Xcout

I'm pretty sure no-one else has gone as far as to propose going "flat only" and banning selections over the jumps! 

Stats can lie - I have never managed to make a profit betting long odds on shots in my lifetime - however by being slightly choosy and with some luck you can make some profit from longer odds shots. Look at your thread for instance ODDS ON SELECTIONS TRIAL - has this ever made you a decent profit ???? No matter how hard you try.
By being selective to a degree however and with some decent luck odds prices 10/1-to over 100/1 have made me and others some decent profit in the long run.
Try a system by following all punters selections on the naps table over a period of time - say 1 month ( can paper trade if you like - but I find that actual small stakes cash will give a truer reflection)
- then take out all the non profitable punters - remove all the odds on selectors also - keep all the regular winners  that show a profit - see how you get on.
Adjust every month - take out non profitable punters - replace with some that perform better - rinse and repeat - works for me most times.
Keep stakes small and have a hardcore of around 20 that you follow daily - see how you get on.
Sorry to ramble on - giving away trade secrets - I may have to develop another system to replace - but getting on in years so not such a big deal for me.😀
Hope the above will give some clues/assistance to other punters on here - however I will stay away from odds on shots for the duration. 

I wonder if the brigadier gets early prices the night before and BOG in the other competition ???? 

Anyone could see how skewed the Naps table is just by my above reasoning Micheal and that would draw equal accusations of not being realistic, I think the most winners comp is far more accurate as to the skills of "our punters" to be honest so maybe that should be the main topic of publication/promotion. Add on to that THE BRIGADIER doing well throughout the season is a very good advert for the site, I am sure many have seen him up there have wondered who/what is PUNTERS LOUNGE and popped along for a look. I am hoping he can find a biggie to get back into top three.

The trigger for having the vote is that there will no longer be any bookies offering BOG the night before. The thing that is not realistic is the ability to take a price before BOG is available with any bookies (whether the night before or first thing in the morning) but still have BOG apply to the selection. As a fun competition there is no obligation for the rules to be ultra-realistic but the issue has been raised to see what people think.
With around 56% of the votes so far (if my quick tot up is correct) it looks like the status quo will prevail which is obviously fine. If that creates an edge that doesn't exist in real life (taking a price early but still getting BOG) then it's an edge that's available to everyone should they wish to try and exploit it.
I favoured scrapping BOG from an authenticity perspective (not available to me with most firms) but there's a lot to be said for leaving things as they are if the majority of people prefer to retain BOG rather than ditch it altogether. So unless my #banthebog Twitter campaign gathers unexpected momentum it looks like it will be very much "as you were" but we've all had a bit of fun wagging our jaws and arguing the toss! 

I hope "Bet365 scrapping BOG" is not what you mean and that you're talking about not offering BOG the day before?? If so, this now means no bookie offers it so, why are we in the Naps comp? Well, not that it effects me but, i thought this was still in place for all the members that are unable to post on the day because of work commitments. (or other reasons) Would seem a bit harsh on them imo. Other than that, what "current rules" do you think are unrealistic? It wasn't too long ago that you amended them. (Mclarke- No matter how i write or however many times i alter what i write, it always seems to come across that i'm being arguementative! I hope you know that this is not the case.)

Year to date table as at the end of February
 

Season 3 started quietly with only 20 winning bets, mainly due to several unexpected draws which would have made a good return had anyone picked them!  Bet of the week is from @Xcout with a 6.5/1 treble more than doubling his bank already,   @harry_rag and @Marek76 not too far away from also achieving that with over 3/1 returns.  Division 1 leads the way with a profit.
Week off now for International games and we'll be back with the weekend fixtures starting Fri 31st.  We coud do with at least one more player in Divisions 7 & 8 (and up to 6 more in each) so the competiton remains open until deadline for new entries to join in from week 2 (but we will run as we are if there are no more takers).

Monaco @ 1.83
Marseille @ 2.30
Napoli @ 1.80
£20 treble please

I’ll have a go. No penalty for missing week one. You have to play at least 6 of the remaining 9 weeks. You would be out if you missed 3 of those weeks in a row. So a maximum of 4 no shows if you missed week one and 3 other non-consecutive weeks. All subject to ratification by the boss of course, but that’s my take.

