Prediction Premiership Week 35: froggobbler Wins Prediction Premiership 20007/08
(May 11, 2008)

He left his run late, only hitting the front last week, but it was timed to perfection - froggobbler has won the third Prediction Premiership title (and £100) after the most exciting run-in yet. SUFFOLK 'N' GOOD............... stole second place (£50) with an outstanding final week involving goals from Downing and Lescott (improving on his 5th placing last year). All of which left Juande they'll learn how to defend! trailing in third (£25), which must be a disappointment after leading the table pretty much every week between November and April.

It will be no great surprise to anyone that the most predictable team of the season (according to you, the loyal PTS members) was poor little Derby County, from whom most of us managed to pick up at least 3 points each week, simply by putting them down to lose. Close behind them on the predictability rankings - although for completely opposite reasons - were Manchester United and Chelsea. After being second-least predictable team in 05/06 and 06/07, Middlesbrough made it three years of confusing form, this time coming out overall as the team that members scored fewest points from. They were followed by Tottenham Hotspur, who had a surprisingly bad start to the season, then got their act together once people started to predict them to lose, only to hit a dodgy patch again once people woke up to the fact that Ramos was turning things around.

Our Golden Boot trophy this year goes to Juande they'll learn how to defend! with 180 points, after a masterful display of how to play the game. Mind you, that didn't stop last year's winner, SUFFOLK 'N' GOOD............... almost nicking that off him in the final week as well. The debate continues to rage over how best to pick your goalscorers... we're not going to tell you that, but we can tell you that if you'd picked five players and stuck with them all season then the five players to pick would have been Martin Laursen (48 points), Joleon Lescott (45 points), Stewart Downing (44 points), Sebastian Larsson (36 points) and James Harper (34 points). That's a total of 207 points - 13 points fewer than last season and 37 points fewer than 05/06, which either means the goals are getting spread around a bit more, or we're making the game harder...

A quick final mention for the winner of the last Manager of the Month - CalConJor Golden Boys - a killer combination of Downing, Lescott and Alves delivering that title...

The FAntasy Cup final is next weekend, and then it's on to Euro 2008... England may not have made it, but we're going to be adding some PTS spice to the competition with the first ever EuroPredictTheScore... watch out for an announcement next week. Of course, Prediction Premiership will be back in August, along with The FAntasy Cup and, if all goes to plan, a Champions League game...

All that's left is to again thank all of our members, old and new - we've said it before so I'll copy and paste it in here - we'd look a bit pathetic without you coming back every week, making your predictions and winning our prizes. Tell your friends - and we'll see you soon. Every Game Counts!

Prediction Premiership - Latest Standings froggobbler Rank Team Predict The Score Predict The Scorer Total 1 froggobbler 925 142 1067 2 SUFFOLK 'N' GOOD............... 890 172 1062 3 Juande they'll learn how to defend! 877 180 1057 4 BOATROYALS 914 140 1054 5 Getho XI 891 160 1051 6 Crouch for President 887 163 1050 7 H Papa 943 106 1049 8 YEAH! 871 171 1042 9 V will rock u!!! 897 142 1039 10 CalConJor Golden Boys 912 125 1037 Click Here For Full Table

Prediction Premiership - Manager Of The Month Latest Standings CalConJor Golden Boys Rank Team Predict The Score Predict The Scorer Total 1 CalConJor Golden Boys 154 62 216 2 H.R's Reds 176 39 215 3 Arabians FC 183 30 213 4 Getho XI 167 43 210 5 Nihon Blues 161 48 209 6 Champagne FC 166 42 208 7 Smash it up 176 30 206 8 froggobbler 181 24 205 9 Patel United 158 47 205 10 Proper Job 171 32 203 Click Here For Full Table

Prediction Premiership - Highest Scorers This Week CalConJor Golden Boys Rank Team Predict The Score Predict The Scorer Total 1 CalConJor Golden Boys 22 27 49 2 FC Rowlando 29 12 41 3 Yiddos 27 13 40 4 t and t gardeners 25 15 40 5 the biscuitmen 20 20 40 6 YEAH! 26 13 39 7 Crouch for President 23 16 39 8 Team Tiger 31 7 38 9 blaze of glory 25 13 38 10 Saints FC 24 13 37 Click Here For Full Table

Prediction Premiership - League of Leagues To be eligible for the League of Leagues, mini leagues should have 5 or more predicting members. Rankings are based on the average score for the all predictors in the league. Rank Team Predict The Score Predict The Scorer Total 1 Norman Helmet Club 874 117 992 2 Hardcore top draw 855 129 984 3 League of Gentlemen 842 116 958 4 Jack I'm now 7! 838 97 935 5 Leagues ahead 782 85 867 6 Faction 69 755 105 860 7 Ranelagh Legends 741 102 843 8 The 5th Postulates Axiom of Choice 679 71 750 9 League Local 667 75 742 10 Dover Premiership 593 73 666 11 Top Draw 584 81 664 12 PTS Facebook Supporters Club 577 71 648 13 DE Premier League 567 80 647 14 Whitehouse Workers 573 62 635 15 PredictTheScore Originals 556 64 620 Click Here For Full Table