Weekend Prediction Game, Season 2023-2024

[iamthenewno2]

It's my 50th birthday today, so in honour of that disgusting occasion I'm requesting a Wolves win this evening and a maximum 90 point prediction haul over the weekend. I would also like to scoop the Euromillions, grow my hair back overnight, and find myself locked in a stationery cupboard with Jenna Coleman at a time when she's feeling inexplicably fruity. Because that's just how fiftieth birthdays work, dammit.

Be careful, did the same for my 50th, wished to win the lottery but it is important to make sure you add the amount in the small print of your wish, in the same week I won the lottery (£30) and was told I was being made redundant. Saying that Jenna liked my hair.

 

[Huge of Sharjah]

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Week 18 - The Crimply Crimplene Fixtures - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	2~3	Newcastle
3	Hull	3~1	Birmingham
4	QPR	0~2	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1~2	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~0	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	3~0*	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	2~0*	Bolton
11	Peterborough	1~2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	2~2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2~0	Aldershot
14	West Ham	3~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2~2	Liverpool

2, 3 & 12... 6

Onion bags.

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[Wolf in Wednesbury]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	0~1	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~0	Birmingham
4	QPR	1~3	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0~3	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	1~0	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~3	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1*	Cardiff
10	Luton	2~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	2~3	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1~2*	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2~0*	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2~2	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

FA Cup Extravaganza!

GG - 4, 11, 15

Non GG - 7

p.s. Not sure why I still bother with the GG game

 

[Contrarian]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~0*	Birmingham
4	QPR	0~1*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1~1	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2~0	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	2~0	Bolton
11	Peterborough	0~2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	2~1	Wrexham
13	West Brom	4~0	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2~1	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

GG: 6, 13, 14, 4

 

[geowolf]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1-1	Leicester
2	Sunderland	0-2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2-1	Birmingham
4	QPR	0-2	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1-3	Brighton
6	Norwich	2-0*	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	4-1*	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1-0	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-1	Cardiff
10	Luton	1-1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	1-2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	2-2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	3-0	Aldershot
14	West Ham	4-1*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2-0	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

6,7,14,10

 

[SuziQ]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	0-3	Leicester
2	Sunderland	2-1*	Newcastle
3	Hull	3-2*	Birmingham
4	QPR	0-0	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0-1	Brighton
6	Norwich	2-0	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2-1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	0-1	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-1	Cardiff
10	Luton	3-0*	Bolton
11	Peterborough	2-0	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	0-1	Wrexham
13	West Brom	1-1	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2-0	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1-1	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

GG 1, 3, 10, 4

 

[SuziQ]

It's my 50th birthday today, so in honour of that disgusting occasion I'm requesting a Wolves win this evening and a maximum 90 point prediction haul over the weekend. I would also like to scoop the Euromillions, grow my hair back overnight, and find myself locked in a stationery cupboard with Jenna Coleman at a time when she's feeling inexplicably fruity. Because that's just how fiftieth birthdays work, dammit.

I turned 40 in September and also wished for the Euromillions but I didn't even win enough for another ticket!

PS Happy Birthday!

 

[Ewok vs Wolf]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	0~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	2~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	1~1	Birmingham
4	QPR	0~3*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1~3*	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2~1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2*	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	1~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	2~1	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	3~3	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2~1	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1~2	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

5,12,2, 9

 

[jrpb-3]

It's my 50th birthday today, so in honour of that disgusting occasion I'm requesting a Wolves win this evening and a maximum 90 point prediction haul over the weekend. I would also like to scoop the Euromillions, grow my hair back overnight, and find myself locked in a stationery cupboard with Jenna Coleman at a time when she's feeling inexplicably fruity. Because that's just how fiftieth birthdays work, dammit.

I don't remember any of that happening on my 50th Having said that my memory of some of the evening is a a bit of a blur so who knows.


