I sometimes wonder if I am becoming a bit of a sad case in my old age. It was my birthday yesterday and still being laid up with Covid after two weeks, it was hardly a day for celebration. I won't give my age away. Although I am certainly not in my prime, my age is now a prime number. (Did I hear someone shout 97? You can piss right off.) However, having scored a solitary point from my first two predictions, I was banking on Drogheda United to beat Wexford 2-0 to accumulate a half-decent four points. Wexford scored earlier on, killing off any chance of a correct score. Drogheda briefly nudged 2-1 ahead but lost the lead within seconds. It looked like a 2-2 draw until a late winner made an old man happy. I actually punched the air as Drogheda gave me a second point for Week 8. Is that sad? If I'm honest, I think it is, but it was the highlight of my birthday.
Scoring far more prolifically were
@PaddyP17 and
@Coveredendchoir, who both scored a very respectable 6 points.
@WestSussexAddick, finding form at last, scored a decent 5 points, as did
@sholland,
@Blackheathen and
@addickson. Charlton upset the applecart this week with 30 of 34 predictors being unable to see Nathan Jones' Red and White Army coming away with three points. I worried that
@Dazzler21 and
@DyerConsequences needed counselling when I saw their 1-5 and 0-4 predictions of losses to Birmingham. All credit to
@Blackheathen,
@No.1 in South London,
@Saulc23 and
@addickson, who kept the faith and could foresee (or dream of) a victory over Brum. Goofs of the week go to
@AFKABartram, who predicted that Peterborough would beat Stevenage 2-0 after the game had already finished as 2-1, and
@RaplhMilne, who decided that Mansfield would score one goal against Blackpool but left Blackpool's number of goals pending. We can only assume they were both too busy studying the xG stats.
Next week, we all get a much-deserved week off as the likes of the Isles of Scilly play Germany into what's called International Week. We'll be back next week with Week 9's fixtures.
This week's mini-statbankGraveyard prediction of the week: Bolton Wanderers 2 Shrewsbury Town 2 (0 correct scores, 0 correct results, 64 wrong predictions)
Easy peasy prediction of the week: Lincoln City 2 Leyton Orient 1 (4 correct scores, 9 correct results, 2 wrong predictions)
Bonus point winners: @Sonicstud85 - Watford v Middlesbrough 2-1,
@Coveredendchoir - Mansfield Town v Blackpool 2-0,
@sholland - Wycombe Wanderers v Crawley Town 1-0,
@cafcsinger - Bristol City v Cardiff City 1-1
Zero to hero predictor(s): @PaddyP17 (0 points last week, 6 points this week)
Charlton result: Charlton v Birmingham City 1-0 (34 predictions - 2 correct scores, 2 correct results, 30 wrong predictions)
Unfancied fixture of the week: Burton Albion 1 Bristol Rovers 3 (3 predictions - 0 correct scores, 1 correct result, 2 wrong predictions)
Competitor in the same position as Charlton: @WHAddick (8th)
Longest streak of scoring 2+ each week - 6 weeks: @Paddy Powell Longest streak of scoring 1 or less each week - 6 weeks: @LeeValliant Formguide - best over last 4 weeks: @Big_Bob 17,
@MrLargo 16,
@timken 16,
@jakecafc 14,
@Paddy Powell 14,
@sholland 13,
@WestSussexAddick 13,
@addickson 12,
@Big William 12,
@charente addick 12
Worst prediction(s) of the week: :
@Dazzler21 - Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City 1-5,
