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Post by TILTON on Dec 5, 2023 17:09:54 GMT
Maybe over egged my delight at Boro but they are hella inconsistent. Baggies I really thought they'd flounder, goes to show what a cracking manager they have. He done this at Huddy too.
I was also banking on them losing plenty of players and being embargoed in January I didn't think they would get the finance in, that loan they got recently is huge I heard 6 weeks ago they had contact from EFL for non payment of agreed transfer payments and a hefty HMRC bill close due so assume that money keeps them ticking over and probably avoids a fire sale in January. Really annoyed as their fans attitude to blues of late has been rather condescending.
If they don't go up it's gonna hit the fan. Sadly I see them as outsiders for automatic now.
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Post by bubba on Dec 5, 2023 17:12:38 GMT
🫣Blimey I’m feeling very dizzy up there! As said a very long way to go and no doubt blues play off chase in the second half of the season will do me😜 It's a very low score barely averagng just 3 places out per team which is unusually low.
I remember there being an even lower scorer one year, think it may have been Mark but not certain, and it did rise a fair bit but still ended up a low score to win.
Personally I tend to think a low score this early suggests you're bound to finish a lot worse off cus things will change and a lot more room for them to change against you than for you, but it didn't work out that way for the previous early low scorer, well it did but not enough for anyone to catch em, you just never know.
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Post by bubba on Dec 5, 2023 17:15:11 GMT
Maybe over egged my delight at Boro but they are hella inconsistent. Baggies I really thought they'd flounder, goes to show what a cracking manager they have. He done this at Huddy too.I was also banking on them losing plenty of players and being embargoed in January I didn't think they would get the finance in, that loan they got recently is huge I heard 6 weeks ago they had contact from EFL for non payment of agreed transfer payments and a hefty HMRC bill close due so assume that money keeps them ticking over and probably avoids a fire sale in January. Really annoyed as their fans attitude to blues of late has been rather condescending. If they don't go up it's gonna hit the fan. Sadly I see them as outsiders for automatic now.
Same here and totally agree re Corberan. Apparently they're getting close to being sold, another one like the vile getting pulled out the fire.
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Post by TILTON on Dec 5, 2023 17:41:31 GMT
The company that loaned them the money were involved a failed Derby takeover recently?
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Post by bruminoz on Dec 5, 2023 21:06:30 GMT
Waiting patiently 🤣🇦🇺💙
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Post by bubba on Feb 21, 2024 19:44:14 GMT
Apologies for it being so long since the last update, I'm currently two thirds of the way through totting up and will put scores up shortly.
Must say there's some very good scores in already. The frst score I totted up was John's and he hit 100 exactly which I thought was reasonbly good only to see half the next ten beat his score. Still got 5 or 6 to do including the leader from last time but I suspect I've already totted up the new leader's score.
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Post by bubba on Feb 21, 2024 20:02:56 GMT
Well, I was wrong about thinking I'd already totted up the new leader, someone beat him into 2nd place. As for John with that very reasonable score of 100, fully ten other posters beat his score which is a bit shocking tbh, some very low scores and collectively can't remember ever seeing so many scoring so well at any stage of any season.
Anyhow, without further ado.
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Post by bubba on Feb 21, 2024 20:12:57 GMT
16 - BRUMINOZ - 130 - yes I know we're not surprised but honestly this is 40-50 points better than some years and in most years wouldn't see someone with this score in last place.
15 - BLUESHARK - 116 - again incredibly harsh to only score 116 and still end up 15th out of 16
14 - KEVINUK - 108 - some years this score could have seen you in the top 5, as said over and over, a very competitive year.
13 - CHOC - 106 - I'm not going to say it anymore
12 - JAZZY - 104 - ditto
11 - ROYAL - 103 - " "
10 - EXPATJOHN - 100 - the last man in triple figures
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Post by bubba on Feb 21, 2024 20:22:44 GMT
9th - CHARLIE - 98 - just under the bar
7th - BORIS - 96 - there were two in the bed 7th - DWSO - 96 - and the little one said
6th - MARK - 92 - a better guess on Hull would have seen you close to top 3, the only team you're double figures out on
5th - BERTIE - 90 - also only double figures out on one team, Southampton
4th - COOPO - 86 - not double figures out on anyone and joint closest on blues just one place out so far
If you haven't seen your name yet, congratulations you're in the top 3, coming up next.
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Post by bubba on Feb 21, 2024 20:29:27 GMT
3rd - BUBBA - 78 - wow it's me, tbh mixed feelings great score but a bit gutted it's not good enough to be winning, what's going on?
2nd - TILTS - 76 - tilts was the one I thought would be the new leader as totted his score up before
1ST - BRITESIDE 70 - the man who is STILL the leader wth an incredibly low score and really setting the pace.
Well done to Brightside still in front as we head into the home staight. I've actually currently got 8 teams in their exact position and still only good enough for 3rd place, it's tough at the top.
