Biggest game of the season - Brighton @ Home

[thebish]

you have farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr too much time on your hands!

is your scenario worth a little flutter, do you think??

[Dartisan]

It could well prove to be the biggest game of the season, but to put a pessimistic hat on I think the last 2 weeks of April might remain the deciders regarding any slim play-off hopes regardless of this result:

Leicester v Bolton Tue 16 Apr
Bolton v Middlesbrough Sat 20 Apr
Cardiff v Bolton Sat 27 Apr

Hopefully, Cardiff are already promoted by that time, and play the U15's ... we'd still struggle mind.

Good point, perhaps they'll be on holiday by then... literally would be nice.

[Dartisan]

The excited (and, conversely, the bored) may be pleased to know the BBC's Predictor thing still exists. See if you can rig the results to get not just Bolton relegated but Mighty Mick's Ipswich into the play-offs.

I GOT US PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS and Blackburn relegated

I got a bit bored and had a little experiment: Ipswich win every game 9-0, Bolton lose every game 9-0, every other game is won 9-0 by the team who's lowest in the table. (I didn't say it had to make sense.)

In this bizarre fantasy world, Bolton fall into the drop zone the week after Easter - fickle, is football - and Ipswich's inexorable rise up the league sees them into the play-offs a week later. Because the teams below them are usually also losing, Cardiff stay top until the third-last weekend of the season - but just when all seems lost, they face hapless Bolton.

Brighton and Palace soon fall out of the play-offs but Leicester sit tight. Barnsley surprise themselves by tiptoeing into the top six with a game left but are kept out by a last-day loss at Huddersfield, replaced by Hull (who beat Cardiff).

By late April, Leeds somehow manage to freefall into the drop zone, presumably by only playing teams below them (and mighty Ipswich); Peterborough claw clear but then lose to Sheffield Wednesday, a result that also relegates Bolton with two games to spare. In history's tensest relegation battle, eight teams go into the last day with a chance of relegation. Birmingham, second-bottom at kick-off, beat Blackburn to relegate Rovers – but Peterborough's win at mid-table Palace means Birmingham go down anyway.

Despite a collapse remarkable even by their standards, Cardiff are champions by a point from Leicester, who manage to stay a point clear of Ipswich – but the Tractor Boys beat Hull in the Play-Off Final. Mick McCarthy is given the freedom of Suffolk but politely refuses – "There's nothing to see, no 'ills nor nowt" – while Bolton make history by becoming the first team to replace their manager with a postcode.

Best. Predictor Use. Ever.

[mrkint]

The excited (and, conversely, the bored) may be pleased to know the BBC's Predictor thing still exists. See if you can rig the results to get not just Bolton relegated but Mighty Mick's Ipswich into the play-offs.

I GOT US PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS and Blackburn relegated

I got a bit bored and had a little experiment: Ipswich win every game 9-0, Bolton lose every game 9-0, every other game is won 9-0 by the team who's lowest in the table. (I didn't say it had to make sense.)

In this bizarre fantasy world, Bolton fall into the drop zone the week after Easter - fickle, is football - and Ipswich's inexorable rise up the league sees them into the play-offs a week later. Because the teams below them are usually also losing, Cardiff stay top until the third-last weekend of the season - but just when all seems lost, they face hapless Bolton.

Brighton and Palace soon fall out of the play-offs but Leicester sit tight. Barnsley surprise themselves by tiptoeing into the top six with a game left but are kept out by a last-day loss at Huddersfield, replaced by Hull (who beat Cardiff).

By late April, Leeds somehow manage to freefall into the drop zone, presumably by only playing teams below them (and mighty Ipswich); Peterborough claw clear but then lose to Sheffield Wednesday, a result that also relegates Bolton with two games to spare. In history's tensest relegation battle, eight teams go into the last day with a chance of relegation. Birmingham, second-bottom at kick-off, beat Blackburn to relegate Rovers – but Peterborough's win at mid-table Palace means Birmingham go down anyway.

