Watford Predictions League 2017/18 Rules and Postings Thread. We are nearly there again The WPL will be starting in just over 3 weeks time. As far as I am concerned the scoring system can remain as it was last year, unless anyone has ideas about possible changes to it - if so then all feedback is welcome and I have enough time to bring in any changes. The rules here are only provisional at the moment. As always I will be ignoring Friday and Monday night fixtures (unless Watford are playing then) and keeping it as a weekend thing - when necessary drawing fixtures also from the championship or serie A when necessary. I can keep the idea of the joker - which can only be played on a fixture not involving Watford. The scoring system will (probably) be as follows - unless anyone wants me to scale it down in any way: You get 10 points automatically for remembering to tip. 3 points for a home win (wrong scoreline, wrong score difference eg. 1-0 against 3-0) 5 points for an away win (eg. 0-1 against 0-3) 4 points for a draw (eg. 1-1 against 0-0) plus 5 bonus points for the correct score difference = 9. 5 bonus points for correct score differences eg. 1-0 against 2-1, or 0-1 against 1-2 etc. Correct scoreline eg. 2-1 against 2-1 = 25 points Unique scoreline ie. you are the only tipper to get a scoreline absolutely correct = 20 bonus points (only valid if 20 or more people are tipping) Anything scored on Watford results is doubled. You have a (weekly) joker which can be played on any one of the other 9 fixtures - anything you score on this is doubled. All of this is the same as last year - there is one addition. In the unlikely event of tipping all 10 fixtures partly correct (ie. you score something on all 10) then there is a bonus of 50 points for this - my feeling is that an achievement such as this should have priority over 'getting lucky with one result'. In reality such a thing would happen rarely. Early days yet, but here are the fixtures for the opening round on Sat/Sun 12th/13th of August: Watford v Liverpool (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield Everton v Stoke City Southampton v Swansea West Brom v Bournemouth Brighton v Man. City Newcastle v Spurs Man. Utd v West Ham Norwich v Sunderland
Watford v Liverpool 2-1 (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 (J) Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-2 Everton v Stoke City 3-1 Southampton v Swansea 2-1 West Brom v Bournemouth 3-0 Brighton v Man. City 0-3 Newcastle v Spurs 1-3 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-1 Norwich v Sunderland 3-0
Watford v Liverpool 2-2 (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley 2-1 (J) Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-1 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 Southampton v Swansea 2-0 West Brom v Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton v Man. City 0-2 Newcastle v Spurs 1-1 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-1 Norwich v Sunderland 1-1
I'll be away for the first two weekends so can we have fixtures for the 19th/20th as well? Watford v Liverpool 1-2 (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-0 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 Southampton v Swansea 2-1 West Brom v Bournemouth 2-2 Brighton v Man. City 0-3 (J) Newcastle v Spurs 1-2 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-1 Norwich v Sunderland 2-1
Watford v Liverpool (12.30) 1-2 Chelsea v Burnley 2-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 1-1 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 (J) Southampton v Swansea 2-1 West Brom v Bournemouth 1-0 Brighton v Man. City 0-1 Newcastle v Spurs 2-1 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-0 Norwich v Sunderland 2-1
Watford v Liverpool 2-1 (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley 2-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-2 Everton v Stoke City 3-0 (J) Southampton v Swansea 1-0 West Brom v Bournemouth 1-1 Brighton v Man. City 0-3 Newcastle v Spurs 0-2 Man. Utd v West Ham 4-1 Norwich v Sunderland 1-1
Watford v Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-1 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 Southampton v Swansea 1-0 West Brom v Bournemouth 1-1 Brighton v Man. City 0-2 Newcastle v Spurs 1-3 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-0 Norwich v Sunderland 2-1
Watford v Liverpool 1-1 (Sat. 12.30) Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 1-2 Everton v Stoke City 3-1 Southampton v Swansea 2-0 (J) West Brom v Bournemouth 2-2 Brighton v Man. City 2-5 Newcastle v Spurs 1-2 Man. Utd v West Ham 3-2 Norwich v Sunderland 1-0
Watford v Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea v Burnley 2-1 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 1-1 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 (J) Southampton v Swansea 2-1 West Brom v Bournemouth 2-0 Brighton v Man. City 1-4 Newcastle v Spurs 0-3 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-2 Norwich v Sunderland 2-1
Watford v Liverpool 1-3 Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 2-1 Everton v Stoke City 2-0 Southampton v Swansea 2-1 West Brom v Bournemouth 1-1 Brighton v Man. City 0-3 J Newcastle v Spurs 0-2 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-1 Norwich v Sunderland 3-0
sorry its a bit late but if there is less that 20 tips in a week then poss 10 bonus points for a Unique scoreline being the only one to post it right with 17 or 18 and not getting a bonus is a little unfair
I tend to agree Brian.....the unique scoreline bonus will come into operation if we have a reasonable number of posters (at the beginning of the competition) - it doesn't depend on people remembering to post on any particular week. There has to be a borderline somewhere on that, but I can lower that to eg. 15. We have lost quite a few posters on the board and so our league could be smaller (maybe around 20) . It would be good if people tipped a little earlier so that I have an idea of the numbers participating - particularly as Watford have an early kick off.
Watford v Liverpool (12.30) 1-1 Chelsea v Burnley 3-0 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 1-2 Everton v Stoke City 3-1 Southampton v Swansea 2-0 West Brom v Bournemouth 0-0 Brighton v Man. City 0-3 (j) Newcastle v Spurs 1-4 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-0 Norwich v Sunderland 2-1
Watford v Liverpool (Sat. 12.30) 1-2 Chelsea v Burnley 2-1 Crystal Pal. v Huddersfield 1-1 Everton v Stoke City 0-0 J Southampton v Swansea 1-0 West Brom v Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton v Man. City 0-2 Newcastle v Spurs 0-3 Man. Utd v West Ham 2-0 Norwich v Sunderland 2-2