murf's Premiership Predictions CL Stylee Cup 15 * KNOCKOUT STAGE STARTS 4th APRIL *

[murf]

SUMMARY - EDITTED/FIXED VERSION

Pot A
(6 group winners and two highest scoring runners up)
1 252 scopsm
2 250 Lucky7s
3 236 paisleypark
5 233 eagle224
9 227 murf
10 223 Rookster
15 211 Jester
15 211 Arabian Knight

Pot B
(remaining runners up and qualifying 3rd places)
6 232 bluenosey
11 220 steve foster
12 219 morganb
13 215 Big Bird
14 212 BigJonS
17 208 BOLTONBOY
19 189 Surprised
22 172 Minitoff

OUT
3 236 Moist von Lipwig
7 231 Spinynorman
8 230 reds363
18 202 forestfan
20 182 stripes1973
21 178 Rob
23 155 primitive man
24 88 Curwinkle

5 of those out are from the lowers reaches of the league as you might expect but we have also lost 3 of the top 8 scorers.

Wks 32-33, last 16 (each match has group winner(/better runner up - i.e. Pot A above) away to a (lesser) runner up/third place (Pot B) in first leg, no teams from same group can be drawn together).
Wks 34-35, QFs (random draws from hereon in)
Wks 36-37, SFs
Wk 38 Final
Wk 39 Final extra time & penalties (if required)

[Rookster]

SUMMARY

Pot A
(6 group winners and two highest scoring runners up)
1 252 scopsm
3 236 paisleypark
5 233 eagle224
9 227 murf
10 223 Rookster
15 211 Jester
15 211 Arabian Knight
22 172 Minitoff

Pot A
(remaining runners up and qualifying 3rd places)
2 250 Lucky7s
6 232 bluenosey
11 220 steve foster
12 219 morganb
13 215 Big Bird
14 212 BigJonS
17 208 BOLTONBOY
19 189 Surprised

OUT
3 236 Moist von Lipwig
7 231 Spinynorman
8 230 reds363
18 202 forestfan
20 182 stripes1973
21 178 Rob
23 155 primitive man
24 88 Curwinkle

5 of those out are from the lowers reaches of the league as you might expect but we have also lost 3 of the top 8 scorers.

Wks 32-33, last 16 (each match has group winner(/better runner up - i.e. Pot A above) away to a (lesser) runner up/third place (Pot B) in first leg, no teams from same group can be drawn together).
Wks 34-35, QFs (random draws from hereon in)
Wks 36-37, SFs
Wk 38 Final
Wk 39 Final extra time & penalties (if required)

Not sure why Minitoff is in the first pot A (why are there 2 pot A's?) when she finished 3rd in our group?

[murf]

I keep messing that one up! Will fix before the draw.

[murf]

To 'celebrate' the new version of the forum the draw for the Knockout Stages will be tonight. Kylie and special guest friend are here already.

Matches start tomorrow.

Hopefully you can all pick correctly now Rob has fiddled with the site. If anyone stills has problems I believe the official IT response is "have you tried clearing your cache?". Other methods include trying it on a phone or tablet. If anyone still can't do it then PM me with your picks and I will score them - if you get me in the draw later you may want to PM someone else instead!!

[murf]

Whoop, whoop, it's the first CL Stylee Knockout Draw of the season and we have a dance theme to the draw this week in honour.

Kylie (who invented the Locomotion dance) traditionally draws the home team but being the 'senior' picker is actually picking the away teams this times, what with them being the top seeds from Pot A who get home advantage in the second leg.

Guest picker from the glamorous Celebrity Come Dancing doing the inferior Pot B home teams is, to celebrate election fever, the one (and a half?) and only Anne Widdicombe. Yay!?

LAST 16 DRAW
steve foster v paisleypark
BigJonS v eagle224
morganb v Lucky7s
Minitoff v Arabian Knight
Big Bird v scopsm
bluenosey v murf
Surprised v Jester
BOLTONBOY v Rookster

Set 32 = 1st Leg this weekend (and a stray midweek game I think)
Set 33 = 2nd leg next weekend

[murf]

Last 16 - score updates

steve foster 5 v 10 paisleypark
BigJonS 3 v 10 eagle224
morganb 5 v 4 Lucky7s
Minitoff 5 v 5 Arabian Knight
Big Bird 11 v 8 scopsm
bluenosey 5 v 7 murf
Surprised 9 v 3 Jester
BOLTONBOY 7 v 7 Rookster

[murf]

Last 16 - 1st Leg - Results

steve foster 5 v 10 paisleypark
BigJonS 4 v 10 eagle224
morganb 5 v 4 Lucky7s
Minitoff 6 v 5 Arabian Knight
Big Bird 11 v 8 scopsm
bluenosey 5 v 7 murf
Surprised 9 v 3 Jester
BOLTONBOY 7 v 7 Rookster

(only BigJonS and minitoff got a point after sunday)

2nd leg, reverse fixtures, this weekend.

[Lucky7s]

Just had a peek at this weeks scores and see that morganb has beat me again! Well played.

[murf]

Last 16 - 1st Leg - Results

steve foster 5 v 10 paisleypark
BigJonS 4 v 10 eagle224
morganb 5 v 4 Lucky7s
Minitoff 6 v 5 Arabian Knight
Big Bird 11 v 8 scopsm
bluenosey 5 v 7 murf
Surprised 9 v 3 Jester
BOLTONBOY 7 v 7 Rookster
2nd leg, reverse fixtures, this weekend.