Despite a collapse remarkable even by their standards, Cardiff are champions by a point from Leicester, who manage to stay a point clear of Ipswich – but the Tractor Boys beat Hull in the Play-Off Final. Mick McCarthy is given the freedom of Suffolk but politely refuses – "There's nothing to see, no 'ills nor nowt" – while Bolton make history by becoming the first team to replace their manager with a postcode.

Best. Predictor Use. Ever.

Quite. But is that as the table stands or as it is affected each round of fixtures by the nine-nils?

[Dartisan]

In other news: a certain betting site have the odds for Saturday as follows currently:

Brighton Win: 11/5
Draw: 23/10
Bolton Win: 6/5

...hold me, I'm scared.

[bobo the clown]

The excited (and, conversely, the bored) may be pleased to know the BBC's Predictor thing still exists. See if you can rig the results to get not just Bolton relegated but Mighty Mick's Ipswich into the play-offs.

I GOT US PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS and Blackburn relegated

I got a bit bored and had a little experiment: Ipswich win every game 9-0, Bolton lose every game 9-0, every other game is won 9-0 by the team who's lowest in the table. (I didn't say it had to make sense.)

Knight's still getting picked then, I see.

[BWFC90]

BN says we're after Jeff Schlupp from Leicester if his move to United falls through. Not sure what he's like though.

[Sponge]

BN says we're after Jeff Schlupp from Leicester if his move to United falls through. Not sure what he's like though.

Rubbish name = shit player.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

He's a striker / left back....

Henrik Pedersen !

(similar goal ratio too!)

[david lee's bald patch]

Hang on - if his move to United collapses there won't be any other teams in the premier league would have a punt on him before he'd choose to come to us??

[Dartisan]

Hang on - if his move to United collapses there won't be any other teams in the premier league would have a punt on him before he'd choose to come to us??

Apparently he loves a good black pudding barm cake so only has eyes on a move to the North-West.....?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Best. Predictor Use. Ever.

Quite. But is that as the table stands or as it is affected each round of fixtures by the nine-nils?

Round-by-round. It did make me larf as I did it. I'm a simple soul.

There was a serious point though - long way to go yet.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Best. Predictor Use. Ever.

Quite. But is that as the table stands or as it is affected each round of fixtures by the nine-nils?

Round-by-round. It did make me larf as I did it. I'm a simple soul.

There was a serious point though - long way to go yet.

...especially if we start losing 9-0

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

There was a serious point though - long way to go yet.

...especially if we start losing 9-0

Well, quite.

Sadly today's looking busier but now I'm intrigued how things would end up if the higher-placed team always won - ie it went to "form", if you define form as being over the season. In the main it would simply exacerbate existing positions, but it might also show who's got the most six-pointers...

Or maybe not.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

There was a serious point though - long way to go yet.

...especially if we start losing 9-0

Well, quite.

Sadly today's looking busier but now I'm intrigued how things would end up if the higher-placed team always won - ie it went to "form", if you define form as being over the season. In the main it would simply exacerbate existing positions, but it might also show who's got the most six-pointers...

Or maybe not.

Go on go on go go go gwan. You can make time. Go on do it.

[Dartisan]

There was a serious point though - long way to go yet.

...especially if we start losing 9-0

Well, quite.

Sadly today's looking busier but now I'm intrigued how things would end up if the higher-placed team always won - ie it went to "form", if you define form as being over the season. In the main it would simply exacerbate existing positions, but it might also show who's got the most six-pointers...

Or maybe not.

I did this yesterday, but with a twist of having a draw whenever a team face a team 3 or less places away from them in the table (I've not saved the results unfortunately). 2-1 results all round excluding the 1-1's for draws.

We fell short by 4 points (we had a number of draws though, including Saturdays of course). 'Boro did surprisingly well though & took 6th.

[ChrisC]

Upson plays for this lot now if Davo does play it should be a fun.

[thebish]

Upson plays for this lot now if Davo does play it should be a fun.

oh yes!! KD in!!!

[Beefheart]

Can't really see the logic in playing, on current form, our 4th best striker just because the other team have a really crap defender. Yes, SKD has always done well against Upson but I can only see our other strikers exploiting that crapness even more than SKD would.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Bogdan out for 'two to three weeks' with groin strain, says Freedman (quoted on Twitter, where the first three responses are gleeful)