murf's Premiership Predictions Early Doors Cup 2016

[murf]

How rubbish was that? Only 7 bods scoring more than 3.

It appals me to have to do it but I am indeed having to let everybody through who scored just 1 point when they should be quitting through shame. Only 28 should get through but 10 teams were tied for 28th so survive. If just 1 more of you had twigged Joe Allen would equalise....

Only PNE4PREM goes out and he forget to enter any picks after going to the trouble of entering the league yesterday!

SAFE
1 8 morganb
2 7 sportsmeister
2 7 primitive man
2 7 BOLTONBOY
5 5 Shaggy365
6 4 barrydixey
6 4 Arabian Knight
8 3 dickypick
8 3 tyaslevesley
8 3 Malrom
8 3 Jester
8 3 paisleypark
8 3 scopsm
8 3 Backlash
8 3 Subsonic
8 3 robot
8 3 murf
8 3 Latic
8 3 Surprised
20 2 Moist von Lipwig
20 2 eagle224
20 2 thebillfella
20 2 flyingkillercob
20 2 Curwinkle
20 2 kevchenko
20 2 Mick MacPaddywack
20 2 velcro
JAMMY SKIN OF THE TEETH SURVIVAL MERCHANTS
28 1 GregsEggs
28 1 Ralfbergs
28 1 Hammertime
28 1 steve foster
28 1 foxinthebox2001
28 1 Spinynorman
28 1 Spencer4
28 1 gouldie7
28 1 Des
28 1 ooozzzie
OUT
38 0 PNE4PREM

[flyingkillercob]

No prizes for getting off to a quick start in this one

[murf]

No prizes for getting off to a quick start in this one

Exactly. All start again on 0 tomorrow.....

[Spinynorman]

No prizes for getting off to a quick start in this one

Exactly. All start again on 0 tomorrow.....

Thank goodness for that.

[murf]

Not sure how/why it has happened but I think ooozzzie has deleted himself from the league (don't think I did it!)

Whether he comes back in or not we will be aiming for 16 players into round 3 (+ ties)

(S)he has been PM'd.

[ooozzzie]

Cheers Murf stupidly if a buton has "don't hit me" I usually will, hence I hit the "leave" button wondering what that was and WHOOOSH I was gone! So with no way of getting back.and a score of just one, I thought oh well, But have returned with your kind link this evening apologies and thanks.

[GregsEggs]

Is there any way of checking your predictions as the matches are playing or just the Sunday/Monday games?

[murf]

Is there any way of checking your predictions as the matches are playing or just the Sunday/Monday games?

Not sure. Can definitely check beforehand by trying to predict it again. Have you tried looking at results?

[murf]

ROUND 2 SCORES ON DOORS
16 to get through, 1 game to go.

SAFE
1 11 BOLTONBOY
2 9 murf
CURRENTLY OK
3 7 Jester
3 7 Moist von Lipwig
3 7 primitive man
3 7 Des
3 7 eagle224
8 6 dickypick
8 6 Malrom
8 6 Latic
8 6 ooozzzie
8 6 Arabian Knight
CURRENTLY SCRAPING THROUGH
13 5 Curwinkle
13 5 thebillfella
13 5 Shaggy365
13 5 Hammertime
13 5 scopsm
13 5 gouldie7
13 5 barrydixey
13 5 kevchenko
13 5 robot
CAN STILL DO IT
22 4 morganb
22 4 Spencer4
22 4 GregsEggs
22 4 steve foster
22 4 sportsmeister
22 4 Surprised
22 4 flyingkillercob
29 3 Subsonic
29 3 Backlash
29 3 Mick MacPaddywack
29 3 Spinynorman
29 3 Ralfbergs
29 3 paisleypark
29 3 foxinthebox2001
OUT
36 1 velcro
36 1 tyaslevesley

[murf]

Glad I'm safely through. Tis a bit of a lottery tonight. All 3 results are possible so I reckon 6 points should be enough whatever the score. 5 could even scrape through (for 6 to be required it would need 4 players to move up to 6 or over from 5 or less).

[murf]

ROUND 2 RESULTS
SAFE
1 12 murf
2 11 BOLTONBOY
3 10 Des
3 10 primitive man
5 8 Jester
5 8 Shaggy365
7 7 Moist von Lipwig
7 7 eagle224
9 6 dickypick
9 6 Malrom
9 6 paisleypark
9 6 Curwinkle
9 6 Latic
9 6 ooozzzie
9 6 Arabian Knight
JAMMY GITS SCRAPING THROUGH
16 5 robot
16 5 scopsm
16 5 steve foster
16 5 Hammertime
16 5 gouldie7
16 5 kevchenko
16 5 barrydixey
16 5 thebillfella
OUT
24 4 morganb
24 4 GregsEggs
24 4 sportsmeister
24 4 Spencer4
24 4 Surprised
24 4 flyingkillercob
30 3 Backlash
30 3 Subsonic
30 3 Ralfbergs
30 3 foxinthebox2001
30 3 Spinynorman
30 3 Mick MacPaddywack
36 1 tyaslevesley
36 1 velcro

Paisleypark (3) and stevfoster (1) saving themselves tonight

[morganb]

More like "murf's Premiership Predictions Early EXIT Cup 2016" for me.

