2022/2023 Championship Standings Prediction

[canuckterrier]

It appears that quite a few enjoyed playing last year’s competition so I don’t mind giving it another shot assuming enough enter. The aim is to predict what the Championship Table will look like at the end of the season. Predictions will be somewhat difficult with the transfer window still open for another 5 weeks, but 7 league games will have been played by then, some 15% of the schedule, which will have gone a long way to helping everyone’s predictions.

You get 24 points for correctly predicting the exact position of any team, 23 for missing it by I position, 22 for missing it by 2 positions etc. For example, if you predict Burnley to be #1 and they are, you get 24 points. If they finish last you get 1 point. If you predict every position correctly you would get the maximum number of points available (576).

Ties will be decided by who is closest predicting Town’s position (i.e. 24 pts kinda helps). If still tied, the number of correct predictions (Hits) is used.

If you are a whizz with ProBoards and your fingers dance across a keyboard you can save time by using the ‘quote’ function and cut and paste my predictions (next post) with yours. Or you can go the manual route. If the latter, I’ve added a list of all the teams at the bottom that you can copy to help save typing time.

Submissions to be in before the July 29th kick-off against Burnley.
As last year, the intent is to post an update on how everybody is doing after each set of games.

For those also interested in predicting every Town game, the DATM Prediction League is up and running again at
Link
The rules are listed. Previous DATM Prediction League years can be found in the archives section.

Birmingham
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
Bristol City
Burnley
Cardiff City
Coventry
Huddersfield Town
Hull City
Luton Town
Middlesbrough
Millwall
Norwich City
Preston North End
Queens Park Rangers
Reading
Rotherham United
Sheffield United
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Watford
West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic

[canuckterrier]

TEAM	POSITION
Birmingham	22
Blackburn	12
Blackpool	19
Bristol	21
Burnley	8
Cardiff	18
Coventry	11
Huddersfield	10
Hull	14
Luton	7
Middlesbrough	2
Millwall	9
Norwich	3
PNE	16
QPR	13
Reading	24
Rotherham	23
Sheffield Utd	1
Stoke	15
Sunderland	17
Swansea	6
Watford	4
WBA	5
Wigan	20

[detox]

I couldn't get into this last season because I didn't understand the scoring each week...mind you i didn't try to hard I admit..but having read your post am I right in thinking that each week you publish the 'current' position, then effectively that is scrubbed when the next one is published..ie it's not cumulative ? What is cumulative though are the 'hits', so they accumulate through the season , whereas the points table doesn't ?

[canuckterrier]

Jul 23, 2022 15:25:46 GMT 1 detox said:

I couldn't get into this last season because I didn't understand the scoring each week...mind you i didn't try to hard I admit..but having read your post am I right in thinking that each week you publish the 'current' position, then effectively that is scrubbed when the next one is published..ie it's not cumulative ? What is cumulative though are the 'hits', so they accumulate through the season , whereas the points table doesn't ?

Correct Detox, each week is the current position. The cumulative 'total hits' was too confusing so I binned them. The 'hits' you will see this year are for that current position. i.e. say you see 4 hits that means you had 4 correct positions for that particular week. It will only be used as a tie breaker. Bottom line nothing is cumulative. Your score and hits are for that week and if it happens to be the final week then that is the final table. Hope this helps.

[Tinpot]

1 Norwich
2 WBA
3 Middlesbrough
4 Watford
5 Burnley
6 Sheffield United
7 Swansea
8 Luton
9 Miwwaww
10 Hull
11 Stoke
12HTAFC
13 Preston
14 QPR
15 Cov City
16 Sun'lan
17 Brizzle City
18 Cardiff
19 Blackburn
20 Wigan
21 Blackpool
22 Reading
23 Rovrum
24 Birmingham

[detox]

Jul 23, 2022 16:10:57 GMT 1 canuckterrier said:

Jul 23, 2022 15:25:46 GMT 1 detox said:

I couldn't get into this last season because I didn't understand the scoring each week...mind you i didn't try to hard I admit..but having read your post am I right in thinking that each week you publish the 'current' position, then effectively that is scrubbed when the next one is published..ie it's not cumulative ? What is cumulative though are the 'hits', so they accumulate through the season , whereas the points table doesn't ?

