Predictions Thread

[Wilpshire Blue]

Well, finally the prediction table has changed, albeit only for one person and, surprise, surprise, it's the one person who predicted a defeat.
Drog takes 2 points and leapfrogs me into second place

 

[Steve Moss]

I’m lagging behind. I’ll need to meditate (aka drink) and think about it.

 

[Drog]

Oddly enough that doesn't give me all that much satisfaction. Paid off waiting to see the teams before I committed though.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

So, while I sacrificed my prediction for the good of the team, quite a few of you scored some points last night.
Pick of the bunch goes to Steve Moss, who correctly predicted 3-0 and gets the maximum 5 points - obviously drinking did the trick Steve
Quite a few in and around the twenties now but OOT still well out in front on 36 - can he be caught?

 

[Steve Moss]

So, while I sacrificed my prediction for the good of the team, quite a few of you scored some points last night.
Pick of the bunch goes to Steve Moss, who correctly predicted 3-0 and gets the maximum 5 points - obviously drinking did the trick Steve
Quite a few in and around the twenties now but OOT still well out in front on 36 - can he be caught?

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Top 6! Finally.

And drinking (I mean meditating) almost always does the trick.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

So, some of us are finally latching on to the fact that predicting a Rovers defeat pays off at the moment (I'm not one of them ).
Not surprised that Drog is furious about Wednesdays 4th goal as it was the difference between 2 points and 5 points for him.
Well done to everyone else who picked up 2 points.

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

Four impressive wins on the trot Aston Villa next

It’s not if , but by how many - unless TM parks the bus

 

[Drog]

We do seem to have met many teams in a rich vein of form this season.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

New predictions table and yet another weekend of being rewarded for predicting a Rovers defeat.
Quite a few 2-pointers around but only one 5-pointer, so congratulations to Drog, who boldly enters into the thirties.
Unfortunately for him (and the rest of us) OOT becomes the first to 40 points, so well done that man.

 

[Drog]

Starting to run out of games now but I'm still looking a good bet for automatic promotion though.

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

Yet another bonanza day for those who backed the opposition.
This week that means just Steve W and Barmitzvah Boy, so well done the pair of you on getting 2 points a piece.

Here is the new table

 

[Drog]

I was denied another 5 pointer in consecutive matches by the width of the bloody bar! Not helped by the rovers players rank inability to cross a ball.

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

Yet another bonanza day for those who backed the opposition.
This week that means just Steve W and Barmitzvah Boy, so well done the pair of you on getting 2 points a piece.

Here is the new table

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Thanks for updating the table, but I didn't predict today for that reason WB; there's no pleasure at all backing your team to lose week after week.

 

[Drog]

There is when they win!

 

[Wilpshire Blue]

For a change it didn't pay to predict against our team last night.

All of those who went for a Rovers win were rewarded with 2 points, apart from our top-of-the-table man OOT, who correctly predicted 2-0 and collected another 5 points (as if he hasn't enough already!)
How the heck do you predict us to not only win but to also keep a clean sheet after recent games?

The rest of us can only hope he does a Devon Loch

The race for 2nd and 3rd is much tighter though and 25 points can still be won over the remaining 5 matches.

 

[Drog]

Crystal ball? Tardis?
I must say 2-0 was never in my thoughts. I settled on 2-1 eventually after seeing the teamheet, until then I was going 1-1.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Think I will start predicting after seeing the team sheet!

 

[Drog]

It is quite important ODB.
Careful though cos rem I had points chalked off for posting about the opposition team first and before making my prediction a couple of mins after KO. It's easy to do when one's sometimes on the last minute.

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

For a change it didn't pay to predict against our team last night.

All of those who went for a Rovers win were rewarded with 2 points, apart from our top-of-the-table man OOT, who correctly predicted 2-0 and collected another 5 points (as if he hasn't enough already!)
How the heck do you predict us to not only win but to also keep a clean sheet after recent games?

The rest of us can only hope he does a Devon Loch

The race for 2nd and 3rd is much tighter though and 25 points can still be won over the remaining 5 matches.

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Cheers WB and thanks for all the work you do on the prediction league .

Why did I forecast 2-0 ? A clean sheet from one of the leakiest defences in the league ?

Well I looked at the Derby team , managed by an ex premier league success story . I’ve found that the likes of Lampard tend to want their teams to play pretty football , lots of triangles going nowhere , tending to over play it from the back . It’s the type of football that bores me to tears .

If teams lay off then they can get into trouble . At home Rovers tend to press and play with intensity and physicality against these sorts of teams , winning the 50 /50 s , hunting down the ball in packs and then breaking at speed . That’s the type of football that has me on the edge of my seat .

I also thought that Derby wouldn’t play long balls into the box as they haven’t a Sam Vokes , Jay Rodriguez et al type bully up front . Our defence , with the exception of Lenihan, can’t cope with a physical and aggressive forward line . To me Derby are the opposite of that .

So with little to worry about at the back it was just a matter of Rovers scoring . With Dack back I thought we had every chance !

Easy to explain after the match and if anyone believes all that mumbo jumbo they’ll believe anything

 

[steve w]

In other words......just a good guess