Anyway Happy Birthday

 

[HICKO]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	0~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1-1	Newcastle
3	Hull	2-0*	Birmingham
4	QPR	1-3	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1-3	Brighton
6	Norwich	3-0*	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	1-1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	0-3	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-2	Cardiff
10	Luton	2-1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	1-4*	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	2-2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2-0	Aldershot
14	West Ham	3-1	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1-3	Liverpool

4,10,11…….13

Onwards and Upwards COYW

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

 

[Blast tyrant]

The Wolf In The North said:
Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2-0	Birmingham
4	QPR	0~2	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1~2	Brighton
6	Norwich	3-0*	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2-1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-0	Cardiff
10	Luton	2-1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	1~2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1~2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	3-0*	Aldershot
14	West Ham	3~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2-2	Liverpool

GG. 6, 13,15……….9

 

[CelebrityWolf]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1-1	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1-2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2-1	Birmingham
4	QPR	1-3*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1-1	Brighton
6	Norwich	2-1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2-1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	0-2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-1	Cardiff
10	Luton	2-1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	0-2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1-1	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2-0*	Aldershot
14	West Ham	3-1*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1-1	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

2,4,7.............8

 

[OldGold53]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	2~3*	Leicester
2	Sunderland	0~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~0	Birmingham
4	QPR	1~2	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0~2	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	3~0	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~1	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed gg	2~0	Cardiff
10	Luton	1~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough GG	1~3*	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1~2	Wrexham
13	West Brom GG	3~1	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal GG	2~2	Liverpool

 

[MelbourneWolf]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1-3	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1-3	Newcastle
3	Hull	2-0	Birmingham
4	QPR	0-2*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	1-2	Brighton
6	Norwich	2-0	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	1-0*	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1-2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1-1	Cardiff
10	Luton	2-1*	Bolton
11	Peterborough	1-2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	0-1	Wrexham
13	West Brom	0-7	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2-0	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1~2	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

gg. 1,2,13…7

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1~1	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~3	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~0	Birmingham
4	QPR	1~2*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0~2	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~0	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2~1	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	0~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	2~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	2~3	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1~2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2~0*	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2~2	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

2, 4, 11, 9

 

[Evthewolf]

1	Millwall	2~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~2	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~1	Birmingham
4	QPR	1~3*	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0~3*	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~1	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2~2	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	2~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	4~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	3~2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	2~2	Wrexham
13	West Brom	3~1	Aldershot
14	West Ham	3~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	1~1	Liverpool

GG: 4, 10, 11 and 15

 

[giantwolf]

Week 18 - Sat 6th-Sun 7th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 2/4)

1	Millwall	1~2	Leicester
2	Sunderland	1~1	Newcastle
3	Hull	2~1	Birmingham
4	QPR	1~0	Bournemouth
5	Stoke	0~2	Brighton
6	Norwich	2~0*	Bristol Rovers
7	Newport	2~0	Eastleigh
8	Middlesbrough	1~2	Aston Villa
9	Sheffield Wed	1~1	Cardiff
10	Luton	0~1	Bolton
11	Peterborough	0~2	Leeds
12	Shrewsbury	1~1	Wrexham
13	West Brom	2~0*	Aldershot
14	West Ham	2~0*	Bristol City
15	Arsenal	2~1	Liverpool

Oh-ho-ho, yes... it's January, so it's the week that all Prediction Leaguers hate the most. FA Cup, baby. Systems be damned, it's all about to turn the shape of the tangerine. Best of luck!

13, 14, 6, 4

 

[rincewind]

1 Millwall 1-2 Leicester
2 Sunderland 1-1 Newcastle
3 Hull 1 - 2 Birmingham
4 QPR 0-3 Bournemouth
5 Stoke 0-2 Brighton*
6 Norwich 2-0 Bristol Rovers
7 Newport 2-1 Eastleigh
8 Middlesbrough 1-3 Aston Villa
9 Sheffield Wed 2-2 Cardiff
10 Luton 3-1 Bolton *
11 Peterborough 2-2 Leeds
12 Shrewsbury 2-3Wrexham
13 West Brom 3-0 Aldershot*
14 West Ham 3-1 Bristol City
15 Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool

GG. 6, 10,13, / 2

Always difficult not knowing what teams are put out.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

MY GOD, Bournemouth, I hate you

 

[jrpb-3]

Normally I Love the FA cup, but if results go the way of current scores My feelings may change somewhat


EDIT: Just about scraped into double figures,

When’s the replay

 

[SuziQ]

MY GOD, Bournemouth, I hate you

They're complete and utter dicks. Ruining my Goals Galore!