We had 2 enormous wins to complete the season with @Marek76 landing a 7/1 half bank treble for a 4 figure win   and @1945harry not far behind with a 12/1 smaller half bank treble.  But bet of the week goes to @dj.orange with a 30/1 treble .  Well done to the 17 who found a winner to complete the season. 
Division 1, @stuboy43 ended with a nice 11/1 treble to jump straight up to the top of the table.
Division 2, top 3 hold on to their places with @Procalc keeping the top spot.
Division 3, @dj.orange's super bet leap frogs him into the top spot.
Division 4, what can I say! @Marek76 keeps the top spot with his 4 figure return but @1945harry and @silver fox both leap up with massive treble wins to push the others off the podium.
Division 5 had a little shuffle round with @przemek taking the top spot.
Division 6, no winners and no big position changing bets so top 3 stay the same with @Wanderlust clear at the top.
Division 7, @daisychain has a win to leap frog over the top 3 into top spot.
Division 8, @Budgie 65 keeps the top spot with @Larkin22 moving up onto the podium.
Well done to the top 3 on the podium of each Division.  I'll list and tag you separately regarding prizes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 3 in each Division, please can you Message me on here with your PayPal email address and I will collate and pass on to management who will arrange the payments.  Also Overall Top 5 please send me your address so we can post out the PL merchandise (mug and pens) if you'd like it.  To Message, either hover over my name and click the Message envelope which comes up bottom left, or click the envelope at the top of the forum page.  If you're a previous winner feel free to tag it onto our last messages and just confirm if details are still the same.  Give us a couple of weeks to get payments organised.  Merchandise is shipped from our suppliers so may take longer - if you aren't in the UK we'll do our best to get them to you, but there are shipping restrictions from our supplier and unfortunately in some cases it might not be possible.
Well done everyone.
WINNERS 
DIV 1  @stuboy43 £75. @Xcout £50. @AdriaN92 £30.
DIV 2  @Procalc £60. @Cuko £40. @APitt1988 £25.
DIV 3  @dj.orange £50. @Bagzi £35. @Redno2009 £20.
DIV 4  @Marek76 £40. @1945harry £30. @silver fox £20.
DIV 5  @przemek £35. @Nosey-P £25. @Astleavista £15.
DIV 6  @Wanderlust £30. @Tiffy £20. @BARNSLEYCHOP £10.
DIV 7  @daisychain £20. @Like A Roughie £15.  @Gizmo £10.
DIV 8  @Budgie 65 £20.  @Larkin22 £15.  @Gray306 £10.
TOP 5 OVERALL  @Marek76  @1945harry  @Budgie 65  @dj.orange  @Procalc   PL Mug & Pens.
 

Portugese League @avongirl 

Brilliant, cheers all, I'll take a look at soccerstats.  Looks like I'll be at home on a snow day tomorrow so I should get season 2 results wrapped up and new Divisions sorted, and I'll make a decision on weeks.  Don't want to go out with a wimper but if we have Prem plus all the Europeans it should work ok.

Premiere League - 12 weeks
Champ. -  12 weeks
L1 - 12 weeks
L2 - 12 weeks
France - 12 weeks
Italy - 13 weeks
Germany - 11 weeks
Scotland - 7 weeks
Spain - 14 weeks

Bear in mind some of those 'gameweeks' are mid-week fixtures.
If we count the next two weekends before the international break,
there are 11 weekend sets in the Prem (5 in April, four in May).
8 in the Championship (2 in March, 5 in April, ONE in May). They're
jamming a lot of matches mid-week.
9 in League 1 (3 in March, 5 in April, 1 in May). Ditto on the mid-weeks.
9 in League 2 (3 in March, 5 in April, 1 in May). Same, same.
Scotland has 5 (ONE in March, 4 in April)
Bundesliga has 11 (2 in March, 5 in April, 4 in May)
La Liga has 10 (2 in March, 5 in April, 3 in May)
Ligue 1 has 12 (2 in March, 5 in April, 4 in May, 1 in June)
Serie A has 12 (2 in March, 5 in April, 4 in May, 1 in June)
Info from soccerstats, just trawl through 'matches'.
 
Bloody hell, I need a cup of tea after that.

I'd suggest one of the following options, having just had a look at the fixtures.
Take a one week break and go again from the 18th of March for a 10 week season ending on the weekend of the 27th May (final week of Prem) with a break for the International weekend 25th March Or take a 3 week break (rather than play a single week before the International break) and start on 1st April for a 9 week season (same end week) Either way, the fixtures are going to thin out as the Scottish and lower English leagues finish a few weeks earlier than the rest.

I'm trying to see how many weeks of games there are left to determine whether we can get another 8, 9 or 10 week season in.  I would prefer to take one week break now to get the results sorted and new Divisions set up if possible, but we might just need to power on through!  There are plenty of weeks left of Premier league games which has rather misled me, but the lower Divisions look like they finish a few weeks earlier.  I can't see the fixtures ahead for the European leagues, can anyone tell me when they run until?  There is an International Break week coming up at the end of this month when only the lower leagues continue so we most likely will need to skip that.

Manchester United @ 2.10
Napoli @ 1.44
Lazio @ 1.40
£25.13 Treble

Juventus @ 1.61
Milan @ 2.10
Real Madrid @ 1.80
£30.42 treble please

Sorry, living in a place several  time zones from UK sometimes messes me...

Lyon @ 1.73
Monaco @ 1.85
Double £34.50 

Union Berlin @ 2.15
Single £30
 

@kenisbusyfights back with a 40/1 shot to win the title.
I know some are sceptical with big prized winners but to get 8 with average odds over 40/1 is a very impressive performance.