Ok. It took a bit of a while to get round to this after what was a frustrating game from a distance and almost certainly was one close to as well.
Also there are two important things - the first is really unfortunate and is a rules are rules thing.
There is a one hour before kick off deadline for submissions, it is a forecast game and the closer we are to kick off the more knowable is the correct answer. An hour beforehand when lots of people are still outside, in the bars or queueing in cars seems a reasonable and consistent cut off time
So there were two close and therefore good forecasts after the deadline from people who obviously weren't aware of that at the time. Sorry @eric_plant and @username123 - and I hope that at the end of the season you have ten better predictions - this one won't count in the season long competition.
I will try and publicise the deadline more promenently in future.
Many congratualtions @DevC for most excellent reading of the runes - nobody has done it better yet this season and indeed you have now set quite a challenge for that.
To cheer up people who might have been disappointed by the result but were close with their crowd prediction we have a top twenty this week - the gap comes after the top ten.
@DevC was the only one(!) with a single figure score, but seven others recorded double digit scores and our average was only out by 39.
@DevC whose prediction of 6472 was out by 1 @JohnBoy whose prediction of 6454 was out by 17 @mooneyman whose prediction of 6444 was out by 27 @twizz whose prediction of 6499 was out by 28 @railwaysteve whose prediction of 6520 was out by 49 @eric_plant whose prediction of 6535 was out by 64 @our_frank whose prediction of 6401 was out by 70 @perfidious_albion whose prediction of 6565 was out by 94 @ryan_w_kirby whose prediction of 6356 was out by 115 @wwfcblue whose prediction of 6350 was out by 121
@Alexo whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150 @BlueBoy whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150 @Errol_Sims whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150 @Blue_since 1990 whose prediction of 6300 was out by 171 @username123 whose prediction of 6300 was out by 171 @DJWYC whose prediction of 6298 was out by 173 @BSE whose prediction of 6671 was out by 200 @micra whose prediction of 6265 was out by 206 @Will_i_ams whose prediction of 6239 was out by 232 @MindlessDrugHoover whose prediction of 6222 was out by 249
Away crowd prediction
These persons can take cheer from being close to the correct number of Portsmouth fans, in the top ten this week were:
@NewburyWanderer whose prediction of 1434 was out by 14 @Blue_since 1990 whose prediction of 1400 was out by 20 @username123 whose prediction of 1450 was out by 30 @JohnBoy whose prediction of 1488 was out by 68 @MindlessDrugHoover whose prediction of 1345 was out by 75 @ryan_w_kirby whose prediction of 1508 was out by 88 @DJWYC whose prediction of 1508 was out by 88 @DevC whose prediction of 1523 was out by 103 @mooneyman whose prediction of 1555 was out by 135 @Alexo whose prediction of 1555 was out by 135
@ValleyWanderer said:
?♂️?♂️As they say...."We go again!" Clearly not my week!?
Here are the closest calculated predictions for our very creditable 5000+ home support:
@bigred87 whose calculated prediction of 5054 was out by 3 @Commoner whose calculated prediction of 5045 was out by 6 @YorkExile whose calculated prediction of 5039 was out by 12 @ValleyWanderer whose calculated prediction of 5071 was out by 20 @Shev whose calculated prediction of 5002 was out by 49
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6732 with 1687 from Portsmouth
6,298 with 1,508 away
6565 with 1698 campanologists
6356 with 1508 away, thanks
6,222 with 1,345 Pompey.
6671, 1700 portsmouth
6,321. 1643 in the away end.
6161 including 1616
6454 with 1488 Pompey
6,401 with 1,590 most welcome visitors from Hants.
6265 with 1575 supporting Portsmouth.
So today I go near to last with 75 mins to go to kick off.
6520 total with 1644 from Portsmouth.
So far from 36 predictions we go;
Average for Total Crowd: 6530
Average for Away Crowd 1654
Just look at how much I trust the Gasroom!