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

They're complete and utter dicks. Ruining my Goals Galore!

I'll echo that for the snoozefest that was Boro v Villa.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

@SuperGran , you forgot your asterisks, but having them allocated to the first three games was excellent for you!

@ade123 missed last week but is this round's overnight leader on 22, with @Chris H , @Ewok vs Wolf , @iamthenewno2 and @SingYourHeartsOut close behind on 19.

@chignalwolf , we missed you last week. Glad you're back, hope it was nothing too serious.

 

[chignalwolf]

@SuperGran , you forgot your asterisks, but having them allocated to the first three games was excellent for you!

@ade123 missed last week but is this round's overnight leader on 22, with @Chris H , @Ewok vs Wolf , @iamthenewno2 and @SingYourHeartsOut close behind on 19.

@chignalwolf , we missed you last week. Glad you're back, hope it was nothing too serious.

Thank you and not too bad my friend, it only hurts when i laugh "ouch" , will just have to change my name to The Bionic Wolf.

 

[jrpb-3]

Absolute shambles this week, I fear the box of shame looms

 

[Wolf in Wednesbury]

No update yet … hope all is ok @The Wolf In The North

 

[SuperGran]

No update yet … hope all is ok @The Wolf In The North

Still celebrating his birthday maybe

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Still celebrating his birthday maybe

Or laughing at the state of the results!

 

[SmokeyGB]

Must admit little worried about no update..
Hope all is okay..
Need to see my massive 12 points and the dent on the title challenge.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Sorry, illness caused by having to get ridiculous vaccination jabs from Occupational Health. I know it has long term benefits, but in the short term, having someone shoot needles full of germs into you really doesn't feel brilliant!

Update should be by mid-day.

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Sorry, illness caused by having to get ridiculous vaccination jabs from Occupational Health. I know it has long term benefits, but in the short term, having someone shoot needles full of germs into you really doesn't feel brilliant!

Update should be by mid-day.

Take your time mate, I'm sure we can all wait. Not a great way to start your 50's!

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Take your time mate, I'm sure we can all wait. Not a great way to start your 50's!

I've taken a sick day from work as revenge for them sending me in the first place, the ******s.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Week 18 Results

	Points	Correct
Ade123	30	2
Leominster Wolf	30	1
OldGold53	28	1
Baboon	25	1
Ewok Vs Wolf	25	1
Iamthenewno2	25	1
Purplepault69	25	1
Bigcheese	23	1
Chris H	23	1
Nige100	23	1
Oh When The Wolves	23	1
SingYourHeartsOut	23	1
Don Corleone	22	0
SuperGran	22	0
WolvesAndCows	22	0
Zedkiel60	22	0
Hicko	21	1
MelbourneWolf	21	1
JadeWolf	20	1
Blast Tyrant	20	0
Wolf In Wednesbury	20	0
SmokeyGB	19	1
Evthewolf	18	0
Frank Lincoln	18	0
SG Wolves	18	0
Wolf In The North	18	0
Wonder Boyo	18	0
Chignalwolf	16	0
Lonewolf	16	0
Rincewind	16	0
Wolvessince63	16	0
SuziQ	14	2
CelebrityWolf	14	0
Contrarian	14	0
Huge Of Sharjah	14	0
Geowolf	12	0
Giantwolf	12	0
Jrpb3	10	0
Miniwolf	10	0
Mrs Spoon	6	0

Ade123 doesn't participate every week, but still becomes just the second player this season to collect a second weekly award, pipping unlucky Leominster Wolf by virtue of securing 2 correct scores to Leo's 1. Both finished on 30 points in a tough round, with Ade hitting two 1-1s at Hull and Eastleigh, taking points from 10 fixtures, and Leo smashing an asterisk on Leeds' 3-0 victory, one of only three 10-pointers this week.

OldGold53 - third with 28 points - and JadeWolf were the other asterisk hitters, whilst Suzi Q was the only other player to get 2 correct this round. All feature in the special mention of the week, as the correct scores were curiously spread around: OldGold53 was the only player to get Leicester's 3-2 (asterisk), Iamthenewno2 got Norwich 1-1, SuziQ got Villa 1-0, and JadeWolf got West Brom 4-1 (asterisk).

