r/Aleague

IT'S THE AUSTRALIA CUP GRAND FINAL! IT'S THE REAL MELBOURNE DERBY! IT'S THE MEGALO! IT'S THE MEGALO KYANOS! GRANSALE, GRANSALE, GRANSALE! IT'S OLD SOCCER VS NEW FOOTBALL! IT'S THE GODS OF THE A-LEAGUE FIGHTING THE ANCIENT FORGOTTEN NSL TITANS! IT'S ALIENS VERSUS PREDATOR; WHOEVER WINS, SYDNEY LOSES! IT'S THE GREATEST DOMESTIC FIXTURE IN AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL HISTORY! IT SLICES! IT DICES! IT DOES YOUR TAXES! IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A VUCK WIN BUT IT'S GONNA BE A BLOCKBUSTER ALL THE SAME! THIS IS GONNA BE ONE TASTY SOUVLAKI, GET YOUR LAUGHIN' GEAR ROUND IT!

Proposed Stand would cost about $20 Million NZD and hold about 6000 bringing the seated capacity to 7900 and total capacity to 12000 if it were to go ahead

A bit of chat in the media over the weekend regarding Nix’s pre-season form. Disappointing results for Greenacre’s men but it was rightly pointed out that he hasn’t been able to field his full squad yet. Can Wellington progress from last season’s disappointment? Or will it be another tough chapter?

The looooong-awaited return of football is less than two weeks away!

As we get closer to the start of the ALM, ALW, and Championship seasons I'll be posting ladder prediction contests for them. Current plan is to post the ALW ladder prediction thread on Thursday, the ALM one on Sunday, then Last Man Standing next Wednesday.

 

So, how does this one work?

The contest is fairly straightforward - simply comment with your full prediction for each of the four groups, PLUS your predictions for semi-finalists, runner up, and Champion.

Here's how the scoring works: Everyone starts off with 32 points. However, you lose a point for every spot between where you predict a team will finish and where they actually finish. So for example, if you predict Marconi to top their group, but instead they finish 3rd, you lose 2 points. If you predict Bayswater to come 4th in their group but they top it you lose 3 points, etc.

After that, you get a bonus point for each correct semi-finalist, each correct finalist, and 2 points for correct Champion. These stack, so if for example you correctly tip Avondale to be Champions you'll get 4 points total from them - 1 for them making the semis, 1 for them making the finals, and 2 for them being Champions.

Max score is 40 points (perfect group stage, and nailing the predictions for semi-finalists, finalists, and Champion).

 

If you need a reminder of who is in which group, the Wikipedia page is your friend. Also for reference I believe the knockout bracket (assuming they use the same one as last year) is 1A vs 2C, 1B vs 2D, then on the other side 1C vs 2A, and 1D vs 2B.

The cutoff for entries is the kickoff of Preston vs Wollongong next Thursday.

 

What's the prize? Absolutely nothing. We're purely playing for pride, and because it's interesting to see what the general consensus is.

 

Btw, here are the winners from last season's contests:

Championship - /u/tahk-ki, with 29 points out of 40.

ALW - /u/thurdunn, with 38 points from a max of 60.

ALM - /u/lincof, with 44 points out of 72.

Good luck!