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  1. 31 minutes ago, kpain16 said:

    Never heard of the guy, but if he really said that he said more about himself than anything else. I get it that not everyone supports the underdog, and that's fine. But saying that the competition would be devalued is elitist, broad-minded and borderline racist.

    I think borderline racist is a bit much on a conceptual issue.

    On the general point - absolute nonsense - it shouldn't matter who wins it as long as football wins.

  2. Semi-finals

    Tuesday 13th December

    Argentina v Croatia 2-0*

    Wednesday 14th December

    France v Morocco 2-1

    Bonuses

    The total number of goals across all the games - 6

    The total number of goals scored in the first half - 2

    The total number of goals scored in the second half - 3

    The total number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 0

    The total number of hattricks - 0

    The number of games going to extra time - 0

    The number of games going to penalties - 0

    The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 0

    The team which scores the fastest goal - France

    The team which scores the last goal - Argentina

    The time of the first goal - 8 minutes

    The time of the last goal - 89 minutes

    The scorer of the first goal - Griezman

    The scorer of the last goal - Mac Allister

    The total number of yellow cards - 12

    The total number of red cards - 0

    The total number of substitutions across all games - 19

  3. @Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus

    It comes down to this. Glory and heartbreak are uncomfortable bedfellows and inspire ordinary men to do extraordinary things. They are forced together, bound to one another while being pulled in opposite directions - each needs the other to fulfil their destiny but cannot achieve it alone. One creates the other and is destroyed by that creation as it has always been - an eternal struggle, each needing to dominate, while denying the other, which cannot be denied.

    Anyway, it's the semi-finals and if you all marvelled at the bonuses on offer in the quarter finals, prepare to be even more marvellousnessed (yeah, it did get away from me a bit).

    Whopping bonuses as well!! fun for everyone and anyone can win.

    Good luck everyone.

    Scoring

    Predict any time up to kick off the score of each game (You may change your predictions at any point up to the kick off time by either editing or reposting). Any changes made after the kick off time will be disregarded.

    Predict each score. 50 points if you get the win/lose/draw right and 100 points if you get the exact scoreline right.

    Nap - indicate one game for a nap bonus. If you get the exact score right, the nap bonus will be a super 200 points. Please mark your nap clearly.

    Semi-finals

    Tuesday 13th December

    Argentina v Croatia 19.00

    Wednesday 14th December

    France v Morocco 19.00

    Bonuses

    The total number of goals across all the games - 200 points

    The total number of goals scored in the first half - 150 points

    The total number of goals scored in the second half - 150 points

    The total number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points

    The total number of hattricks - 300 points

    The number of games going to extra time - 100 points

    The number of games going to penalties - 150 points

    The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points

    The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points

    The team which scores the last goal - 250 points

    The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time

    The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time

    The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points

    The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points

    The total number of yellow cards - 100 points

    The total number of red cards - 150 points

    The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points

  4. @Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus,

    Looks a lot like moving day to me!! Of those who entered, everybody moved and there were huge changes in the table - as we hoped for. The actual round scores were pretty immaterial and would have made virtually no difference to the table but as you know by now - it is all about the bonuses and did they deliver!

    A quick word on the yellow cards. There was a lot of confusion on the number of yellow cards shown at the Netherlands v Argentina game and there were numbers ranging from 18 to 23 cards in some of the data sources. Due to the uncertainty and the inability of the main sources to agree, I have discounted the number of yellows shown in that game as we cannot reach an accurate figure.

    Nobody predicted the exact games going to extra time and nobody predicted Croatia to beat Brazil - why would you? The England game was pretty even with slightly more correctly predicting that France would go through and 2-1 to France was the highest scoring game.

    The bonuses have swung the table into disarray and disorder with our new top four catapulting up the table due to some whopping bonuses.

    Pride of place goes to our friend Oriole!!!!, who climbs a huge 13 places to claim top spot. Very well done to him for a magnificent effort and pulling off a big move. He also scores the biggest bonus score of the round. He becomes our new beloved, sagacious and revered leader and we will take a greater interest in everything he says over the next few days.