Mrs Spoon finished last, saving Miniwolf and Jrpb-3 from the Box Of Shame, though to be honest the majority of us were woeful and there was barely a cat's whisker between the bottom half of the table.

Hall Of Fame, Season 3

Week 1: Leominster Wolf - 38 (4)
Week 2: Giantwolf - 40 (3)
Week 3: Bigcheese, Lonewolf - 34 (3)
Week 4: SuperGran - 36 (4)
Week 5: Ade123 - 45 (4)
Week 6: Huge Of Sharjah - 39 (3)
Week 7: Jrpb-3 - 34 (3)
Week 8: Wonder Boyo - 45 (4)
Week 9: Don Corleone - 41 (3)
Week 10: Blast Tyrant - 37 (4)
Week 11: Oh When The Wolves - 29 (3)
Week 12: Ewok Vs Wolf - 33 (3)
Week 13: Contrarian - 37 (3)
Week 14: Purplepault69 - 39 (4)
Week 15: Rincewind - 30 (3)
Week 16: SmokeyGB - 34 (3)
Week 17: Purplepault69 - 33 (2)
Week 18: Ade123 - 30 (2)

Banana Cup: Giantwolf - 109 (6)
Strawberry Cup: Chris H - 135 (12)
Pineapple Cup: Don Corleone - 121 (8)
Apricot Cup: Contrarian - 116 (10)

Overall

1	Purplepault69	470
2	Chris H	448
3	Huge Of Sharjah	442
4	Jrpb3	440
5	Contrarian	437
6	Wolf In Wednesbury	437
7	Don Corleone	424
8	Baboon	421
9	Evthewolf	417
10	CelebrityWolf	416
11	Ewok Vs Wolf	413
12	Neves Wolf	412
13	Giantwolf	412
14	Leominster Wolf	411
15	SG Wolves	409
16	Lonewolf	406
17	Hicko	404
18	WolvesAndCows	402
19	Blast Tyrant	402
20=	Oh When The Wolves	401
20=	SmokeyGB	401
22	Geowolf	397
23	Wolf In The North	396
24	Iamthenewno2	394
25	Zedkiel60	391
26	Bigcheese	390
27	OldGold53	388
28	Wolvessince63	387
29	Miniwolf	387
30	SingYourHeartsOut	384
31	Frank Lincoln	382
32	Rincewind	377
33	Wonder Boyo	377
34	Nige100	376
35	SuperGran	365
36	Mac Tire	358
37	MelbourneWolf	357
38	Mrs Spoon	347
39	JadeWolf	346
40	SuziQ	320
41	Chignalwolf	307
42	Ade123	257
43	Stee	175
44	Viva Villazan	123
45	Paddy2929	116

Purplepault69 didn't suffer the New Year blues he'd anticipated, notching another solid week of 25 points, and is now 22 points clear of Chris H, whose 23 points inflates him back to second place following punctured tyre showings from Jrpb-3 and Huge Of Sharjah. Baboon, Evthewolf and Don Corleone make top 10 moves, mainly due to a rare non-showing for Neves Wolf, whose score therefore plunges this week - hope you're okay, NW! Wolf In Wednesbury is now just 5 points off 3rd place, which is always ominous. He strikes like a cobra, you know.

Tangerine Cup (Standings after 2 rounds)

Purplepault69	58
Oh When The Wolves	55
OldGold53	52
SingYourHeartsOut	51
Bigcheese	49
Zedkiel60	49
Wolf In Wednesbury	48
Ewok Vs Wolf	47
Chris H	45
Frank Lincoln	45
Iamthenewno2	44
Baboon	43
JadeWolf	43
Hicko	42
SG Wolves	42
SuperGran	41
Don Corleone	40
Leominster Wolf	40
WolvesAndCows	40
Jrpb3	39
Miniwolf	39
Blast Tyrant	38
SuziQ	38
Lonewolf	36
SmokeyGB	36
Wolf In The North	36
Wonder Boyo	36
Mrs Spoon	35
Geowolf	34
Huge Of Sharjah	34
Evthewolf	33
MelbourneWolf	33
Nige100	33
CelebrityWolf	32
Giantwolf	32
Rincewind	32
Ade123	30
Wolvessince63	30
Neves Wolf	29
Contrarian	27
Mac Tire	24
Chignalwolf	16

Purplepault69 is ahead at the halfway stage of the Tangerine, but plenty could still emerge triumphant, with SingYourHeartsOut among them, enjoying a recent surge of form in the prediction game alongside Goals Galore.

