African Nations Cup 2015 - murf's FISO Predictions Comp

[Ashers]

Game over 3-1 Gervinho

[murf]

So we have 7 semi-finalists - 4 of whom start half a point down.

Woth only 2 to get through and only 2 games to choose from is it time for a necessary gamble?

[GregsEggs]

Who start half a point down?

[murf]

Who start half a point down?

All the Algeria pickers who finished =4th.
Formal update later.

[Ralfbergs]

So we have 7 semi-finalists - 4 of whom start half a point down.

Woth only 2 to get through and only 2 games to choose from is it time for a necessary gamble?

Whoa, I actually thought that I'm out. How will you decide who gets through if there are 3 winners in this round (for example, if 3 of us who start with 0,5 points down, pick the same outcomes, which are correct and everybody else picks something else)? Or in that case (seems unlikely though) all 3 get through?

[murf]

So we have 7 semi-finalists - 4 of whom start half a point down.

Woth only 2 to get through and only 2 games to choose from is it time for a necessary gamble?

Whoa, I actually thought that I'm out. How will you decide who gets through if there are 3 winners in this round (for example, if 3 of us who start with 0,5 points down, pick the same outcomes, which are correct and everybody else picks something else)? Or in that case (seems unlikely though) all 3 get through?

As with this round, we will have more than 2 finalists if there is a tie for 2nd.

[murf]

QF RESULTS

We were aiming for 4 semi-finalists but as there was a tie for 4th then the tied teams all get through but start the semi with a slight handicap

THROUGH
16 robot
15.5 murf
15.5 Arabian Knight

THROUGH (just) - starting the semi-final on -0.5pts
10.5 kingcurtley
10.5 Ashers
10.5 Ralfbergs
10.5 GregsEggs

OUT
6 moonlightdribbler

[murf]

SEMI FINALS

Wed 4 Feb 2015
Congo DR v Ivory Coast 19:00
Thu 5 Feb 2015
Ghana v Equatorial Guinea 19:00

Just 2 games to pick but still the same rules with 1 joker. Just 2 players to make the final so do you gamble or play safe?

(as it is getting tense some may want to pick by PM but, as I am still in the comp, we will need a volunteer who is willing to accept the messages and post the predictions once they are all in)

[GregsEggs]

Ivory Coast
Ghana joker

[kingcurtley]

Play it safe

DR Congo JOKER
Equatorial Guinea

[murf]

Play it safe

[murf]

Ivory Coast JOKER
Ghana

[Arabian Knight]

Ivory Coast JOKER
Equatorial Guinea

[Ashers]

Ivory Coast
Ghana joker

[Ralfbergs]

Dr Congo
Ghana JOKER

Probably my last round

[robot]

Ivory coast joker
Ghana

[murf]

All 7 in now.

Some nice variation/gambling possibly due to the half point deficits and need to get top 2. Get them both right and you should quality. Just 1 and you'll be struggling. Need that to be your joker I reckon.

[murf]

Yaya 1 v 1 Dodgy pen

IC Jokers-
murf
Arabian Knight
robot

IC-
GregsEggs *
Ashers *

DRC Joker-
kingcurtley*

DRC-
Ralfbergs *


* = on -0.5

[GregsEggs]

3-1 now and I think that we are coasting.

[murf]

If it stays like that then 4 will be going out tonight including Ashers amd GregsEggs who will be 5.5 behind.

[Ralfbergs]

As I know I'm out for sure -
Thanks for running this murf - was fun while it lasted

[Ashers]

Great game and that 0.5 has knocked me out

[murf]

SEMI FINAL HALF TIMES

10
murf G
Arabian Knight EG
robot G

4.5
GregsEggs G JOKER
Ashers G JOKER

-0.5
kingcurtley EG
Ralfbergs G JOKER

Ghana 2 up with 26 minutes to play.

Looking like a murf v robot final... Not counting my chickens just yet though (just as well, because I don't happen to own any chickens)

[morganb]

You do know it's bad etiquette to win your own competition...

[murf]

SEMI FINAL RESULTS

Some people were on the pitch, they thought it was rude of murf to make his own final

FINALISTS
15
murf
robot


OUT
14.5
GregsEggs
Ashers
10
Arabian Knight
9.5
Ralfbergs
-0.5
kingcurtley

Looking for a VOLUNTEER to take me and robot's final picks by PM

[murf]

Sat 7 Feb 2015 - 3rd Place Game
Congo DR v Equatorial Guinea 16:00
Sun 8 Feb 2015 - Final
Ivory Coast v Ghana 19:00

Same rules except -
JOKER to be played on final
Tie-breaker 1 (just in case of a draw) - Add Minute of first goal of final - closest wins using minutes declared by BBC
Tie-breaker 2 (just in case of a draw and identical minutes out for final) - Add Minute of first goal of 3rd place
Tie-breaker 3 - nah, no drawing of lots, an honourable draw is declared

As I am in the final I suggest we PM the picks to a volunteer (no edits after (s)he gets both sets of picks in and posts them)

[robot]

2012 - flyingkillercob beat me in the final (it still sits proudly in the FS Record on all his posts)

Will anybody listed above become the first to make 2 finals ??

From the jaws of defeat in round 6 to a final against the first person to not only make the final twice but to also lose it twice

Looking forward to it, thanks for organizing and good luck Murf.

[kingcurtley]

SEMI FINAL RESULTS

Some people were on the pitch, they thought it was rude of murf to make his own final

FINALISTS
15
murf
robot


OUT
14.5
GregsEggs
Ashers
10
Arabian Knight
9.5
Ralfbergs
-0.5
kingcurtley

Looking for a VOLUNTEER to take me and robot's final picks by PM

Ha. They were nailed on picks i thought.

I can volunteer to take final picks

[kingcurtley]

Robot has submitted via pm...

[murf]

Robot has submitted via pm...

Cheers kingcurtley

As Robot has picked, I may as well post mine on here:

Congo DR
Ivory Coast JOKER

Tiebreakers-
Final-46 mins
3rd place-25 mins

Expect we will have identical picks and it will go down to who is closest to the first goal time. I'm backing it being tense initially....