Correct Detox, each week is the current position. The cumulative 'total hits' was too confusing so I binned them. The 'hits' you will see this year are for that current position. i.e. say you see 4 hits that means you had 4 correct positions for that particular week. It will only be used as a tie breaker. Bottom line nothing is cumulative. Your score and hits are for that week and if it happens to be the final week then that is the final table. Hope this helps.

thank you...that's cleared it all up for me...

[Captainslapper]

1. Sheff Utd
2. Norwich
3. Swansea
4. WBA
5. Town
6. Burnley
7. Watford
8. Cardiff
9. Middlebrough
10. Luton
11. Reading
12. Stoke
13. Coventry
14. QPR
15. Birmingham
16. Hull
17. Millwall
18, Bristol City
19. Sunderland
20. Preston
21. Wigan
22. Rotherham
23. Blackpool
24. Blackburn

[drewden]

TEAM	POSITION
Birmingham	16
Blackburn	11
Blackpool	21
Bristol	23
Burnley	5
Cardiff	12
Coventry	18
Huddersfield	4
Hull	19
Luton	9
Middlesbrough	8
Millwall	10
Norwich	1
PNE	24
QPR	6
Reading	17
Rotherham	20
Sheffield Utd	2
Stoke	13
Sunderland	15
Swansea	14
Watford	3
WBA	7
Wigan	22

[yorik]

1-Norwich
2-Sheffield utd
3-Middksbro
4-Swansea
5-Burnley
6-Wba
7-Sunderland
8-Stoke
9-Qpr
10-Town
11-Watford
12-Coventry
13-Blackburn
14-Luton
15-Bristol c
16-Cardiff
17-Pne
18-Blackpool
19-Reading
20-Rotherham
21-Millwall
22-Birmingham
23-Hull
24-Wigan

[Million Dollar Babies]

Jul 23, 2022 20:23:01 GMT 1 yorik said:

1-Norwich
2-Sheffield utd
3-Middksbro
4-Swansea
5-Burnley
6-Wba
7-Sunderland
8-Stoke
9-Qpr
10-Town
11-Watford
12-Coventry
13-Blackburn
14-Luton
15-Bristol c
16-Cardiff
17-Pne
18-Blackpool
19-Reading
20-Rotherham
21-Millwall
22-Birmingham
23-Hull
24-Wigan

Millwall should be a lot higher

[shedds]

1 Norwich
2 sheffield utd
3 wba
4 burnley
5 millwall
6 preston
7 coventry
8 middlesboro
9 sunderland
10 huddersfield
11 luton
12 swansea
13 stoke
14 bristol city
15 cardiff
16 blackburn
17 watford
18 qpr
19 hull
20 reading
21 wigan
22 bimingham 23 blackpool 24 rotherham

[Stewpot]

I got the piss ripped out of me for daring to suggest we'd finish 6th in the last campaign. Ridiculous notion I accept. Leave it with me, be back in a day or so!

[josiegee]

1.Norwich City
2.Middlesbrough
3.Sheffield United
4.Watford
5.West Bromwich Albion
6.Burnley
7.Coventry
8.Millwall
9.Luton Town
10.Huddersfield Town
11.Queens Park Rangers
12.Stoke City
13.Preston North End
14.Swansea City
15.Cardiff City
16.Blackburn Rovers
17.Sunderland
18.Hull City
19.Reading
20.Blackpool
21.Rotherham United
22.Bristol City
23.Birmingham
24.Wigan Athleticism

[garyroberts'leftfoot]

1 Norwich
2 Watford
3 Middlesbrough
4 Burnley
5 Luton
6 Swansea
7 WBA
8 Sheffield United
9 Town
10 Millwall
11 Stoke
12 Coventry
13 Preston
14 QPR
15 Hull
16 Blackburn
17 Bristol City
18 Cardiff
19 Blackpool
20 Wigan
21 Sunderland
22 Reading
23 Birmingham
24 Rotherham

