Blonde Football World Cup 2014 Predictions Competition

[MereNovice]

I wouldn't spend the prize money just yet.

[MereNovice]

With Group A complete, the table looks like this:

Manager      Score
Horneris   *   30
anthonyl      30
bookiebasher      30
BorntoBubble      30
craigbetts      30
mondatoo      30
smurf      30
Graham C    *   25
TightEnd   **   25
Doobs      25
George2Loose      25
toddswain      25
TommyD      25
Yian      25
Mark_Porter    *   20
booder   **   20
blueace      20
ChipRich      20
claypole      20
dino1980      20
Eddycadub      20
kp24      20
Matt50      20
mic5      20
Nakor      20
Nico29      20
tikay      20
waz1892      20
Peter-27   *   15
$heriff_Fatman    **   15
MPOWER   **   15
Big_D       15
BulldozerD      15
ForthThistle      15
horseplayer      15
Killer River       15
TheDazzler      15
TL900      15
willrobrobu       15

14 people had Mexico to finish second in Group A; the other 25 had Croatia.
Everyone had Brazil to win the group.

[MereNovice]

With Groups A to D complete, the table looks like this:

Manager      Score
BorntoBubble      45
horseplayer      45
Horneris   *   40
anthonyl      40
craigbetts      40
mondatoo      40
smurf      40
George2Loose      40
TommyD      40
Yian      40
claypole      40
kp24      40
bookiebasher      35
Doobs      35
blueace      35
Nico29      35
Big_D       35
TheDazzler      35
Graham C    *   30
TightEnd   **   30
toddswain      30
Mark_Porter    *   30
ChipRich      30
Eddycadub      30
Matt50      30
waz1892      30
MPOWER   **   30
ForthThistle      30
booder   **   25
dino1980      25
mic5      25
Nakor      25
tikay      25
Peter-27   *   25
Killer River       25
willrobrobu       25
$heriff_Fatman    **   20
BulldozerD      20
TL900      15

Only 2 people had Greece to finish second in Group C.

[MereNovice]

With Groups A to F complete, the table looks like this:

Manager      Score
Big_D       75
BorntoBubble      70
horseplayer      70
Horneris   *   70
George2Loose      70
TommyD      70
kp24      70
Mark_Porter    *   70
waz1892      70
MPOWER   **   70
bookiebasher      65
Nico29      65
TheDazzler      65
anthonyl      60
craigbetts      60
Yian      60
claypole      60
toddswain      60
ChipRich      60
Matt50      60
ForthThistle      60
mondatoo      55
Doobs      55
booder   **   55
mic5      55
tikay      55
willrobrobu       55
smurf      50
blueace      50
Graham C    *   50
TightEnd   **   50
Eddycadub      50
Peter-27   *   50
$heriff_Fatman    **   50
dino1980      45
Nakor      45
Killer River       45
BulldozerD      40
TL900      35

[willrobrobu]

steadily climbing. last -> 4th last -> 13th last. next will be the giddy heights of mid tabledom

[MereNovice]

steadily climbing. last -> 4th last -> 13th last. next will be the giddy heights of mid tabledom

Good work.
There are no prizes for leading the table at this early stage!

[horseplayer]

great work as ever Mere

looking good but i will do well to stay there some of numbered guesses are way away at this stage

[MereNovice]

great work as ever Mere

looking good but i will do well to stay there some of numbered guesses are way away at this stage

Thanks.
I have high hopes for you.
At least you didn't pick Portugal to win Group G like that mug tikay.

[horseplayer]

coughs

[tikay]

coughs

[MereNovice]

coughs

You probably need to sack the guy who wrote the algorithm for you.

[MereNovice]

The Group stage is now complete.

In addition to the winners and 2nd place finishers for each group, I have settled the markets for “Team to score least goals” (a three-way tie) and “Team with worst group record”.
The table looks like this:

Manager      Score
TommyD      106
BorntoBubble      101
George2Loose      100
bookiebasher      100
kp24      96
Big_D       95
Horneris   *   94
Mark_Porter    *   93
ChipRich      93
TheDazzler      91
claypole      91
MPOWER   **   90
horseplayer      88
Nico29      88
Yian      86
mondatoo      86
smurf      86
waz1892      85
anthonyl      83
Matt50      83
TightEnd   **   83
ForthThistle      81
Doobs      81
tikay      81
Nakor      81
craigbetts      80
toddswain      80
willrobrobu       76
booder   **   75
Killer River       74
Eddycadub      73
blueace      71
Graham C    *   71
mic5      70
Peter-27   *   70
$heriff_Fatman    **   68
dino1980      65
BulldozerD      63
TL900      58

[MereNovice]

The first stage of the competition is complete and now you need to submit the results for the following matches:

Brazil v Chile
Colombia v Uruguay
Netherlands v Mexico
Costa Rica v Greece
France v Nigeria
Germany v Algeria
Argentina v Switzerland
Belgium v USA

For each match, please predict the result (Home/Away/Draw) after 90 minutes.
The home team is the first named team in each fixture.



I  need to receive all predictions by 4:30pm on Saturday 28th June.

[MereNovice]

48 of the 64 matches of the competition (three quarters!) have been completed.

Goals scored:  136
Yellow cards:  125
Red cards:  9

Top scorers:

Lionel Messi   4
Neymar   4
Thomas Müller   4
Robin van Persie   3
James Rodríguez   3
Xherdan Shaqiri   3
Karim Benzema   3
Enner Valencia   3
Arjen Robben   3

[Horneris]

What are the points for the predictions please?