@DyerConsequences - Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City 0-4,
@Billericaydickie - Mansfield Town v Blackpool 0-3
Biggest riser of the week: @addickson from 15th National League to 6th League One
Biggest faller of the week: @clive from 16th League Two to 21st National League
Biggest riser over last 4 weeks: @Paddy Powell from 18th National League South to 9th Championship
Biggest faller over last 4 weeks: @LeeValliant from 20th Premier League to 17th National League
Division Leaders: Premier League - @timken ,
Championship - @sholland ,
League One - @GoOnYouHaddocks ,
League Two - @throughthickandthin ,
National - @DutchHarry ,
National South - @Seabros Never been on the 'Noughty Step': @Addick Addict ,
@bellz2002 ,
@BR7_addick ,
@Buglehorn ,
@charente addick ,
@charltonnick ,
@charscot ,
@Coveredendchoir ,
@dajavouslagan ,
@Dannoo_86 ,
@fat man on a moped ,
@follett ,
@GoOnYouHaddocks ,
@Jonniesta ,
@Kap10 ,
@Karim_myBagheri ,
@MrLargo ,
@Redmidland ,
@Sillybilly ,
@Sonicstud85 ,
@Starinnaddick ,
@stonemuse ,
@Swerve ,
@Taxi_Lad ,
@Viewfinder Just gone on to the 'Noughty Step': @cafcwill ,
@Dazzler21 ,
@oohaahmortimer ,
@Pedro45 ,
@tommo
This week's scores
PaddyP17 ... 6
Coveredendchoir ... 6
WestSussexAddick ... 5
sholland ... 5
Blackheathen ... 5
addickson ... 5
Viewfinder ... 4
throughthickandthin ... 4
thecat ... 4
Taxi_Lad ... 4
Sonicstud85 ... 4
Macronate ... 4
fat man on a moped ... 4
dajavouslagan ... 4
cafcsinger ... 4
Big William ... 4
alan dugdale ... 4
Tavern ... 3
Saulc23 ... 3
sarge1g ... 3
Covered End ... 3
cafc4life ... 3
Bods64 ... 3
Big_Bob ... 3
Beardface ... 3
Webbja77 ... 2
timken ... 2
thai malaysia addick ... 2
T_C_E ... 2
StrikerFirmani ... 2
stonemuse ... 2
Starinnaddick ... 2
seth plum ... 2
SaySomething ... 2
Rossman92 ... 2
Redmidland ... 2
redlanered ... 2
rananegra ... 2
philcafc ... 2
ParkinsonOut ... 2
Paddy Powell ... 2
No.1 in South London ... 2
MrLargo ... 2
lindos480 ... 2
Lewis Coaches ... 2
Laddick01 ... 2
killerandflash ... 2
ken_shabby ... 2
Karim_myBagheri ... 2
Hopeful Harriet ... 2
Curbsgoldenera ... 2
Chippycafc ... 2
Buglehorn ... 2
BR7_addick ... 2
Bedsaddick ... 2
WHAddick ... 1
walshiesleftfoot ... 1
ThreadKiller ... 1
theeenorth ... 1
The Red Robin ... 1
Swerve ... 1
stackitsteve ... 1
soapboxsam ... 1
Sillybilly ... 1
Seabros ... 1
Scott ... 1
Rudders22 ... 1
RC_CAFC ... 1
NorthheathAddick ... 1
North Lower Neil ... 1
MrOneLung ... 1
moutuakilla ... 1
Mendonca In Asdas ... 1
meldrew66 ... 1
Low_Ears ... 1
LenGlover ... 1
LeeValliant ... 1
Killarahales ... 1
Kap10 ... 1
Jonniesta ... 1
jakecafc ... 1
IdleHans ... 1
GoOnYouHaddocks ... 1
GeorgeE ... 1
ecclesaddick ... 1
DyerConsequences ... 1
Dansk_Red ... 1
Dannoo_86 ... 1
croydonaddick ... 1
covered_end_junior ... 1
CL_Phantom ... 1
Chris_from_Sidcup ... 1
Chicken_Skins ... 1
charscot ... 1
Charlton_Stu ... 1
charente addick ... 1
cafcpolo ... 1
blackpool72 ... 1
Billyboy ... 1
Bill_Stumps ... 1
bellz2002 ... 1
barstool ... 1
Arsenetatters ... 1
addix ... 1
Addick_in_Exile ... 1
Addick Addict ... 1
56yearsofdreams ... 1
Tutt-Tutt ... 0
tommo ... 0
RaplhMilne ... 0
Pessimist Pete ... 0
Pedro45 ... 0
paulbaconsarnie ... 0
oohaahmortimer ... 0
Nicholas ... 0
Joshb2000 ... 0
JamesSeed ... 0
Hamlet ... 0
Frankie_de_Toro ... 0
Follower Fred ... 0