Correct Scores (Top 11)

Purplepault69	34
Jrpb3	30
Contrarian	29
Chris H	27
Hicko	27
Ewok Vs Wolf	26
Evthewolf	25
Mac Tire	25
Wolf In Wednesbury	25
Iamthenewno2	24
Neves Wolf	24

Purplepault69 is now 4 scores clear of his nearest rivals, as Jrpb-3 and Contrarian drew a blank.

Goals Galore Week 18

	Total	Plus	Minus
MelbourneWolf	11	13	2
CelebrityWolf	9	10	1
Nige100	9	10	1
WolvesAndCows	9	10	1
Purplepault69	9	9	0
Bigcheese	8	10	2
Wolf In Wednesbury	8	10	2
Wonder Boyo	7	11	4
Chris H	7	9	2
Jrpb3	7	9	2
Ewok Vs Wolf	6	10	4
Oh When The Wolves	6	10	4
OldGold53	6	10	4
SmokeyGB	6	10	4
Evthewolf	6	8	2
Mrs Spoon	6	8	2
Wolvessince63	6	8	2
Geowolf	6	6	0
Miniwolf	6	6	0
Chignalwolf	5	10	5
Blast Tyrant	5	9	4
Leominster Wolf	5	9	4
Frank Lincoln	5	8	3
Baboon	5	7	2
SuperGran	5	5	0
Contrarian	4	9	5
Giantwolf	4	9	5
Rincewind	4	7	3
Don Corleone	4	6	2
Huge Of Sharjah	4	6	2
SingYourHeartsOut	4	6	2
Hicko	3	8	5
Ade123	3	7	4
Iamthenewno2	3	5	2
JadeWolf	2	7	5
SuziQ	2	7	5
Wolf In The North	1	3	2

The Cup caused carnage, as Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff and QPR v Bournemouth resulted in 4 and 5 goals respectively, to the detriment of a third of the playing field who had those games as minuses - and 9 players had Luton v Bolton as a positive, which ended 0-0. In the end, MelbourneWolf emerged with the most credit, stacking up 13 plus points and just 2 minus for an overall 11, the only player to secure double figures this week. The Wolf In The North ends in the GG Box Of Shame with 1 point after choosing a 1-1, a 1-0 and a 0-0 - masterclass.

Goals Galore Overall

Total	Plus	Minus
168	197	29	SingYourHeartsOut
158	197	39	Bigcheese
152	192	40	Purplepault69
149	188	39	WolvesAndCows
143	189	46	SuziQ
141	181	40	Nige100
140	186	46	Chris H
140	180	40	Wolvessince63
137	184	47	SmokeyGB
136	187	51	OldGold53
135	178	43	Oh When The Wolves
135	176	41	Wolf In The North
135	175	40	Baboon
134	183	49	Jrpb3
132	188	56	Don Corleone
130	175	45	Leominster Wolf
129	182	53	Blast Tyrant
129	176	47	Ewok Vs Wolf
128	177	49	Wonder Boyo
126	180	54	Iamthenewno2
124	170	46	Huge Of Sharjah
123	174	51	Evthewolf
123	164	41	Geowolf
122	171	49	Wolf In Wednesbury
122	165	43	Chignalwolf
120	170	50	Contrarian
120	169	49	CelebrityWolf
118	168	50	MelbourneWolf
116	160	44	Hicko
115	168	53	Neves Wolf
114	170	56	Giantwolf
114	159	45	Rincewind
112	158	46	SuperGran
109	150	41	Mrs Spoon
107	153	46	JadeWolf
105	160	55	Frank Lincoln
105	153	48	Miniwolf
101	147	46	Mac Tire
72	94	22	Ade123

A rare off-week for SingYourHeartsOut with just 4 points, as he too was scuppered by Bolton and Villa, allowing Bigcheese (8 points), Purplepault69 and WolvesAndCows (both 9 points) to take a slender slice out of his lead. The top two have now both accrued 197 positive points apiece after 18 weeks, which is an average of 3.65 goals per game, just 0.01 shy of a leap year.

