Gringo

Mrs Gringo

HT: 1-1

FT: 1-2

1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Celtic: Furuhashi

Crowd: 52007

ICT anytime scorer: Shaw

Time of First Goal: 27

Yellow Card: Allardice

Gringo

 

HT: 1-1

FT: 3-1

1st Scorer ICT:  Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Celtic: Furuhashi

Crowd: 52555

ICT anytime scorer: Shaw

Time of First Goal: 17

Yellow Card: Carson

14 hours ago, Bobby said:

Any word on how many tickets we have sold? 

I know of at least 4 

 

Your predictions please for Game 49

The final NPL game of the season, who will take the title?

Nail biting stuff 

BONUS points available on this game.

ICT will be regarded as the AWAY team for this game

JOKERS  available but any Bonus Points gained will NOT be doubled.

ICT First Scorer: 5 Points

ICT Anytime scorer: 2 points [MUST be different player to your 1st scorer selection]

Time of First Goal: 2 points

Yellow Card: Points awarded in order of bookings. Min 2 points.

Crowd: 15 points bang on. 10 within 100 and 5 within 500.

HT:

FT:

1st Scorer ICT:

1st Scorer Celtic:

Crowd:

ICT anytime scorer:

Time of First Goal:

Yellow Card:

 

Update expected to be completed by 0700 07 JUNE

I've never known such a dedicated and determined nutter. Proud to have Yompa as a friend and inspiration. Lad deserves all the support we can muster.

This is one hell of an undertaking and I have no doubt he will do this. Please bare in mind he is no youngster....he's 70.

Give what you can please.

10 hours ago, DoofersDad said:

It could be a long, long time before we get to a final again.  

I believe I said the same thing back in 2015. The team broke up and our downward trend started after that final. 

I'm not expecting the shock we all grave but could this be a shot in the arm for the club and begin an upward trend instead? 

9 hours ago, tm4tj said:

Bowyer offski.

Billy Dodds anyone???

Better offer or sacked for not making extra money for the club in the play-offs 

15 hours ago, Robert said:

And thanks for the “young man”! I get my bus pass in a few months!!

 

Already got mine so it makes you younger than me so you qualify as a young man 

9 hours ago, DoofersDad said:

Congratulations, Robert.  To be fair, I was never really in the hunt.  But rather like ICT, I came into some late form only to slip up a bit in the final two rounds of games.  

Hard luck, Gringo.  Maybe next season will be your year.  You could then pull the plug on the game and be the champion in perpetuity!

Many thanks for running the prediction league.  It is a bit of fun and it is a shame the numbers get fewer each year.  Hopefully a bit more competition next year.

Thanks DD. I blew the title with an Arsenalesk performance. Think I was some 150 points ahead at one stage having got 3 correct scores one week. It's not very often I hit top spot so it was nice whilst there. I also played 5 games less which would have made ll the difference.

Thank you for playing. Yes it would be great to have more playing but my efforts to get more involved have failed.

9 hours ago, STFU said:

What's best for the club, though?  Getting in a new manager now and giving him extra time to get a squad together for next season (we have 15 players out of contract/loan), or starting the process less than 6 weeks before the first games are due next season and the majority of players having found themselves new clubs?

You pose a very good question. A case of damned if you do and damned if you don't right there.

Hi Robert...it just indicates the games that your Jokers were played. 

JOKER allocation going in to the final game...

ONE Joker left to play for the following:-

caleycalum

Ictross

 

 

1 hour ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Time to pose another few questions ?

Should we get rid of Dodds before the Cup Final ? Is missing out on the play offs more of a positive than a negative ? Would we have been totally fecked if we were to progress in the play offs ? What can we do in the next few weeks to prepare ?

Now Dodds - IMHO - provided quite an encouraging response to the last question - we take a whole week off to recuperate. We then get together like a training camp - work on fitness, work on team building and work on how to take on Celtic and start the final with a clear plan.

And most importantly - Are we organising a pub for either pre or post Cup Final - or both ???

At this stage I wouldn't ditch Dodds as there's not enough time for the replacement to get to know the squad for such a big game. What he needs to do though is work on tactics that avoid the big punt up the park. Championship sides gobble those up for breakfast. The likes of Celtic will enjoy them for dinner and supper too. Not making the play offs may be a blessing in disguise for me as I don't think we would have been good enough for the awful SPL. 

I agree entirely with your second paragraph. Recuperation, fitness and team building will be vital. I'd add watching Celtic videos until they've got green and white stripes in their eyes. They can be beaten...we just got to find a way how to do that. 

NPL Review for Game 48

So near yet so far. Great effort to keep the season alive until the end. We go again in the Championship next season with the mouth watering prospect of a return of the Highland Derby. (and Hamilton) 

 

No maximums in the Correct Score section.

