The Toon Task

[King Cotton]

 

Now the dust is settling, let’s play The Toon Task game.

We now know who has the challenging task of keeping Newcastle United in English football’s top flight and that the eyes of the footie world will be watching how Eddie Howe + players progress as each match-week passes.

To add some extra spice to proceedings, here’s a little challenge that we can all tackle (clever little pun intended). Listed below are The Toon’s next 10 games, taking us up to the January transfer window and to play The Toon Task game, all you have to do is quote this OP into your own post and then – and here’s the tricky bit! – enter ALL your predicted results in place of the ?s.

Yes that’s all there is to it, apart from the seven-week wait until 2 Jan to see how close to reality we have been.

            Date    Time*    Opponent (Home or Away)

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        ?  -  ?          

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        ?  -  ?

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      ?  -  ?

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       ?  -  ?

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         ?  -  ?

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         ?  -  ?

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       ?  -  ?

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     ?  -  ?

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        ?  -  ?

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       ?  -  ?

*Thai date and time

Let’s see how it goes . . . no prizes, but perhaps just a little bragging rites, come January 2^nd.

KC will post his predictions once the game gets under way.

 

[Lowseasonlover]

29 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Now the dust is settling, let’s play The Toon Task game.

We now know who has challenging task of keeping Newcastle United in English football’s top flight and that the eyes of the footie world will be watching how Eddie Howe + players progress as each match-week passes.

To add some extra spice to proceedings, here’s a little challenge that we can all tackle (clever little pun intended). Listed below are The Toon’s next 10 games, taking us up to the January transfer window and to play The Toon Task game, all you have to do is quote this OP into your own post and then – and here’s the tricky bit! – enter ALL your predicted results in place of the ?s.

Yes that’s all there is to it, apart from the seven-week wait until 2 Jan to see how close to reality we have been.

            Date    Time*    Opponent (Home or Away)

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        ?  -  ?          

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        ?  -  ?

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      ?  -  ?

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       ?  -  ?

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         ?  -  ?

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         ?  -  ?

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       ?  -  ?

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     ?  -  ?

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        ?  -  ?

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       ?  -  ?

*Thai date and time

Let’s see how it goes . . . no prizes, but perhaps just a little bragging rites, come January 2^nd. KC will post his predictions once the game gets under way.

Just a quick look at that and the way Im thinking Newcastle will be getting relegated I'll put my scores in later

[King Cotton]

51 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Now the dust is settling, let’s play The Toon Task game.

We now know who has the challenging task of keeping Newcastle United in English football’s top flight and that the eyes of the footie world will be watching how Eddie Howe + players progress as each match-week passes.

To add some extra spice to proceedings, here’s a little challenge that we can all tackle (clever little pun intended). Listed below are The Toon’s next 10 games, taking us up to the January transfer window and to play The Toon Task game, all you have to do is quote this OP into your own post and then – and here’s the tricky bit! – enter ALL your predicted results in place of the ?s.

Yes that’s all there is to it, apart from the seven-week wait until 2 Jan to see how close to reality we have been.

            Date    Time*    Opponent (Home or Away)

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        1  -  2          loss

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        3  -  1          loss

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      2  -  0          win

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)      1  -  1          draw

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         3  -  1          loss

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         4  -  1          loss

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       0  -  5          loss

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     2  -  2          draw

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        2  -  1          loss

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       1  -  2          win

*Thai date and time

Let’s see how it goes . . . no prizes, but perhaps just a little bragging rites, come January 2^nd.

KC will post his predictions once the game gets under way.

No, the excitement's just too much . . . Here (above) are my predicted scores, which, between them and very ominously, award The Toon the very low aggregate points score of 8. Unless they can do far better than this, they are doomed!

[BigHewer]

So what are the rules, KC? Do I have to predict every game in advance or game by game?

Next fixture Newcastle 1:0 Brentford

[King Cotton]

14 hours ago, BigHewer said:

So what are the rules, KC? Do I have to predict every game in advance or game by game?

Next fixture Newcastle 1:0 Brentford

Rules as on OP and hereunder . . .

