murf's Premiership Predictions Knockout Cup 15-16 * FINAL * FINAL *

[murf]

Ok, here we go. The draw is finally happening. Kylie is here, drawing your home balls, and also here, drawing the away balls, as our special guest kick starting the competition proper in Olympic year is the one and only Jessica Ennis (applaud now):

FIRST ROUND DRAW

2 legs, home and away, away goals rule applies, starts today.

BYE = Shaggy365
Ralfbergs v barrydixey
Spinynorman v Moist von Lipwig
Sport Billy v steve foster
flyingkillercob v ooozzzie
morganb v Malrom
dickypick v primitive man
foxinthebox2001 v Jester
Big Bird v paisleypark
robot v kevchenko
gouldie7 v Mick MacPaddywack
thebillfella v murf
Des v Hammertime
Subsonic v eagle224
Arabian Knight v scopsm
Spencer4 v Surprised

[murf]

Surprisingly, two maximum pointers from the 2-2 Norf Landen Derby. All point scorers are in separate games so have head starts. 7 games still 0-0.

1 3 Jester
1 3 Sport Billy
3 1 Subsonic
3 1 Des
3 1 ooozzzie
3 1 robot
3 1 murf
3 1 Spinynorman
Rest 0

[Shaggy365]

BYE = Shaggy365

I bet I've lost.

[murf]

That's why I was saying Bye!

Results tomorrow. Been busy today.

Still the second leg next weekend.

[murf]

ROUND 1 - 1st LEG - RESULTS

BYE = 10 Shaggy365
Ralfbergs 7 v 8 barrydixey
Spinynorman 4 v 7 Moist von Lipwig
Sport Billy 6 v 7 steve foster
flyingkillercob 8 v 11 ooozzzie
morganb 9 v 9 Malrom
dickypick 2 v 4 primitive man
foxinthebox2001 6 v 7 Jester
Big Bird 8 v 8 paisleypark
robot 5 v 5 kevchenko
gouldie7 6 v 8 Mick MacPaddywack
thebillfella 7 v 6 murf
Des 7 v 7 Hammertime
Subsonic 11 v 6 eagle224
Arabian Knight 2 v 9 scopsm
Spencer4 6 v 4 Surprised


2nd leg this weekend with a limited programme of 5 or 6 games for us to play catch up. Most games are tight so all to play for (although maybe Arabian Knight and eagle224 need to have a pre-weekend fight over the official Fiso Goals prayer mat.....)

[murf]

Leg 2 Latest (at 72 minutes)

1 4 ooozzzie
1 4 Mick MacPaddywack
1 4 murf
1 4 Surprised
1 4 flyingkillercob
1 4 kevchenko
1 4 Big Bird
1 4 thebillfella
1 4 Spencer4
10 3 Hammertime
10 3 Spinynorman
10 3 primitive man
13 2 paisleypark
13 2 foxinthebox2001
13 2 Moist von Lipwig
13 2 Sport Billy
13 2 Subsonic
13 2 Malrom
13 2 dickypick
13 2 barrydixey
13 2 robot
13 2 Shaggy365
13 2 steve foster
13 2 eagle224
25 1 Des
25 1 morganb
25 1 gouldie7
25 1 Ralfbergs
25 1 scopsm
25 1 Jester
31 0 Arabian Knight

Only 3 I can work out who are through (in bold) without checking Leicester v Newcastle picks (i.e. have a lead >3)

I'm a point down so need an exact score (I've gone 1-0, thebillfella has 2-0)

[murf]

Ker-ching!

[thebillfella]

Ker-ching!

Well played. Bloody Vardy!

[flyingkillercob]

I'm out. All part of my Leicesteresque strategy to concentrate on the league

[ooozzzie]

Where's Kylie and Jessica? They not doing the draw?

[murf]

Been away for a day or two. Kylie is here now but we are a bit busy, errr, waiting for our special guest. Full results and draw later.

