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Rules: Rank the 20 EPL teams in the order you think they will finish in the league single table. If you have a team at X, and they finish at Y, you get (ABS(X-Y))/2 points. The person with the lowest score at the end of the season wins.

Tiebreaker: For i = 1 to 20: Look at each person's #i pick, the #i pick that is closest to the actual finishing position wins. If there is still a tie, loop.

Teams:
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City
Sunderland
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
Wigan Athletic
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Players and Picks:

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Player            	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20  
actuary_aspire    	CHEL	MANU	MANC	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	ASTV	LIVP	FULH	BKBN	BOLT	STOK	WIGA	SUND	NEWC	NORW	WBA_	WOLV	SWAN	QPRS
Andy The Clown    	MANU	CHEL	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	EVER	ASTV	SUND	FULH	NEWC	QPRS	STOK	BOLT	BKBN	WBA_	WIGA	SWAN	NORW	WOLV
Car'a'carn        	LIVP	MANU	MANC	TOTT	CHEL	ARSN	EVER	ASTV	BKBN	FULH	WBA_	SUND	BOLT	NEWC	NORW	QPRS	STOK	SWAN	WIGA	WOLV
Digweed           	MANU	CHEL	MANC	LIVP	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	ASTV	BOLT	FULH	WBA_	SUND	STOK	WIGA	SWAN	WOLV	BKBN	NORW	NEWC	QPRS
ditkaworshipper   	CHEL	MANU	MANC	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	LIVP	ASTV	FULH	SUND	STOK	NEWC	BKBN	BOLT	QPRS	NORW	WOLV	SWAN	WIGA	WBA_
DownInTexas       	CHEL	MANU	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	FULH	EVER	BOLT	STOK	WBA_	WOLV	ASTV	NEWC	NORW	SUND	BKBN	QPRS	SWAN	WIGA
egg               	MANU	CHEL	MANC	TOTT	ARSN	LIVP	BOLT	EVER	FULH	NEWC	STOK	SUND	WBA_	SWAN	BKBN	ASTV	WIGA	WOLV	NORW	QPRS
escapebaby        	MANU	CHEL	TOTT	LIVP	ARSN	MANC	EVER	ASTV	SUND	NEWC	FULH	QPRS	STOK	BKBN	BOLT	NORW	WOLV	WIGA	WBA_	SWAN
internetguy87     	CHEL	MANU	MANC	LIVP	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	FULH	STOK	BOLT	ASTV	SUND	WBA_	NEWC	NORW	WOLV	WIGA	QPRS	BKBN	SWAN
Kid Rock          	CHEL	MANU	LIVP	MANC	ARSN	TOTT	ASTV	FULH	EVER	SUND	NEWC	BKBN	BOLT	STOK	WOLV	NORW	WBA_	WIGA	QPRS	SWAN
lipman            	CHEL	TOTT	MANU	ARSN	MANC	FULH	EVER	LIVP	STOK	ASTV	SUND	NEWC	BOLT	WBA_	BKBN	SWAN	WOLV	NORW	WIGA	QPRS
Mick Fan          	MANU	CHEL	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	EVER	STOK	ASTV	BOLT	WBA_	SUND	NEWC	FULH	BKBN	NORW	QPRS	WOLV	WIGA	SWAN
MountainHawk      	CHEL	MANU	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	EVER	FULH	ASTV	STOK	SUND	BOLT	WBA_	NEWC	BKBN	WOLV	WIGA	QPRS	NORW	SWAN
OddSox            	MANU	MANC	CHEL	LIVP	TOTT	ARSN	EVER	FULH	SUND	BOLT	STOK	WBA_	ASTV	NEWC	NORW	WOLV	WIGA	QPRS	BKBN	SWAN
radoaos           	MANU	LIVP	MANC	CHEL	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	STOK	BOLT	WBA_	FULH	ASTV	SUND	NEWC	WOLV	NORW	SWAN	WIGA	BKBN	QPRS
rekrap            	CHEL	MANU	MANC	LIVP	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	FULH	STOK	ASTV	SUND	BKBN	BOLT	NEWC	WOLV	WIGA	WBA_	QPRS	NORW	SWAN
Space Ghost       	CHEL	MANU	MANC	TOTT	LIVP	ARSN	ASTV	EVER	FULH	WBA_	BOLT	STOK	SUND	WOLV	QPRS	NORW	WIGA	NEWC	BKBN	SWAN
Stan              	MANU	CHEL	LIVP	MANC	ARSN	TOTT	ASTV	EVER	STOK	SUND	FULH	NEWC	BKBN	WOLV	WBA_	NORW	QPRS	WIGA	BOLT	SWAN
Traina            	CHEL	MANU	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	EVER	ASTV	SUND	FULH	STOK	NEWC	QPRS	WBA_	BKBN	BOLT	WOLV	WIGA	NORW	SWAN
vividox           	MANU	CHEL	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	MANC	EVER	ASTV	FULH	STOK	SUND	BKBN	BOLT	WIGA	NEWC	WBA_	WOLV	NORW	QPRS	SWAN
wat?              	MANU	CHEL	MANC	ARSN	LIVP	TOTT	STOK	EVER	FULH	ASTV	SUND	BOLT	BKBN	NEWC	WIGA	QPRS	WBA_	NORW	SWAN	WOLV
win diesel        	MANU	CHEL	MANC	ARSN	TOTT	LIVP	EVER	FULH	ASTV	SUND	WBA_	NEWC	STOK	BOLT	BKBN	WIGA	WOLV	NORW	SWAN	QPRS
wooHoo            	MANU	CHEL	MANC	LIVP	ARSN	TOTT	EVER	FULH	SUND	STOK	ASTV	WOLV	WBA_	BOLT	WIGA	SWAN	QPRS	BKBN	NEWC	NORW
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Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Everton
Aston Villa
Fulham
Stoke City
Sunderland
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic
Newcastle United
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City
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Put me down for the order from 2010-2011

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What do you want to do with Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers, and Norwich City?
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What do you want to do with Swansea City, Queens Park Rangers, and Norwich City?
ahh, new teams I guess

18 Norwich
19 Swansea
20 Queens Park

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ahh, new teams I guess

18 Norwich
19 Swansea
20 Queens Park

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I'm in of course. Will post picks later...
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Tiebreaker: For i = 1 to 20: Look at each person's #i pick, the #i pick that is closest to the actual finishing position wins. If there is still a tie, loop.
Only on this message board would you find language like this in a fantasy sports setup.

That being said, this language is probably far more concise than I could ever explain in simple english lanuage, so it works well =).
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Only on this message board would you find language like this in a fantasy sports setup.

That being said, this language is probably far more concise than I could ever explain in simple english lanuage, so it works well =).
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