 

[BigHewer]

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        1  -  0       

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        1  -  1

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      1  -  0

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       1 -  0

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         1  -  2

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         0  -  3

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       0  -  3

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     1  -  1

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        2  -  1

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       1 -  1

Newcastle first in each projected score. That’s 15 points I have them down for. I’m destined to fare badly in this game because of my rosy outlook KC

 

[King Cotton]

15 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        1  -  0          win       

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        1  -  1          draw

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      1  -  0          win

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       1 -  0          win

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         1  -  2          loss

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         0  -  3          loss          

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       0  -  3          loss

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     1  -  1          draw

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        2  -  1          win

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       1 -  1          draw

Newcastle first in each projected score. That’s 15 points I have them down for. I’m destined to fare badly in this game because of my rosy outlook KC

Yes, that is quite rosy, espec compared to my gloomy 8-points tally. All will be revealed, come 2 Jan  !

I've entered the wins, draws and losses . . . I hope that's OK. 

Cheers!

KC

[Lowseasonlover]

32 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        1  -  0       

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        1  -  1

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      1  -  0

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       1 -  0

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         1  -  2

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         0  -  3

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       0  -  3

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     1  -  1

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        2  -  1

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       1 -  1

Newcastle first in each projected score. That’s 15 points I have them down for. I’m destined to fare badly in this game because of my rosy outlook KC

Optimistic there 555

[King Cotton]

1 hour ago, Lowseasonlover said:

Optimistic there 555

Okay, @Lowseasonlover , let's be 'avvin ya . . . or are your predictions still waiting to be poured out the teapot  ?

KC

[King Cotton]

On 11/10/2021 at 3:10 PM, King Cotton said:

On 11/10/2021 at 2:33 PM, King Cotton said:

Now the dust is settling, let’s play The Toon Task game.

We now know who has the challenging task of keeping Newcastle United in English football’s top flight and that the eyes of the footie world will be watching how Eddie Howe + players progress as each match-week passes.

To add some extra spice to proceedings, here’s a little challenge that we can all tackle (clever little pun intended). Listed below are The Toon’s next 10 games, taking us up to the January transfer window and to play The Toon Task game, all you have to do is quote this OP into your own post and then – and here’s the tricky bit! – enter ALL your predicted results in place of the ?s.

Yes that’s all there is to it, apart from the seven-week wait until 2 Jan to see how close to reality we have been.

            Date    Time*    Opponent (Home or Away)

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)   1 - 2  loss    result  3 - 3  draw  1 point

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        3  -  1          loss

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      2  -  0          win

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)      1  -  1          draw

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         3  -  1          loss

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         4  -  1          loss

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       0  -  5          loss

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     2  -  2          draw

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        2  -  1          loss

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       1  -  2          win

*Thai date and time

Let’s see how it goes . . . no prizes, but perhaps just a little bragging rites, come January 2^nd.

KC will post his predictions once the game gets under way.

No, the excitement's just too much . . . Here (above) are my predicted scores, which, between them and very ominously, award The Toon the very low aggregate points score of 8. Unless they can do far better than this, they are doomed!

Not the cleverest forecast for the quarantined EH's first game in charge, but I guess this hectic 3 - 3 draw against the unpredictable Bees will help him get over his Covid.

Away at The Emirates next Saturday, against an ARS side that may well still be smarting from the spanking that LIV gave them, yesterday. Wouldn't a win there be a result!

[BigHewer]

So who’s in this comp, KC? Just you and me? 

Two hapless teams facing each other next week, bound to be some goals in it. 

[King Cotton]

3 hours ago, BigHewer said:

So who’s in this comp, KC? Just you and me? 

That's it, as it stands, with @Lowseasonlover's earlier stated intention to 'play' still a no-show.

No worries . . . there'll be plenty to comment and reflect upon as NY approaches !

[BigHewer]

21 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

That's it, as it stands, with @Lowseasonlover's earlier stated intention to 'play' still a no-show.

No worries . . . there'll be plenty to comment and reflect upon as NY approaches !