 

[Huge of Sharjah]

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The wheels have well and truly fallen off... Must keep calm and remember my samurai warrior training.

.

 

[Bigcheese]

My mid season rum tour of Barbados seems to have done the trick, I will be chasing down singyourheartsout with renewed vigor and rum swishing through the veins

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

My mid season rum tour of Barbados seems to have done the trick, I will be chasing down singyourheartsout with renewed vigor and rum swishing through the veins

No problem being caught by a rum drinker, just keep those gin swillers away from me!

 

[HICKO]

Mmmm, mid table mediocrity, must make ´mends.
UTW

 

[Leominster_Wolf]

Week 18 Results

	Points	Correct
Ade123	30	2
Leominster Wolf	30	1
OldGold53	28	1
Baboon	25	1
Ewok Vs Wolf	25	1
Iamthenewno2	25	1
Purplepault69	25	1
Bigcheese	23	1
Chris H	23	1
Nige100	23	1
Oh When The Wolves	23	1
SingYourHeartsOut	23	1
Don Corleone	22	0
SuperGran	22	0
WolvesAndCows	22	0
Zedkiel60	22	0
Hicko	21	1
MelbourneWolf	21	1
JadeWolf	20	1
Blast Tyrant	20	0
Wolf In Wednesbury	20	0
SmokeyGB	19	1
Evthewolf	18	0
Frank Lincoln	18	0
SG Wolves	18	0
Wolf In The North	18	0
Wonder Boyo	18	0
Chignalwolf	16	0
Lonewolf	16	0
Rincewind	16	0
Wolvessince63	16	0
SuziQ	14	2
CelebrityWolf	14	0
Contrarian	14	0
Huge Of Sharjah	14	0
Geowolf	12	0
Giantwolf	12	0
Jrpb3	10	0
Miniwolf	10	0
Mrs Spoon	6	0

Ade123 doesn't participate every week, but still becomes just the second player this season to collect a second weekly award, pipping unlucky Leominster Wolf by virtue of securing 2 correct scores to Leo's 1. Both finished on 30 points in a tough round, with Ade hitting two 1-1s at Hull and Eastleigh, taking points from 10 fixtures, and Leo smashing an asterisk on Leeds' 3-0 victory, one of only three 10-pointers this week.

OldGold53 - third with 28 points - and JadeWolf were the other asterisk hitters, whilst Suzi Q was the only other player to get 2 correct this round. All feature in the special mention of the week, as the correct scores were curiously spread around: OldGold53 was the only player to get Leicester's 3-2 (asterisk), Iamthenewno2 got Norwich 1-1, SuziQ got Villa 1-0, and JadeWolf got West Brom 4-1 (asterisk).

Mrs Spoon finished last, saving Miniwolf and Jrpb-3 from the Box Of Shame, though to be honest the majority of us were woeful and there was barely a cat's whisker between the bottom half of the table.

Hall Of Fame, Season 3

Week 1: Leominster Wolf - 38 (4)
Week 2: Giantwolf - 40 (3)
Week 3: Bigcheese, Lonewolf - 34 (3)
Week 4: SuperGran - 36 (4)
Week 5: Ade123 - 45 (4)
Week 6: Huge Of Sharjah - 39 (3)
Week 7: Jrpb-3 - 34 (3)
Week 8: Wonder Boyo - 45 (4)
Week 9: Don Corleone - 41 (3)
Week 10: Blast Tyrant - 37 (4)
Week 11: Oh When The Wolves - 29 (3)
Week 12: Ewok Vs Wolf - 33 (3)
Week 13: Contrarian - 37 (3)
Week 14: Purplepault69 - 39 (4)
Week 15: Rincewind - 30 (3)
Week 16: SmokeyGB - 34 (3)
Week 17: Purplepault69 - 33 (2)
Week 18: Ade123 - 30 (2)

Banana Cup: Giantwolf - 109 (6)
Strawberry Cup: Chris H - 135 (12)
Pineapple Cup: Don Corleone - 121 (8)
Apricot Cup: Contrarian - 116 (10)