    Other big climbers include VP who climbs 14 to claim second spot, which is an outstanding achievement - very well done. The Old Git moves up to complete the podium places in third. I am sure he will be delighted when he wakes up from his doze - someone slip a celebratory Werther's Original in his cocoa tonight.

    Seb revs up that Ferrari to accelerate into fourth with a huge leap of 14, which is also an achievement that deserves great merit - keep motoring on Seb!

     Craigy comes in at fifth with another mighty leap and this is great reward for him for superb bonus scoring.

    As a consequence of the moves at the top, Gizzgoggles drops a not disastrous three places thanks to a decent bonuses score.

    Hoarau climbs an impressive 10 places to secure seventh place, helped enormously by being the only one to correctly guess the total number of subs, which carried a whopping 200 points bonus. YouReds climbs three to eighth, Darius drops five to ninth, while The Legend makes his move, climbing a huge 15 places to complete our top ten - very well done to all of them.

    Just outside the top ten, Smoulders drops five and GunmaN falls ten to drop out of the top ten. Then we have Constantine. Special mention for him as he is our top mover this round - rising a super impressive 19, I'll say it again...19 places!! Great effort.

    Jeroen nearly matches him with a spectacular rise of 16 places. Rob falls an acceptable six places, although he will be disappointed, Lucas also drops six but will be thankful for a reasonable bonus score.

    Our previous round winner and beloved leader Smallen doesn't move a small(en) number of places, he moves a huge 16 places in the wrong direction!!! Disaster for him as he is one of only three players not to score any bonus points.

    Coming the other way to meet him, Orzelek rises a more than handy nine places, while The Golden Boy and prediction league brother Pompers both fall a disappointing seven places, despite reasonable bonus scores. The Golden Boy is one of two players to benefit from the ruling on yellow cards and winning the bonus points.

    Vikie bucks the mini trend above him by rising two places but Wallin and Caffers fall one and eight places respectively.

    Will also benefitted from the rule change on yellows and rises four places as a result.

    Mahzun and I fall a pretty steep 18 places mainly due to poor bonuses scores, while Avers drops a disappointing seven places and the inspiration and mentor drops two places!!!!  Fullers drops six places as one of the three not to score any bonuses points. Chris rises a decent three places, while Whoops a daisy drops seven places and is the third player not to score bonus points.

    That leaves us with the non entrants this round. the hall of shame consists of HenrikSymbolicSysiphusOcheTecmoSilence of the GermanMarvin and pafnus.

    Come back guys - we miss you and there is a plenty of time and certainly plenty of bonus points to go!

    So, onto the semi-final - fixtures and bonuses will be tabled shortly.