Something tells me I’m destined for a second-placed finish in a two-horse race

[King Cotton]

15 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

Something tells me I’m destined for a second-placed finish in a two-horse race

Yes, and with you predicting a win (3-pts) and KC saying a loss (0-pts), against the actual 3-3 draw (1-pt), that puts good-old KC 2 points to the good. Yippee, I like these two-horse races . . . and so does my bookie !

[Lowseasonlover]

1 hour ago, King Cotton said:

That's it, as it stands, with @Lowseasonlover's earlier stated intention to 'play' still a no-show.

No worries . . . there'll be plenty to comment and reflect upon as NY approaches !

Sorry I forgot all about this I did get the first game right I said 3-3 draw

[King Cotton]

52 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

Sorry I forgot all about this I did get the first game right I said 3-3 draw

Oh, yeah . . . pull my other one !    Seriously clever forecast, though, and all the better that Saint Maximin was in my Fantasy line-up!

Just nip back to the thread-start, quote the match list into your new post and the job's a gudd'n !

Cheers!

KC

[Lowseasonlover]

On 11/10/2021 at 2:33 PM, King Cotton said:

            Date    Time*    Opponent (Home or Away)

1        20 Nov 22:00       BRE (H)        3  -  3 See I got that right          

2        27 Nov 19:30       ARS (A)        3 -  1 ARS win 

3          1 Dec  2:30         NOR (H)      2  -  2 Draw

4          4 Dec 22:00        BUR (H)       2  -  1 Burnley win

5        12 Dec 21:00        LEI (A)         3  -  1 Leicester win

6        17 Dec   3:00        LIV (A)         5  -  0 Liverpool win

7        19 Dec 21:15        MCI (H)       4  -  0 City win

8        28 Dec   3:00        MNU (H)     3  -  3 Draw

9        31 Dec   2:30        EVE (A)        1  -  1Draw

10         2 Jan 21:00        SOU (A)       0  -  2 Newcastle win

*Thai date and time

Let’s see how it goes . . . no prizes, but perhaps just a little bragging rites, come January 2^nd.

KC will post his predictions once the game gets under way.

That looks like Newcastle will get relegated Sorry

[King Cotton]

12 minutes ago, Lowseasonlover said:

That looks like Newcastle will get relegated Sorry

Thanks, @Lowseasonlover!   I thought my predictions were pretty gloomy, amounting to 8 league points, but yours give The Toon a relegation-threatening 7 pts.

Look well if EH is on TT, under a cunning alias, in which case a few bad words may be heading your way !

[Lowseasonlover]

11 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Thanks, @Lowseasonlover!   I thought my predictions were pretty gloomy, amounting to 8 league points, but yours give The Toon a relegation-threatening 7 pts.

Look well if EH is on TT, under a cunning alias, in which case a few bad words may be heading your way !

I was being kind to them giving them a draw against United

[Lowseasonlover]

20 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

Thanks, @Lowseasonlover!   I thought my predictions were pretty gloomy, amounting to 8 league points, but yours give The Toon a relegation-threatening 7 pts.

Look well if EH is on TT, under a cunning alias, in which case a few bad words may be heading your way !

Maybe we get a few free tickets 

[BigHewer]

3 hours ago, Lowseasonlover said:

That looks like Newcastle will get relegated Sorry

If you win this three-horse race, then I’m inclined to agree with you.

[Lowseasonlover]

Big game for the Magpies this weekend against Arsenal I was just looking Newcastle have only scored once in the last 8 visits

[King Cotton]

1 hour ago, Lowseasonlover said:

Big game for the Magpies this weekend against Arsenal I was just looking Newcastle have only scored once in the last 8 visits

And I've got ARS as my W13 winner on Last Person Standing . . . . hmm, I'm having second thoughts now, knowing how unreliable stats can be !

[BigHewer]

17 minutes ago, King Cotton said:

And I've got ARS as my W13 winner on Last Person Standing . . . . hmm, I'm having second thoughts now, knowing how unreliable stats can be !

Newcastle must be due a goal or two then ️️

[King Cotton]

14 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

Newcastle must be due a goal or two then ️️

Yes, wouldn't that be good for the Toon Army . . . and Eddie, too !