28 - FINALS COUNTDOWN

16 Feb:

All the results are known and now can be revealed.

We begin with the first two Quarter Finals of the FMICL Cup.
In the first game, our all A-League match-up:

R

M

HOME

AWAY

hcdc

TheM

SCORE

RES

hcdc

TheM

28

1

Aston Villa

v

Leicester

D

H

2

1

H

RESULT

2

4

2

C Palace

v

Liverpool

A

A

1

2

A

TheM wins

3

Norwich

v

Wolves

H

H

2

0

H

4

Bordeaux

v

St. Etienne

D

H

1

0

H

Regular Play

2

4

5

Sydney FC

v

Melb Victory

A

H

3

3

D

A

Lille

v

Nice

H

H

0

0

D

First 3 Pens.

B

Malaga

v

Espanyol

H

H

0

2

A

C

Palermo

v

Napoli

A

A

3

1

H

4th Pen.

D

Monaco

v

Montpellier

H

H

PP

5th Pen.

E

Hertha Berlin

v

Freiburg

H

H

0

2

A

MattB wins via the selections of Villa and Bordeaux at home, and becomes our first Semi FInal entrant.

WK 28	@hcdc93	2
	@TheMattBungard	4

In the second game, it was Hardsy in the WBA colours vs FMI sporting his own (corporate) colours:

R

M

HOME

AWAY

Hard

Foot

SCORE

RES

Hard

Foot

28

1

Aston Villa

v

Leicester

H

H

2

1

H

RESULT

4

3

2

C Palace

v

Liverpool

A

A

1

2

A

Hard wins

3

Norwich

v

Wolves

H

H

2

0

H

4

Bordeaux

v

St. Etienne

H

A

1

0

H

Regular Play

4

3

5

Sydney FC

v

Melb Victory

A

A

3

3

D

A

Lille

v

Nice

H

H

0

0

D

First 3 Pens.

B

Malaga

v

Espanyol

A

H

0

2

A

C

Palermo

v

Napoli

A

A

3

1

H

4th Pen.

D

Monaco

v

Montpellier

H

H

PP

5th Pen.

E

Hertha Berlin

v

Freiburg

H

H

0

2

A

Hardsy gets the ticket to a Semi Final as he too went for Bordeaux at home.

WK 28	@Hardsy05	4
	@Footy_Maths	3

High scoring needed to win silverware it seems.
Well done to FMI and Henry in making it this far.


Over to regular league play:
This weeks game results were...

R	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
28	1	W B A	v	West Ham	4	0	H
	2	Derby Co	v	Reading	1	2	A
	3	Blackburn	v	Stoke	4	1	H
	4	Leeds U	v	Milwall	1	0	H
	5	B Leverkusen	v	Wolfsburg	4	5	A
	6	Adelaide U	v	Perth Glory	1	1	D
	7	Lens	v	Evian TG	0	2	A

Therefore your match-ups were...

@DemP_9	2	-	2	@MattGoss_
@TheMattBungard	2	-	2	@ASpeedingCar
@BenCuzzupe	1	-	2	@Footy_Maths
@Hcdc93	1	-	2	@BrotherAmos
@SgtButane	2	-	2	@Wal13Freo
@Andrewm_81	2	-	1	@Amul82
@Sjhross	1	-	2	@Hardsy05
@NaylorMichael	1	-	2	@LaurenceRosen
@TheTipsGuru	3	-	2	@J_Foreigner
@Ethan_Meldrum	2	-	2	@Harri_Chas_17

From this we have the Belt get transferred to AndrewM after his (upset) win over Amul.

@Andrewm_81

2

-

1

@Amul82

Andrew was a former holder, and now clocks his fifth title. Next week he defends against MattB.

@Andrewm_81

-

@TheMattBungard

Also of interest from the above results table is:
- a draw to The Sarge and a win to Hardsy, which changes something further below;
- another loss to BenC, his 6th in a row and equalling the record for consecutive losses (held with AndrewM and MattB).
- Laurence scores another win, to make it 6 wins from 9 games to begin a late season charge for the top 8


So to the table... and we have a new leader!

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	SD	PT
1	@Hardsy05	28	15	7	6	87	78	9	52
2	@SgtButane	28	15	6	7	87	74	13	51
3	@Amul82	28	12	7	9	83	73	10	43
4	@Footy_Maths	28	11	9	8	87	76	11	42
5	@Ethan_Meldrum	28	11	9	8	71	70	1	42
6	@DemP_9	28	11	8	9	78	72	6	41
7	@BrotherAmos	28	11	8	9	86	84	2	41
8	@hcdc93	28	9	12	7	77	74	3	39
9	@NaylorMichael	28	10	8	10	78	80	-2	38
10	@BenCuzzupe	28	10	8	10	77	84	-7	38
11	@ASpeedingCar	28	11	5	12	68	77	-9	38
12	@J_Foreigner	28	8	12	8	82	76	6	36
13	@Sjhross	28	9	9	10	77	80	-3	36
14	@LaurenceRosen	28	8	10	10	85	83	2	34
15	@Harri_Chas_17	28	8	10	10	75	73	2	34
16	@Wal13Freo	28	10	4	14	73	80	-7	34
17	@TheTipsGuru	28	8	10	10	69	84	-15	34
18	@Andrewm_81	28	8	8	12	78	82	-4	32
19	@TheMattBungard	28	7	8	13	80	84	-4	29
20	@MattGoss_	28	4	10	14	73	87	-14	22

Hardsy finally deposes the Sarge! The two have been running 1 and 2 for 15 weeks, and now they have swapped.
Despite Amul's loss he remains in 3rd, with FMI sneaking into 4th, his highest position all year.
BenC's run of outs sees a slip to 10th, while the Rosen tilt is powering out of the relegation zone into 14th, but more critically only 2 wins out of the top 8.

