Predictor's League is Back!

We're bringing back the Predictor's League this year. This has proven to be a popular game in the past, and it'll give you, the readers, a chance to show us your tipping skills. This may be for bragging rights, but whoever's on top come May might get a prize. We'll see! The game is simple: tell us how you think Newcastle will do each week and rack up the points as the season goes along.

The Rules:

• Before each game, predict the winner (or you can predict a draw), the final score, and goalscorers. The deadline will be 5 minutes before kick-off.
• Predicting the outcome correctly will give you 1 point.
• Predicting the exact score will give you 5 points. Failing to predict the exact score but getting the total number of goals correct will give you 1 point, as will predicting one half of the score. If you predict a total of 6 goals or more, you are ineligible to receive points for predicting the correct goalscorers (see below). However, if 6 goals or more are actually scored, the ineligibility will be lifted. This new rule is designed to prevent people from predicting an abnormally high score in order to better their chances of earning the bonus for predicting the scorers.
• For each goal scorer you pick correctly, you earn 2 points. You may not pick more scorers than you did goals in order to hedge your bets. (In other words, if you predict a 1-0 score, you can only choose one scorer.)
• Standings will be posted each week.