Season-long Prediction Game - League Ladders

Weegie Addick

To get us in the mood for the Chamionship (I'm struggling...)
Here's a simple, season long prediction game invented by a friend of mine - you just place all teams in order of how you think they will finish. I've done it for the Prem for the past few seasons, and can tell you it's a lot harder than you might think to actually get many right! If it comes down to a tie, we can use predicting the play-off results as the tie-breaker.

(AFKA - if this catches people's imagination, I don't mind keeping the entries in a spreadsheet and reporting on progress every now and then, unless you have another suggestion for keeping it accessible.)

THE LEAGUE LADDERS FORMAT IS copyright BOB COLLIE AND NICK ROBERTS, 1996-2007, email nick232@ukonline.co.uk

Here are the teams:

Barnsley
Blackpool
Bristol City
Burnley
Cardiff
Charlton
Colchester
Coventry
Crystal Palace
Hull
Ipswich
Leicester
Norwich
Plymouth
Preston
QPR
Scunthorpe
Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed
Southampton
Stoke
Watford
West Brom
Wolverhampton

And here's my (wild) guess:

Watford
Wolves
Preston
Charlton
West Brom
Stoke
Southampton
Sheffield Utd
Norwich
Leicester
Coventry
Cardiff
Bristol City
Sheffield Weds
Crystal Palace
Hull
Barnsley
Ipswich
Burnley
Blackpool
Colchester
Scunthorpe
Plymouth
QPR

Charltonchick

Nooo, not us 4th! That would be my idea of a nightmare! I'd either have to put us top 3 or about 14th, I couldn't bear the pain of going through the playoffs and just missing out on going up!! (OK, maybe I need to stop taking predictions so seriously)

I hope we would finish above Wolves!

Ledge

yeah but going to the new wembley would be awesome

Charltonchick

I'd rather go there for the Diana concert or something than watching us lose the playoffs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're going to win the league anyway...definitely maybe...

Southendaddick

Bit early to say. Based on our current squad I wouldnt even have us in the play offs.

Depends on how much we get for Young and Diawara.

Deffo need to spend big up front and central midfield.

Colchester will be bottom though, FACT.

Wolves will be in the top 2, that why we need to nick the gypsy off them.

pete_tong1

West Brom
Southampton
Sheff Wed
Charlton
Sheff Utd
Wolverhampton
Watford
Leicester
Norwich
Cardiff
Ipswich
Plymouth
Stoke
Crystal Palace
Burnley
Coventry
Preston
Hull
QPR
Barnsley
Bristol City
Blackpool
Scunthorpe
Colchester

cunningstunt87

1. Charlton
2. Wolves

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3. Watford
4. Leicester
5. West Brom
6. Sheffield United

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Weegie Addick

You need to do the whole table to enter - that's the game - not just who goes up...(like your optimism though - wish I shared it!)

cunningstunt87

Apologies. At work with the boss sitting behind me.

1. Leicester
2. Wolves

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3. Watford
4. Sheffield Wednesday
5. West Brom
6. Sheffield United

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7. Cardiff
8. Charlton
9. Southampton
10. Norwich
11. Stoke
12. Coventry
13. Hull
14. Crystal Palace
15. Burnley
16. Ipswich
17. Preston
18. QPR
19. Barnsley
20. Bristol City
21. Plymouth

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22. Blackpool
23. Scunthorpe
24. Colchester

Weegie Addick

And there's me thinking you were too busy typing out the joke books! Cheers.

Curb_It

if i do this one does that mean i dont have to do the one for charity that normally do for suzi's dad? save myself a fiver?

cunningstunt87

[cite]Posted By: Weegie Addick[/cite]And there's me thinking you were too busy typing out the joke books! Cheers.

I could have been a stand up comedian you know? Problem was I was too lazy. I became a sit down comedian instead.

The Equaliser

1.Southampton
2.Wolves
3.WBA
4.Charlton
5.Sheff utd
6.Sheff Wed
7.Palace
8.Norwich
9.Watford
10.Preston
11.Leicester
12.Coventry
13.Cardiff
14.Stoke
15.Ipswich
16.Hull
17.Colchester
18.Burnley
19.Plymouth
20.Barnsley
21.Bristol C
22.QPR
23.Scunthorpe
24.Blackpool

suzisausage

[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]if i do this one does that mean i dont have to do the one for charity that normally do for suzi's dad? save myself a fiver?

no, because he's doing that again and you're all going to enter it again! this will be its 4th consecutive year, although it will probably remain for the premiership.
its the 2 LL's competition and money goes to the st christophers hospice :-)

Weegie Addick

Thanks, Sir John. Anyone else up for having a go?

