Schools’ Prediction League 2013/14: Week 4 Opinion

7 responses to “Schools’ Prediction League 2013/14: Week 4 Opinion”

1. Carl

   February 22, 2014

   RBAI V MCB I watched last years final and the best team won, this quarter final was different, and on the balance of play RBAI were the better team, however they butchered two clear overlaps and missed a sackful of kickable penalties. But fair play to MCB, they took their two opportunities and won.

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2. Carl

   February 21, 2014

   Just a thought, throughout the season teams get ranked on their wins etc, and then entered at various stages of the competition. Surely it would make more sense to then use the rankings in the draw, ie two pots one with the top 8 seeds the other with the qualifiers, this continues until you only have 4 teams left, or alternatively do away with ranking/seeding and enter all teams from round 1

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   1. Nathan

      February 21, 2014

      Well, for a start the rankings are something I have created and are not an official Ulster Branch system, so I don’t know how they decide exactly who is seeded where (some are obvious, of course).

      I think there is actually a good balance between seeding/free draw under the current format: it enters stronger teams at later rounds but doesn’t protect them so much that it gives the less capable sides a chance of progressing. The only thing I have though in the past which might be an improvement is to move to a tournament set-up, i.e. group stage then knock-out, so that one loss doesn’t mean immediate expulsion from the competition.

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3. Carl

   February 20, 2014

   Think RBAI will pull a win out of the bag, the lost at Pirrie in October but have improved greatly since then, home advantage is a big plus. As for a former Inst man going for MCB !!! Hang your head in shame:-)

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   1. Nathan

      February 20, 2014

      Well, I do stand by my comments that MCB are probably just that tiny better than Inst so far this season, hence the prediction, but totally agree that Saturday’s game will be a different one from the match at Pirrie Park. Like I said, I’m not really ‘going’ for MCB, just minimising losses; I will be hoping that prediction is totally wrong 🙂

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4. Ernie Lee

   February 19, 2014

   Unless boundaries have been redrawn Coleraine is in County Londonderry .Must be true townies atlas stops at Glengormley.At least you got the result right????

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   1. Nathan

      February 20, 2014

      Whoops…that’s what happens when you type too quickly; of course, it doesn’t help my cause that I am indeed a townie…

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