Administrator Stan Posted November 25, 2022 Administrator Share Posted November 25, 2022 A very strong round from pretty much everyone after the first set of fixtures completed. Everyone in double-digits and all but 5 of us getting at least 1 perfect score. But the star of the round is definitely @CaaC (John) - a score of 26 points takes him up to 1st but it was the FIVE perfect scores that got him there. @Redcanuck is joint top with him and also deserves a mention for amassing the same score. A further honourable mention for @CaaC (John) for getting two predictions of the round, getting the goalless draws involving Denmark/Tunisia and Morocco/Croatia correct. Elsewhere, special shouts for the following: @Happy Blue for also guessing Denmark 0-0 Tunisia; @Spike for Portugal 3-2 Ghana; @Gunnersaurus for Mexico 0-0 Poland and lastly @Honey Honey for also getting Morocco 0-0 Croatia. USA 1-1 Wales was a common prediction, as was Senegal 0-2 Netherlands. Only 3 points separate myself in 7th all the way down to @DeadLinesman / @Thailand Yellows / @Gunnersaurus in joint 21st on 23 points. Good scores also gained by @Lucas (23) / @Viva la FCB (22) and @Viva la FCB & @6666 (21). A strong first round, and all could change by the time we reach Round 3, let alone the knockout phase of the World Cup. Table after Round 1: Don't forget to predict for Round 3 if you haven't done so already - https://talkfootball365.com/topic/17883-world-cup-prediction-league-round-3-29th-nov-2nd-dec-2022/ The Group Stage update after Round 1 can be found HERE @Mel81x @Bluewolf @Lucas @Devil @DeadLinesman @6666 @Viva la FCB @Dan @Reluctant Striker @JoshBRFC @CaaC (John) @Toinho @Beelzebub @LFCMike @Spike @Thailand Yellows @Pyfish @N U F C @Redcanuck @Foxc1 @Michael @Batard @Harry @Gunnersaurus @londonerlilie @Happy Blue @Honey Honey @Rajabhat Rovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted November 28, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted November 28, 2022 Round 2 done and dusted in a flash. Some very surprising results to predict for... @CaaC (John) remains top of the leaderboard and has a lead of 6 points. @Happy Blue / @LFCMike / @Toinho were some of the biggest movers and are now his closest challengers - all 4 players scored over 20 points. @Beelzebub also moved several places, up from 24th to 9th with a score of 21 points. @DeadLinesman and @Pyfish both next best with scores of 18. Only 6 points separate @Happy Blue in 2nd and @DeadLinesman in 13th. Then a further 6 points from @Bluewolf in 14th down to @Honey Honey in 25th. Don't forget to pick for Round 3 if you haven't done so already! Deadline is 3pm (GMT) tomorrow! PREDICT FOR ROUND 3 HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 No prediction of the round?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted November 28, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 28, 2022 I reckon I'm the only one who had Morocco to beat Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted November 29, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted November 29, 2022 9 hours ago, DeadLinesman said: No prediction of the round?!? For which game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 11 hours ago, Stan said: For which game? Whichever one I guessed right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 3, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 3, 2022 Round 3 finished! Some extremely good scores, others not so much . @Redcanuck flies into first place with one of the higher scores of the round (22 points), going ahead of @CaaC (John) and @Toinho by the smallest of margins. @Rajabhat Rovers and @Harry also scored 22 and took them up to 10th and 15th respectively. But the biggest score came from @Honey Honey, racking up those sweet, sweet points to go up to 12th. An extra shout for him for being the only one to correctly guess Australia 1-0 Denmark, and also a special shout for @Spike who also got a Prediction of the Round for perfectly picking South Korea 2-1 Portugal. Other decent scores came from @Thailand Yellows / @N U F C (20pts) and @Toinho / @Viva la FCB / @Michael (19pts). Still all to play for even though we're nearly halfway through the competition - with so few points between places. For example, 5 points separate the top 6; a further 5 points from 8th to 18th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Striker Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 My manager has been fired. Talent scouts are being replaced. Ageing stars are retiring. To do worse than Germany & Belgium is just not good. To be fair I barely know English football these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 7, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 7, 2022 The first knockout phase (Round 4) finished and included a couple of surprise results... @Redcanuck remains top of the pile but his lead is now a slender one, with @Toinho just one point behind. Both Redcanuck and myself scored the highest of the round, with 16 points and that took me up to 13th. As well as 2nd-placed @Toinho, @Michael & @6666 scored 15 points to take them up to 6th and 22nd respectively. Good scores also came from @Happy Blue & @Reluctant Striker (14 points). Only 3 points separate myself & @JoshBRFC in 12 & 13th and the trio of @Dan / @DeadLinesman / @6666 in 20-22nd place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Shouldn't I have 77, 61 +16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I got two perfect scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 7, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: Shouldn't I have 77, 61 +16 3 minutes ago, Devil said: I got two perfect scores. Sorry lads, will get this rectified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 7, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Redcanuck said: Shouldn't I have 77, 61 +16 2 hours ago, Devil said: I got two