Stevie_J Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Finally, and apologies for the delay, here are the details of how this season’s Prediction League Cup will work. The competition will begin with a group stage. There will be 15 groups (twelve groups of 4 predictors and three groups of 3). Each predictor will play each of the other predictors in their group once with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. Group table position will be dictated by Pts, then prediction points difference (think goal difference), prediction points scored, then games won, then head to head record. The top two players from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, along with the two third-place predictors with the best group stage record from the groups of four. 32 predictors will go through to the second round, where predictors go head-to-head in a knockout format, which goes through to a final between two predictors, just as in a typical cup competition. In the knockout stage, in the event of a draw, there will be a replay fixture. If scores are level in the replay, the predictor closest to the attendance in the replay wins. In the unlikely event that doesn’t separate them, it’ll go to the attendance from the original tie. In the final there will be no replay. Closest attendance wins if scores are level. In the unlikely event this can’t separate the finalists the one with the highest semi final score (original tie, not replay) wins. The group stage draw is in the video above. With 57 predictors, it’s a long one I’m afraid! I’ll confirm the group line-up in a post below and then the cup fixtures. First cup game will be the home game against Morecombe. Please let me know if I’ve missed any crucial details. -- Cup Fixtures: Group Stage: Morecombe (h) Crawley (a) Yeovil (h) Crewe (h) Round 2: Stevenage (h) Replay - Cambridge (a) Round 3: Tranmere (h)Grimsby (h) Replay - Newport (a)Tranmere (h) Round 4: Colchester (a) Replay - Swindon (h) Semi Finals: Mansfield (h) Replay - Exeter (a) Final Northampton (h) --- Knockout stage draw: Round 2: Stevenage (h) (Replay - Cambridge (a)) -------- Match 1: Macca v oafcmetty Match 2: south east latic v Nohairdontcare Match 3: JoeP v mcfluff1985 Match 4: Kusunga_is_God v youngen Match 5: rudemedic v milnrow latics Match 6: Ex_pat v Handsy Match 7: mick26 v aidan_latics Match 8: Latics_Fanatic v lookersstandandy Match 9: Benja v nzlatic Match 10: HarryBosch v maddog Match 11: stevesidg v al_bro Match 12: JohnnyPimp vs disjointed Match 13: astottie v a259 Match 14: Monty Burns v Oafc1895 Match 15: Latics and England v Lawman Match 16: yarddog73 v DavidCollinge Round 3: Tranmere (h) (Replay - Newport (a)) -------- Match 17: Winner of Match 9 vs Winner of Match 13 Match 18: Winner of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 14 Match 19: Winner of Match 4 vs Winner of Match 10 Match 20: Winner of Match 15 vs Winner of Match 2 Match 21 Winner of Match 8 vs Winner of Match 1 Match 22: Winner of Match 11 vs Winner of Match 5 Match 23: Winner of Match 7 vs Winner of Match 12 Match 24: Winner of Match 16 vs Winner of Match 6 Quarter Finals: Colchester (a) (Replay - Swindon (h)) -------- Match 25: Winner of Match 23 vs Winner of Match 20 Match 26: Winner of Match 19 vs Winner of Match 17 Match 27: Winner of Match 21 vs Winner of Match 24 Match 28: Winner of Match 22 vs Winner of Match 18 Semi Finals: Mansfield (h) (Replay - Exeter (a)) -------- Match 29: Winner of Match 28 vs Winner of Match 27 Match 30: Winner of Match 25 vs Winner of Match 26 Final: Northampton (h) ------ Match 31: Winner of Match 29 vs Winner of Match 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I’ll tell you what Stevie, Eli has come on leap & bounds hasn’t he? He’s better than the jokers the BBC put up for the FA Cup. Forgive me if they’re somewhere else, however what are planned to be the other cup fixtures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 That's a family video for generations to come to enjoy. Well done to all involved. Looking forward to pitting wits with yarddog73 ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Cup Fixtures: Group Stage: Morecombe (h) Crawley (a) Yeovil (h) Crewe (h) Round 2: Stevenage (h) Replay - Cambridge (a) Round 3: Tranmere (h) Replay - Newport (a) Round 4: Colchester (a) Replay - Swindon (h) Semi Finals: Mansfield (h) Replay - Exeter (a) Final Northampton (h) Any postponements may lead to having to revise the above. Also added to to the original post at the top of this thread. Edited February 4, 2019 by Stevie_J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Group Fixtures: Morecombe (h)Crawley (a) Groups of four - Player A v Player B; Player C v Player D Groups of three - Player A v Player B Yeovil (h) Groups of four - Player A v Player C; Player B v Player D Groups of three - Player A v Player C Crewe (h) Groups of four - Player A v Player D; Player B v Player C Groups of three - Player B v Player C Edited February 4, 2019 by Stevie_J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 9:11 AM, LaticsPete said: That's a family video for generations to come to enjoy. Well done to all involved. Looking forward to pitting wits with yarddog73 ! That rivalry will have to wait Pete. I’ve spotted a mistake (and I can’t even blame the kids!). @yarddog73 appears twice in my subtitles but is not in your group (he’s actually in Group O). It should have said @Monty Burns in your Group. Apologies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Group line-ups: GROUP A GravityGrave Oafc1895 Handsy BP1960 GROUP B Lawman Runningman DavidCollinge GlossopLatic GROUP C Ex_pat Bristolatic Latics_Fanatic nzlatic GROUP D singe SAV al_bro JohnnyPimp GROUP E JoeP milnrow latics maximus1267 pjkent GROUP F stevesidg Stevie_J Hometownclub a259 GROUP G Brisbaneblue Monty Burns south east latic LaticsPete GROUP H josh_latics astottie youngen Ryan GROUP I daniel rudemedic mcfluff1985 Ak’s11 GROUP J Nohairdontcare disjointed Lee Sinnott leeslover GROUP K Jorvik_latic dannyboy5555 Macca Kusunga_is_God GROUP L rosa maddog Mick26 Oafcprozac GROUP M L1onheartNew oafcmetty HarryBosch GROUP N Latics and England Benja Dave_Og GROUP O yarddog73 lookersstandandy aidan_latics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 What have