[artysid]

1.Sheffield United
2.Stoke City
3.Norwich City
4.Huddersfield Town
5.Watford
6.West Bromwich Albion
7.Middlesbrough
8.Swansea
9.Burnley
10.Sunderland
11.Cardiff City
12.Coventry
13.Bristol City
14.Blackburn Rovers
15.Millwall
16.Queens Park Rangers
17.Preston North End
18.Luton Town
19.Blackpool
20.Reading
21.Hull City
22.Birmingham
23.Wigan Athletic
24.Rotherham United

[rockwall]

1. Burnley
2. Sheff United
3. Norwich
4. Middlesbrough
5. WBA
6. Watford
7. Cardiff
8. Millwall
9. Bristol City
10. Swansea
11. Huddersfield
12. Stoke
13. Hull
14. Sunderland
15. Luton
16. Coventry
17. Blackburn
18. Wigan
19. QPR
20. Reading
21. Blackpool
22. Birmingham
23. Preston
24. Rotherham

[townohiofan]

1. Norwich
2. Luton
3. Watford
4. Blades
5. Millwall
6. WBA
7. Coventry
8. Town
9. Boro
10. Burnley
11. Swansea
12. PNE
13. Stoke
14. QPR
15. Blackburn
16. Cardiff
17. Sunderland
18. Hull
19. Bristol
20. Blackpool
21. Birmingham
22. Rotherham
23. Wigan
24. Reading

[foxtrot666]

1.West Brom
2.Watford
3.Norwich
4.Sheff Utd
5.Boro
6.Burnley
7.Stoke
8.Millwall
9.Luton
10.Town
11.Swansea
12.Cardiff
13.Coventry
14.Qpr
15.Sunderland
16.Blackburn
17.Bristol
18.PNE
19.Reading
20.Blackpool
21.Hull
22.Rotherham
23.Wigan
24.Birmingham

[canuckterrier]

Jul 24, 2022 13:48:38 GMT 1 foxtrot666 said:

1.West Brom
2.Watford
3.Norwich
4.Sheff Utd
5.Boro
6.Burnley
7.Stoke
8.Millwall
9.Luton
10.Town
11.Swansea
12.Cardiff
13.Coventry
14.Qpr
15.Sunderland
16.Blackburn
17.Bristol
18.PNE
19.Reading
20.Blackpool
21.Wigan
22.Rotherham
23.Wigan
24.Birmingham

You have 2 Wigans and no Hull

[Tiro]

Jul 24, 2022 15:10:52 GMT 1 canuckterrier said:

Jul 24, 2022 13:48:38 GMT 1 foxtrot666 said:

1.West Brom
2.Watford
3.Norwich
4.Sheff Utd
5.Boro
6.Burnley
7.Stoke
8.Millwall
9.Luton
10.Town
11.Swansea
12.Cardiff
13.Coventry
14.Qpr
15.Sunderland
16.Blackburn
17.Bristol
18.PNE
19.Reading
20.Blackpool
21.Wigan
22.Rotherham
23.Wigan
24.Birmingham

You have 2 Wigans and no Hull

Seems a reasonable request/hope.

[foxtrot666]

Jul 24, 2022 15:10:52 GMT 1 canuckterrier said:

Jul 24, 2022 13:48:38 GMT 1 foxtrot666 said:

1.West Brom
2.Watford
3.Norwich
4.Sheff Utd
5.Boro
6.Burnley
7.Stoke
8.Millwall
9.Luton
10.Town
11.Swansea
12.Cardiff
13.Coventry
14.Qpr
15.Sunderland
16.Blackburn
17.Bristol
18.PNE
19.Reading
20.Blackpool
21.Wigan
22.Rotherham
23.Wigan
24.Birmingham

You have 2 Wigans and no Hull

Amended but in my defence it's very easy to forget Hull

[isleofmanterrier]

