37. CHAMPIONS SHOOTOUT 1

Apr 26:

And we have some results to communicate.

W	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
SO - 1	1	Everton	v	Man Utd	1	2	A
	2	C Palace	v	Watford	2	1	H
	3	Derby Co	v	Sheffield W	1	1	D
	4	Middlesborough	v	Ipswich T	0	0	D
	5	Hamburger SV	v	W Bremen	2	1	H
	6	Adelaide	v	Melb City	4	1	H
	7	West Syd	v	Brisbane	4	4	D

The above matches make the knockout head-to-head matches as:

			24	/	4	SHOOTOUT	1
@CapitalCityCody	3	,	@Ethan_Meldrum	4		@MattGoss_	2	,	@Supermercado99	1
@Andrewm_81	2	,	@J_Foreigner	3		@kosifantutti	3	,	@Footy_Maths	3
@SgtButane	4	,	@Lucrious	4		@Harri_Chas_17	2	,	@Amul82	6
@RudiEdsall	1	,	@Smithj_43	4		@Sjhross	2	,	@NaylorMichael	3

Which gives us 6 known winners and 4 players drawn.

The first draw to settle is

@kosifantutti

3

,

@Footy_Maths

3

To settle this, we apply the best score from the 1st four games rule.

HOME	AWAY	kosu	Foot	kosi	Foot
Everton	Man Utd	A	A	A	1 - 1
C Palac	Watford	D	H	H	1 - 2
Derby C	Sheffie	H	D	D	1 - 3
Middles	Ipswich	H	H	D	1 - 3

This makes it a win for FMI.

The other drawn games was a known draw from the players selecting the same 7 outcomes of the above games. So the additional three tips were used, as below.

Roma - Napoli     (result: H)
Fulham - Forest     (result: A)
Kawasaki - Urawa     (result: A)

SgtButane: H, H, H.
Lucrious: A, A, H

Working on the 'penalty shootout rule' of first to score correct wins, this is contest was decided by Roma winning at home. The Sarge wins and progresses.

Amended and confirmed scores

			24	/	4	SHOOTOUT	1
@CapitalCityCody	3	,	@Ethan_Meldrum	4		@MattGoss_	2	,	@Supermercado99	1
@Andrewm_81	2	,	@J_Foreigner	3		@kosifantutti	1	,	@Footy_Maths	3
@SgtButane	5	,	@Lucrious	4		@Harri_Chas_17	2	,	@Amul82	6
@RudiEdsall	1	,	@Smithj_43	4		@Sjhross	2	,	@NaylorMichael	3

Qualified for the next round, in match-up listing:

			30	/	4	SHOOTOUT	2
@Ethan_Meldrum		,	@J_Foreigner			@MattGoss_		,	@Footy_Maths
@SgtButane		,	@Smithj_43			@Amul82		,	@NaylorMichael

Apr 22:

UPDATE:
With a few close ones below, the call went out for more tips (and more as it transpires).

With the Sarge and Luke unsplitable, the below tips were used to separate the two:

Roma - Napoli
Fulham - Forest
Kawasaki - Urawa

SgtButane: H, H, H.
Lucrious: A, A, H

The same tips were used for Ross and Naylor who were also only split by 1 tip, as a preparative position in case of a tie.

SJHRoss: H, H, A
NaylorMichael: H, D, A

Which gives them a grand total of 2 different games.
If there is no difference after all that, then its some sort of a midweek replay.


HUGE THANKS to all players above who have responded in brilliant time and spirit and tipped between 6 and 8 extra games to get a distinct difference.

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OK - everyone's tips are in, and there is further work underway now to get additional tips from some players, as they have tipped similarly.

But anyway, must get these posed now, not likely to post again until Sat, and dont want to be accused of not putting my (FMI) tips on record before games play.

HOME	AWAY	Capi	Etha	Andr	J_Fo	SgtB	Lucr	Rudi	Smit
Everton	Man Utd	A	A	D	A	A	A	D	A
C Palac	Watford	H	D	H	D	H	H	D	H
Derby C	Sheffie	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Middles	Ipswich	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Hamburg	W Breme	D	H	A	D	H	H	A	H
Adelaid	Melb Ci	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
West Sy	Brisban	A	D	H	D	H	H	H	A
Difference Indicator		3		4		0		4

HOME	AWAY	Matt	Supe	kosi	Foot	Harr	Amul	Sjhr	Nayl
Everton	Man Utd	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H
C Palac	Watford	D	A	D	H	D	H	H	H
Derby C	Sheffie	H	H	H	D	H	D	H	D
Middles	Ipswich	H	H	H	H	H	D	H	H
Hamburg	W Breme	A	D	H	A	D	H	H	H
Adelaid	Melb Ci	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
West Sy	Brisban	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	H
Difference Indicator		4		4		4		1

As you can see, there is a need for more tips and these are being arranged by DM as this blog is being written - will update on those later.

Apr 21:

Update!

We have a tiebreak winner!

W	M	HOME		AWAY	H	A	RES
T B	1	Liverpool	v	Everton	4	0	H
	2	Birmingham	v	Preston N E	2	2	D
	3	Burnley	v	Middlesborough	1	1	D
	4	Hertha B	v	B Dortmund	0	3	A
	5	Sydney FC	v	Urawa	0	0	D

Sydney / Urawa did not provide any difference between themselves, but did become the difference between Ethan and RankSW.