l missed by missing the macc match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 56 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: That rivalry will have to wait Pete. I’ve spotted a mistake (and I can’t even blame the kids!). @yarddog73 appears twice in my subtitles but is not in your group (he’s actually in Group O). It should have said @Monty Burns in your Group. Apologies! Still tasty ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 32 minutes ago, Monty Burns said: What have l missed by missing the macc match? Nothing at all in terms of the cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Group fixtures - Morecombe (h) GROUP A GravityGrave v Oafc1895 Handsy v BP1960 GROUP B Lawman v Runningman DavidCollinge v GlossopLatic GROUP C Ex_pat v Bristolatic Latics_fanatic v nzlatic GROUP D singe v SAV al_bro v JohnnyPimp GROUP E JoeP v milnrow latics maximus1267 v pjkent GROUP F stevesidg v Stevie_J Hometownclub v a259 GROUP G Brisbaneblue v Monty Burns south east latic v LaticsPete GROUP H josh_latics v astottie youngen v Ryan GROUP I daniel v rudemedic mcfluff1985 v Ak's11 GROUP J Nohairdontcare v disjointed Lee Sinnott v leeslover GROUP K Jorvik_latic v dannyboy5555 Macca v Kusunga_is_God GROUP L rosa v maddog Mick26 v oafcprozac GROUP M L1onheartNew v oafcmetty GROUP N Latics and England v Benja GROUP O yarddog73 v lookersstandandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Stevie_J said: Group fixtures - Morecombe (h) GROUP C Ex_pat v Bristolatic Latics_fanatic v nzlatic Nothing like a nice, easy start to the Cup. And that is nothing like a nice, easy start. What are the odds on an upset, I wonder? Edited January 23, 2019 by Bristolatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 9 hours ago, Bristolatic said: Nothing like a nice, easy start to the Cup. And that is nothing like a nice, easy start. What are the odds on an upset, I wonder? ...and you've got nzlatic. Horrible group. Group of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Stevie_J said: Group fixtures - Morecambe (h) GROUP B DavidCollinge v GlossopLatic [The Glossop Derby & Dave Collinge always gets on TV like Man Yoo] BBC1 Sat 12:30. GROUP F Hometownclub v a259 [Last year's Premier League champions vs a Pretender for this year's title & the boring all Premier League tie that everyone hates] BT Sat 2pm GROUP K Jorvik_latic v dannyboy5555 [Camera's in town looking for the giantkilling] BT Sport Friday 7:30pm GROUP L rosa v maddog [The only - I think - all female tie] BT Sport Sat 5:30PM GROUP M L1onheartNew v oafcmetty [Camera's in town looking for the giantkilling] BBC1 Sunday 12pm GROUP O yarddog73 v lookersstandandy [Top of the Championship playing well & expecting to beat Premier League opponent] BBC1 Mon 7:30pm BBC and BT have announced the 6 games to be screened live, see above...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Aussie derby in group M - I'm in Perth for the next 5 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzlatic Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 hours ago, lookersstandandy said: ...and you've got nzlatic. Horrible group. Group of death. Although I'm struggling to regain the form of the past. Ex_pat just seems to churn out title after title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 44 minutes ago, nzlatic said: Although I'm struggling to regain the form of the past. Ex_pat just seems to churn out title after title. The mind games have started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Stevie_J said: The mind games have started. What, like @lookersstandandy @-ing Prozac on Twitter to remind him to post his prediction in the cup, purely as an attempt to fuck me and @rosa over? Nasty piece of work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, maddog said: What, like @lookersstandandy @-ing Prozac on Twitter to remind him to post his prediction in the cup, purely as an attempt to fuck me and @rosa over? Nasty piece of work... Especially as he’s only got to out qualify one other poster in his group of 3. Then again he got lucky last year and only had one other active predictor in his group and he still came 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, maddog said: What, like @lookersstandandy @-ing Prozac on Twitter to remind him to post his prediction in the cup, purely as an attempt to fuck me and @rosa over? Nasty piece of work... That's like Man City worrying that Burton are going to turn them over tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, rudemedic said: Especially as he’s only got to out qualify one other poster in his group of 3. Then again he got lucky last year and only had one other active predictor in his group and he still came 2nd. Didn't he then produce some sort of analysis to show he was in the toughest group?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, Stevie_J said: Didn't he then produce some sort of analysis to show he was in the toughest group?! BS. I think the toughest group was ours. 4 Premier League members plus one who made the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, maddog said: What, like @lookersstandandy @-ing Prozac on Twitter to remind him to post his prediction in the cup, purely as an attempt to fuck me and @rosa over? Nasty piece of work... 23 minutes ago, rudemedic said: Especially as he’s only got to out qualify one other poster in his group of 3. Then again he got lucky last year and only had one other active predictor in his group and he still came 2nd. 19 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: Didn't he then produce some sort of analysis to show he was in the toughest group?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, rudemedic said: Especially as he’s only got to out qualify one other poster in his group of 3. Then again he got lucky last year and only had one other active predictor in his group and he still came 2nd. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 hours ago, nzlatic said: Although I'm struggling to regain the form of the past. Ex_pat just seems to churn out title after title. Wait a minute, wasn't he supposed to have bought one of those? Nobody mentioned churning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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