u1905068

Brentford to win 1.40
Nottingham Forest X 3.60
Bournemouth X 4.00
8pts please treble

Aintree 2.55
Mystical Power, William Hill   6/4

Arsenal (2) 1.60
Tottenham (1) 1.36
15pts double

Aston Villa (1) 1.61
Barcelona (1) 1.25
10 double

Man United win 1.85
Barcelona win 1.44
10 pts double

£59.3 double:
Tott Spurs win 1.50
Manchester City win 1.40
 

Leicester (1) 1.53
Tottenham (2) 1.44
15pts double

The Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League only seems to be getting more intense with every passing week. @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba are the new team on the top of the table after a moderate week of points scoring that was enough to move up one spot to the summit. David Oliver's team are just 1 point clear in first place so the pressure is firmly on. Double-figure totals from Levi Colwill and Kieran Trippier in the back-line played a key role in that rise to the top. It's also great to see a football forum veteran in @skyblues88 flirting with the top in 3rd place with their Show Me the Mane. Go on, Jay! 
Manager of the Week was a rather convincing winner this round with Carl Joiner's star of kings bringing home 98 points. The vast majority of the credit for that points haul goes to the decision to captain Ollie Watkins which totalled 46 points on its own. Ben White earning 14 points and Martin Odegaard accumulating 17 points also helped. Well played, Carl! 
The name of shame this week goes to... *checks to make sure it isn't me after an awful 38-point total*... Mark Milton's Best in Show who could only muster 16 points in one of the worst totals so far. The worst thing is that it looks like Mark was actually trying this week. Even if questions must be raised about the inclusion of James Tarkowski, Josh Brownhill, and Antoine Semenyo in the starting XI. Especially with 25 points sitting on the bench in the form of Sam Johnstone, Cristian Romero, and Joachim Andersen. Ouch! Come on, Mark. You're better than that!
It's an 11am BST deadline on Saturday 7th October so be sure to get your transfers in. I've officially wild-carded. Had enough of these primadonnas in my side. Time to start climbing the table! Otherwise, it's off to the job centre and a likely job in Scandinavian football for me! Good luck all! 

Barcelona (1) 1.28
Brighton (1) 1.33
15pts please

Hi all,
Apologies for the delay in getting this up. I was ill and then had both my own and my daughter's birthdays to celebrate. It was a big scoring week for some this time around and we do have a new leader at the top of the Punters Lounge Fantasy Football League. Abdulbadiu Abdulkadir's Dankaka lead the way after earning a solid 78 points last week.
However, it wasn't even close to being the highest score of the week. The Manager of the Week award for this round goes to @u1905068's Amics d'Eric Djemba who notched up a whopping 98 points to help them move up to 2nd in the table and just 5 points off the pace of top spot. David Oliver is familiar with success in our fantasy football so it's no surprise to see him up there once again. The fact he reached that many points without using a special card this week makes it even more impressive. Double-figure scores from Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Son Heung-min, Bruno Fernandes, Bukayo Saka, and Erling Haaland certainly helped!
A special tip of the fantasy hat to @Gray306's Ju-Lo's Lamborghini who accumulated 96 points and fell just short. He also didn't need to use a special card to get this total but did need some big scores by some unfashionable names including Kyle Walker and Pedro Neto to get him close to the three-figure total. Shashwot Adhikari's MaddiSon also hit 96 points this week with a three-man defence picking up 24 points on their own.
The lowest score this week wasn't even particularly low but we still need to pay our lack of respects to the recipient of the shameful accolade. Darama Mallum Wadai's Rexyking only managed 24 points and they were lucky to get that many in what looked like a car crash of a week. Six of his starting line-up are now listed as very doubtful or unavailable for this week. That includes Malo Gusto and Rodri who both got -2 this week for their respective red cards. Kepa Arrizabalaga and Danilo didn't even play but weren't replaced because Harry Kane, Kevin De Bruyne, and Davinson Sanchez on the bench are all unavailable too. Then there was Kurt Zouma who didn't pick up a single point. What a mess! Have a word with yourself Darama! You and your team are a disgrace! Also, given the state this team is in, if anyone else gets a lower score than this squad over the coming weeks you should just resign from your position with immediate effect!
Now, onto next week! The deadline for transfers is 11 am BST on Saturday 30th September. Best of luck with all your decisions! Here we go! 

