Post by northwesthoop on Jul 29, 2022 11:48:01 GMT
Yes I was going to move Luton myself, not sure they will be 3rd
I think we have a lot in the right area give or take a few places. Not sure I'd have QPR or Bristol City above the likes of Sheffield United and Watford though.
For now I'm using my 1 move to shove Birmingham down as I think they will be bottom and that moves a few others up, including Cardiff who seem a bit too low down.
1. Norwich City 2. West Brom 3. Middlesbrough 4. Burnley 5. QPR 6. Luton 7. Millwall 8. Bristol City 9. Sheffield United 10. Watford 11. Preston North End 12. Coventry City 13. Huddersfield 14. Blackburn Rovers 15. Stoke 16. Swansea 17. Sunderland 18. Blackpool 19. Hull 20. Wigan Athletic 21. Reading 22. Cardiff City 23. Rotherham United 24. Birmingham
I concur with @northwesthoop that Cardiff City are far too low down on this list. However, if I disagree on Luton, who on the balance of the squads going into the start of the season, I’ve bravely got finishing 2nd since I feel they pretty much have two players for every position.
A quick glance over that table makes me realise there is a lot of ‘meh’ in this division this year so picking my one change is difficult. But I’ll raise some eyebrows as usual, and I’m going to move Norwich City down the table, who i just don’t see yo-yoing for a third time. Pukki’s a year older, the midfield is thin on quality, and I anticipate Aarons leaving before the end of the window leaving them short at right-back. I think they’ll still do okay, but they’re behind where they were the last two times they’ve secured promotion. This move also aids my prediction that West Brom will win the division this season.
1. West Brom 2. Middlesbrough 3. Burnley 4. QPR (singlespeed hurry up and move us please 😅) 5. Luton 6. Millwall 7. Bristol City 8. Norwich City 9. Sheffield United 10. Watford 11. Preston North End 12. Coventry City 13. Huddersfield 14. Blackburn Rovers 15. Stoke 16. Swansea 17. Sunderland 18. Blackpool 19. Hull 20. Wigan Athletic 21. Reading 22. Cardiff City 23. Rotherham United 24. Birmingham
Last Edit: Jul 30, 2022 15:49:40 GMT by jrperry1882
Post by northwesthoop on May 12, 2023 10:23:49 GMT
Well, let's see how well we did with our 'league table formed by committee'
RESULTS 2022/23:
For reference this is the 4th season we have tried this...
We had no teams in the exact position but had a third (8 teams) of the league within 1 or 2 places of their finishing position
We had our best outcome for 3 seasons, being an average of 4.83 points out (much improved from 6.08 last season)
Ironically our worst prediction was QPR who we had a whopping 16 places too high (not quite our worst ever prediction which was 17 wrong with Huddersfield last season
For the first time we didn't get one of the 3 relegated teams correct
For the 2nd season in a row we put West Brom top and they didn't even make the play offs
Our other 'stinkers' were Sunderland 11 places too high then Birmingham, Blackburn, Coventry, Sheffield United and Bristol City all 7 places away from their finishing position