1.Norwich
2.Middlesbrough
3.West Brom
4.Watford
5.Sheff Utd
6.Burnley
7.Millwall
8.Huddersfield
9.Blackburn
10.Hull City
11.Stoke
12.Swansea
13.Coventry
14.QPR
15.Luton
16.Preston
17.Bristol City
18.Reading
19.Cardiff
20.Sunderland
21.Blackpool
22.Birmingham
23.Wigan
24.Rotherham

[Kenny irons]

1. Wba
2. Norwich
3. Burnley
4. Sheff United
5. Swansea
6. Luton
7. Watford
8. Middlesbrough
9. Stoke
10. Millwall
11. Coventry
12. Bristol City
13. Preston
14. Qpr
15. Hull
16. Sunderland
17. Cardiff
18, Town
19. Blackburn
20. Wigan
21. Blackpool
22. Reading
23. Rotherham
24. Birmingham



The reason I've put Luton in the playoffs is that they have recruited superbly and are arguably stronger than last season. I think we will struggle tbh this season. Won't go down but we will be comfortably bottom half.

[Colin the Caterpillar]

1. Watford
2. Norwich
3. Stoke
4. Sheff U
5. Burnley
6. WBA
7. Middlesbrough
8. Swansea
9. Millwall
10. Town
11. Luton
12. Hull
13. Blackburn
14. Sunderland
15. QPR
16. Wigan
17. Coventry
18. Bristol C
19. Preston
20. Birmingham
21. Cardiff
22. Rotherham
23. Blackpool
24. Reading

[harris]

1. Watford
2. Norwich
3. West Brom
4. Sheffield United (POW)
5. Burnley
6. Luton
7. Middlesbrough
8. Millwall
9. Stoke
10. Swansea
11. Town
12. Coventry
13. Hull
14. Sunderland
15. QPR
16. Cardiff
17. Blackburn
18. Preston
19. Rotherham
20. Bristol City
21. Blackpool
22. Wigan
23. Birmingham
24. Reading

[Deleted]

1, Norwich
2, Huddersfield
3, Middlesbrough
4, Burnley
5, Watford
6, Stoke
7, Sheffield Utd
8, Swansea
9, WBA
10, Luton
11, Millwall
12, Blackburn
13, Coventry
14, Cardiff
15, Sunderland
16, QPR
17, PNE
18, Blackpool
19, Bristol
20, Hull
21, Birmingham
22, Reading
23, Rotherham
24, Wigan

Watford to win playoffs

[Metch]

1. Sheffield Utd
2. Huddersfield Town
3. Norwich City
4. Luton Town
5. Swansea City
6. Stoke City
7. Middlesbrough
8. Millwall
9. WBA
10. Burnley
11. Rotherham
12. Watford
13. Bristol City
14. Blackburn Rovers
15. Hull City
16. Coventry City
17. Qpr
18. Sunderland
19. Preston
20. Blackpool
21. Cardiff City
22. Birmingham City
23. Reading
24. Wigan

[DutchTownFan]

1 Norwich
2 Middlesboro
3 Watford
4 Sheffield utd
5 Burnley
6 WBA
7 Sunderland
8 Stoke
9 Swansea
10 Millwall
11 Coventry
12 Luton
13 QPR
14 Preston
15 Cardiff
16 Blackburn
17 Town
18 Blackpool
19 Bristol City
20 Wigan
21 Rotherham
22 Birmingham
23 Hull
24 Reading

[dsq1011]

1. Middlesbrough
2. West Brom
3. Norwich
4. Sheff United
5. TOWN
6. Swansea
7. Burnley
8. Stoke
9. Millwall
10. Watford
11. QPR
12. Blackburn
13. Coventry
14. Luton
15. Cardiff
16. Bristol City
17. Sunderland
18. Preston
19. Hull
20. Blackpool
21. Birmingham
22. Wigan
23. Reading
24. Rotherham

[dezzly]

1Sheff u
2West Brom
3Norwich
4Boro
5Burnley
6Watford
7Swansea
8Millwall
9Town
10Luton
11Preston
12 Cov
13Qpr
14Hull
15Blackburn
16Cardiff
17Bristol
18Stoke
19Sunderland
20Wigan
21Blackpool
22Reading
23Birmingham
24Rotherham