PeakieRocket

Here's mine

1. Charlton
2. Wolves
3. Sheff Utd
4. West Brom
5. Watford
6. Leicester
7. Southampton
8. Sheff Wed
9. Preston
10. Stoke
11. Ipswich
12. Norwich
13. Coventry
14. Hull
15. Cardiff
16. Blackpool
17. Palarse
18. Burnley
19. QPR
20. Bristol City
21. Barnsley
22. Plymouth
23. Scunthorpe
24. Colchester

Weegie Addick

Bump.
Worth taking a look at Mr Cunningstunt's guess for Charlton, by the way...
Anyone else going to have a try?

AFCWNaz

Is the hospice competition also called League Ladders?

LoOkOuT

I'm gonna hold my cards close to my chest and put together a guess closer to the start of the season.

Weegie Addick

[cite]Posted By: LoOkOuT[/cite]I'm gonna hold my cards close to my chest and put together a guess closer to the start of the season.

Some people take these things so seriously! I've tried that in the past too - think I came bottom that year...
Thanks for making it a Sticky.

Steve Dowman

Charlton
Sheffield Utd
Southampton
Wolves
West Brom
Preston
Watford
Stoke
Leicester
Norwich
Cardiff
Coventry
Crystal Palace
Bristol City
Sheffield Weds
Ipswich
Hull
QPR
Barnsley
Burnley
Scunthorpe
Blackpool
Colchester
Plymouth

suzisausage

[cite]Posted By: AFCWNaz[/cite]Is the hospice competition also called League Ladders?

no, its called the 2 L's competition because of my surname.
dad and his mate made it up at work a few years ago and to spell our name, people always ask if its 1 L. to which we reply "2 L's one cock"......

WSS

[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]dad and his mate made it up at work a few years ago and to spell our name, people always ask if its 1 L. to which we reply "2 L's one cock"......

Brilliant!

stoneroses19

West Brom
Leicester
Charlton
Wolves
Watford
Sheff Utd
Southampton
Stoke
Preston
Norwich
Coventry
Sheff Wed
Palace
Ipswich
Cardiff
Burnley
QPR
Barnsley
Hull
Colchester
Scunthorpe
Bristol City
Plymouth
Blackpool

AFCWNaz

Thanks for that, suzisausage Llcock.

1. Charlton
2. Wolves
3. West Brom
4. Southampton
5. Watford
6. Sheff Utd
7. Coventry
8. Leicester
9. Stoke
10. Palace
11. Sheff Wed
12. Preston
13. Cardiff
14. Norwich
15. Ipswich
16. Bristol City
17. Colchester
18. Plymouth
19. Burnley
20. Hull
21. Blackpool
22. QPR
23. Barnsley
24. Scunthorpe

Leroy Ambrose

1 Wolves
2 Sheff Utd
3 West Brom
4 Watford
5 Charlton
6 Leicester
7 Southampton
8 Hull
9 Preston
10 Palace
11 Stoke
12 Cardiff
13 Colchester
14 Blackpool
15 Ipswich
16 Sheff Wed
17 Coventry
18 Scunthorpe
19 Barnsley
20 Burnley
21 Norwich
22 Plymouth
23 Bristol City
24 QPR

markwebb25

charlton
watford
wolves
west brom
leicester
sheffield utd
southampton
stoke
sheff wed
preston
cardiff
norwich
colchester
coventry
ipswich
palace
plymouth
burnley
bristol city
scunthorpe
qpr
hull
barnsley
blackpool

StanmoreAddick

Here goes.

Charlton
Wolves
West Brom
Watford
Soton
Sheff U
Leicester
Stoke
Coventry
Cardiff
PNE
Ipswich
Sheff Weds
Palarse
Bristol City
Narwich
Hull
Burnleh
Colchester
Scunthorpe
Plymouth
QPR
Barnsleh
Blackpool

stonemuse

Wolverhampton
Charlton
Sheff Utd
West Brom
Norwich
Watford
Preston
Southampton
Leicester
Stoke
Sheff Wed
Ipswich
Palaaarse
Coventry
Cardiff
Scunthorpe
Burnley
Hull
Colchester
Bristol City
Barnsley
Plymouth
QPR
Blackpool

WSS

1 Wolves
2 Charlton
3 West Brom
4 Watford
5 Sheff Utd
6 Leicester
7 Southampton
8 Sheff Weds
9 Ipswich
10 Palace
11 Preston
12 Cardiff
13 Norwich
14 Plymouth
15 Scunthorpe
16 Coventry
17 Stoke
18 Hull
19 Bristol City
20 Burnley
21 Colchester
22 Blackpool
23 Barnsley
24 QPR

rpwcafc

1 West Brom
2 Charlton
3 Southampton
4 Watford
5 Sheff Utd
6 Sheff Wed
7 Ipswich
8 Leicester
9 Wolverhampton
10 Norwich
11 Preston
12 Stoke
13 Colchester
14 Scunthorpe
15 Coventry
16 Burnley
17 Crystal Palace
18 Cardiff
19 QPR
20 Hull
21 Plymouth
22 Barnsley
23 Bristol City
24 Blackpool