Mrs Gringo got max points in the First Scorer section.

CaleyCanary got the Crowd Section bonus – 102 under.

Gringo tops the table by a single point going into the last game. Current champion caleycalum is only 9 points behind and has a Joker to play. Can he do it? old caley girl is still very much the Champion elect as she still has her final Joker to play.

 Total Entries

18

 

Predicted Match results

H – 16

D – 2

A – 0

The Results

 HT: 0-1

FT: 1-2

1^st ICT: Shaw

1^st Opp: Mullin

Crowd: 3435

 Correct Predictions

 HT: 0

FT:  0

1^st ICT: 3

1st Opp: 2

Crowd 5 pts: 0

Crowd 10 pts: 0

Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1

Bragging Rights

Mrs Gringo 10 

 

Jokers Played

Caley Braveheart +0

Robert  Not valid 45/47

MrCaleyjag  Not Valid 29/45

caleyjag +2

CaleyCanary +1

caleycalum +0

old caley girl +1

Ictross +1

Mrs Gringo +5

Gringo +1

CDN Girl +4

Scotty +2

SOS +2

 

Your Points

Mrs Gringo    10

CDN Girl        8

CaleyCanary            4

caleyjag         4

DoofersDad  4

Scotty 4

SOS    4

Gringo            2

Ictross 2

Joonya           2

Lmclmm         2

old caley girl  2

MrCaleyjag    1

Caley Braveheart     0

caleycalum    0

Doofer            0

Jock Watt       0

Jodie Carnie 0

Robert            0

           

TABLE -  48

 01 - 313 -         Gringo 

02 - 312 -         old caley girl

03 - 304 -         caleycalum

03 - 304 -         MrCaleyjag

05 - 292 -         Ictross

06 - 263 -         Mrs Gringo

07 - 255 -         Robert

08 - 254 -         CaleyCanary

09 - 246 -         caleyjag

10 - 234 -         DoofersDad

11 - 227 -         Doofer

12 - 219 -         Jodie Carnie

13 - 206 -         Joonya

14 - 200 -         Scotty

15 - 198 -         crownjaggie

16 - 196 -         Lmclmm

17 - 179 -         Caley Braveheart

18 - 165 -         CDN Girl

19 - 146 -         SOS

20 - 108 -         bughtmaster

21 - 49 -           Jock Watt

22 - 21 -           Kingsmills

CONGRATULATIONS to Robert on winning this season CTO PL. Fantastic effort in chasing down that no hoper Gringo in the end. I applaud you young man. Well done.

Fair effort in the end to keep the season alive in the league. Great run to bring it to this stage when we looked completely out of it at the start of the year. Injuries, Hamilton and Dodds have done us in the end. We can now look forward to the Highland Derby next season...as well as Hamilton...

No game now until the pre-season friendly with Celtic at Hampden Park on Sat 3 June in the blazing heat of the mid-day sun...oh...wait...make that the late afternoon sun. Quite how Mr Dodds and his merry men will prepare the team for this without any game time remains to be seen. Mon the Caley Jags - unbeaten in Scottish Cup Finals. 

Mrs Gringo

HT: 1-1

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Shaw

1st Scorer Ayr: Mullin

Crowd: 3888

JOKER

Gringo

HT: 0-0

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Ayr: Akinyemi

Crowd: 3777

JOKER

Many thanks to MrCaleyjag for continuing this most annoying and frustrating competition. Your efforts are appreciated by us all. 

 

Mrs Gringo

Alloa v Pars draw @3.40

Gringo

Queens v Kelty draw @3.50

NPL Review for Game 47

It was never in doubt! Scottish Cup Final here we come...again.

No maximums in any section for this game.

11 punters benefited from the ICT First Scorer bonus which was worth seven points. 

caleycalum got the only Yellow Card bonus points.

There were no bonus points won on the Time of First Goal section.

CDNGirl got the Crowd Section bonus – 268 over.

Gringo now leads the way in the table. With, potentially, only two games left, this could be anyone’s title.

 

Total Entries

19 

Predicted Match results

H – 18

D – 0

A – 1

 

The Results

HT: 2-0

FT: 3-0

1^st ICT: Billy Mckay

1^st Opp: --

Crowd: 12877

Time of 1^st Goal: 7 mins

First Yellow Card: Deas

 

Correct Predictions

HT: 0

FT:  0

1^st ICT: 11

1st Opp: --

Crowd 5 pts: 0

Crowd 10 pts: 0

Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 1

Time of First Goal: 0

First Yellow Card: 1

 

Bragging Rights

Robert  15 

 

Jokers Played

Robert   +6

Joonya  +2

Mrs Gringo  +3

Gringo  +4

 

