Survivor Winner - World Cup 2018 - Game Over - Boddington and Kevchenko win!

[Sport Billy]

Week 6 Wed June 27 - Thu June 28

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

[morganb]

Another rollover as no teams won - Once all the group matches have finished you can take any team you've not already picked from those in the last 16 (all 8 matches)

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

[Boddington]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Tunisia
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

[morganb]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Tunisia
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

Picks need to be from last 16 not the remaining G and H fixtures, and Tunisia won't be in the last 16... Same goes for Cleanies

[Boddington]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

Thanks for the heads up

[forestfan]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

[kevchenko]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland

[Sport Billy]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
Sport Billy - Croatia, Senegal, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico

It's tiring watching you all pick the same team. Let's try and finish this once and for all!!

[morganb]

Not sure what is in the rules but for winners, due to the diminishing number of games and to prevent continuous rollovers - I think it should be the team that reaches the next round that is classed as the winner, whether in normal time, after extra time or on penalties.

[morganb]

Last 8 - everyone still has at least 1 more unique pick left - nobody has taken Croatia, France is available for a couple, a Russia, (and Sweden/Colombia/Switzerland if they get through), etc.


Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil

[Boddington]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil

[kevchenko]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil

[forestfan]

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France
kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Russia

[morganb]

Playing today - as both teams are playing each other then one will be through and one out (the winner is the team who reaches the next round by whatever means) :

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Russia

Already in to the semi finals:

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France

Let's see who gets through before I decide if any changes to the rules are necessary

[kevchenko]

Playing today - as both teams are playing each other then one will be through and one out (the winner is the team who reaches the next round by whatever means) :

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia
forestfan - France, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Russia

Already in to the semi finals:

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France

Let's see who gets through before I decide if any changes to the rules are necessary

There is still a team each left in that we haven't picked yet

[morganb]

In to the semi finals:

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia, France

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France, Croatia

I've auto-picked your choices as as per Kev's post you each have one unpicked team remaining (that worked out rather well didn't it!)

[kevchenko]

In to the semi finals:

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia, France

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France, Croatia

I've auto-picked your choices as as per Kev's post you each have one unpicked team remaining (that worked out rather well didn't it!)

France vs Croatia final then it's nailed on

[Boddington]

In to the semi finals:

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia, France

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France, Croatia

I've auto-picked your choices as as per Kev's post you each have one unpicked team remaining (that worked out rather well didn't it!)

France vs Croatia final then it's nailed on

Hoping to lose this too

[morganb]

Poo. Both players through to the final - very well played.

kevchenko - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia, France

Boddington - Russia, Belgium, Uruguay, England, Spain, Germany, Brazil, France, Croatia

So, the idea of winners is to pick the winner, no gimmicks, no tie breaks. Please can you both PM me your choice of winner for the Final (the unique team rule is no longer applicable) - I will leave it up to you both to decide if you want one attempt then declare a draw if to both pick the same or if you want to keep picking via PM until we get two unique selections.

[morganb]

So, both players chose France to win the final and Belgium to win the 3rd place play-off therefore I am happy to declare this competition a draw. Well done on getting all the way through to the final unbeaten.

This is the last of the prediction comps to finish so I would like to thanks to everyone for taking part, congratulate the winners and remind everyone to look out for the Premier League version which will be returning soon - this is especially relevant for the newcomers who I hope will join in with the season long competitions.

[Boddington]

Thanks ever so much for running these, they have added an extra dimension to what has been a World Cup to remember