Ham

10. Newcastle

11. Aston Villa

12. Portsmouth

13. Bolton

14. Sunderland

15. Reading

16. Middlesbrough

17. Birmingham

18. Wigan

19. Fulham

20. Derby

[cn174]

Man U

Chelsea

Liverpool

Arsenal

Spurs

Rovers

Aston Villa

Everton

Newcastle

Portsmouth

West Ham

Bolton

Man City

Fulham

Reading

Boro

Wigan

Sunderland

Birmingham

Derby

[Hanks]

1 man utd

2 chealsea

3 liverpool

4 spurs

5 arsenal

6 rovers

7 villa

8 newcastle

9 everton

10 portsmouth

11 reading

12 man city

13 west ham

14 bolton

15 birmingham

16 wigan

17 sunderland

18 fulham

19 middlesborough

20 derby

[pksrover]

1. Man Utd

2. Liverpool

3. Chelsea

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. ROVERS

7. Aston Villa

8. Everton

9. Portsmouth

10. West Ham

11. Sunderland

12. Newcastle

13. Reading

14. Man City

15. Middlesbrough

16. Bolton

17. Wigan

18. Birmingham

19. Fulham

20. Derby

[steven]

1. Man U

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. Rovers

7. Everton

8. Aston Villa

9. Man City

10. West Ham

11. Newcastle

12. Portsmouth

13. Bolton

14. Sunderland

15. Reading

16. Middlesbro

17. Wigan

18. Birmingham

19. Fulham

20. Derby

[Maverick]

Have now gone through all the pages and added together all the 53 predictions.

1. Man Utd

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. Blackburn

7. Newcastle

8. Everton

9. West Ham

10. Aston Villa

11. Man City

12. Portsmouth

13. Reading

14. Sunderland

15. Bolton

16. Fulham

17. Middlesbrough

18. Birmingham

19. Wigan

20. Derby

Interesting points is the Newcastle captured 7 place by just 1 point ahead of Everton. The same margin was it between Man.City and Portsmouth.

[Philly Rover ®]

Oh dear, I've broken my own rule. I was on vacation and wasn't able to post, so I suppose you'll all have to take my word that I'm not letting the Sunderland/Spurs score affect me.

1. Chelsea

2. Manchester United

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. Aston Villa

7. Blackburn

8. Newcastle

9. Everton

10. Portsmouth

11. West Ham

12. Reading

13. Manchester City

14. Birmingham

15. Bolton

16. Fulham

17. Middlesborough

18. Sunderland

19. Wigan Athletic

20. Derby County

I do think that Man U has the best first XI (at least on paper), but I don't think they have the strength in depth that Chelsea has. If Rooney or Tevez go down for any appreciable length of time, there's only Saha to step in... and while I'm sure Fergie will buy another striker because of that, I think that Chelsea having a more settled squad this year will help them immensely.

And as long as Wenger is in charge, I'm hard-pressed to bump Arsenal from the top four, especially for a constantly underachieving Spurs side.

I have a feeling that my table looks like everybody else's, but oh well... we'll see what happens at the end of the season!

[Philly Rover ®]

Oh I see. Have a dig from your Safe Philadelphian Home (wasn't that The Clash?).

How's about a 3 year culmulative table? Whilst you're doing nowt like?

This is a good idea, Bob, and as soon as I get the time I'll put it together. Then we'll see who the real man is.

Oh, and Maverick: I apologize for posting late for the purposes of your table there. Interesting stuff... I'll be intrigued to find out how that table does. I've also gone ahead and added nicko's, which he posted on his thread:

OK, from the top to the bottom

Man U - Liverpool - Chelsea - Arsenal - Tottenham - Blackburn - Everton - Portsmouth - Aston Villa - Newcastle - West Ham - Man City - Wigan - Bolton - Fulham - Reading - Sunderland - Middlesbrough - Derby - Birmingham.

Wolves for the Championship.

Oldham for League One [i hope].

Bradford City for League Two [likewise].

SPL is a no go zone.

Scottish One - St.Johnstone.

Scottish Two - Ross County.

Scottish Three - East Fife.

[SouthAussieRover]

Apologies for the late entry.

1. Chelsea

2. Man Utd

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Tottenham

6. Newcastle

7. Blackburn

8. Everton

9. Man City

10. West Ham

11. Sunderland

12. Fulham

13. Aston Villa

14. Portsmouth

15. Reading

16. Bolton

17. Birmingham

18. Middlesbrough

19. Wigan

20. Derby

[neekoy]

Apologies for the late entry.