DutchHarry ... 0
Dazzler21 ... 0
clive ... 0
ChicagoAddick ... 0
cafcwill ... 0
cafcdave123 ... 0
Bournemouth Addick ... 0
Billericaydickie ... 0
BertieB ... 0
Bangkokaddick ... 0
AFKABartram ... 0
Comments
Premier League
1 timken … 26
2 Sonicstud85 … 24
3 cafcwill … 24
4 Big_Bob … 24
5 oohaahmortimer … 23
6 MrLargo … 23
7 jakecafc … 23
8 SaySomething … 22
9 PaddyP17 … 22
10 BR7_addick … 22
11 dajavouslagan … 21
12 charscot … 21
13 Bournemouth Addick … 21
14 IdleHans … 20
15 Coveredendchoir … 20
16 charente addick … 20
17 Bods64 … 20
18 Beardface … 20
19 Viewfinder … 19
20 tommo … 19
Championship
1 sholland … 19
2 Saulc23 … 19
3 Laddick01 … 19
4 GeorgeE … 19
5 Chris_from_Sidcup … 19
6 ChicagoAddick … 19
7 Big William … 19
8 AFKABartram … 19
9 Paddy Powell … 18
10 Starinnaddick … 17
11 meldrew66 … 17
12 fat man on a moped … 17
13 DyerConsequences … 17
14 Dannoo_86 … 17
15 Covered End … 17
16 Charlton_Stu … 17
17 Blackheathen … 17
18 alan dugdale … 17
19 Webbja77 … 16
20 T_C_E … 16
21 Swerve … 16
22 paulbaconsarnie … 16
23 MrOneLung … 16
24 Hopeful Harriet … 16
League One
1 GoOnYouHaddocks … 16
2 follett … 16
3 cafcdave123 … 16
4 Buglehorn … 16
5 Billyboy … 16
6 addickson … 16
7 Addick_in_Exile … 16
8 WHAddick … 15
9 WestSussexAddick … 15
10 Taxi_Lad … 15
11 stonemuse … 15
12 philcafc … 15
13 Pedro45 … 15
14 ParkinsonOut … 15
15 Macronate … 15
16 lancashire lad … 15
17 killerandflash … 15
18 Karim_myBagheri … 15
19 Kap10 … 15
20 Jonniesta … 15
21 JohnBoyUK … 15
22 cafcpolo … 15
23 bellz2002 … 15
24 56yearsofdreams … 15
League Two
1 throughthickandthin … 14
2 thai malaysia addick … 14
3 StrikerFirmani … 14
4 Scott … 14
5 sarge1g … 14
6 rananegra … 14
7 Joshb2000 … 14
8 CL_Phantom … 14
9 charltonnick … 14
10 Carl Leaburn … 14
11 cafc4life … 14
12 blackpool72 … 14
13 Billericaydickie … 14
14 Bangkokaddick … 14
15 The Red Robin … 13
16 tangoflash … 13
17 Sillybilly … 13
18 Redmidland … 13
19 redlanered … 13
20 RaplhMilne … 13
21 North Lower Neil … 13
22 LenGlover … 13
23 Killarahales … 13
24 ken_shabby … 13
National League
1 DutchHarry … 13
2 Dansk_Red … 13
3 Chippycafc … 13
4 Chicken_Skins … 13
5 barstool … 13
6 Arsenetatters … 13
7 theeenorth … 12
8 thecat … 12
9 soapboxsam … 12
10 seth plum … 12
11 Rudders22 … 12
12 Rossman92 … 12
13 RC_CAFC … 12
14 No.1 in South London … 12
15 moutuakilla … 12
16 lindos480 … 12
17 LeeValliant … 12
18 Frankie_de_Toro … 12
19 Curbsgoldenera … 12
20 croydonaddick … 12
21 clive … 12
22 cafcsinger … 12
23 Bedsaddick … 12
24 ThreadKiller … 11
National League South
1 Seabros … 11
2 JamesSeed … 11
3 Foxycafc … 11
4 Bill_Stumps … 11
5 Addick Addict … 11
6 stackitsteve … 10
7 Nicholas … 10
8 Lewis Coaches … 10
9 Hamlet … 10
10 Dazzler21 … 10
11 covered_end_junior … 10
12 bobmunro … 10
13 Addickted2U … 10
14 Tavern … 9
15 Ruffdiamond … 9
16 O-Randy-Hunt … 9
17 NorthheathAddick … 9
18 Mendonca In Asdas … 9
19 johnnybev1987 … 9
20 addix … 9
21 Tutt-Tutt … 8
22 TelMc32 … 8
23 tajaddick … 8
24 mattinfinland … 8
Couple of jumpers as goalposts in Charlton Park
1 maddferrett 8
2 Low_Ears 8
3 ecclesaddick 8
4 BertieB 8
5 ShootersHillGuru 7
6 Pessimist Pete 7
7 Lordflashheart 7
8 Follower Fred 7
9 CHG 7
10 CostaFortune 6
11 cafcrocky87 6
12 walshiesleftfoot 5
Never been more delighted to be wrong.
Ian Evatt deserves a longer ban for that, than for his post match red card!