perfect scores. Table has been amended and updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 11, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 11, 2022 The scores may seem on the low side but there were only 4 games to predict for, and a couple of surprise scores within those! With that being said, 3 players scored double figures, and the highest of those was @londonerlilie with 12 points - he also did well to be the only one to predict Morocco's 1-0 victory over Portugal perfectly. Next was @Lucas and @Dan who both scored 10 points and progressed up the table accordingly. Special mention to @Thailand Yellows who got another prediction of the round and got Netherlands 2-2 Argentina spot on. Looks to be a 3-horse race at the top with @Redcanuck still leading the way ahead of @Toinho and @CaaC (John). Only 3 points separate @N U F C / @JoshBRFC / myself and @Devil / @Bluewolf / @6666 further down the table. ***Don't forget, the league table could change dramatically after the Bonus Questions chosen pre-tournament are added on to the scores!*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 15, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 15, 2022 Semi-final stage completed, one more round to go + the bonus questions to add at the end of the tournament. The top 4 remain the same - can @Redcanuck hold on to his lead going into the final round? Several members scored 9 points thanks to getting 1 exact score, predominantly the Morocco 0-2 France scoreline - @Redcanuck / @Happy Blue / @Lucas / @Pyfish / @Bluewolf / @DeadLinesman all top-scoring with that amount. @JoshBRFC was the only one to predict the exact 3-0 defeat for Croatia and he, along with @Rajabhat Rovers / @Devil / @6666 / @Mel81x & @Reluctant Striker were the next highest scorers with 8 points. Middle of the table is most bunched up; 3 points separate 9th place down to 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 18, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2022 All games completed and this is the table after Round 7! @Redcanuck is the winner and breaks the 100-point mark! he was one of only 4 that got a perfect score - the other 3 being @Michael, @Viva la FCB & @6666 - all 4 getting Croatia's 2-1 victory over Morocco exact. @6666 top-scored with 10 and it meant he went into the top 10. @Toinho and @CaaC (John) round out the top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 18, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2022 Now the League Table after Bonus Questions scores have been applied! A reminder of how the points are allocated and how Group Stage/Tournament Winner/Top Scorer ended up... Group Stage 1st and 2nd advance in correct order - 8 points Both teams advance but in incorrect order - 6 points Only 1 team advances - 3 points Top Goalscorer 12 points if player finishes 1st; 8 points if player finishes 2nd; 4 points if player finishes 3rd Tournament Winner 15 points if team wins 10 if team finishes 2nd 5 if team finishes 3rd Group A - Netherlands, Senegal Group B - England, USA Group C - Argentina, Poland Group D - France, Australia Group E - Japan, Spain Group F - Morocco, Croatia Group G - Brazil, Switzerland Group H - Portugal, South Korea Top Goalscorer: Kylian Mbappe Lionel Messi Olivier Giroud/Julian Alvarez Tournament Winner: Argentina France Croatia Here's the table after all of that is taken into account... Congratulations to @CaaC (John) as his pre-tournament selections get him into top spot, just ahead of @Redcanuck! @Toinho can take the honour of most points (66) for his selections - he was the only one to get Group D bang on with France & Australia progressing, while @Mel81x, @JoshBRFC & @Bluewolf can also pat themselves on the back for amassing 62 points which lifted them up the table. Thank you to everyone for taking part. Hope you all enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thank you @Stan for the game, I normally start off well with games like this then fizzle out and end up mid-table, I didn't think I would win it as I had France winning the World Cup Final and they lost but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted December 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 Congrats @CaaC (John) and wow I really did gain some serious points at the end there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted December 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks for running this as always @Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ Posted December 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 I clearly forgot to do the bonus questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted December 18, 2022 Author Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, CaaC (John) said: Thank you @Stan for the game, I normally start off well with games like this then fizzle out and end up mid-table, I didn't think I would win it as I had France winning the World Cup Final and they lost but there you go. Sorry @CaaC (John). Feel bad for doing this but I calculated your score wrong after adding the bonus questions. You should be on 151 as opposed to 161. So @Redcanuck is still the winner. Apologies mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 18, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Stan said: Sorry @CaaC (John). Feel bad for doing this but I calculated your score wrong after adding the bonus questions. You should be on 151 as opposed to 161. So @Redcanuck is still the winner. Apologies mate! Not a problem @Stan and congratulations too @Redcanuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnersaurus Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 @Stan has made this more dramatic than the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Wait? I think I am the winner 96 + 66 = 162 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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