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"SR FIFA 2004 - PREDICTION TOURNAMENT - ROUND 2, GAME 4"

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
We are currently on Round 2, Game 4. At the end of Round 2, the bottom two people will be out of the tournament. That gives you guys lots to play for and you really need to think about your predictions if you want to stay in the tournament. At the end of Round 2, 11th and 12th place will be demolished, and at the end of every round after that the bottom two people will be out. When you are demolished, not only is your team out, but you will also not be allowed to predict. That means at the end of Round Six, the Top Two will play each other and we will find a winner!


The draw for Round Two of the SR PREDICTIONS LEAGUE is as follows:

Athletico De Madrid (Wakka) .v. Real Madrid (Forest Fan)
Tottenham Hotspur (Mav) .v. Bayern Munich (Chris)
Inter Milan (Slice) .v. Newcastle United (THE MADMAN)
Chelsea (Old Man Eric) .v. Liverpool (Georgio)
Juventus (Biggie Little) .v. AC Milan (Bagz)
Manchester United (Weird Guy) .v. Leicester City (CC)

The next game to be played is Chelsea (Old Man Eric) versus Liverpool (Georgio). It will take place on Saturday, the 12th of June at 4.30. You have to get your predictions in by 4.00 on Saturday. Good luck everyone.

The current Prediction Table looks like this:

1. Wakka - 550
2. Forest Fan - 530
3. Biggie Little - 495
4. THE MADMAN - 430
5. Bagz - 420
6. Old Man Eric - 405
7. Chris - 370
8. Mav - 345
9. Slice - 315
10. Georgio - 240
11. Weird Guy - 180
12. CC - 160

Slice and THE MADMAN both get a bonus 10 points each because their teams were playing. Slice gets a bonus 20 points for predicting in five games so far. THE MADMAN gets another bonus 50 points as he was the only one who correctly predicted the amount of yellow cards. Well Done!
These are the line-ups:

Chelsea (Old Man Eric)

23 Cudicini

15 Melchiot
26 Terry
6 Desailly
18 Bridge

14 Geremi
8 Lampard
20 Veron
11 Duff

21 Crespo
7 Mutu

Formation: 4 - 4 - 2

SUBS:
10 Cole
22 Gudjohnsen
13 Gallas
34 Sullivan
4 Makelele

Left Corner: 11 Duff
Right Corner: 20 Veron
Free Kicks: 20 Veron
Penalties: 20 Veron


Liverpool (Georgio)

1 Dudek

3 Finnan
4 Hyypia
2 Henchoz
18 Riise

9 Diouf
17 Gerrard
13 Murphy
7 Kewell

10 Owen
5 Baros

Formation: 4 - 4 - 2

SUBS:
16 Hamann
22 Kirkland
21 Traore
20 Le Tallec
8 Heskey

Left Corner: 18 Riise
Right Corner: 17 Gerrard
Free Kicks: 13 Murphy
Penalties: 10 Owen


If either of you want any of these teams changed then tell me and I’ll be more than happy to change them for you.


These are the things that you have to predict for this game:

1. What will the full - time score be? (Worth 30 points)

2. What will the half - time score be? (Worth 10 points)

3. Who will win? (Worth 10 points)

4. Who will score first? (team) (Worth 10 points)

5. Who will score first? (player) (Worth 15 points)

6. Who will be match of the match? (Worth 15 points)

7. How many penalties will there be? (Worth 15 points)

8. How many red cards will there be? (Worth 5 points)

9. How many yellow cards will there be? (Worth 20 points)

10. How many fouls will there be in the game for both teams? (Worth 5 points if you get within 10 fouls, Worth 10 points if you get within 5 fouls, and worth a massive 150 points, yes 150 if you get the amount of fouls bang-on.)

I have added a new feature to the game, transfers, if you want to swap players with any of the other managers then go onto the SR - FIFA 2004 PREDICTIONS TOURNAMENT - TRANSFERS THREAD right now. The Transfer Thread is now closed until the End of Round 3.

I gave you 20 points along with everyone else when you reached 5 games. Giving out points for predicting in games is sort of a reward for not giving up the tourney.

Wakka™ wrote:
> When you have predicted in 5 games you get 20 points. When you have
> predicted in 10 you get 50 points. When you predict in 20 games you
> get 70 points. Simple?

Not so, it would seem.

I remember getting substantially less than some people after predicting in five games. I don't particularly mind, but now that you're talking about kicking people out of the tournament, it should at least be distributed fairly.

Besides, what skill is involved in predicting in however many games? Perhaps you should just lay that idea to rest after ten games.

Mav wrote:
> Er... how have I gone down ten points?
>
> 345 + 30 = 375.
>
> So I'm on 375.

Sorry I'll change it. I'm getting old. ;-)

Mav wrote:
> Er... this was interesting at the start but randomly attributing
> points to people for ridiculous reasons has become unregulated (e.g.
> you'll give somone 50 points for predicting in five games, and
> another 10 for the same thing), against the rules and annoying.

When you have predicted in 5 games you get 20 points. When you have predicted in 10 you get 50 points. When you predict in 20 games you get 70 points. Simple?

Wakka wrote:
> Wakka, Forest Fan and Biggie Little all get
> a bonus 50 points as they have predicted in 10 games so far!

Er... this was interesting at the start but randomly attributing points to people for ridiculous reasons has become unregulated (e.g. you'll give somone 50 points for predicting in five games, and another 10 for the same thing), against the rules and annoying.

Er... how have I gone down ten points?

345 + 30 = 375.

So I'm on 375.

The current Prediction Table looks like this:

1. Forest Fan - 750
2. Wakka - 610
3. Biggie Little - 570
4. Old Man Eric - 515
5. Bagz - 445
6. THE MADMAN - 430
7. Chris - 415
8. Slice - 340
9. Mav - 335
10. Georgio - 280
11. Weird Guy - 230
12. CC - 190


Georgio and Old Man Eric both get a bonus 10 points each because their teams were playing. Wakka, Forest Fan and Biggie Little all get a bonus 50 points as they have predicted in 10 games so far! Forest Fan gets 150 points as he correctly predicted this week’s special question! Well Done!

This week’s game was the first ever SR FIFA Predictions League 0-0 result. Snore!

Also, congratulations to Forest Fan, who is the first ever person to be through to the Third Round. As all of you know, the bottom two people in the league (11th and 12th) will be out of the tournament at the end of this round and we will keep knocking the bottom two people out after every round. After being the only person to get the special question this week, Forest Fan is guaranteed to be through to the next round even if he gets no more points in this round. Well Done, Forest Fan!

These were the right answers:

1. What will the full - time score be? (Worth 30 points)

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

2. What will the half - time score be? (Worth 10 points)

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

3. Who will win? (Worth 10 points)

No-one. It was a draw.

4. Who will score first? (team) (Worth 10 points)

No-one

5. Who will score first? (player) (Worth 15 points)

No-one

6. Who will be match of the match? (Worth 15 points)

Jerzey Dudek (Liverpool)

7. How many penalties will there be? (Worth 15 points)

None.

8. How many red cards will there be? (Worth 5 points)

None.

9. How many yellow cards will there be? (Worth 20 points)

None.

10. How many fouls will there be in the game for both teams? (Worth 5 points if you get within 10 fouls, Worth 10 points if you get within 5 fouls, and worth a massive 100 points if you get the amount of fouls bang-on.)

Twelve.

Summary of the game:

Score - Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

Corners - Liverpool 0-3 Chelsea

Yellow cards -
NONE

Red cards -
NONE

Goal scorers -
NONE

Man of the Match -
Jerzey Dudek (Liverpool)

Heh. ;-)