murf's Premiership Predictions Early Doors Cup 2014-15

[murf]

World Cup? Forget that... all a bit last season.

The Premier League (or whatever it is badged as this week) is back and so is FISO Goals and so are my side cups. As ever, cup 1 of 3 is the aptly named Early Doors Cup.

Note: To play you must sign up to the league (see bit in blue below).
There is no need to declare an interest on this page.

It was won last year by thebillfella beating MvL 8-7 in the final and prior to the enforced absence was won in 2010/11 by TheTon who beat barrydixey 7-5 in the final. In 2009/10 it was flyingkillercob who beat Big Bird 6-4 in the final. If you trawl the archives for the historical results you will see just how long this has been going (10 years including the recent break???)

This and the other cups (Knockout Cup and CL Stylee Cup) which will follow are effectively informal/unofficial side competitions run by me using scores in the formal/official FISO Goals competition.

It is the appropriately named 'Early Doors Cup' and works on a 'devil takes the hindmost' system of eliminating the lowest scorers each week until we get a winner.

The Timetable:

Set 1 16 Aug just practice
Set 2 23 AUG, All entries whittled down to 64*
Set 3 30 AUG, 64* down to 32*
(international break)
Set 4 13 SEP, 32* down to 16
Set 5 20 SEP, 16 down to 8
Set 6 27 SEP, 8 down to 4
Set 7 4 OCT, 4 down to 2
(international break)
Set 8 18 OCT, The Final

(dates are first date of 'set' and are all currently saturday - all subject to change if the fixtures do or I've cocked up)

We will start eliminating people in Set 2 when entries will close and competition will start. If by some miracle we get to 128 entries then the entry will be closed. The idea is to halve the field of 128 each week until Set 8 when the two (wo)men left standing fight it out in the final.

* In reality we won't get 128 so I will amend the numbers getting through in the first couple of rounds so there is a degree of competition from the gun. In any case we will aim for 16 remaining for Set 5. The actual numbers will be my decision and announced just prior to Set 2 (our first round) commencing.

In the early rounds if there is a tie all teams on that border will go through. e.g. if 6 teams are level for 31st place in Set 3 and the target is 32 teams then they will all go through so we have 36 teams left rather than 32. Those in 37th etc are out. The next week we would still be aiming at 16 remaining (as opposed to half the teams).

In sets 6, 7 and 8 there will be tie-breakers in effect as per previous years' rules. Therefore there will be only 4 semi-finalists, 2 finalists and one winner.

To enter you need to sign up for the Early Doors Cup 2014/15 minileague:

You'll need to go to the FISO Goals site section of FISO
- click the 'fiso Games' logo/link at the top of most pages.
- select FISO Goals
or just go here:
- Click 'My Mini Leagues' on the left of the new page
- enter the following into the 'Join a Mini League' boxes:
League ID = 35
Password = 14EDC
- click the box marked 'Join'

Cut-off = you need to be in by first kick off, set 2 (DEADLINE = 12:45pm Sat Aug 23rd) and be one of the first 128 to guarantee yourself a spot.
(unlike previous years if we haven't reached a certain number of teams by then we will NOT keep entry open until we do - we are closing the (early) doors and starting eliminating from Set 2)

Newcomers (FISO veterans and newbies alike) more than welcome.
As this is my own private comp, I'll be reserving the right to not admit or throw out anybody who doesn't treat FISO properly and doesn't post in good spirit. As a rule of thumb this will mean you are banned if you are on my foe list so essentially they'll just be troll-free.

Don't forget to enter your picks on the FISO Goals site section of FISO - click the 'fiso games' logo/link at the top of most pages

[Spinynorman]

I'm in.

Cheers.

[thebillfella]

Guess it would be rude not to at least attempt to defend the title!

[OllY39]

I'm in

[murf]

5 in so far, keep em coming

murf Spinynorman robot thebillfella OllY39

[BOLTONBOY]

I'm in.

[Ralfbergs]

Definately in! Cheers!

[Vid]

In!

[paisleypark]

I'm in! Thanks murf

[Lucky7s]

In and thanks!

[murf]

Bump for the evening set

[sportsmeister]

Count me in

[forestfan]

OK I'll make a comeback in this game and enter!

[Moist von Lipwig]

done. Intending to go one step further than last year.

[murf]

15 in now

murf Spinynorman robot thebillfella OllY39
paisleypark BOLTONBOY Spencer4 Ralfbergs wizardoffire
Lucky7s foxinthebox2001 the dude abides Rob Surprised

No sign of the last 3 to shout (all been PM'd)

Been a few issues so probably worth checking if you are in.

[DrBunker]

I'm in.

[eagle224]

I'm in

[Moist von Lipwig]

Just re registered, def in now.

[bluenosey]

Gone on then

[murf]

21
murf Spinynorman robot thebillfella OllY39
paisleypark BOLTONBOY Spencer4 Ralfbergs wizardoffire
Lucky7s foxinthebox2001 the dude abides Rob Surprised
DrBunker Vid eagle224 morganb forestfan
Moist von Lipwig

+
bluenosey?
sportsmeister?

[Gaylord]

I'm in. Up to 23 now.

[Jester]

24

[hammerddh]

In (25 maybe ?)

[murf]

In (25 maybe ?)

Yep

murf Spinynorman robot thebillfella OllY39
paisleypark BOLTONBOY Spencer4 Ralfbergs wizardoffire
Lucky7s foxinthebox2001 the dude abides Rob Surprised
DrBunker Vid eagle224 morganb forestfan
Moist von Lipwig sportsmeister Gaylord Jester hammerddh

still no bluenosey but the 3 that went AWOL earlier after database fiddling are all now (back) in.

[paisleypark]

database fiddling ?? Are we going to read about yet another scandal in Sunday's papers?

[Malrom]

Just registered!

Thank you murf!

[murf]

36 in now (after latest EDIT) and loads of room for more of you

murf Spinynorman robot thebillfella OllY39
paisleypark BOLTONBOY Spencer4 Ralfbergs wizardoffire
Lucky7s foxinthebox2001 the dude abides Rob Surprised
DrBunker Vid eagle224 morganb forestfan
Moist von Lipwig sportsmeister Gaylord Jester hammerddh
Geoffv Malrom bluenosey reds363 nation147
Minitoff Knulpuk jimmy ching steve foster BigJonS
toffeelover

[Knulpuk]

Inski

[toffeelover]

Yes please murf

[topspur]

In - though not showing on the list