20	/	4	TIEBREAKER
@Ethan_Meldrum	4	,	@RankingSW	3

Ethan now becomes the 16th and final entry to the Championship Shootout, and will play top seed Cody.

			23	/	4	SHOOTOUT	1
@CapitalCityCody		,	@Ethan_Meldrum			@MattGoss_		,	@Supermercado99
@Andrewm_81		,	@J_Foreigner			@kosifantutti		,	@Footy_Maths
@SgtButane		,	@Lucrious			@Harri_Chas_17		,	@Amul82
@RudiEdsall		,	@Smithj_43			@Sjhross		,	@NaylorMichael

Get yer tips is NNNOOOWWW!!!

Apr 20:

Tie-breaker tips are in... 

HOME	AWAY	Etha	Rank
Liverpo	Everton	H	H
Birming	Preston	D	A
Burnley	Middles	A	D
Hertha	B Dortm	A	A
Sydney	Urawa	D	A
-	-
-	-
Difference Indicator		3

Hopefully over the next few hours we can split these players.

Remember:

Tie-breaker will be decided by;
 - Best score of the five games above
 - If drawn, then it will be 'penalty shootout' style. First to go ahead in each match-up is winner
(eg. full 5 games could finish 2-2, but if player A tips game 1 correct and player B doesn't, player A is the winner).
 - if there is still a tie, I will be asking each player to tip another few games until a winner is found. This may even mean the next phase of the shootout is delayed for that player and opponent.

Apr 19:

As per the last blog post, it is now time for the best 16 tippers to shoot it out for the Champions title for 2015-16.
And the best tipsters, sorted by number of correct tips all year are as listed below;

	PLAYER	CORRECT			PLAYER	CORRECT
1	@CapitalCityCody	122		17	@Ethan_Meldrum	107
2	@Sjhross	119		18	@DamienBean5	106
3	@kosifantutti	118		19	@TheTipsGuru	106
4	@SgtButane	117		20	@melatonii	105
5	@MattGoss_	115		21	@cmrnmnning	105
6	@RudiEdsall	114		22	@TheMattBungard	104
7	@Harri_Chas_17	114		23	@DemP_9	103
8	@Andrewm_81	112		24	@rkw82	101
9	@J_Foreigner	112		25	@hcdc93	97
10	@Amul82	111		26	@ASpeedingCar	97
11	@Smithj_43	110		27	@BrotherAmos	97
12	@Supermercado99	110		28	@NickTheStatsGuy	96
13	@Lucrious	109		29	@BenCuzzupe	95
14	@Footy_Maths	108		30	@Hardsy05	94
15	@NaylorMichael	108		31	@AFLTheory	94
16	@RankingSW	107		32	@LaurenceRosen	87

And you will note 16th and 17th finished on the same number, so both RankingSW and Ethan need to play a tie-breaker mid week.

@RankingSW

@Ethan_Meldrum

So, you two players need to tip these ASAP, and its quickest if you DM me the game number (1->5) and tip (H,D or A).

W	M	HOME		AWAY
T B	1	Liverpool	v	Everton
	2	Birmingham	v	Preston N E
	3	Burnley	v	Middlesborough
	4	Hertha B	v	B Dortmund
	5	Sydney FC	v	Urawa

TIPS BY 10pm TONIGHT PLS

Tie-breaker will be decided by;
 - Best score of the five games above
 - If drawn, then it will be 'penalty shootout' style. First to go ahead in each match-up is winner
(eg. full 5 games could finish 2-2, but if player A tips game 1 correct and player B doesn't, player A is the winner).
 - if there is still a tie, I will be asking each player to tip another few games until a winner is found. This may even mean the next phase of the shootout is delayed for that player and opponent.


Once 16th place is sorted, we will them play 16 team head to head eliminations from this weekend on.

Schedule of week 1 is as here

1	@CapitalCityCody		5	@MattGoss_
16	TBD		12	@Supermercado99
8	@Andrewm_81		3	@kosifantutti
9	@J_Foreigner		14	@Footy_Maths
4	@SgtButane		7	@Harri_Chas_17
13	@Lucrious		10	@Amul82
6	@RudiEdsall		2	@Sjhross
11	@Smithj_43		15	@NaylorMichael

UPDATE:
All the games to tip for the top 15 players and winner between Ethan and RankSW.

W	M	HOME		AWAY
SO - 1	1	Everton	v	Man Utd
	2	C Palace	v	Watford
	3	Derby Co	v	Sheffield W
	4	Middlesborough	v	Ipswich T
	5	Hamburger SV	v	W Bremen
	6	Adelaide	v	Melb City
	7	West Syd	v	Brisbane

Note well:

 - Games 1 and 2 are FA Cup Semi Finals (1st leg). Will take 90min + stoppage time score as the match result if the FA have chosen to go to Semi's with extra time and penalties.

 - Games 6 and 7 are A-League Preliminary Finals. Same for games 1 and 2, its a 90min + stoppage time score as the match result.

Special rules for Shootout finals:

 - Best score from the 7 above wins.

 - If tied after 7, then the best score from games 1-4 is the winner.

 - If still tied, games 5-7 are 'penalty shootout' games, first to get 1 point ahead in that phase is the winner. 

 - If players tip exactly the same, I hope to schedule three more games to tip as per 'penalty shootout' style.

 - Will continue down this path mid-week until a winner is found.

Enter tips through the link as usual.
Good Luck.