I might well be.

I already take part in a very similar game on another forum (with 10 fixtures a week) though so I guess it might depend what I'm up to come the start of next season & the time I have to devote to it. Not that I spend an awful lot of time considering my predictions at the moment come to think of it. I guess one of the main issues is actually just remembering to post before the games start!

The number of players might be a factor too. The games on here are a bit lacking in that regard.

A major point worth considering with a spread of games from around Europe (or even more so - around the world) is the spread of kick-off times. Friday night kick-offs in the Bundesliga, midnight kick-offs (UK time) in Argentina etc.

A way round this might be to set the same general deadline every week for all predictions to be in - rather than just saying "before the first game kicks off". It might be 7.00 on a Friday evening - or 12.00 Saturday lunchtime - depending on whether you want the option to include Friday games. Any game not played by midnight on the Monday for any reason (postponement or administrative error in producing the fixture list) simply doesn't count.

I do certainly think there should only be one set of predictions per week.

One fun aspect of the games I play on the other forum - & worth considering here if we get a few more players - is having direct opponents each week rather than simply a "total points" league.

So with 20 players - possibly an optimistic total - you could have a prediction league (of 19 or 38 weeks depending on preference) with badgerboy v stephen_woodside, thrall v g_woodside etc - player with most points that week gets 3 pts, 1 pt for a draw etc.

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