Leg 2 scores
1 14 BigJonS
2 13 morganb
3 11 Jester
3 11 eagle224
5 10 Lucky7s
6 9 Minitoff
6 9 Big Bird
6 9 steve foster
6 9 bluenosey
6 9 Arabian Knight
6 9 Rookster
12 7 Surprised
12 7 BOLTONBOY
14 6 paisleypark
14 6 scopsm
14 6 murf

Haven't got time to do it all neatly but think I have correctly highlighted the winners above. 3 of this week's top 5 scorers didn't do enough I was rubbish, started leg 2 with a 2 point lead but my shoddy weekend wasn't even saved by last night's 3 pointer.

[murf]

No Kylie. No special guests. Just me and a virtual velvet bag.....

Quarter Final Draw

paisleypark v eagle224
morganb v bluenosey
Rookster v Big Bird
Minitoff v Surprised

1st leg this weekend

[murf]

Quarter Final - 1st LEG RESULTS

paisleypark 7 v 7 eagle224
morganb 9 v 6 bluenosey
Rookster 7 v 11 Big Bird
Minitoff 6 v 5 Surprised

2nd leg reverse fixtures this weekend (includes midweek bonus games)

[murf]

Quarter Final - 2nd LEG UPDATE

After a low scoring weekend and with the 2 midweek games to go - all is most definitely to play for.....

eagle224 2 v 3 paisleypark - pp takes a slender 1 pt aggregate lead
bluenosey 4 v 3 morganb - bn reduces his deficit to 2, surely needs one spot on
Big Bird 1 v 3 Rookster - Rookster halves his deficit to 2, surely needs one spot on
Surprised 3 v 2 Minitoff - this one now level with Surprised currently winning on away goals but 3+ points each will change that

[paisleypark]

I thought that it was all over - but we fight on!
Difficult to predict Hull v Liverpool and Leicester v Chelsea as both games could end up home wins, draws or away wins!
Can't see Liverpool and Chelsea both winning away!

[morganb]

Guess we need results and draw before kick-off tomorrow?

[murf]

Will sort later sorry. Do too much browsing by phone these days and all this stuff really needs a proper computer. ..

[murf]

Quarter Final - 2nd LEG RESULTS

After a low scoring weekend what did the 2 midweek games do
eagle224 3 v 4 paisleypark - a point apiece meant paisleypark hung on to his one pt lead
bluenosey 5 v 4 morganb - a point apiece meant morganb hung on to his two pt lead
Big Bird 2 v 6 Rookster - Rookster got one spot on but that wasn't enough and Big Bird clings on for an away goals win thanks to 11 last week
Surprised 6 v 3 Minitoff - Surprised gets one spot on to take the win but would have clung on to win on away goals anyway

[murf]

SEMI FINAL DRAW - 2 legs. First drawn at home first.

paisleypark v Surprised
morganb v Big Bird

[murf]

SEMI FINAL - 1st - LEG LATEST

paisleypark 7 v 4 Surprised
morganb 6 v 8 Big Bird

Some potential leads building already....

[murf]

SEMI FINAL - 1st - LEG RESULTS

paisleypark 9 v 6 Surprised
morganb 8 v 13 Big Bird

Big Bird outscores everyone 5-2 over the Sunday/Monday games to really build his lead.

The top 3 in the league all win and most of you only get 2 points

[morganb]

SEMI FINAL - 1st - LEG RESULTS

paisleypark 9 v 6 Surprised
morganb 8 v 13 Big Bird

Big Bird outscores everyone 5-2 over the Sunday/Monday games to really build his lead.

The top 3 in the league all win and most of you only get 2 points

Assume I got knocked out?

[murf]

SEMI FINAL - 1st - LEG RESULTS

paisleypark 9 v 6 Surprised
morganb 8 v 13 Big Bird [/size]

SEMI FINAL - 2nd LEG - RESULTS

Surprised 3 v 6 paisleypark (agg 9 v 15)
Big Bird 6 v 6 morganb (agg 19 v 12)

FINAL
FANTASY WEMBLEY
THIS WEEKEND
SAT- MON ONLY
(not including midweek game despite it being in the set!)
Big Bird v paisleypark

[paisleypark]

Really worried now as Big Bird is using capitals. Is Big Bird male or female? Will I be able to pluck a result or end up scrambled?

Just hope it is a good game and the best man/Bird wins!

[Big Bird]

I'm male and looking forward to the final, just off to get my suit measured.

Good luck pp

[paisleypark]

Just finished reading the men in the white suits - mine will be a little more circumspect - probably charcoal grey with a blue pin stripe.
Ideal for pulling Birds!
Looking forward to a goal fest final. Good luck to you too BB.

[murf]

FINAL
FANTASY WEMBLEY
THIS WEEKEND
SAT- MON ONLY
(not including midweek game despite it being in the set!)
Big Bird v paisleypark

LATEST SCORE
Big Bird 4 v 2 paisleypark

A bit below par and low scoring. Nerves?

A 3-1 for paisleypark tomorrow night will take it to a replay next sunday (The midweek game doesn't count. At all. Ever.)

[paisleypark]

Well played Big Bird - no matter what you predicted tonight you will have won.

This has to be have been my worst week ever for predictions - think I did them 3 weeks ago and based them on season long form!!!

Off to the losers party - on my own.

[Big Bird]

Blimey thanks pp, I knew I had done badly so hadn't even checked.

[murf]

Congratulations to Big Bird and thanks to everyone for playing.


Moving on..... we might not be. The levels of enthusiasm and interest in the 3 FISO Goals side cups and FISOGoals itself seems to be on the wane (most definitely including my own in that - a bit of chicken and egg in that I know).

Will I/the cups return next year? We'll see....