Champions League predictions - the final

[Agathon]

A terrible, terrible game - typically dour and defensive. I don't know why I bothered staying home - I knew it was an all Italian final.

I think Juve were robbed. Dida was clearly moving off the line before the ball was struck in Juve's third kick - and the referee did nothing.

So not only was it a bad game, but it was decided by the referee's incompetence.

[Zopperoni]

Poorly placed kicks =\

[Paul]

Juventus FC - Milan AC 0-0

Champions League winner: Milan AC
Losing Finalist: Juventus FC

Topscorer: Van Nistelrooy
Second place: Inzaghi

 1 OneFootInTheGrave  382 (+30)
 2 Locutus            377 (+20)
 3 Paul               359 (+10)
 4 Zopperoni          356 (+6)
 5 Wernazuma III      349
 6 MikeH              337
 7 Yaroslav           325
 8 Big Crunch (SD)    272 (+10)
 8 Fergus Horkan      272
10 Wille              263
11 Eli                262
12 Sloth              238
13 Notyoueither       224 (+10)
14 CyberShy           223
15 Giovanni Wine      215 (+16)
16 Lars-E             130
17 Fiera              127
18 Academia            98 (+10)
19 End Is Forever      89 (+10)
20 Azazel (Dalgetti)   83
21 FrustratedPoet      69
22 Fistandantilus      68
23 Zealot              47
24 Victor Galis        46
25 Sirotnikov          42
26 Bas                 33
27 Daz                 30
28 Boddington's        21
29 JohnIII             17
30 Saint Marcus        15
31 Datajack Franit     10 (+10)
32 Dr. Stiby            4
33 Juggler              2
34 Pekka                0
34 Rothy                0

I have uploaded the spreadsheet with all the results.

And here are the final results of the Champions League / UEFA Cup combination game:

 1 Locutus            724
 2 Zopperoni          708
 3 OneFootInTheGrave  703
 4 Paul               693
 5 Wernazuma III      668
 6 Eli                590
 7 Big Crunch (SD)    585
 8 Notyoueither       568
 9 Wille              560
10 CyberShy           466
11 Giovanni Wine      355
12 Fiera              308
13 Azazel (Dalgetti)  139
14 FrustratedPoet     137
15 Bas                117
16 Daz                 71

Congratulations Locutus for winning the combination game.

[Zopperoni]

Cool, three different winners for each Pred. League

Congratulations to Locutus for winning the Combo-game!

[Laertes]

Thanks again Paul for organising the competition so effectively. 8

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I think this is the first time during the whole game that I have been first and the Dutch (and Pauls) domination was finally broken...

Congrats Locutus, and thanks Paul when is the new round?Or will there be another one?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
Poorly placed kicks =\

Doesn't alter the fact that Dida was well off his line for the winning kick.

[Zopperoni]

I didn't notice that actually, but I'll take your word for it.

The first half wasn't really bad even though there weren't any goals.

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Yes, thanks Paul for your fantastic effort in organizing these three leagues

Are you going to start a thread to discuss next year's league soon? (I have an idea that can be experimented with in the UC League.)

[Paul]

Zopperoni, we can discuss next year's league here. Earlier in this thread OFITG has suggested posting predictions for the final in a pm instead of in the thread so that you won't know what the others have predicted. That sounds like an interesting idea.

OFITG, I haven't found the match dates for the new season on the UEFA site, but the first qualifying round usually starts in July, so you can expect the new game to start then.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Whoo waiting for the next season :excited:

well as for the pm in the last round, I think this is a must for the game to remain fair until the end, this one was a little dodgy, but well I couldn't resist to change the score either, so luckily I won... but it would be fairer if we have to post a pm to Paul for the last round of the league in a years time if you still have a chance to win during that round.

[Zopperoni]

OK, Paul.

The idea of a "pool of points" crossed my mind the other day.
I'll illustrate the idea with an example:

1) Suppose we're in the quarter final, which means there are four matches.
2) A number of points is attached to a match, e.g. six. This means that the total "pool of points" for four matches is (4*6 =) 24.
3) Now, a participant in the pred. league uses the pool as his stakes for the game:

If there is a tough matchup, like perhaps Deportivo - Arsenal, a player could predict a draw, but he only "bets" three points on it.
A player can also be confident about the outcome of a match. If he thinks Real will beat Newcastle for instance, he can "bet" ten points on it.

Obviously, there should be a minimum and maximum of points that players can "bet" on for each match. In this case, a minimum of two and a maximum of ten is possible.


So, basically, this idea has the following two implications:
1) A score is not predicted anymore, it's all about the state of the outcome (home win, away win, or draw); and
2) A player determines his own points. Taking risk can be rewarded greatly.


Any thoughts?

[yaroslav]

Thank you Paul for the community service

And congrats to all the winners

[Agathon]

Does anyone want to play fantasy football next season? The BBC has a good free online game which has the benefit of allowing you to organise your own leagues. I think there are enough people on here for an Apolyton league and I'd quite like to set "Ag's Mags" against all comers.

I don't mind volunteering to administer the league (there's virtually no work involved anyway).

[Zopperoni]

UEFA has a fantasy football league of its own as well. I participated, but forgot all about it, so my sucked.

Besides, there were only five of us in it this season. If there's more participation next season, maybe we could really get something going.

[Drogue]

I'm up for it Like this year looked good, but with PMs for the final.