1. Chelsea

2. Man Utd

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Newcastle

6. Blackburn

7. Tottenham

8. Everton

9. Man City

10. Sunderland

11. Portsmouth

12. Aston Villa

13. Fulham

14. West Ham

15. Reading

16. Wigan

17. Birmingham

18. Middlesbrough

19. Bolton

20. Derby

[Philly Rover ®]

How's about a 3 year culmulative table? Whilst you're doing nowt like?

Ahhh, a dictum from the almighty BRFCS monthly summarizer... although I don't recall having voted bob fleming to such a position. I always say that supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. But alas, I bow to his request...

...(and now I know why he challenged me to post a cumulative table, the cheeky #######)...

The Tories (aka three-year loyalists)

1. Scotty (127 points)

2. Tango (146 points)

3. bob fleming (147 points)

4. PABBY (149 points)

5. Philly Rover ® (151 points)

6. laughatthedingles (166 points)

6. nellybc (166 points)

8. Baz (168 points)

9. AussieinUk (169 points)

10. rebelzero (173 points)

10. Tooting Rover (173 points)

12. tcj_jones (177 points)

13. Cookiemonster (181 points)

13. SouthAussieRover (181 points)

15. American (184 points)

16. roversmum (187 points)

17. philipl (204 points)

Two outta three ain't bad

1. FourLaneBlue (85 points)

2. rog of the rovers (88 points)

3. brennanboy (90 points)

4. krislu (95 points)

5. Eddie (101 points)

6. The1mattjansen (102 points)

7. greggyk (103 points)

8. benhben (107 points)

9. americanrover (108 points)

10. bazza (109 points)

11. neekoy (110 points)

11. Quack (110 points)

11. Teemu (110 points)

14. CAPT KAYOS (114 points)

15. Alan75 (115 points)

15. Rovermatt (115 points)

17. Threepenny Bit Foot (116 points)

18. The Dart (119 points)

19. RevidgeBlue (120 points)

20. Rover4ever (125 points)

21. frosty (126 points)

21. modes98 (126 points)

21. Seggie (126 points)

24. LeChuck (129 points)

25. hanks (130 points)

25. kevinyip (130 points)

27. Gareth (132 points)

28. vyeo (135 points)

29. rover6 (151 points)

And now, for the cumulative table (taking the "average" prediction season for each individual):

Altogether Now...

1. Scotty (42.3 average)

2. FourLaneBlue (42.5 average)

3. rog of the rovers (44 average)

4. brennanboy (45 average)

5. krislu (47.5 average)

6. Tango (48.7 average)

7. bob fleming (49 average)

8. PABBY (49.7 average)

9. Philly Rover ® (50.3 average)

10. Eddie (50.5 average)

11. The1mattjansen (51 average)

12. greggyk (51.5 average)

13. benhben (53.5 average)

14. americanrover (54 average)

15. bazza (54.5 average)

16. laughatthedingles (55.3 average)

16. nellybc (55.3 average)

18. neekoy (55 average)

18. Quack (55 average)

18. Teemu (55 average)

21.Baz (56 average)

22. AussieinUk (56.3 average)

23. CAPT KAYOS (57 average)

24. Alan75 (57.5 average)

24. Rovermatt (57.5 average)

26. rebelzero (57.7 average)

26. Tooting Rover (57.7 average)

28. Threepenny Bit Foot (58 average)

29. The Dart (58.5 average)

30. tcj_jones (59 average)

31. RevidgeBlue (60 average)

32. Cookiemonster (60.3 average)

32. SouthAussieRover (60.3 average)

34. American (61.3 average)

35. roversmum (62.3 average)

36. Rover4ever (62.5 average)

37. frosty (63 average)

37. modes98 (63 average)

37. Seggie (63 average)

40. LeChuck (64.5 average)

41. hanks (65 average)

41. kevinyip (65 average)

43. Gareth (66 average)

44. vyeo (67.5 average)

45. philipl (68 average)

46. rover6 (75.5 average)

I didn't bother to include the one shot wonders, mostly because I didn't have enough time. True, I had enough time to do this, but I have to draw the line somewhere. Hopefully it makes for some interesting reading.

As far as this year goes, it already looks my City pick (13th) is going to be way off. Still, it's a long season I suppose, and at least I don't have Man U down for the title. And by the way, bob, I only need to beat you by five points this year to take the lead in our splendid little war.

