Gooner Online Premier League Tippers

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Okay here it is folks a little earlier than planned but all the same here it is.

PLEASE READ THE RULES IF YOU CAN, ITS NOT VITAL YOU DO, BUT IF YOU DONT WANT ME WINNING ITS BEST YOU GET AN IDEA OF THE BORING SMALL PRINT ON OFFER they are lengthy but should help you understand any of the issues that may arise.

In this comp we tip the FAPL (English Premiership League) football games --- each week we go head to head against another participant in the comp to see who can tip the most games correctly. Scoring is the same as in the English Premier League.


RULES

1) EVERYONE is expected to post tips for EVERY round (even if you have a bye)

2) Tip each premier league game for the round --- Pick either team to win or pick a draw

3) Score 3 points if you get more correct tips than your opponent --- score 1 point if you and your opponent have an equal number of correct tips --- score 0 points if your opponent has more correct tips

4) Deadline for posting tips is kick-off of the first game each round

5) For a bit of fairness and to prevent my inbox overflowing with private PMs....the second person in a match up needs to try and make one of the fixtures different in outcome to prevent draws. This may occur later in the game when it heats up...i would like it that for example if Projoe was to play Rebel, whoever tips second makes sure they try and change at least one different outcome. For some people like myself i just tip and will probably not compare.

6) Players must tip once when possible, editing selections can cause problems for me as i have to keep up to date with these edits and may place results based on the original tips. The idea of this game is to tip a set of fixtures, changing your mind after selecting tips really goes against the spirit of the game. I will feel the need to penalise all players who edit their tips. If i am correct in saying edit times are shown, so as long as those edits are placed BEFORE the deadlines i will accept them. If an edit has been made AFTER a deadline then points will be deducted. Complicating this game makes it less enjoyable, if you do select then you should stick to your original tip. If you later find that a player has tipped identical to you, then thats the way it goes. I suspect someone will make this issue a problem and with this i have only as much patience as the next guy.

7) If any one player fails to tip three tips running they will be removed from the competition and all results carried over to any person who is in reserve. If there is no reserve then the fixtures for that person will be expunged and the division the tipper was in will have a 28 game league as opposed to 30 game league.

Sign-up & Default: You must sign-up to participate in the Gooner Online tipping comp. I really need people that will tip every round ... it will be a nightmare to run this comp with people tipping once in a while.

Frequent defaults by one or more participants may skew/greatly affect the results & standings tables, effectively ruining the comp for those participants who post tips each week.

16 tippers is the maximum I can have for this competition in two divisions.

Hopefully there will be no defaults ... defaults will be closely tracked.

In the event of a default, all outcomes (win, loss, or draw) will still be possible / we will have to earn any points we receive for the match.

The scores of everyone except the opponent of the defaulting tipster who posted tips for the round will be averaged to determine default (this default score/average of all posted tips except those of the opponent of the defaulting tipster will be the defaulting person's score) --- the non-defaulting tipster will get 0 points/a loss if they score less than default/the average of all posted tips except those of the opponent of the defaulting tipster ... 1 point/a draw if they score equal to default/the average of all posted tips except those of the opponent of the defaulting tipster ... 3 points/a win if they score higher than default/the average of all posted tips except those of the opponent of the defaulting tipster

example: Player A forgets to lodge picks vs Player B

Default score for Player A would be determined by averaging the scores of all participants except Player B (Player B's score is not included when determining default) who posted tips for the round ... the average is 4.67 ~~ default/Player A's score would be 4

... if Player B had 6 right, he wins 6-4 and Player A gets a 4-6 loss
... if Player B had 4 right, it's a 4-4 draw for both players
... if Player B had 3 right, they lose 3-4 and Player A gets 4-3 win

When a bye (Average Al/Alu) is your opponent: Bye will receive default as its score -- your score will be your tips -- scoring for the standings will then be as per all other match-ups.

EXAMPLE: Player A vs Average Al / Player B vs Average Alu

Average Al's score will be default / default is the average of all players except Player A (Player A's tips are ignored for purposes of determining default for their opponent) who posted tips ... Average Alu's score will be default / default is the average of all players except Player B (Player B's tips are ignored for purposes of determining default for their opponent) who posted tips (Note: Bye 1 and Bye 2 will not necessarily have the same default score)


If you default and your opponent is Average Al/Alu ... Bye's score will be whatever the most accurate tipper (highest goals for to the end of the previous week / from the standings table) scored for the week and your default score will be determined as per usual for the comp