[murf]

FIRST ROUND - 2ND LEG - RESULTS
BYE = Shaggy365
barrydixey 3 v 2 Ralfbergs (Aggregate = 11 v 9 . First leg = 8 v 7 )
Moist von Lipwig 3 v 3 Spinynorman (Aggregate = 10 v 7 . First leg = 7 v 4 )
steve foster 3 v 2 Sport Billy (Aggregate = 10 v 8 . First leg = 7 v 6 )
ooozzzie 5 v 5 flyingkillercob (Aggregate = 16 v 13 . First leg = 11 v 8 )
Malrom 2 v 2 morganb (Aggregate = 11 v 11 - AWAY GOALS . First leg = 9 v 9 )
primitive man 4 v 3 dickypick (Aggregate = 8 v 5 . First leg = 4 v 2 )
Jester 2 v 5 foxinthebox2001 (Aggregate = 9 v 11 . First leg = 7 v 6 )
paisleypark 3 v 5 Big Bird (Aggregate = 11 v 13 . First leg = 8 v 8 )
kevchenko 5 v 3 robot (Aggregate = 10 v 8 . First leg = 5 v 5 )
Mick MacPaddywack 5 v 2 gouldie7 (Aggregate = 13 v 8 . First leg = 8 v 6 )
murf 7 v 5 thebillfella (Aggregate = 13 v 12 . First leg = 6 v 7 )
Hammertime 4 v 2 Des (Aggregate = 11 v 9 . First leg = 7 v 7 )
eagle224 3 v 3 Subsonic (Aggregate = 9 v 14 . First leg = 6 v 11 )
scopsm 4 v 0 Arabian Knight (Aggregate = 13 v 2 . First leg = 9 v 2 )
Surprised 5 v 5 Spencer4 (Aggregate = 9 v 11 . First leg = 4 v 6 )

Only 4 second leg away wins (on aggregate)

[murf]

2ND ROUND DRAW

Home teams drawn by the delectable fingers of Kylie
Away teams drawn by the almost as delectable fingers of Gemma Arterton in honour of her Sport relief gig tonight
Played over 2 legs, next 2 gameweeks

Big Bird v steve foster
Subsonic v Moist von Lipwig
murf v scopsm
primitive man v Mick MacPaddywack
barrydixey v kevchenko
ooozzzie v Spencer4
Hammertime v Malrom
Shaggy365 v foxinthebox2001

[murf]

Guess who screwed up and didn't enter his 3pm picks on time......

[barrydixey]

Guess who screwed up and didn't enter his 3pm picks on time......

I blame Kylie but I'm sure she was worth it

[murf]

2ND ROUND - 1ST LEG - RESULTS

Big Bird 8 v 2 steve foster
Subsonic 4 v 7 Moist von Lipwig
murf 8 v 12 scopsm
primitive man 2 v 10 Mick MacPaddywack
barrydixey 6 v 8 kevchenko
ooozzzie 6 v 5 Spencer4
Hammertime 5 v 8 Malrom
Shaggy365 9 v 5 foxinthebox2001

Depsite missing 4 of the 10 picks I still managed the 4th best score - unfortunately my opponent had the best score, a whopping 12, at least twice what half of you scored. Cheers Gemma....
Not many close ties this week, an average of nearly 4 points apart across the board. Going to need some rethinking over the infernational break.

[murf]

2ND ROUND - 1ST LEG - RESULTS

Big Bird 8 v 2 steve foster
Subsonic 4 v 7 Moist von Lipwig
murf 8 v 12 scopsm
primitive man 2 v 10 Mick MacPaddywack
barrydixey 6 v 8 kevchenko
ooozzzie 6 v 5 Spencer4
Hammertime 5 v 8 Malrom
Shaggy365 9 v 5 foxinthebox2001

2ND LEG SCORES
1 14 scopsm
2 13 murf
3 12 Moist von Lipwig
4 10 Shaggy365
4 10 Big Bird
4 10 barrydixey
7 9 foxinthebox2001
7 9 ooozzzie
9 8 steve foster
9 8 Spencer4
11 7 primitive man
11 7 Subsonic
13 5 kevchenko
13 5 Hammertime
13 5 Malrom
16 4 Mick MacPaddywack

Haven't got time to tidy it up (or maybe I'm just a bit undermotivated after outscoring all 15 of you..... except my opponent who has top scored in both legs)

[barrydixey]

2ND ROUND - 1ST LEG - RESULTS

Big Bird 8 v 2 steve foster
Subsonic 4 v 7 Moist von Lipwig
murf 8 v 12 scopsm
primitive man 2 v 10 Mick MacPaddywack
barrydixey 6 v 8 kevchenko
ooozzzie 6 v 5 Spencer4
Hammertime 5 v 8 Malrom
Shaggy365 9 v 5 foxinthebox2001

2ND LEG SCORES
1 14 scopsm
2 13 murf
3 12 Moist von Lipwig
4 10 Shaggy365
4 10 Big Bird
4 10 barrydixey
7 9 foxinthebox2001
7 9 ooozzzie
9 8 steve foster
9 8 Spencer4
11 7 primitive man
11 7 Subsonic
13 5 kevchenko
13 5 Hammertime
13 5 Malrom
16 4 Mick MacPaddywack

