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Any further predictions made before the forum disappears, I'll do my best but I've got to go out for a few hours now!

I've saved the pre-season predictions and the Bahrain predictions that have been posted here. With the move to Discord, we'll have to see what we can do but I'll definitely try to still run this over there, it should be quite straight forward, just depends how many people make it over there with us. If it gets messy, I'll just have to void the first race weekend and go from there.

I'm halting this for this weekend due to the Discord thing. We'll see what we can do with the numbers that move over there etc. Priority right now is to salvage the Hall of Fame .

Not looking good for us. You'd say 2 wins from 5 for Dyche when we've had Arsenal twice and Liverpool away in those five games is alright but the loss to Villa at home followed by a 4-0 drubbing isn't good mental preparation for this massive away game at Forest. If they beat us they'll go 7 points ahead of us and that's another rival starting to feel out of reach. Even under a new manager who has these players drilled and organised, we've been so poor away from home for years, with the exception of the Covid blip under Ancelotti with no fans, it's just impossible to feel confident. I'm desperate to try and distance myself from it all emotionally. We lost the Villa game for one reason. No striker to suit this system when Calvert-Lewin is injured. When you look at the recruitment systems in place at (with all due respect) relatively small clubs like Brighton and Brentford, and compare it to Everton's inability to sign a backup for Calvert-Lewin when they know he's had a recurring injury for 18 months and you just think, you know what, the people running this club deserve relegation. The only thing that keeps me invested is wanting to see an end to the disappointment and anger felt by all of the Everton fans I'm in touch with in real life and through social media because they deserve better.

Off to France we go! @nudge @Dan @Beelzebub @Tommy @Michael @Redcanuck @Whiskey @Lucas @Stan @Bluewolf @6666 @DeadLinesman @The Liquidator @Viva la FCB @RandoEFC @Rick @...Dan @Pyfish @CaaC (John) @Rucksackfranzose @N U F C @Storts Preview - Gameweek One Games start tomorrow night! Try to be prompt but if you see this over the weekend you can still make a pick from the remaining fixtures if you want to participate. Nice vs Auxerre Lens vs Lille PSG vs Nantes Troyes vs Monaco Montpellier vs Angers Reims vs AC Ajaccio Strasbourg vs Brest Toulouse vs Clermont Foot Lyon vs Lorient Rennes vs Marseille My pick for Gameweek One is PSG. Good luck!

Not tried to watch tonight and not sorry. Whatever happens now happens. No idea when Calvert-Lewin will be back but regardless of manager, it's now becoming clear that if we can't get him fit then the lack of a forward signed in January has killed us. We might yet stay up if Leeds manage to be shitter than us or one of the other teams has a massive meltdown. Forest on Sunday is huge and I don't have a positive feeling about it, not least because we've won about 2 away games since Moshiri bought the club.

A reminder of the scoring rules for race-by-race predictions. Pole position - simply 5 points for a correct prediction and 0 points otherwise. Podium - 5 points for each driver that you get in their exact position, with 5 bonus points (20 in total) if you predict a completely accurate podium. 2 points for any drivers you correctly predicted to finish in the top three but in the wrong position. Random driver - 5 points to anyone who predicts the finishing position exactly right. If nobody manages this, then 2 points go to whoever was closest. Bonus question - varies, usually worth a maximum of 5 points. Can be an all or nothing case of scoring 5 or 0. On other occasions (like this weekend), you could get anything from 0 to 5. In general, the maximum score for each race weekend is 35 points. We had a couple of 30s last season but nobody has yet put together a perfect weekend!

Pole Position - Which driver will set the fastest time in Q3? Max Verstappen Podium - Predict the top three finishers in Sunday's race. 1. Max Verstappen 2. Sergio Perez 3. Charles Leclerc Random Driver - Predict the finishing position of this week's randomly chosen driver, Esteban Ocon. 9th Bonus Question - Which teams will have their cars knocked out in Q2? (Choose two teams and you will receive a point for each car from either of these teams that is eliminated in Q2 - a full house will score you a bonus point, so five overall). Haas and Alfa Romeo

Predictions - Bahrain Grand Prix The first race week of 2023 is here! @RandoEFC @Stan @MUFC @Tommy @nudge @Whiskey @Eco @JoshBRFC @The Palace Fan @DeadLinesman @Coma @OrangeKhrush Below are your predictions for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The deadline for any predictions or alterations is the start of qualifying on Saturday. Pole Position - Which driver will set the fastest time in Q3? Podium - Predict the top three finishers in Sunday's race. Random Driver - Predict the finishing position of this week's randomly chosen driver, Esteban Ocon. Bonus Question - Which teams will have their cars knocked out in Q2? (Choose two teams and you will receive a point for each car from either of these teams that is eliminated in Q2 - a full house will score you a bonus point, so five overall). Good luck!

Okie doke. I won't log any of these predictions until Saturday anyway so please do edit original posts rather than re-posting!

@DeadLinesman assume you're going to be defending your crown? Just need your season predictions then I can post the predictions for Bahrain tomorrow.

Yeah they looked like they were really coming along under Zak Brown, peaking with that 3rd place in 2020 when Ferrari had issues with the engine regulations and dropped back to the midfield. They built a dog last season for the new regulations and 5th flattered them really. It was more about Norris' consistency than them building a much better car. With their resources they should really be ahead of everyone apart from the big three by default but F1 isn't Mclaren's sole focus anymore. They seem happy to be about 4th in the WCC and sell sportscars and put in token entries to a load of other motorsports series to boost their brand. Shame really as it's one of the teams that should be capable of preventing domination at the front by being in the mix. They will develop their way out of being knocked out in Q1 again this season but they should be capable of so much more.

They've just built a crap car this season by the looks of it.

Result - Maidstone v Scunthorpe SCUNTHORPE (2) Number of Goals - Southampton v Grimsby 2-3 (3) Real Madrid v Barcelona - First Goal BARCELONA (2) Napoli to win a 9th game in a row YES (2) Championship Goal Scorer - Saturday 4th NATHAN TELLA (3) Result - Liverpool v Manchester United DRAW (2)

Our second debutant of the year in the Hall of Fame is @Tommy, with the victory in this year's La Liga edition his first ever in Last Man Standing.