    Player

    Quarter-FInals

    Bonuses

    Total

    +/-

    1.      Oriole01

    10

    370

    508

    +13

    2.      VP.

    5

    350

    479

    +14

    3.      Southcoastred

    20

    260

    445

    +2

    4.      Ferrarinseb

    5

    310

    429

    +14

    5.      Craigcwwe

    0

    300

    411

    +14

    6.      Gizzy

    5

    210

    384

    -3

    7.      Hoarau

    0

    250

    366

    +10

    8.      YouReds

    10

    210

    357

    +3

    9.      Darius1998

    15

    70

    354

    -5

    10.   Timma

    0

    250

    334

    +15

    11.   Smaldini

    15

    150

    328

    -5

    12.   GunmaN1905

    15

    110

    311

    -10

    13.   Constantine

    10

    210

    292

    +19

    14.   Jeroen Thijssen

    5

    200

    283

    +16

    15.   Rob1981

    15

    110

    281

    -6

    16.   Lucas

    5

    120

    280

    -6

    17.   Smallen

    10

    0

    270

    -16

    18.   Orzelek

    20

    160

    259

    +9

    19.   The Golden Boy

    10

    100

    245

    -7

    20.   Pompeyboyz

    0

    100

    231

    -7

    21.   Vikeologist

    10

    100

    202

    +2

    22.   Mr Wallin

    5

    100

    215

    -1

    23.   Cafcrocky

    0

    70

    195

    -8

    24.   WillHoward42

    10

    100

    189

    +4

    25.   Mahzun_Savas

    5

    10

    174

    -18

    26.   Sons FC

    10

    10

    178

    -18

    27.   Av3ry

    0

    60

    170

    -7

    28.   The_Jagster

    5

    60

    160

    -2

    29.   CFuller

    10

    0

    118

    -7

    30.   Chris79

    0

    50

    115

    +3

    31.   Whoopy D

    10

    0

    99

    -7

    32.   Hooray Henrik

    DNE

     

    79

     

    33.   Symbolic

    DNE

     

    77

     

    34.   Sysiphus

    DNE

     

    32

     

    35.   Oche Balboa

    DNE

     

    31

     

    36.   Tecmo

    DNE

     

    29

     

    37.   SilenceOfTheLahms  

    DNE

     

    28

     

    38.   Marvin

    DNE

     

    25

     

    39.   Pafnus

    DNE

     

    11

     

    Bonuses

    The total number of goals across all the games - 10

    The total number of goals scored in the first half - 3

    The total number of goals scored in the second half - 7

    The number of games going to extra time - 2

    Correctly predicting all the specific games going to extra time - Croatia v BrazilNetherlands v Argentina

    The number of games going to penalties - 2

    The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 15

    The team which scores the fastest goal - France

    The team which scores the last goal - Croatia

    The time of the first goal - 12 minutes

    The time of the last goal - 117 minutes

    The total number of yellow cards - 13 - revised

    The total number of red cards - 2

    The total number of substitutions across all games - 33

  5. Friday 9th December

    Croatia v Brazil 1-2
    Netherlands v Argentina 0-2*

    Saturday 10th December

    Morocco v Portugal 1-2
    England v France 1-2

    Bonuses

    The total number of goals across all the games - 7

    The total number of goals scored in the first half - 4

    The total number of goals scored in the second half - 5

    The number of games going to extra time - 1

    Correctly predicting all the specific games going to extra time - Netherlands v Argentina

    The number of games going to penalties - 0

    The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 3

    The team which scores the fastest goal - Brazil

    The team which scores the last goal - Brazil

    The time of the first goal - 12 mins

    The time of the last goal - 90+4

    The total number of yellow cards - 12

    The total number of red cards - 0

    The total number of substitutions across all games - 32

  6. @Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus,

    It's the quarter finals and super points are available across the games and the bonuses...well, just look at the bonuses. Bonuses, bonuses, bonuses!! You can almost forget the games themselves - they won't generate very many points - it's the bonuses that count!! 1,800 bonus points up for grabs - not bad, eh?

    Scoring

    Predict any time up to kick off the score of each game (You may change your predictions at any point up to the kick off time by either editing or reposting). Any changes made after the kick off time will be disregarded.

    Predict each score. points if you get the win/lose/draw right and 10 points if you get the exact scoreline right.

    It's the return of the nap! - indicate one game for a nap bonus. If you get the exact score right, the nap bonus is a super 50 points. Please mark your nap clearly.

    Quarter-Finals

    Friday 9th December

    Croatia v Brazil 15:00
    Netherlands v Argentina 19:00

    Saturday 10th December

    Morocco v Portugal 15:00
    England v France 19:00

    Bonuses

    The total number of goals across all the games - 100 points

    The total number of goals scored in the first half - 50 points

    The total number of goals scored in the second half - 50 points

    The number of games going to extra time - 100 points

    Correctly predicting all the specific games going to extra time - 500 points

    The number of games going to penalties - 50 points

    The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 100 points

    The team which scores the fastest goal - 50 points

    The team which scores the last goal - 50 points

    The time of the first goal - 200 points for the exact time, 10 points for five minutes each side

    The time of the last goal - 200 points for the exact time, 10 points for five minutes either side

    The total number of yellow cards - 100 points

    The total number of red cards - 50 points

    The total number of substitutions across all games - 200 points

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