Your Points

Robert 15 
caleycalum 11
Gringo 11
DoofersDad 9
Jock Watt 9
Mrs Gringo 9
Caley Braveheart 8
Ictross 8
Scotty 8
CaleyCanary 7
MrCaleyjag 7
CDN Girl 5
Doofer 4 6
Jodie Carnie 4
Joonya 4
caleyjag 2
Lmclmm 2
SOS 2
old caley girl 1

Table 47

01 - 311 - Gringo 
02 - 310 - old caley girl
03 - 304 - caleycalum
04 - 303 - MrCaleyjag
05 - 290 - Ictross
06 - 255 - Robert
07 - 253 - Mrs Gringo
08 - 250 - CaleyCanary
09 - 242 - caleyjag
10 - 230 - DoofersDad
11 - 227 - Doofer
12 - 219 - Jodie Carnie
13 - 204 - Joonya
14 - 198 - crownjaggie
15 - 196 - Scotty

Mrs Gringo

HT: 1-1

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Falkirk: Morrison

Yellow Card: Devine

Time of First Goal: 25

Crowd: 13621

**JOKER**

Gringo

HT: 0-0

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Falkirk: Kennedy

Yellow Card: Donaldson

Time of First Goal: 54

Crowd: 13889

**JOKER**

Mrs Gringo

Annan v Bonnyrigg draw @3.75

Gringo

Cove Rangers @11.00

Think I've still got some apathy left in me. I really don't know how this game will pan out. Falkirk did excellent to get to this stage and will not fear us. They have a score to settle from 2015 and they'll have a more vocal and bigger support. We need to start well and shut them up. 

As for our ticket sales I think we'd be luck to exceed 3000. Lets face, not many folk in Inverness can afford two semi finals on the same weekend...

The stupid early k.o time will prevent many fans meeting up and enjoying the big match build up. Football is not a sport for the fans anymore. I'm hopeful of hooking up with a few after the game but I really don't our plans yet for getting to Hampden.

Sorry to hear of his passing. Had the pleasure of listening to one of his after dinner speeches at an ICT function. So funny. Sincere condolences to all his family and friends.

Not heard from her for a good few years. Hope she is ok. Other than social media I have no further contact detail. xx

NPL Review for Game 46

 

I think I’m happy with a point . I like this ‘not losing’ run. Let’s hope it continues until the end of the season.

 

No maximums in any section for this game.

Joonya and MrCaleyJag got the only points in the First Scorer section.

 

DoofersDad got the Crowd Section bonus – a mere 403 under.

 

old caley girl is holding top spot still.

 

Total Entries

18

 

Predicted Match results

H – 14

D – 0

A – 4

 

The Results

HT: 0-0

FT: 1-1

1^st ICT: Samuels

1^st Opp: Cameron

Crowd: 3822

 

Correct Predictions

HT: 10

FT:  0

1^st ICT: 0

1st Opp: 2

Crowd 5 pts: 0

Crowd 10 pts: 0

Crowd Bonus 2Pts: 2

 

Bragging Rights

DoofersDad  8 

MrCaleyjag    8 

 

Jokers Played

Jodie Carnie  +2

Lmclmm +2

 

Your Points

DoofersDad  8 

MrCaleyjag    8 

caleycalum    6

CaleyCanary            6

caleyjag         6

Gringo            6

Ictross 6

Mrs Gringo    6

old caley girl  6

SOS    6

Jodie Carnie 4

Joonya           4

Lmclmm         4

Caley Braveheart     2

CDN Girl        2

Doofer            2

Robert            2

Scotty 2

 

TABLE -  46

01 - 309 -       old caley girl 

02 - 300 -       Gringo

03 - 296 -       MrCaleyjag

04 - 293 -       caleycalum

05 - 282 -       Ictross

06 - 244 -       Mrs Gringo

07 - 243 -       CaleyCanary

08 - 240 -       caleyjag

08 - 240 -       Robert

10 - 221 -       Doofer

10 - 221 -       DoofersDad

12 - 215 -       Jodie Carnie

13 - 200 -       Joonya

14 - 198 -       crownjaggie

15 - 192 -       Lmclmm

16 - 188 -       Scotty

17 - 171 -       Caley Braveheart

18 - 152 -       CDN Girl

19 - 140 -       SOS

20 - 108 -       bughtmaster

21 - 40 -          Jock Watt

22 - 21 -          Kingsmills

Mrs Gringo

HT: 0-0

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Shaw

1st Scorer Dee: Sweeney

Crowd: 2898

Gringo

HT: 0-0

FT: 2-1

1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay

1st Scorer Dee: Robinson

Crowd: 3111

13 hours ago, Robert said:

I’m destined to be the bridesmaid and not the bride!! Lol!!

Not over yet. I'm enjoying the battle at the top for a change.