With 15 mins until predictions close these regulars and irregulars have not posted yet:
@eric_plant
@HCblue
@thedieharder
@username123
@wendoverman
@TheAndyGrahamFanClub
@Stoat_Goggles
@oxfordshirechairboy
I am expecting a few more posts - anyone is welcome to give it a go.
7000 with 1800 away
6,535 including 1,675 hopefully bell-free visiting fans
6300 with 1450 Portsmouth
6,471 announced at half time.
1420 from Pompey
?♂️?♂️As they say...."We go again!" Clearly not my week!?
Ok. It took a bit of a while to get round to this after what was a frustrating game from a distance and almost certainly was one close to as well.
Also there are two important things - the first is really unfortunate and is a rules are rules thing.
There is a one hour before kick off deadline for submissions, it is a forecast game and the closer we are to kick off the more knowable is the correct answer. An hour beforehand when lots of people are still outside, in the bars or queueing in cars seems a reasonable and consistent cut off time
So there were two close and therefore good forecasts after the deadline from people who obviously weren't aware of that at the time. Sorry @eric_plant and @username123 - and I hope that at the end of the season you have ten better predictions - this one won't count in the season long competition.
I will try and publicise the deadline more promenently in future.
Equally important -
New Closest of Season Prediction
Many congratualtions @DevC for most excellent reading of the runes - nobody has done it better yet this season and indeed you have now set quite a challenge for that.
To cheer up people who might have been disappointed by the result but were close with their crowd prediction we have a top twenty this week - the gap comes after the top ten.
@DevC was the only one(!) with a single figure score, but seven others recorded double digit scores and our average was only out by 39.
@DevC whose prediction of 6472 was out by 1
@JohnBoy whose prediction of 6454 was out by 17
@mooneyman whose prediction of 6444 was out by 27
@twizz whose prediction of 6499 was out by 28
@railwaysteve whose prediction of 6520 was out by 49
@eric_plant whose prediction of 6535 was out by 64
@our_frank whose prediction of 6401 was out by 70
@perfidious_albion whose prediction of 6565 was out by 94
@ryan_w_kirby whose prediction of 6356 was out by 115
@wwfcblue whose prediction of 6350 was out by 121
@Alexo whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150
@BlueBoy whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150
@Errol_Sims whose prediction of 6321 was out by 150
@Blue_since 1990 whose prediction of 6300 was out by 171
@username123 whose prediction of 6300 was out by 171
@DJWYC whose prediction of 6298 was out by 173
@BSE whose prediction of 6671 was out by 200
@micra whose prediction of 6265 was out by 206
@Will_i_ams whose prediction of 6239 was out by 232
@MindlessDrugHoover whose prediction of 6222 was out by 249
Away crowd prediction
These persons can take cheer from being close to the correct number of Portsmouth fans, in the top ten this week were:
@NewburyWanderer whose prediction of 1434 was out by 14
@Blue_since 1990 whose prediction of 1400 was out by 20
@username123 whose prediction of 1450 was out by 30
@JohnBoy whose prediction of 1488 was out by 68
@MindlessDrugHoover whose prediction of 1345 was out by 75
@ryan_w_kirby whose prediction of 1508 was out by 88
@DJWYC whose prediction of 1508 was out by 88
@DevC whose prediction of 1523 was out by 103
@mooneyman whose prediction of 1555 was out by 135
@Alexo whose prediction of 1555 was out by 135
Credit to @NewburyWanderer.
Home crowd prediction!
And to cheer up some others including @ValleyWanderer
Here are the closest calculated predictions for our very creditable 5000+ home support:
@bigred87 whose calculated prediction of 5054 was out by 3
@Commoner whose calculated prediction of 5045 was out by 6
@YorkExile whose calculated prediction of 5039 was out by 12
@ValleyWanderer whose calculated prediction of 5071 was out by 20
@Shev whose calculated prediction of 5002 was out by 49
Credit to @bigred87.
Most imaginative use of words and numbers to
And credit for first prediction to (and the away crowd was pretty close!)
Happy predicting all - Tour de Season results soon and a thread for next weekend.
Sensational standard set by @DevC