[NSC] NSC World Cup 2022 Prediction Competition (Main Thread)

[kojak]

Epic. Talk about fine margins.

Kojak, seriously well done mate. Good luck in the Final.

@Theatre of Trees , any chance of a straight 3rd/4th place playoff for myself and @Lindfield23 ?

We could just predict the 3rd/4th Croatia v Morocco game.

I promise that our predictions won't be identical to save you a job!

cheers mate
i had literally no idea who had won until i got to the bottom of the page!

 

[kojak]

Croatia (0) [1] 1 v 1 [1] (0) Morocco
1stG 59
YC 3
RC 0
VAR 0
PEN 4-2 Morocco

Argentina (1) 3 v 2 (1) France ***
1stG 31
YC 5
RC O
VAR 1

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I've found these the hardest games of the competition to try to predict

There are so many things that could see the results head one way or the other.
For the 3rd /4th place play off, will either or both teams place their fringe players, how motivated will they be after missing out on the final (remembering England from Italia 90 when they just never looked that interested in winning this extra game after the crushing disappointment of missing out in the semi) to the Final and just how badly the virus has hit the French squad? and if the players recovering will be at 100% if they do play, will key players be missing and how well can their squad players fill in for them, will the occasion get to the Argentina players and will the French having previously won it make the difference?

Croatia (0) 0 v 1 (0) Morocco
1stG 67
YC 4
RC 0
VAR 0


Argentina (1) 2 v 1 (0) France ***
1stG 33
YC 5
RC O
VAR 0

 

[hart's shirt]

Good luck to @Guy Fawkes and @kojak . Will be watching with interest!

And a big thanks once again to @Theatre of Trees for your selfless dedication and expert organisation.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Scores from Croatia v Morocco (2-1, 2-1, 7, 2, 0, 0: Score = 22)

FINAL	J	C v M	TOT
@Guy Fawkes (7)		3	3
@kojak		3	3

One match to go

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Scores from Argentina v France (2-0, 2-2, 3-3, 4-2, 23, 8, 0, 0: Score = 42)

FINAL	J	C v M	TOT
@Guy Fawkes (7)	J	12	15
@kojak	J	8	11

GUY FAWKES is the Champion

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Quick thanks to everybody who took part - this has been by far the most difficult competition to keep up with, particularly in the group stages with four matches a day, and being the wrong time of year when work is busy and the timings of the kick offs mean missing three of those matches a day.

Onwards to 2024 - its just 24 teams, its summer and their tis time to watch all the matches.

 

[The Brighton Bear]

Well done @Guy Fawkes and thanks to @Theatre of Trees for running a superb competition.

 

[kojak]

Congrats @Guy Fawkes
Many thanks to @Theatre of Trees
Great comp!

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Quick thanks to everybody who took part - this has been by far the most difficult competition to keep up with, particularly in the group stages with four matches a day, and being the wrong time of year when work is busy and the timings of the kick offs mean missing three of those matches a day.

Onwards to 2024 - its just 24 teams, its summer and their tis time to watch all the matches.

And what an absolutely brilliant job you've done in running this, thank you
A great final match up @kojak, could easily have gone either way.

 

[SK1NT]

Well done @Guy Fawkes ... knew you would do well pipping me in the group

As always thanks for running this comp @Theatre of Trees

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Tournment as a whole

GROUP A	1	2	3	TOT
Ali_rrr	86	101	110	297
Jim D	96	108	81	285
Tom Hark Preston Park	109	88	87	284
Dirty Dave (1)	85	85	84	254
papajaff (10)	88	90	59	237
albion534				0
Trigger				0
Iford Albion				0

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GROUP B	1	2	3	TOTAL
Winker	150	84	111	345
Lindfield23 (9)	116	108	101	325
SeagullsoverLondon	77	121	99	297
Trevor	91	76	100	265
Frankie (2)	95	90	78	263
lizard	77	86	89	252
PILTDOWN MAN				0
The Lemming Stomper				0

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GROUP C	1	2	3	TOTAL
hart's shirt	118	86	115	319
The Brighton Bear (3)	99	106	95	300
Gabbafella	103	73	85	261
Garry Nelson's Left Foot	109	88	42	239
hans kraay fan club (11)	122	96		218
indy3050	100	77		177
Eggman				0
Beach Hut				0

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GROUP D	1	2	3	TOTAL
Guy Fawkes (7)	136	94	98	328
Reddleman	85	110	113	308
SK1NT	115	97	94	306
NEASTGULL	108	86	88	282
MattBackHome (4)	91	107	83	281
OzMike	89	75	86	250
Tim Over Whelmed				0
essbee1				0

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GROUP E	1	2	3	TOTAL
Taybha (5)	112	101	92	305
Gophy	104	69	117	290
Kinky Gerbils	134	97	48	279
Raphael Meade	115	87	72	274
albionalbino (12)				0
Coldeanseagull				0
Bozza				0
Popeye				0

-

GROUP F	1	2	3	TOTAL
Theatre of Trees (6)	104	95	93	292
jcdenton08	122	84	83	289
kojak	99	94	94	287
DavePage	127	73	79	279
jessiejames (8)	91	91	92	274
Harry Wilson's tackle	89	102	80	271
Swansman	85	89	69	243
mejonaNO12 aka riskit				0
Poyningsgull				0

SECOND ROUND
Ali-rr 46-58 Tom Hark, Preston Park
jcdenton08 52-63 Lindfield23[9]
Taybha[5] 63-49 The Brighton Bear[3]
Guy Fawkes[7] 50-25 SK1NT
Hart's shirt 73-56 seagullsoverlondon
Theatre of Trees[6] 71-53 Jim D
Reddleman 50-59 Gophy
Winker 64-68 Kojak

QUARTER-FINALS
Tom Hark, Preston Park 11-13 Lindfield23[9]
Taybha[5] 14-30 Guy Fawkes[7]
Hart's shirt 22-22 Theatre of Trees[6] (3-2 on countback)
Gophy 19-37 Kojak

SEMI-FINALS
Lindfield23[9] 19-29 Guy Fawkes[7]
Hart's shirt 29-29 Kojak (3-5 on count back)

FINAL
Guy Fawkes[7] 15-11 Kojak

 

[Theatre of Trees]

And what an absolutely brilliant job you've done in running this, thank you
A great final match up @kojak, could easily have gone either way.

A VAR disallowed goal would have lost it for you!

 

[Guy Fawkes]

A VAR disallowed goal would have lost it for you!

Looking back at your tournament recap, and realised just how lucky i got to win this.
There were only 3 players that i would have beaten (and 1 i would have drawn against) with my 2nd round predictions, and i was fortunate to face one of them (also helped by my opponent missing half the games in that round)

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Looking back at your tournament recap, and realised just how lucky i got to win this.
There were only 3 players that i would have beaten (and 1 i would have drawn against) with my 2nd round predictions, and i was fortunate to face one of them (also helped by my opponent missing half the games in that round)

Even more so when Reddleman outscored SK1NT 17-5 in the final two group games to overcome a 10 point deficit and move into second place - otherwise he would have faced you in the Second Round.