Overall

1	Purplepault69	470
2	Chris H	448
3	Huge Of Sharjah	442
4	Jrpb3	440
5	Contrarian	437
6	Wolf In Wednesbury	437
7	Don Corleone	424
8	Baboon	421
9	Evthewolf	417
10	CelebrityWolf	416
11	Ewok Vs Wolf	413
12	Neves Wolf	412
13	Giantwolf	412
14	Leominster Wolf	411
15	SG Wolves	409
16	Lonewolf	406
17	Hicko	404
18	WolvesAndCows	402
19	Blast Tyrant	402
20=	Oh When The Wolves	401
20=	SmokeyGB	401
22	Geowolf	397
23	Wolf In The North	396
24	Iamthenewno2	394
25	Zedkiel60	391
26	Bigcheese	390
27	OldGold53	388
28	Wolvessince63	387
29	Miniwolf	387
30	SingYourHeartsOut	384
31	Frank Lincoln	382
32	Rincewind	377
33	Wonder Boyo	377
34	Nige100	376
35	SuperGran	365
36	Mac Tire	358
37	MelbourneWolf	357
38	Mrs Spoon	347
39	JadeWolf	346
40	SuziQ	320
41	Chignalwolf	307
42	Ade123	257
43	Stee	175
44	Viva Villazan	123
45	Paddy2929	116

Purplepault69 didn't suffer the New Year blues he'd anticipated, notching another solid week of 25 points, and is now 22 points clear of Chris H, whose 23 points inflates him back to second place following punctured tyre showings from Jrpb-3 and Huge Of Sharjah. Baboon, Evthewolf and Don Corleone make top 10 moves, mainly due to a rare non-showing for Neves Wolf, whose score therefore plunges this week - hope you're okay, NW! Wolf In Wednesbury is now just 5 points off 3rd place, which is always ominous. He strikes like a cobra, you know.

Tangerine Cup (Standings after 2 rounds)

Purplepault69	58
Oh When The Wolves	55
OldGold53	52
SingYourHeartsOut	51
Bigcheese	49
Zedkiel60	49
Wolf In Wednesbury	48
Ewok Vs Wolf	47
Chris H	45
Frank Lincoln	45
Iamthenewno2	44
Baboon	43
JadeWolf	43
Hicko	42
SG Wolves	42
SuperGran	41
Don Corleone	40
Leominster Wolf	40
WolvesAndCows	40
Jrpb3	39
Miniwolf	39
Blast Tyrant	38
SuziQ	38
Lonewolf	36
SmokeyGB	36
Wolf In The North	36
Wonder Boyo	36
Mrs Spoon	35
Geowolf	34
Huge Of Sharjah	34
Evthewolf	33
MelbourneWolf	33
Nige100	33
CelebrityWolf	32
Giantwolf	32
Rincewind	32
Ade123	30
Wolvessince63	30
Neves Wolf	29
Contrarian	27
Mac Tire	24
Chignalwolf	16

Purplepault69 is ahead at the halfway stage of the Tangerine, but plenty could still emerge triumphant, with SingYourHeartsOut among them, enjoying a recent surge of form in the prediction game alongside Goals Galore.

Correct Scores (Top 11)

Purplepault69	34
Jrpb3	30
Contrarian	29
Chris H	27
Hicko	27
Ewok Vs Wolf	26
Evthewolf	25
Mac Tire	25
Wolf In Wednesbury	25
Iamthenewno2	24
Neves Wolf	24

Purplepault69 is now 4 scores clear of his nearest rivals, as Jrpb-3 and Contrarian drew a blank.

