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blahblah wrote:Yep, hence my smiley post above. :lol:

Very tempted to Stick, tbh.
But I will twist, and have another yet reason to loathe Thick Mick if we go out :evil:

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Last call for the 3PMers
murf wrote:The following are yet to declare and all have away draws at present. Will they swap....

Barnsley v Coventry - Bluenosey

Doncaster v Stevenage - Surprised

Wigan v MK Dons - nffc

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Just to let you know that I'm sticking with Sunderland for Round 4.

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ROUND 3 SUMMARY

Only 4 through and 1 out. A whopping 9 failed to sort their lives out.

THROUGH
Coventry - Bluenosey
Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
Stevenage - Surprised


WAITING
Kidderminster - Eagle224 v Peterborough - Mark Addicted Kenny
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton)
Charlton - thebillfella (Oxford Utd)
Crawley Town - Stitchy (still playing round 2!)
Ipswich - blah (Preston)
Macclesfield - thelip
MK Dons - nffc
Port Vale - Shaggy365

OUT
Leyton Orient - Two left feet


ROUND 4 FIXTURES (only listing those through to avoid getting myself too confused)
Arsenal v Coventry - Bluenosey (can swap)
Bournemouth or Burton Albion v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham) (swap depends)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Kidderminster Harriers or Peterborough United (can't swap)
Stevenage - Surprised v Everton (can swap)

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ROUND 2 UPDATE :shock:

SAFELY THROUGH
Carlisle - GregsEggs
Kidderminster - Eagle224
Leyton Orient - Two left feet
Macclesfield - thelip
MK Dons - nffc
Peterborough - Mark Addicted Kenny
Port Vale - Shaggy365
Preston - blah
Stevenage - Surprised
Burton - Taca
Coventry - Bluenosey
Oldham - Paisleypark
Oxford Utd - thebillfella


ALAS NO MORE VELVET BAGS
Brentford - Judio
Chesterfield - Vid
Newport - trampie
Salisbury - Knulpuk
Stourbridge - Yorkshiredragon
Tranmere - Coryphaeus
Walsall - murf
Fleetwood - Ashers
Hartlepool - Primitive Man
Mansfield - Moist von Lipwig
Wrexham - albionjulie
Crawley Town - Stitchy

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A scary 48% casualty rate in round 2 then!

....and still potentially could be as high as 61% in Round 3 (or as low as 15%)

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I was very tempted to swap to Doncaster but happy that I restrained myself!

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ROUND 3 SUMMARY - UPDATE

Just 3 more through and 4 out last night. Most shame on blah who switched and went out.....
1 still waiting after a drawn rearranged game.

THROUGH
Coventry - Bluenosey
Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
Stevenage - Surprised
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton)
Kidderminster - Eagle224
Port Vale - Shaggy365


WAITING
Charlton - thebillfella (Oxford Utd)

OUT
Leyton Orient - Two left feet
Ipswich - blah (Preston)
Macclesfield - thelip
MK Dons - nffc
Peterborough - Mark Addicted Kenny


ROUND 4 FIXTURES
Arsenal v Coventry - Bluenosey (can swap)
Port Vale - Shaggy365 v Brighton (can swap)
Stevenage - Surprised v Everton (can swap)
Huddersfield v Charlton - thebillfella or Oxford (can swap - IF they get through)

Bournemouth - Taca (Burton) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham) (can't swap)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Kidderminster Harriers - Eagle224(can't swap)

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blahblah wrote:
blahblah wrote:Yep, hence my smiley post above. :lol:

Very tempted to Stick, tbh.
But I will twist, and have another yet reason to loathe Thick Mick if we go out :evil:
Why am I not surprised? :roll:

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After long & hard deliberation, I've taken the decision to switch my allegiance to Brighton.

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Shaggy365 wrote:After long & hard deliberation, I've taken the decision to switch my allegiance to Brighton.
Same here, but switching to Arsenal.

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Much as I respect Stevenage I will make the switch to Everton

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So everything is settled for the round 4 matches then apart from the long drawn out saga of thebillfella and Charlton. They've got a replay and then, if they win that, the option of swap.