Tottenham (1) 1.25
Arsenal (2) 1.50
17.45 pts double please

Tottenham (2) 1.85
Barcelona (2) 1.70
£10

Aston Villa (1) 1.65
Man City (1) 1.65
12 pts

Team name: Amics d'Eric Djemba
David Oliver
Good luck everyone! 

Newcastle - Southampton (1) @1.30
Liverpool Vs Tottenham Over 2.5 @1.50
15pts please

Newcastle (1) at 1.85
Liverpool (1) at 1.17
10pts 

Arsenal (2) 1.80
Barcelona (1) 1.17
£15 double

Barnsley @1.55
Barcelona @1.75
15 double

I've taken this as an away win as you've put '2' instructions, over-riding the unders odds you quoted.  Win odds 1.33

Leeds 2 @ 2.37
10 simple

I'm going to try out a new option for this Season 2.  It's mainly to provide an exit route for those who like to play half bank bets and who get stuck on a losing run, so that you can avoid the creeping death of penny bets in the latter weeks of the comp if you wish.  Once your bank drops below £10 you may select to go 'All In' instead of Half Bank, if you wish.  If you do go All In and your bet loses you will be out of the competition and will need to reapply when the next season starts, you will lose your guaranteed spot.
I've amended the Rules in the first post.
Players can stake up to 50% of their current bank in any one week until their bank drops to £10. Once the bank drops to £10 or lower, the players stake must be either half bank or 'All in'. The player will be eliminated if an 'All in' bet loses. Hopefully it will work ok but if anyone spots a major flaw in this please post a comment in the odds thread (as this one is locked).

Lightweights!  We might as well press on with a perfectly usable set of fixtures. I'll "tag" the remaining rabble to see if we can get a consensus.
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Many thanks @Fader for running the competition, big shoutout for the enourmous amount of work!
Congrats to the winner too! 

Many thanks @Fader for running the competition, big shoutout for the enourmous amount of work!
Congrats to the winner too! 

The 2022 World Cup starts on November 20th and concludes with the Final on the 18th December
The Punters Lounge will award cash prizes totalling £200 via Paypal.
First £80
Second £60
Third £40
Fourth £20
* Deadline for any entries therefore is 4pm on November 20th *
** If any multiple registrations are found to try and manipulate the competition, they will not receive any prizes **
Format
1) Entrants will be required to predict the Correct Score of the 48 group matches
2) Players will also nominate four teams from the competition in order of their main fancy being the No 1 choice
Scoring
In the group matches, by predicting a correct score you are in effect forecasting 3 main outcomes :
: - the actual result, whether or not both teams will score and if the game has under or over 2.5 goals
Points will be awarded as follows for all the 48 group matches :
3pts for the correct result of the game (1, X, 2)
1pt for correctly predicting if both teams score (or not)
1pt for correctly predicting under or over 2.5 goals
1pt BONUS for every correct score predicted
E.G,
Prediction 2-1 - actual result 3-0 = score 4pts (3pts for home win, 1pt for over 2.5)
Prediction 0-0 - actual result 0-1 = score 2pts (1pt for under 2.5, 1pt for both teams to score? No!)
Prediction 3-1 - actual result 4-2 = score 5pts (3pts for home win, 1pt over 2.5, 1pt both teams to score? Yes!)
Prediction 1-3 - actual result 1-3 = score 6pts (3pts for away win, 1pt over 2.5. 1pts both teams to score? Yes!, 1pt correct score)
Knock Out Phase
5pts if any of your nominated teams win their group
5pts if any of your nominated teams win a Last 16 match
5pts if any of your nominated teams win a Last 8 match
5pts if any of your nominated teams win a Semi Final match
5pts if any of your nominated teams wins the World Cup
BONUS 5pts if your number 1 team nominated team wins the World Cup
Any ties will be decided by how many correct scores predicted, then how many top 4 teams nominated correctly
Rules
Please post the matches in the order given in the selection thread, easy just to copy and paste.
If games are out of order they may be miscalculated.  Please use the format given
All predictions must be in the same post (before deadline)
Only 1 entry accepted per member, any duplicate entries will not count towards prizes.
No editing of posts, once you have posted your predictions they will be transferred to the master sheet so I will NOT see any edits.
Any mistakes contact me by PM or post on the forum (i.e, if you have missed a game out)
Latest table will be published on a regular basis through the tournament
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