Goals Galore Week 18

	Total	Plus	Minus
MelbourneWolf	11	13	2
CelebrityWolf	9	10	1
Nige100	9	10	1
WolvesAndCows	9	10	1
Purplepault69	9	9	0
Bigcheese	8	10	2
Wolf In Wednesbury	8	10	2
Wonder Boyo	7	11	4
Chris H	7	9	2
Jrpb3	7	9	2
Ewok Vs Wolf	6	10	4
Oh When The Wolves	6	10	4
OldGold53	6	10	4
SmokeyGB	6	10	4
Evthewolf	6	8	2
Mrs Spoon	6	8	2
Wolvessince63	6	8	2
Geowolf	6	6	0
Miniwolf	6	6	0
Chignalwolf	5	10	5
Blast Tyrant	5	9	4
Leominster Wolf	5	9	4
Frank Lincoln	5	8	3
Baboon	5	7	2
SuperGran	5	5	0
Contrarian	4	9	5
Giantwolf	4	9	5
Rincewind	4	7	3
Don Corleone	4	6	2
Huge Of Sharjah	4	6	2
SingYourHeartsOut	4	6	2
Hicko	3	8	5
Ade123	3	7	4
Iamthenewno2	3	5	2
JadeWolf	2	7	5
SuziQ	2	7	5
Wolf In The North	1	3	2

The Cup caused carnage, as Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff and QPR v Bournemouth resulted in 4 and 5 goals respectively, to the detriment of a third of the playing field who had those games as minuses - and 9 players had Luton v Bolton as a positive, which ended 0-0. In the end, MelbourneWolf emerged with the most credit, stacking up 13 plus points and just 2 minus for an overall 11, the only player to secure double figures this week. The Wolf In The North ends in the GG Box Of Shame with 1 point after choosing a 1-1, a 1-0 and a 0-0 - masterclass.

Goals Galore Overall

Total	Plus	Minus
168	197	29	SingYourHeartsOut
158	197	39	Bigcheese
152	192	40	Purplepault69
149	188	39	WolvesAndCows
143	189	46	SuziQ
141	181	40	Nige100
140	186	46	Chris H
140	180	40	Wolvessince63
137	184	47	SmokeyGB
136	187	51	OldGold53
135	178	43	Oh When The Wolves
135	176	41	Wolf In The North
135	175	40	Baboon
134	183	49	Jrpb3
132	188	56	Don Corleone
130	175	45	Leominster Wolf
129	182	53	Blast Tyrant
129	176	47	Ewok Vs Wolf
128	177	49	Wonder Boyo
126	180	54	Iamthenewno2
124	170	46	Huge Of Sharjah
123	174	51	Evthewolf
123	164	41	Geowolf
122	171	49	Wolf In Wednesbury
122	165	43	Chignalwolf
120	170	50	Contrarian
120	169	49	CelebrityWolf
118	168	50	MelbourneWolf
116	160	44	Hicko
115	168	53	Neves Wolf
114	170	56	Giantwolf
114	159	45	Rincewind
112	158	46	SuperGran
109	150	41	Mrs Spoon
107	153	46	JadeWolf
105	160	55	Frank Lincoln
105	153	48	Miniwolf
101	147	46	Mac Tire
72	94	22	Ade123

A rare off-week for SingYourHeartsOut with just 4 points, as he too was scuppered by Bolton and Villa, allowing Bigcheese (8 points), Purplepault69 and WolvesAndCows (both 9 points) to take a slender slice out of his lead. The top two have now both accrued 197 positive points apiece after 18 weeks, which is an average of 3.65 goals per game, just 0.01 shy of a leap year.

I’m taking that as a weekly win, correct scores my ****

 

[The Wolf In The North]

I’m taking that as a weekly win, correct scores my ****

I'm getting rid of that rule next season, it's viciously cruel.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Week 19 Fixtures, Sat 13th - Sun 14th Jan (TANGERINE CUP 3/4)

1	Chelsea	~	Fulham
2	Newcastle	~	Man City
3	Cologne	~	Heidenheim
4	Darmstadt	~	Borussia Dortmund
5	Athletic Bilbao	~	Real Sociedad
6	Real Betis	~	Granada
7	Monza	~	Inter Milan
8	Everton	~	Aston Villa
9	Man Utd	~	Tottenham
10	Fiorentina	~	Udinese
11	Bochum	~	Werder Bremen
12	Monchengladbach	~	Stuttgart
13	Brest	~	Montpellier
14	Le Havre	~	Lyon
15	Lens	~	Paris St Germain

Because of the (quite frankly bizarre and annoyingly awkward) staggering of Premier League matches in January, the next two weeks will see out the Tangerine Cup in a highly Euro-centric fashion. Let mayhem ensue.