14 Feb:

Well, alright, alright, alright. Lets check our tips then.

Over in the Quarter Finals of the FMICL CUP, the four tipsters lodged as.

R	M	HOME		AWAY	hcdc	TheM		Hard	Foot
28	1	Aston Villa	v	Leicester	D	H		H	H
	2	C Palace	v	Liverpool	A	A		A	A
	3	Norwich	v	Wolves	H	H		H	H
	4	Bordeaux	v	St. Etienne	D	H		H	A
	5	Sydney FC	v	Melb Victory	A	H		A	A
	A	Lille	v	Nice	H	H		H	H
	B	Malaga	v	Espanyol	H	H		A	H
	C	Palermo	v	Napoli	A	A		A	A
	D	Monaco	v	Montpellier	H	H		H	H
	E	Hertha Berlin	v	Freiburg	H	H		H	H

Which means:
  -  MattB and Henry need a full time result or they go to a replay next week (as games A thru E are tipped the same), and
  -  the Hardsy v FMI game hinges on Bordeaux and St Etienne. A draw brings the only other different pick game into play (Malaga v Espanyol). Again another draw there and its a replay next week.


Over in Regular League play, your tips are...

HOME	AWAY	DemP	Matt	TheM	ASpe	BenC	Foot	Hcdc	Brot	SgtB	Wal1
W B A	West Ha	A	A	A	A	A	A	D	A	H	D
Derby C	Reading	A	D	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	D
Blackbu	Stoke	A	D	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	D
Leeds U	Milwall	D	H	H	H	D	H	H	H	H	D
B Lever	Wolfsbu	A	A	A	D	A	H	D	A	H	D
Adelaid	Perth G	H	A	H	D	H	H	H	A	H	D
Lens	Evian T	D	H	H	H	H	D	H	H	H	A
Difference Indicator		5		2		4		3		7

HOME	AWAY	Andr	Amul	Sjhr	Hard	Nayl	Laur	TheT	J_Fo	Etha	Harr
W B A	West Ha	A	D	A	A	A	D	H	D	A	D
Derby C	Reading	H	H	H	H	A	H	D	H	H	D
Blackbu	Stoke	A	H	D	A	A	A	H	D	A	D
Leeds U	Milwall	H	A	H	H	H	H	D	H	H	D
B Lever	Wolfsbu	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A
Adelaid	Perth G	H	A	H	D	H	H	H	D	H	D
Lens	Evian T	H	H	H	H	D	A	D	H	H	H
Difference Indicator		5		2		3		7		5

Looky looky! Only one other time have we had 7 different tips by two players, an this week it happens twice!

Crowd votes:

HOME	AWAY		H	D	A		KEY
W B A	West Ha		2	6	12		16>
Derby C	Reading		14	4	2
Blackbu	Stoke		3	5	12		13-16
Leeds U	Milwall		14	5	1
B Lever	Wolfsbu		8	3	9		4-7
Adelaid	Perth G		12	5	3
Lens	Evian T		14	4	2		<4

Good luck - see you on Monday (or Tuesday).

11 Feb:

Week 28 marks the final countdown.
Only 10 more regular season games before the finals, and the beginning of the Quarter Finals for the FMICL Cup.

And a week-off for the Premier League, but we have Championship and FA Cup games instead.

The League games to tip are:

R	M	HOME		AWAY
28	1	W B A	v	West Ham
	2	Derby Co	v	Reading
	3	Blackburn	v	Stoke
	4	Leeds U	v	Milwall
	5	B Leverkusen	v	Wolfsburg
	6	Adelaide U	v	Perth Glory
	7	Lens	v	Evian TG

and the match-ups for this week are:

@DemP_9		-		@MattGoss_
@TheMattBungard		-		@ASpeedingCar
@BenCuzzupe		-		@Footy_Maths
@Hcdc93		-		@BrotherAmos
@SgtButane		-		@Wal13Freo
@Andrewm_81		-		@Amul82
@Sjhross		-		@Hardsy05
@NaylorMichael		-		@LaurenceRosen
@TheTipsGuru		-		@J_Foreigner
@Ethan_Meldrum		-		@Harri_Chas_17

The Belt game again is yet to be determined, but will be either

@Andrewm_81

-

@Amul82

or

@Sjhross

-

@Hardsy05

Enter you tips here.

For Cup Quarter Finals, we play two of the Quarter Finals this week, and two in Week 30,

This week, the games to tip are.

R	M	HOME		AWAY
28	1	Aston Villa	v	Leicester
	2	C Palace	v	Liverpool
	3	Norwich	v	Wolves
	4	Bordeaux	v	St. Etienne
	5	Sydney FC	v	Melb Victory
	A	Lille	v	Nice
	B	Malaga	v	Espanyol
	C	Palermo	v	Napoli
	D	Monaco	v	Montpellier
	E	Hertha Berlin	v	Freiburg

And the first pair of match-ups are:

WK 28	@hcdc93
	@TheMattBungard
WK 28	@Hardsy05
	@Footy_Maths

Place Cup tips here.