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So 2024-25 we had the brackets:

1, 2-4, 5-7, 8-16, 17, 18-20

Brackets 1 and 18-20 are untouchable and stays.

Bracket 17 is to find the "last non-loser" and I'm very reluctant to
removing that one.

But suggestions for dividing places 2-16? Of course especially regarding
UEFA cups 26/27 qualification.
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On 2025-07-22 07:51, anders t wrote:

So 2024-25 we had the brackets:

1, 2-4, 5-7, 8-16, 17, 18-20

Brackets 1 and 18-20 are untouchable and stays.

Bracket 17 is to find the "last non-loser" and I'm very reluctant to
removing that one.

But suggestions for dividing places 2-16? Of course especially regarding
UEFA cups 26/27 qualification.

hmm. 5th place has a pretty fair chance of making the CL, so maybe
separate it from 6 and 7 ?
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Quoting MH in rec.sport.soccer:

On 2025-07-22 07:51, anders t wrote:

So 2024-25 we had the brackets:

1, 2-4, 5-7, 8-16, 17, 18-20

Brackets 1 and 18-20 are untouchable and stays.

Bracket 17 is to find the "last non-loser" and I'm very reluctant to
removing that one.

But suggestions for dividing places 2-16? Of course especially regarding
UEFA cups 26/27 qualification.

hmm. 5th place has a pretty fair chance of making the CL, so maybe
separate it from 6 and 7 ?

OK adding 5, scrapping 17, reintroducing mid table split.

How about...

1
2-4
5
6-7
8-12
13-17
18-20

?
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anders t <anthu_001@-nospam-hotmail.com> wrote:

Quoting MH in rec.sport.soccer:

On 2025-07-22 07:51, anders t wrote:

So 2024-25 we had the brackets:

1, 2-4, 5-7, 8-16, 17, 18-20

Brackets 1 and 18-20 are untouchable and stays.

Bracket 17 is to find the "last non-loser" and I'm very reluctant to
removing that one.

But suggestions for dividing places 2-16? Of course especially regarding >>> UEFA cups 26/27 qualification.

hmm. 5th place has a pretty fair chance of making the CL, so maybe
separate it from 6 and 7 ?

OK adding 5, scrapping 17, reintroducing mid table split.

How about...

1
2-4
5
6-7
8-12
13-17
18-20

?

Sounds good. The general idea behind picking #17
was sound, but that spot is also more random than
the others - a team free from relegation worries
before the last matchday wonrCOt care if they end up
there in the final table.


Ciao,
Werner


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The spreadsheet is done (bar a last checking for errors), but I have
problems with my website account. The ISPs first line support acknowledges
that it seems like I have done everything right from my end, and they have escalated to the senior support to find out why it still doesn't work.

I can, meanwhile, confirm the brackets (columns) to be
1
2-4
5
6-7
8-12
13-17
18-20

And the order of the teams (rows):
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Bournemouth
Brentford
Brighton
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal P
Everton
Fulham
Leeds
Liverpool
Man City
Man United
Newcastle
Nottingham
Sunderland
Tottenham
West Ham
Wolverhampton

So you can start creating the matrix for easy cut'n'paste into the form
when it gets available for download, if you like.

Max in a cell is 0.9994 and min is 0.0001.
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