[barrydixey]

So it'll be pruned down to the last 8 (+) this week-end.
Looks a difficult set of fixtures to me... but with this season's results every week is unpredictable!
Good luck all.

[murf]

Yep. Think I wasted too much luck last weekend getting 12. Just hope I've got some left...

[murf]

With 8 results in and 2 games to go it is all to play for with nobody out and nobody safe. Even Curwinkle can get through with a sunday miracle after forgetting to pick yesterday!
Think I need at least an exact score somewhere being 2 off qualification at the moment

8 to get through plus any ties for 8th

1 8 dickypick
1 8 Hammertime
3 6 thebillfella
3 6 eagle224
3 6 paisleypark
6 5 Des
6 5 BOLTONBOY
6 5 Malrom
6 5 Latic
-----------current cut off----------
10 4 ooozzzie
10 4 gouldie7
12 3 primitive man
12 3 Moist von Lipwig
12 3 scopsm
12 3 Jester
12 3 robot
12 3 steve foster
12 3 kevchenko
12 3 Arabian Knight
12 3 murf
21 2 Shaggy365
21 2 barrydixey
23 0 Curwinkle

[murf]

So nobody predicted a Swansea win. 1 game to go....

My money is on 1-1. Anything else and I bid adieu

SAFE
1 8 dickypick
1 8 Hammertime
LOOKING GOOD
3 6 thebillfella
3 6 eagle224
3 6 paisleypark
SCRAPING THROUGH
6 5 Des
6 5 BOLTONBOY
6 5 Malrom
6 5 Latic
NEED A RESULT
10 4 ooozzzie
10 4 gouldie7
12 3 primitive man
12 3 Moist von Lipwig
12 3 scopsm
12 3 Jester
12 3 robot
12 3 steve foster
12 3 kevchenko
12 3 Arabian Knight
12 3 murf
21 2 Shaggy365
21 2 barrydixey
OUT
23 0 Curwinkle

[murf]

Useless tippy tappy t***ers....

[Hammertime]

Actually got 10, Watford v Newcastle was 2-1 not the 2-0 it says in FISO goals?

[murf]

Actually got 10, Watford v Newcastle was 2-1 not the 2-0 it says in FISO goals?

Sorry. That could be my mistake as I entered the scores this week. Will check and edit as necessary but may have to wait til later.

[murf]

THROUGH
1 10 Hammertime
2 8 thebillfella
3 6 paisleypark
3 6 eagle224
3 6 dickypick
6 5 Jester
6 5 Latic
6 5 Malrom
6 5 steve foster
OUT
10 4 ooozzzie
10 4 gouldie7
12 3 robot
12 3 Moist von Lipwig
12 3 murf
12 3 scopsm
12 3 BOLTONBOY
12 3 primitive man
12 3 Arabian Knight
12 3 Des
12 3 kevchenko
12 3 barrydixey
22 2 Shaggy365
23 0 Curwinkle

I think the error may have given BOLTONBOY and Des false hope whilst Jester and stevefoster move up and safely through

[murf]

9 of you left, listed below in season long order

1 148 Hammertime
2 134 Latic
2 134 Jester
4 133 eagle224
4 133 paisleypark
5 131 steve foster
5 131 dickypick
8 122 Malrom
9 91 thebillfella

After the midweek games there will only be 4 of you. Any ties across 4th are now settled by tie-break, which is a traditionally complicated affair but basically boils down to who got most points from the league leaders' game then second's and third's etc etc til it is decided (positions from table after the set). If those are all equal then there are further complimicated methods and rituals all carved in stone somewhere in the annals of FISO history. I'll provide the torch.)

[Hammertime]

Forgot to do Tuesday's games so think I've blown it

[murf]

Forgot to do Tuesday's games so think I've blown it

Get 6 tomorrow and dig out the prayer mat.....

[murf]

ROUND 4 RESULTS

THROUGH
1 12 Malrom
2 11 eagle224
2 11 steve foster
4* 7 thebillfella
OUT
5* 7 Jester
6 6 dickypick
7 5 paisleypark
8 2 Latic
9 1 Hammertime

* thebillfella wins through on the first tie-breaker, strangely predicting Leicester to beat the mighty Liverpool. Jester somehow didn't register a pick for that game (only).

2 from 4 to get through this weekend.

If you like this sort of thing but fancy some Rugby Union action for a change ("handball!") then head on over to my Egg Chasing Six Nations Predictions comp:
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=119896

[murf]

SEMI FINAL SCORE

THROUGH
1 10 eagle224
2 7 Malrom

OUT
3 5 thebillfella
4 4 steve foster

Next week... the FINAL!!

[murf]

FINAL RESULT

1 8 Malrom
2 2 eagle224

A stonking victory for Malrom including correct predictions of the 2-1 wins for Arsenal and Watford (only 2 pickers on the whole of FISO pipped that with 9s, a typical score was 4 or 5).
Well played to eagle224, not for his final showing but for getting there at least!

Coming soon.... The Knockout Cup

[eagle224]

Back to back double figures in the last two weeks and then a poor showing in the final.

Well played Malrom and thanks to Murf for running this again.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Thanks, Murf

Fun comp as usual ... pity I've been so ordinary this season.
Polishing by boots now for the Knockout Cup.