Great interview with the last unbeaten (and only millennial?) coach, they play really early tomorrow 630 PT, 930 ET: https://theringer.com/europes-only-...naged-by-a-millennial-25da7e2bfe81#.p9g1n51h4
I had to double check but I can take some small solace in that I had Juve in addition to LPB. Also have Man U and Schalke still alive to make Europa semis, though Schalke is not favored being down 0-2 to Ajax but hosting (and I really hope Anderlecht shocks Man U)
More answers: EL semifinalists (100 pts each): Manchester United, Ajax, Celta Vigo, Lyon Will a team outside the "big 5 leagues (Spain, Germany, England, Italy & France)" make the CL quarterfinals (yes 50, no 25)? No Will a team outside the "big 5 leagues (Spain, Germany, England, Italy & France)" make the Europa semifinals (25)? Yes (Ajax - Netherlands) As a note, Lyon is the only CL 3rd place team left in EL. That 25 pts is still up for grabs. *** I only got Man U correct, damn Schalke. But, Ajax gave me that 25.
Lyon, the last one, was knocked out by Ajax. Will Europa League be won by a CL third place team? (25 pts) No.
Relegation answers came in with two games to go: Gijon, Osasuna, & Granada http://www.sport-english.com/en/new...suna-and-granada-the-segunda-division-6038673 @RayShaw aced that one. 50 points / correct answer.
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ALL THE ANSWERS ARE IN ALL CAPS: Barça Predictions Who will score the first Liga goal? (50 pts) ARDA Which defender will score first? (75 pts) MATHIEU First own goal? (75 pts) MATHIEU Who will receive the first booking?(75 pts) SUAREZ Which player will be sent off first? (75 pts) MATHIEU Will Luis Enrique be sent off this season? (Yes 25 points/ No 50 pts) NO Will Mascherano score a goal this season (Yes 100 points/ No 50 pts) YES Barca Pichichi: (25 pts) MESSI Correct order of SNM in goal scoring (50 points) M-S-N Top goal scorer other than SNM (25 points) ARDA HAD 13, RAKI 9, PACO 8, RAFINHA 7 IN ALL COMPETITIONS How many goals will the team score in La Liga? 116 (100 pts exact tally 50 pts ±5 within exact tally 25 pts ±10 within exact tally) In no particular order, list the three players that will top our MOTM poll. (25 pts each) M-S-N BUT ORDER NOT IMPORTANT Name the top midfielder in our MOTM poll. (25 points) ARDA (28) TOPS RAKITIC (15) BY A BUNCH AND WAY ABOVE BUSI AND INI, SO EVEN IF SOME CAME WHEN HE COVERED FOR NEYMAR HE SEEMS OUR WINNER Name the top defender in our MOTM poll. (25 points) UMTITI BESTS PIQUE Will the team bring in ANOTHER new player during the January window (includes cantera promotion)? (25 pts) NO Five Barca players with most Liga minutes? (25 points each). MAtS, SUAREZ, MESSI, BUSQUETS, NEYMAR Will MAtS be the primary Liga keeper (25 points). YES Will Bravo/Alves/Reina be the primary CL keeper (correct Yes - 50 points, No - 25 points). NO Which of the new signings/newly promoted (Digne, Umtiti, Denis, Gomes, or Samper) will play the most minutes? (50 points) UMTITI Will Barca sign a “4th forward this summer (25 points) YES, PACO If Barca signs a 4th forward which league will that player come from? (25 points Liga, 50 points other correct answer) LIGA How many PKs will we miss this season? (100 points for correct guess, 200 if zero ends up correct) JUST ONE MISSED Who plays most minutes at RB in Liga:Vidal or Roberto (not total minutes but rather minutes as RB in Liga) ROBERTO ------ I NEGLECTED TO LIST POINTS FOR THIS SO LETS SAY JUST (25 POINTS) For over a year our Grand Once was: GK, Alves-Pique-Masch-Alba; Raki-Busi-Ini; M-S-N. This year we have specific questions about RB (post-Alves) and about GK (given the weird rotation there, possible transfers), but if another (non-RB/GK) Grand Once player lost his starting spot who is it? 100 points to name the player from the 9 in the running. Same question but reversed, who replaces that player for 100 points? (to calculate this one we take total minutes from CL knockout games, and from all finals (but not Super Copa), and from Liga matches against Real and Atletico). MASCH LOST HIS SPOT, UMTITI TOOK IT Players on the brink (for each of the following correctly identify whether they remain with Barca ALL YEAR, are loaned out, or sold outright (for purposes of simplicity a loan with a buy option which we can trump = loan, a sale where we can buy back for no more than twice the price for at least two years will also be treated as a loan) – each correct answer is worth 25 points). For non Barca players just indicate if they join or not. To score points here there must not be an official FCB announcement before our first Liga match (or before you vote if your vote is in late) : Munir: WAS LOANED, BUT OFFICIALLY SOLD AS COULD BE BOUGHT (FOR 12M EUROS) Samper: LOANED Bravo: SOLD Douglas: LOANED Turan: RETAINED ALL YEAR Diego Alves: NOT ACQUIRED Paco Alcacer: ACQUIRED