New York Competition - The Rules

[CITYSTEVEDON]

Arsenal v Fulham 2
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 2
Burnley v Tottenham 2
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3

382,461 and i very big thank you from the winner [me] to you all.

[BlueinBosnia]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 2
Bolton v Birmingham 1.5
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 3
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3

Total attendance: 351,786

[King Kev]

I have updated the [urlnp=http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqc8BXUgGRwMdFAya1VHYmEySDN2dUZ5MnVodk5xT0E&hl=en]spreadsheet[/urlnp] and would be grateful if those who have already made their predictions could check that the details are correct.

I will update it as often as I can, once you make your predictions please check back to make sure everything on the spreadsheet is accurate.

Ta

[King Kev]

Arsenal v Fulham 3
Aston Villa v Blackburn 1
Bolton v Birmingham 3
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1.5
Hull v Liverpool 2
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 3
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 2

398938

[HeyMark]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 2
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 2
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 1

387,350

[Abu Dhabi]

The system is flawed and I am amazed no one realized that yet!

How come the one with most points win?
Does this mean if I successfully predicted 6 home wins and 2 away wins I would still not have chance against someone who just predicted 3 score draw?

No wonder why AVS put all 3's !!! you shouldnt be laughing at his predictions, its smart..


Shouldnt it be to the one with total points nearer to the actual total after last day?

Edit: or is this kind of a set game you know? because honestly, I havent heard about pools before..

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 1
Bolton v Birmingham 3
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 2

382,259

[King Kev]

The system is flawed and I am amazed no one realized that yet!

How come the one with most points win?
Does this mean if I successfully predicted 6 home wins and 2 away wins I would still not have chance against someone who just predicted 3 score draw?

Yep, the aim of the pools is to try to predict score draws wherever possible.

No wonder why AVS put all 3's !!! you shouldnt be laughing at his predictions, its smart..

I thought the same when I saw it. Having said that, I bet he's never won the pools using that system, nor has anybody else.

Shouldnt it be to the one with total points nearer to the actual total after last day?

Edit: or is this kind of a set game you know? because honestly, I havent heard about pools before..

The pools system is weird mate, they even used to have a 'Pools Panel' who would sit if a lot of games were called off, the panel would decide the outcome of each game, when I was a kid I used to get annoyed if they decided that City would have lost as I thought the result counted!

[Blue Toy]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 1.5
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 3
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 1

388,214

[Arjan Van Schotte]

Arsenal v Fulham 3
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 3
Burnley v Tottenham 3
Chelsea v Wigan 3
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 3
Man Utd v Stoke 3
West Ham v Man City 3
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3

366,000

I can see you thought long and hard over this mate

life can be taken to seriously sometimes. i spent hours pouring over the form guide.

and decided it was trebles all round.

[lets all have a disco]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 1
Bolton v Birmingham 3
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 1

409k

[john68]

Arsenal v Fulham...1
Aston Villa v Blackburn...1
Bolton v Birmingham...3
Burnley v Tottenham...1.5
Chelsea v Wigan...1
Everton v Portsmouth...1
Hull v Liverpool...3
Man Utd v Stoke...1
West Ham v Man City...1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland...3

420K

[Abu Dhabi]

420K

what? the max capacity of the 10 stads hosting these games is at 400k.

I'd rather wait till after the weekend to put my predictions because it might have a say on results and attendances.

[citytilidie]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 1
Bolton v Birmingham 2
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3

386,838

[BlueinBosnia]

420K

what? the max capacity of the 10 stads hosting these games is at 400k.

I worked it out as 382,377, from what I remember.

[craigmcfc]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 3
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 2


Attendances - 368312

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 2
Bolton v Birmingham 1
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 1
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 3
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3

381,000

[DoomMerchant]

I'll make this easy since i'm already here and deserve a trip to NYC.

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 1.5
Burnley v Tottenham 3
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 3
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 1.5

Attendance: 355,000

[King Kev]

I'll make this easy since i'm already here and deserve a trip to NYC.

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 1.5
Burnley v Tottenham 3
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 3
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 1.5

Attendance: 355,000

I've just checked the registration thread (HERE) and it doesn't look like you entered mate?

[Alex Sapphire]

Arsenal v Fulham 1
Aston Villa v Blackburn 3
Bolton v Birmingham 2
Burnley v Tottenham 1.5
Chelsea v Wigan 1
Everton v Portsmouth 3
Hull v Liverpool 1.5
Man Utd v Stoke 1
West Ham v Man City 1.5
Wolverhampton v Sunderland 3