EXAMPLE: Player A vs Bye1, Player A defaults

Player A's score will be the usual default -- average of all tippers (except their opponent, which in this case is bye) who posted tips for the round ... score for bye will be whatever the most accurate tipper (highest goals for to the end of the previous week (from the standings table) scored for the week / if there are multiple tippers with the most goals for, average their tips only to determine the score for bye

ie Player B has the most goals for (most correct tips) to the end of the previous round -- Player B scores 7 for this round, bye would get 7 (Player B's score) as their score

or

Player B and Player D are tied with the the most goals for (most correct tips) to the end of the previous round -- Player B scores 7 and Player D scores 5 for this round, bye would get 6 (average of Player B and Player D's scores) as their score

Sorry for the long length of the above but it is one area that really needs clarifying.

I will post four sets of fixtures today, then when round three is complete a further four sets will be posted. This gives anyone who is off on holiday a month to sort their tips out if need be.

I hope you all enjoy this and we can have some fun.

There will be two divisions of 16 teams

No one division is superior to the other.
Players were randomly selected with my fixture generator.

Division: Gooner Group A

SammyDropped
Flash
Franksav
Projoe
Olgit
Jamjc
Gusher
Augie
Goonersid
DB10
Nick's B Ego
KevStarkie
Eboue-Why?
Cockerill's Chin
Lagerisgood
G88ner

Division: Gooner Group B

Rebel
XDaveyx
Mikey
GreenGooner
MegaGooner
AFC1886
Donaldo
SamiS
Goonersam
RoscommonGooner
KingJayson
Paperclip
RossieGooner
OnlygotoneSong
TeeCee
Boomer

Each player will play 30 matches (the first 30 sets of Prem Fixtures)
Then after game 30 the two divisions will be split into four divisions of eight teams. Similar to the SPL. More of this at a later date.


Prize for overall champion to be decided.

Any questions feel free to ask but can i ask if they are of personal issues such as colaltion of results and so on could you PM me...i wont answer questions on here that are to do with collation of results....i may make one or two mistakes along the way with the amount of data being put together.
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[quote="SammyDroppedHisShorts"]

No one division is superior to the other.

Division: Gooner Group A

SammyDropped
Flash
Franksav
Projoe
Olgit
Jamjc
Gusher
Augie
Goonersid
DB10
Nick's B Ego
KevStarkie
Eboue-Why?
Cockerill's Chin
Lagerisgood
Average Al

Group A.... :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :wink: :lol:

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I've a question....Where's my name? I didn't get the email? What's a clique?

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Re: Gooner Online Premier League Tippers

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franksav63 wrote:
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
Tennis players division is think they superior.

Division: Tennis Players Group

SammyDropped
Flash
Franksav
Projoe
Olgit
Jamjc
Gusher
Augie
Goonersid
DB10
Nick's B Ego
KevStarkie
Eboue-Why?
Cockerill's Chin
Lagerisgood
Average Al

Group A.... :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :wink: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: 8)

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MegaGooner wrote:
franksav63 wrote:
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
Tennis players division is think they superior.

Division: Tennis Players Group

SammyDropped
Flash
Franksav
Projoe
Olgit
Jamjc
Gusher
Augie
Goonersid
DB10
Nick's B Ego
KevStarkie
Eboue-Why?
Cockerill's Chin
Lagerisgood
Average Al

Group A.... :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf: :wink: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: 8)
Nice edit Mega... I deserved that one.... (ya bastard) :wink: :lol:

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:wink:
Expect M_I_G to join your group soon :lol: :lol: :lol:

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First Four Sets of Fixtures

Week One

Deadline 12:45 Saturday 14th Aug

Tottenham v Man City, 12:45
Aston Villa v West Ham
Blackburn v Everton
Bolton v Fulham
Sunderland v Birmingham
Wigan v Blackpool
Wolverhampton v Stoke
Chelsea v West Brom
Liverpool v Arsenal
Man Utd v Newcastle

Division A

Nick's B Ego v Franksav
SammyDropped v Projoe
Goonersid v Lagerisgood
Cockerill's Chin v Augie
G88ner v Gusher
DB10 v Eboue-Why?
Jamjc v Olgit
KevStarkie v Flash

Division B

RossieGooner v Goonersam
AFC1886 v MegaGooner
SamiS v Rebel
Paperclip v GreenGooner
Donaldo v RoscommonGooner
KingJayson v Mikey
Boomer v XDaveyx
TeeCee v OnlygotoneSong