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Post by Dirty White Slip-on on Feb 22, 2024 8:35:09 GMT
Very much like Blues, it seems it's all over for us.....
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Post by TILTON on Feb 22, 2024 13:23:19 GMT
There's still time for variance on this. You have the teams that wave the white flag when they know they can't go up or down and those who literally improve with no pressure. Maybe my local club bias has stung me with Baggies and Coventry and clearly Stoke's recruitment has been abysmal and they will pay the FFP price. It would help me if Boro stumble some more so I am hoping they start failing a lot more. I blame Corberan for Baggies he's clearly good at getting terrible teams in amongst it. If we do have to replace Mowbray in the summer he'd be my number one pick as I believe the baggies will go in another direction even if promoted.
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Post by bubba on Feb 22, 2024 16:03:17 GMT
Yeah I haven't given it any thought but Corberan would be very near the top of any list I came up with if I did, definitely an overachiever.
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Post by cyberman on Feb 22, 2024 18:48:43 GMT
1 Leicester 2 Leeds 3 Southampton 4 Ipswich 5 Hull 6 West Brom 7 Coventry 8 Norwich 9 Sunderland 10 Preston 11 Bristol 12 Middlesbrough 13 Watford 14 Cardiff 15 Blackburn 16 Blues 17 Plymouth 18 Stoke 19 Swansea 20 Huddersfield 21 Milwall 22 QPR 23 Sheffield Wednesday 24 Rotherham
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Post by TILTON on Feb 22, 2024 19:04:24 GMT
Is that a rather late entry
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Post by bubba on Feb 22, 2024 22:20:09 GMT
He likes to make his own rules.
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Post by TILTON on Feb 22, 2024 22:42:40 GMT
What position did I finish last year, I need to update my auto sign
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Post by bubba on Feb 23, 2024 0:09:37 GMT
What position did I finish last year, I need to update my auto sign
Don't feel bad, was one of my worst 2 years too, top going into the last 2 games I finished 5th, which just goes to how how much things can change in a short space of time.
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Post by cyberman on Feb 23, 2024 9:18:15 GMT
Yeah it is, sorry, but I forgot about earlier on in the season, 😃, let it run, but it won’t count, after all it is technically, unintentional cheating
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Post by bubba on Feb 23, 2024 10:51:07 GMT
As opposed to the last 2 years entirely technically intentional cheating
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Post by cyberman on Feb 23, 2024 17:49:08 GMT
Bubbs, that made me laugh, don’t take much I guess to do so 🍻😅
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Post by bubba on Feb 23, 2024 20:35:44 GMT
Well see if this one brings the same amusement.
Score and positions update with new leader.
2nd - BUBBA - 78
1st- TILTS - 76
Briteside is disqualified from this year's competition for ungentlemanly conduct, I suspect he knows full well why. What he doesn't know is the behaviour was observed back in 2018/2019 and a message sent to three other posters/moderators to hold fire on future predictions until very late as something clearly untoward had taken place. Following 2 uneventful years, we all slacked off and didn't notice the same conduct last season and it has now been repeated this season.
I won't go into further detail unless forced to, suffice to say if I put one penny on the odds defying combinations he routinely comes up with I could buy blues off Knighthead out of the change from buying all the oil fields in Saudi.
You've been rumbled.
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Post by brightside on Feb 23, 2024 23:07:07 GMT
Ok Bubbs what you on about? Oh and it’s Brightside btw 😁
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Post by jazzzy786 on Feb 23, 2024 23:09:22 GMT
Stoke 😂
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Post by bubba on Feb 23, 2024 23:23:14 GMT
Ok Bubbs what you on about? Oh and it’s Brightside btw 😁 You're really gonna make me spell it out?
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Post by brightside on Feb 23, 2024 23:53:23 GMT
Yes as I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Post by bubba on Feb 24, 2024 0:02:44 GMT
As you wish, tomorrow now though, the evidence is as long as it is damning.
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Post by brightside on Feb 24, 2024 0:09:24 GMT
I can’t wait as all I can see at the moment are two mods trying to promote themselves over the one who dared get in the way. It better be good as I’m going to tell uncle John😁
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Post by expatjohn on Feb 24, 2024 2:13:15 GMT
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Post by bruminoz on Feb 24, 2024 5:27:54 GMT
16 - BRUMINOZ - 130 - yes I know we're not surprised but honestly this is 40-50 points better than some years and in most years wouldn't see someone with this score in last place.
15 - BLUESHARK - 116 - again incredibly harsh to only score 116 and still end up 15th out of 16
14 - KEVINUK - 108 - some years this score could have seen you in the top 5, as said over and over, a very competitive year.
13 - CHOC - 106 - I'm not going to say it anymore
12 - JAZZY - 104 - ditto
11 - ROYAL - 103 - " "
10 - EXPATJOHN - 100 - the last man in triple figures
The night is young, just you wait
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