Yeah...go the...erm...marlis

...and then there were four. Bad luck Surprised, you nearly pulled that early deficit back.

ROUND 5 - DAY 4

1953: FULL-TIME:Ghana 1-1 Guinea
1950: FULL-TIME: Botswana 1-2 Mali

THROUGH
Moist von Lipwig 25
flyingkillercob 22
murf 22
bluenosey 22
OUT
Surprised 20

QFs start on saturday-
4 games
1 joker
Pick all at once
Changes to point system, depending on whether win/lose in 90/120/pens
1 player out is the plan but....
Tied last would get through on -5 points
Full details tomorrow

oh well
last 4 in 2010
last 5 in 2012

Always the bridesmaid etc

Thanks for running the comp murf as it is always fun.
Good luck to the remainder

QUARTER FINALS

Contenders
bluenosey
flyingkillercob
Moist von Lipwig
murf

MATCHES
Zambia V Sudan Sat 4 Feb 16:00
Ivory Coast V Equatorial Guinea Sat 4 Feb 19:00
Gabon V Mali Sun 5 Feb 16:00
Ghana V Tunisia Sun 5 Feb 19:00

Deadline = saturday 4pm

Pick the 4 winners with 1 marked with your JOKER
Picks by PM if you prefer (I've sent mine to CT)

POINT SYSTEM
Win in 90 minutes = 5
Win in extra time = 4
Win on penalties = 3
Defeat on penalties = 1
Defeat in extra time = 0.5
Defeat in 90 = 0

There are no tie-breaks (maybe in semis). 1 player to go out is still the plan. If two or more players are tied for last they will all get through but would start the semi-final on -5 points

Game on. May the best sheep win

I'm in

Last four for me again, I think.

Hoping to go one better this time.

PM sent. Good luck guys and sheep!

not going to be around much the next couple of days so pm sent.


GL all.

The 3 of you sent your PMs within 30 minutes of each other... Good job I'm not paranoid.

As I expected, we've all gone for the same 4 teams (only 1 or 2 games were slightly debatable). Small bit of variation in jokers though, details later.

QF Picks
All-
Zambia
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Ghana

JOKER split-
Ivory Coast - bluenosey, Moist von Lipwig, murf
Zambia - flyingkillercob

So it will be decided on saturday and sunday can be a day off.

WHAT IFS....
Ivory Coast do better than Zambia - Nice and simple. Bye bye fkc, 3 semi-finalists as planned.
Ivory Coast do same as Zambia - All get through, 4 semi-finalists.
Ivory Coast do worse than Zambia - Again, 4 semi-finalists but 3 of us will have a 5 point penalty and so fkc gets a nice head start.

There may be a reason for that - I was prompted to send mine by bluenosey bumping the thread and I assume the same might apply to MvL.

Didn't want to play the joker against the co-hosts so that's why I went for Zambia.

nah, I was trying to make Murf paranoid

Zambia game has kicked off.

Weird that it would be better for me if they lose despite having picked them...

....and as I type Zambia score.1-0

Get in there

Sudan down to 10, Zambia 2-0 up after penno save is converted on the rebound.

Well played fkc - a 3-0 win.

It means all 4 of us make the semis. If Ivory Coast can hold their lead (1-0 HT) then we all start off equal. If not then fkc has a 5 point lead and there are only 2 semi final games to try and catch that up.

Glad I wasn't watching as Drogba missed a penalty before opening the scoring 6 minutes later.

The Ivorians win 3-0. So we're all through then ?

Yep.

4 semi-finalists with an aim of 2 finalists.

QF RESULTS

Ghana win in ET = 4pts
Gabon defeat on pens = 1pt

bluenosey 20
flyingkillercob 20
Moist von Lipwig 20
murf 20

SEMI FINAL MATCHES
Weds 8 Feb
Zambia v Ghana, 4pm
Mali V Ivory Coast , 7pm
(not sure of k.o. times...)

I need two winners, one joker and 2 score predictions (90 minutes, can predict your team to win or draw)

POINTS - as before
TIE-BREAKER - in order to get just 2 finalists the following tie-break system will apply based on your score predictions:
1. Most correct scores, then
2. Goal difference out (2 games combined) then
3. Goals out in final (2 games combined)
(if still tied, all those tied will get through and start final on -5 points)

e.g. if it is 1-0 and you predict 3-1, you do not get the correct score, your goal difference out is 1 (2 goal win not 1), your goals out is 3 (3 not 1 (2) and 1 not 0(1))

I've PM'd my picks to Chuck

Forgot

Have PM'd Murf for the second game, not that it probably makes any difference

me and fkc picked

bluenosey came in one game late

MvL is AWOL



Gotta rush my TFF tinkering. Update after.

Well on the basis you two may have gone for Zambia, I may be in with a sniff.

Come on Mali

murf
Ghana 2-1
Ivory Coast JOKER 2-0

flyingkillercob
Ghana 1-0
Ivory Coast JOKER 2-0

bluenosey
-
Mali 1-0 JOKER

MVL
-
-

Ghana lost so it is 0-0-0-0
Ivory Coast lead 1-0 (Gervinho ) with 10 or so minutes to go

At least I made the right gamble but next to a miracle, I'm outta town

Mali score twice in the last ten minutes

Made me check

Sorry Ashers - thought I'd try and make Murf and FKC sweat a bit

Well done fellas

Well that was easy

African Nations Cup 2012 - murf's FISO Predictions Comp - The Final

Fixtures
3rd place play-off: Ghana v Mali, Saturday 7pm
Final: Zambia v Ivory Coast, Sunday 7pm

Final Rules (as 2010)
1. Everything as the semis except as below
2. Pick the two winners but JOKER is compulsory on final.
3. Tie-breaks as the semis but each match is looked at separately, e.g.:
Correct score in final
Correct score in play off
Goal difference out in final
" " in play off
Goals out in final
" " in play off
4. Extra tie-break added just in case:
Minute of goal in final
" " in play off

I need two winners (joker is automatic), 2 score predictions (90 minutes, can predict your team to win or draw) and 2 guesses of minute of first goal (1 to 121, penalty shoot out at 0-0 counts as 121st minute goal!)

EDIT - PM'd my picks to CT, thursday evening