[neekoy]

Does make good reading

Would be interesting to see it by nationality, Eng, Scot, Ire, Aus, US and the rest

[bob fleming]

And by the way, bob, I only need to beat you by five points this year to take the lead in our splendid little war.

Nice once Philly, thanks for taking the time to do that. Would you care for a small wager on this season? A bit of sport in a U.S. v U.K. stylee? Shall we say ten of your American dollar bills vs five of my United Kingdom pounds?

[SouthAussieRover]

Nice once Philly, thanks for taking the time to do that. Would you care for a small wager on this season? A bit of sport in a U.S. v U.K. stylee? Shall we say ten of your American dollar bills vs five of my United Kingdom pounds?

And a few Aussie dollars thrown in?

[Philly Rover ®]

Nice once Philly, thanks for taking the time to do that. Would you care for a small wager on this season? A bit of sport in a U.S. v U.K. stylee? Shall we say ten of your American dollar bills vs five of my United Kingdom pounds?

Let's do it, bob. It's probably good to lock it in at that price now before the the pound is equivalent to seven dollars!

Perhaps the best way to pay up will be when I finally get the chance to come to Ewood and see a game. May not be for a few years yet, but on the off chance that I do lose, you can rest assured I'm a man of my word.

[kevinyip]

If it come up with Man. City win the title, then there is no gain and no loss for everyone...

I guess I won't have good prediction this year again. It's already 5 point behind between Man. Utd and Chelsea and Wigan done better than normal...

[LeChuck]

I thought I'd bump this back to the top now we're near the end of the season. Is Philly Rover still around to collate the results?

Nice once Philly, thanks for taking the time to do that. Would you care for a small wager on this season? A bit of sport in a U.S. v U.K. stylee? Shall we say ten of your American dollar bills vs five of my United Kingdom pounds?

I'll be interested to see how this turns out...

It's interesting to see just how highly we all rated Spurs in the summer, virtually all of us had them in our top six and many had them down to break in to the top four this year. How long ago that seems now, eh?

Wigan seem to be the biggest surprise package, a lot of us had them to go down this year . It looked like they would at the beginning of the season too, Steve Bruce has down a wonderful job there to have them sitting comfortably in 13th position.

[philipl]

Seeing as we will finish 6th, 7th, 8th or 9th, the 2007/8 season could have been cancelled and the BRFCS MB left to decide the final league table!

Votes for Rovers' finishing position were:

7th- 23

6th- 23

8th- 10

5th- 7

9th- 5

and 1st, 4th, 10th and 11th all got 2 votes each!

[bob fleming]

Is Philly Rover still around to collate the results?

I hope so, I've saved up, just in case. Are you there Philly?

[Philly Rover ®]

I hope so, I've saved up, just in case. Are you there Philly?

And like Lazarus, I'm back from the dead...

Sorry I've been MIA around here -- the first year of law school was considerably more taxing on my free time than college was!

I still have finals for another week and a half or so, but I'll try to chip away at the results when I get fed up with studying for a bit. It'll definitely get done, though apologies if it takes a week or so. Although I will say: if the results never get posted, you can rest assured that I lost to Bob and I'm just being a poor sport about it.

Alright now, back to Rovers v. Big Club. Let's give Sav his wish and send 'em down.

[Florida Rover]

alot of people correctly predicted a 7th place Rovers finish this year.We would take that every year.

[krislu]

1 Manchester United

2 Arsenal

3 Chelsea

4 Liverpool

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5 Tottenham

6 Everton

7 Newcastle

8 Portsmouth

9 Blackburn

10 Aston Villa

11 West Ham

12 Manchester City

13 Bolton

14 Middlesbrough

15 Fulham

16 Sunderland

17 Reading

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18 Birmingham

19 Derby

20 Wigan

Can't be too upset with that prediction. Looks like I got 3 spot on and 9 missing with just one place. So 60 percent of the teams just missed by one spot at most

On the poorer side of things I was way to optimistic about Tottenham and Newcastle, while too harsh on Villa and Wigan.

Btw, I reckon you (Philly Rover) just gives the score where 1 place off is = 1 point and so on? If so then my score this season is 40pt.

[Plastic Head]

Think there may be an upset or two next season.

Maybe one of the top 4 this season to have a shocker (Arsenal?...or maybe Chelsea with new manager, players leaving).

A couple of promoted teams to stay up (WBA, Stoke with route 1). Maybe a big name to go down (Man City could do anything, Everton (pleeeeze), West Ham).

Out target for next season is 40 points....simple as that.