Week Two

Deadline 3pm Saturday 21 August

Arsenal v Blackpool
Birmingham v Blackburn
Everton v Wolverhampton
Stoke v Tottenham
West Brom v Sunderland
West Ham v Bolton
Wigan v Chelsea
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Fulham v Man Utd
Man City v Liverpool

Division A

Projoe v Nick's B Ego
Lagerisgood v Franksav
Augie v SammyDropped
Gusher v Goonersid
Eboue-Why? v Cockerill's Chin
Olgit v G88ner
Flash v DB10
KevStarkie v Jamjc

Division B

MegaGooner v RossieGooner
Rebel v Goonersam
GreenGooner v AFC1886
RoscommonGooner v SamiS
Mikey v Paperclip
XDaveyx v Donaldo
OnlygotoneSong v KingJayson
TeeCee v Boomer

Week Three

Deadline 12:45 Saturday 28 August

Blackburn v Arsenal
Blackpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Stoke
Liverpool v West Brom
Tottenham v Wigan
Wolverhampton v Newcastle
Man Utd v West Ham
Bolton v Birmingham
Sunderland v Man City
Aston Villa v Everton

Division A

Nick's B Ego v Lagerisgood
Projoe v Augie
Franksav v Gusher
SammyDropped v Eboue-Why?
Goonersid v Olgit
Cockerill's Chin v Flash
G88ner v KevStarkie
DB10 v Jamjc


Division B

RossieGooner v Rebel
MegaGooner v GreenGooner
Goonersam v RoscommonGooner
AFC1886 v Mikey
SamiS v XDaveyx
Paperclip v OnlygotoneSong
Donaldo v TeeCee
KingJayson v Boomer


Week Four

Deadline 3pm Saturday 11 September

Arsenal v Bolton
Fulham v Wolverhampton
Man City v Blackburn
Newcastle v Blackpool
West Brom v Tottenham
West Ham v Chelsea
Wigan v Sunderland
Everton v Man Utd
Birmingham v Liverpool
Stoke v Aston Villa

Division A

Augie v Nick's B Ego
Gusher v Lagerisgood
Eboue-Why? v Projoe
Olgit v Franksav
Flash v SammyDropped
KevStarkie v Goonersid
Jamjc v Cockerill's Chin
DB10 v G88ner

Division B

GreenGooner v RossieGooner
RoscommonGooner v Rebel
Mikey v MegaGooner
XDaveyx v Goonersam
OnlygotoneSong v AFC1886
TeeCee v SamiS
Boomer v Paperclip
KingJayson v Donaldo
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Sammy, so who in Group B am i playing against in the first week?

Let me get my tips against him already...

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SamiS wrote:Sammy, so who in Group B am i playing against in the first week?

Let me get my tips against him already...
Rebel :twisted:

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Am I the only one who thinks he is going to need to bring the part about default scores to his solicitor to decipher ?? :oops: :oops: :oops:

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augie wrote:Am I the only one who thinks he is going to need to bring the part about default scores to his solicitor to decipher ?? :oops: :oops: :oops:
:lol: Mate i tried if it fucks up.......it fucks up

By the way

Boomer is now in Group B taking over from Average Alu :oops:

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It's genius; if no one understands the rules, no one will notice sammy cheating! I'm glad I'm not in his group.

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paperclip wrote:It's genius; if no one understands the rules, no one will notice sammy cheating! I'm glad I'm not in his group.
I dont even know if i can cheat...even i havent quite got to grips with the whole thing. Anyway, i dont chaet..i always back Spurzz to win...so i am bound to lose :wink:

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SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
augie wrote:Am I the only one who thinks he is going to need to bring the part about default scores to his solicitor to decipher ?? :oops: :oops: :oops:
:lol: Mate i tried if it fucks up.......it fucks up

By the way

Boomer is now in Group B taking over from Average Alu :oops:
:barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:

Shit! :roll:
Just noticed a tricky opening day fixture away at "XDavyX Lane"
:?

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Boomer wrote:
SammyDroppedHisShorts wrote:
augie wrote:Am I the only one who thinks he is going to need to bring the part about default scores to his solicitor to decipher ?? :oops: :oops: :oops:
:lol: Mate i tried if it fucks up.......it fucks up

By the way

Boomer is now in Group B taking over from Average Alu :oops:
:barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:

Shit! :roll:
Just noticed a tricky opening day fixture away at "XDavyX Lane"
:?
no its not away
we are not playing the American style fixture 'at'
Boomer is home to xDaveyx


PEEPS THERE IS A SECTION ON MY RESULT PAGE THAT HAS A PLACE FOR A HOME GROUND NAME.....IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE A STADIUM NAME IT :lol: :lol:

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