ROUND 4 FIXTURES

ALL FISO TIES (No swapping)
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Kidderminster Harriers - Eagle224

DECLARED SWAPPED
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
Brighton - Shaggy365 (Port Vale)
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)

TBA
Huddersfield v Charlton - thebillfella or Oxford (can swap - IF they get through)

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ROUND 3 SUMMARY - FINAL UPDATE

Finally finished on Tuesday with thebillfella making it 8 getting into Round 4. Round 4 starts tomorrow (Friday)

THROUGH
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton)
Coventry - Bluenosey
Kidderminster - Eagle224
Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Port Vale - Shaggy365
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
Stevenage - Surprised
Charlton - thebillfella (Oxford Utd)


OUT
Leyton Orient - Two left feet
Ipswich - blah (Preston)
Macclesfield - thelip
MK Dons - nffc
Peterborough - Mark Addicted Kenny


ROUND 4 FIXTURES

ALL FISO TIES (No swapping)
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Kidderminster Harriers - Eagle224

DECLARED SWAPPED
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
Brighton - Shaggy365 (Port Vale)
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)

CAN SWAP
Huddersfield v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella

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Good luck to Paisleypark, though I think it's going to be a case of how many.

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I'll be sticking with Brighton, if it's all the same.

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Bit behind here - never updated Round 4! We had a maximum possible success rate

ROUND 4 RESULTS

ALL FISO TIES
Bournemouth - Taca (Burton) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
v Kidderminster Harriers - Eagle224

SWAPPED
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
Brighton - Shaggy365 (Port Vale)
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)


DIDN'T SWAP
Huddersfield v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella

ROUND 5 - THIS WEEKEND

ALL FISO
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)

DECLARED STICKING
Brighton - Shaggy365 (Port Vale) v Hull

CAN SWAP
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Southampton
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage) v Swansea
Sheff Wed v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella

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I will stick with Everton

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Glad about Gardener!

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GregsEggs wrote:Glad about Gardener!
Just remembered - this is my first season at this!

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murf wrote:ROUND 5 - THIS WEEKEND

ALL FISO
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry) v Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)

DECLARED STICKING
Brighton - Shaggy365 (Port Vale) v Hull

CAN SWAP
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle) v Southampton
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage) v Swansea
Sheff Wed v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella
So we have 3 through, 2 out and 1 TBA.

Surprised has already been drawn away to bluenosey. Shaggy365 fights tonight for the right to host GregsEggs. The other 2 QFs will have no FISO involvement....

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ROUND 5 - RESULTS
THROUGH
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
Charlton - thebillfella (Oxford Utd)
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)
Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)


OUT
Liverpool - Paisleypark (Oldham)
Brighton- Shaggy365 (Port Vale)
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ROUND 6 - MARCH 8th/9th

ALL FISO
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry) v Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)

CAN SWAP
Hull v Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
Sheff Utd v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella

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Hull for me then

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ROUND 6 - RESULTS
THROUGH
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
Hull - GregsEggs (Carlisle,Sunderland)


OUT
Charlton - thebillfella (Oxford Utd)
Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)


Semi Final Draw (CAN SWAP)

Arsenal -Bluenosey (Coventry) v Wigan
Sheff U v Hull - GregsEggs (Carlisle,Sunderland)

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Good swap by GregsEggs. Poor non-swapping by thebillfella.

Both GE and BN are now bookies favourites for their semis but that hasn't meant much in earlier rounds.

Stick or twist????

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murf wrote: Stick or twist????
Is that a serious question?
They might have beaten Villa and Fulham, but they won't beat Hull.
STICK

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Judio wrote:ROUND 6 - MARCH 8th/9th

ALL FISO
Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry) v Everton - Surprised (Stevenage)

CAN SWAP
Hull v Sunderland - GregsEggs (Carlisle)
Sheff Utd v Charlton (Oxford Utd) - thebillfella
Completely forgot about this and probably would have switched. Oh well :roll:

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So, the final will be:

Arsenal - Bluenosey (Coventry)
v
Hull - GregsEggs (Carlisle,Sunderland)

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