La Liga Wide Predictions Pichichi: (50 pts) MESSI Goal tally of Pichichi winner: (100 pts for exact answer, 50 within 2 goals, 25 within 5 goals) 37 LIGA GOALS Scorer of most penalties: (75 pts) THREE WINNERS HERE: CR7, MESSI, AND ASPAS EACH WITH 6 Zamora: (50 pts) OBLAK First coaching change after August 20th: (100 pts) VALENCIA How many points will La Liga champion finish with? 93 (100 pts exact tally 50 pts ±5 within exact tally) UCL qualifiers (4 - intended to be top 4 Liga positions): (25 pts each) REAL MADRID, BARCA, ATLETICO, SEVILLA Europa League qualifiers (3 - intended to be 5th and 6th Liga positions plus CdR winner or 7th place in Liga if CdR winner makes CL): (50 pts each), VILLARREAL, REAL SOCIEDAD, BILBAO Relegated teams (3 - intended to be 18th-20th in Liga standing ignoring financial relegation or points deductions): (50 pts each) OSASUNA, GIJON GRANADA Four Copa del Rey semifinalists: (50 pts each) BARCA, ATLETICO, CELTA, ALAVES How many Clasicos will be played this season overall: (50 pts ) JUST 2 Scoreline of the two Liga clasicos?(100 pts each) 1-1 AT HOME, 2-3 FOR US AT THEIR PLACE Predictions outside La Liga: UEFA Best Player in Europe Award correct order of finish amongst finalists Bale, Griezmann, and Ronaldo - 50 pts): RONALDO, GRIEZMANN, BALE FIFA Balon d'Or shortlist( 3) (25 pts each): RONALDO, MESSI, GRIEZMANN FIFA Balon d'Or winner: (75 pts) RONALDO In relation with La Liga / Premier League / Bundesliga / Serie A / Ligue 1: • Which league will see the first coaching change after August 20? (100 pts) SERIE A (PALERMO) • Which league will have the last unbeaten side? (100 pts): GERMANY (HOFFENHEIM MADE IT 17 MATCHES) (Since the leagues have staggered opening dates, correct answer will be based on league matchday #.) Premier League champions: (50 pts) CHELSEA Premier League Golden Boot (50 pts) KANE Serie A champions: (50 pts) JUVENTUS Serie A Capocannoniere: (50 pts) DZEKO Bundesliga champions: (50 pts) BAYERN MUNICH Bundesliga Torjägerkanone (50 pts) AUBAMEYANG Ligue 1 champions: (50 pts) MONACO Ligue 1 Top scorer (50 pts) CAVANI Correct league of the Golden Boot winner (50 points) LA LIGA CL semifinalists: (50 pts each) REAL MADRID, JUVENTUS, ATLETICO, MONACO EL semifinalists: (100 pts each) MAN-U, AJAX, LYON, CELTA Will Europa League be won by a CL third place team? (25 pts) NO Will a team outside the "big 5 leagues (Spain, Germany, England, Italy & France)" make the CL quarterfinals (yes 50, no 25)? NO Will a team outside the "big 5 leagues (Spain, Germany, England, Italy & France)" make the Europa semifinals (25)? YES, AJAX Will the Club World Championship feature the champs of Europe and South America in the final? (yes 25, no 50 pts) NO, KASHIMA ANTLERS BEAT ATLETICO NACIONAL (COLOMBIA) IN SEMIFINAL 3-0 I got 2,025 (with the 25 points for Roberto at RB), my best points were getting Liga winner points and Pichichi points both exactly right 93 and 37, each for 100. Without the "stay or go" points, which at least Unclesox did not predict, I have 1,925.
All my correct answers I have 2175 points I don't know if I get 25 points for Munir. That total is minus him For Masch to Umtiti do I get 100 or 200 points? I added with 100
1600 for me my highlights: Will Mascherano score a goal this season (Yes 100 points/ No 50 pts) Of course! Umtiti replaces Mascherano in el Grand Once (200pts) First coaching change after August 20th: (100 pts) Valencia
Great job, you may win back to back! As for your questions, since the Munir loan allowed them to buy (and Barca had no trump clause, to prevent that potential sale by paying even more) it was a "sale" for our purposes (which were all about what happened in last summer's transfer window, and/or January 2017 window), not a mere "loan", and either way you had him "remaining". So since he is now back with us, at least for the moment, I understand the confusion of whether "remaining" scores. But "sold" is what was intended to score. As for Masch losing his spot, that was worth 100, and for Umtiti gaining same spot that was also worth 100, so 200 points for you there. (My thinking was that both were hard to predict, for instance Masch could lose a starting spot and the replacement could have been another CB (not Umtiti). Or say Alba could lose his starting spot but not replaced by Digne but rather by moving to a 3-4-3, so Alba's replacement could be a 3rd CB or the 4th mid, etc.) So without my double checking your other points it looks like you have 2275 and very likely won again. Nice work!
1675 for me, not enough to unseat @waitforit Sorry to take so long to tally my score. Moved to a new town this summer... My big claim to fame, guessing the Pichichi total goals would be 37.
Needless to say at this point but, like last year, the new prediction thread will ignore Super Copa and start with first Liga match.