Haven't got time to tidy it up (or maybe I'm just a bit undermotivated after outscoring all 15 of you..... except my opponent who has top scored in both legs)

Murf that's really unlucky and I suggest you change the rules allowing the second highest scorer to get a bye or something before anyone notices.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

2ND ROUND - 1ST LEG - RESULTS
Haven't got time to tidy it up (or maybe I'm just a bit undermotivated after outscoring all 15 of you..... except my opponent who has top scored in both legs)

I'll give it a go then:

Big Bird 18 v 10 steve foster
Subsonic 11 v 19 Moist von Lipwig
murf 21 v 26 scopsm
primitive man 9 v 14 Mick MacPaddywack
barrydixey 16 v 13 kevchenko
ooozzzie 15 v 13 Spencer4
Hammertime 10 v 13 Malrom
Shaggy365 19 v 14 foxinthebox2001

Murf that's really unlucky and I suggest you change the rules allowing the second highest scorer to get a bye or something before anyone notices.

Agreed. Awfully embarrassing taking a beating like that ... reminds me of the days when you'd get called up to the front of the class for a public beating (for firing inkblots at the swots up front) ... never a pleasant experience

[scopsm]

Unlucky murf, had one of my better days.

[murf]

Unlucky murf, had one of my better days.

Two of your better weekends!

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[barrydixey]

Unlucky murf, had one of my better days.

Two of your better weekends!

Please sponsor me to run the London Marathon :
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JasonMurfitt

Hi Murf,

I'm sure that you have just about recovered from your unlucky defeat. Is young Kylie pulling the balls out again this week in preparation for the next round?

[murf]

Young Kylie is indeed. Just going through the final stages of negotiations for our lesser second ball fondler and we'll get back to you.

[murf]

Sorry about the delay, recruiting a second ball fondler has been a long drawn out process. I won't go into details but will just say that if it carries on like this then you will see it serialised on the tellybox as "murf's Premiership Predictions Knockout Cup 15-16's Got Talent. Idol." Anyway to cut that very long story short, Kylie is, of course, here to draw the home teams and Amanda Holden (off of the tellybox's inferior version of "murf's Premiership Predictions Knockout Cup 15-16's Got Talent. Idol.") is here to draw the away legs.

QUARTER FINAL DRAW

Shaggy365 v barrydixey
Malrom v scopsm
Big Bird v ooozzzie
Mick MacPaddywack v Moist von Lipwig

Usual story, 2 legs. Starts today.

[murf]

QUARTER FINAL
1st LEG RESULTS

Shaggy365 8 v 8 barrydixey
Malrom 7 v 7 scopsm
Big Bird 9 v 7 ooozzzie
Mick MacPaddywack 10 v 6 Moist von Lipwig

No away leads. Kylie 2 v 0 The Holden

NOTE: FISO Goals does not yet have the midweek fixture in there. If it appears in the next set then it will count as part of the 2nd leg. If it appears in the last/current set then the scores above are only 'latest' scores.

[foxinthebox2001]

The midweek game (Crystal Palace v Everton) is up on its own now, as the dregs of week 32.

[murf]

[half time scores in leg 2 post accidentally deleted by me in a tragic, bizarre, copy and paste incident that is just too sad to go into]

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Mick MacPaddywack 11 v 7 Moist von Lipwig

Really bad luck there, MvL ... must have caught me on the only week of the year where I actually predicted a correct score ... my only hope of progressing further is by finding some dozy competitor who fails to make their predictions ... no chance, then

[murf]

QUARTER FINAL
1st LEG *FINAL* RESULTS

Shaggy365 8 v 9 barrydixey
Malrom 7 v 7 scopsm
Big Bird 9 v 8 ooozzzie
Mick MacPaddywack 11 v 7 Moist von Lipwig

QUARTER FINAL
2nd LEG FINAL SCORES

barrydixey 7 v 4 Shaggy365 - barrydixey wins 16-12
scopsm 7 v 8 Malrom - Malrom narrowly wins 15-14 (scopsm winning the (non-existent) award for Unluckiest Bloke Or Girl
ooozzzie 2 v 5 Big Bird - Big Bird wins 14-10
Moist von Lipwig 3 v 3 Mick MacPaddywack - Mick MacPW wins 14-10

Draw soon. Kylie and special guest Natalie Dormer have just arrived to help out as I'm at the semi stage...

[Malrom]

Can I claim the (surely non exsistent) award for th luckiest Bloke, please!

Will it be a Terminator tie?