Sons FC

Just the final

Luckily there are no bonuses on offer for the game

Yes...Good...Nice spot

Cartperson again

Thanks Vikie. I'll check

Are you going to try the super bonus Jaggie?

Third/fourth place play off Saturday 17th December Croatia v Morocco 2-1 The Final Sunday 18th December Argentina v France 2-1 Bonuses - Note - the bonuses ONLY apply to the final - there are no bonuses for the, err, what's it called game The total number of goals scored - 200 points - 5 The number of goals scored in the first half - 200 points -2 The number of goals scored in the second half - 200 points -2 The number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points - 0 The number of hattricks - 300 points - 0 Will the game go to extra time - 150 points - 0 Will the game go to penalties - 150 points - 0 The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points - 0 The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points - France The team which scores the last goal - 250 points - France The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time 11 minutes The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time - 89 minutes The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points - Griezeman The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points - Verane The total number of yellow cards - 150 points - 6 The total number of red cards - 150 points - 0 The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points - 10 ****Super, Hyper, Mega bonus*** Predict the exact score, whether the game will go to 90 or 120 minutes, the exact times of goal(s) and the goalscorer(s) - 1 million points - 0-0 after 120 minutes

Oh Jaggie - of all the people I would not want to do this to!! I am really sorry - you should have 2,050 points. I have corrected the master and the write up - you are in 12th place, with a rise of 16 places!!!! I have reset the table.

@Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus This is it - the FINAL. Once every fours years (ok, four and half this time) one nation will rise and stand proud and attain the heights denied to the others. Argentina v France for the ultimate height, the ultimate accolade, the bragging rights and the recognition that they have triumphed over all others (well, those they played) to be top of the world. So, is it Messi's turn? Will he achieve what up till now has been unachievable? Or will France become only the second country to ever win two World Cups in a row and Didier Deschamps become the first manager ever to win two World Cups in a row (yes, I know Brazil did it but they changed managers between Sweden and Chile). First though the tedium of the third place play off. I mean, come on, who really cares? The countries don't care, the managers don't care, the players don't care, the fans don't care, the media doesn't care...so why should we? No bonuses for the third place play off, except the normal points for the correct scoreline and results. The nap will apply to both games. Scoring Predict any time up to kick off the score of each game (You may change your predictions at any point up to the kick off time by either editing or reposting). Any changes made after the kick off time will be disregarded. Predict each score. 50 points if you get the win/lose/draw right and 100 points if you get the exact scoreline right. Nap - indicate for both games for a nap bonus. If you get the exact score right, the nap bonus will be a super 200 points. Please mark your nap clearly. Third/fourth place play off Saturday 17th December Croatia v Morocco 15.00 The Final Sunday 18th December Argentina v France 15.00 Bonuses - Note - the bonuses ONLY apply to the final - there are no bonuses for the, err, what's it called game The total number of goals scored - 200 points The number of goals scored in the first half - 200 points The number of goals scored in the second half - 200 points The number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points The number of hattricks - 300 points Will the game go to extra time - 150 points Will the game go to penalties - 150 points The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points The team which scores the last goal - 250 points The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points The total number of yellow cards - 150 points The total number of red cards - 150 points The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points ****Super, Hyper, Mega bonus*** Predict the exact score, whether the game will go to 90 or 120 minutes, the exact times of goal(s) and the goalscorer(s) - 1 million points If you get all that right you deserve to win! Good luck everyone, let's hope for a good game

@Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus Semi-finals come and go, the heartache only heightened by what might have been. Tears, tantrums and farewells mixed with partying and celebrating. It's goodbye Croatia and Morocco, so close yet at the same time so definitively consigned to history. Step forward Argentina and France for the final test - Messi against Mbappe if you will - for the greatest accolade the game can offer. Talking of accolades - let's hear as many whoops as you can muster...oh, about 6,149 whoops should do it for our new, spectacular, stupendous WoopyD!!!! A gigantic score among gigantic scores. He was the only player to nail two 2,000 point bonuses. In total he predicted: the total number of goals, goals scored after 90 mins, number of hattricks, number of games going to extra time, number of penalties scored, the first team to score, the time of the last goal (2,000 points), the total number of red cards and the total number of substitutions across the games (2,000 points). Very well done and no more Whoops-a-daisy, more Whoopee!!!! He also had a meteoric rise of 30 places - 30! - to take top spot going into the final games. He has gone from rock bottom of the regular contributors to the very top - you see everyone - it can be done! Woopy, doopy do. Other player scored big as well thanks to the big bonuses and another big mover was Mahzun, who, like the whoopster, climbed an astonishing 23 places to second place. Very well done to him for a fantastic round and a huge bonus score. Mind you, Chris wasn't exactly hanging back either as he rises an enormous 27 places to complete out podium places. Fantastic score. Rob, that experienced denizen of the lower end of prediction leagues is not experiencing it any more with a leap of 11 places to fourth - big bonuses mean big moves. A sentiment not lost on Darius, Gunners and Gizzygogglepops who all took advantage of big bonus scores. Darius and Gunners move up seven and five places respectively but despite his huge score, Gizzlegiggs actually dropped one place but he won't mind that. At this point I had to check if the world had turned upside down because the table certainly did and while I was musing the absurd notion of the world turning upside down (I mean, in space nobody can tell which way is up) I saw Oriole, our previous leader. Down but not out, he resolutely remains in the top ten, in eighth place but dropping seven. Fullers climbs a huge 20 places to ninth, while The Legend drops one place but manages to remain in and complete our top ten. Craig drops out of the top ten with a fall of six while The inspiration is another big mover, climbing 16 places to 12th while in an extraordinary outcome, Constantine is the only non mover at 13th. Will climbs an impressive 10 places and The Golden Boy climbs four and I climb 10. Orzelek climbs two but poor old Hoarau drops 11. Meanwhile, Vikie will be pleased by his rise of two places. World turned upside down? Table turned upside down? Here is the proof. The Old Git and Seb in his Ferrari drop a calamitous 17 places each and still being ahead of prediction league brother Pompers will be no consolation. Smallen drops an acceptable five places (it could have been worse!), while prediction league brother Pompers falls three places, closing the gap to The Old Git. Caffers drops one, to 24th. Lucas confounding the promise of earlier rounds, falls nine places to 25th, while VP drops a disastrous 25 places. Not far behind, Smalldini falls 17 places. Jeroen drops 15 places to 28th. Av3ry brings up the rear of those who competed by falling two places. Disappointing that YouReds and Mr Wallin did not enter - especially as YouReds was sitting mighty handily in 8th position. So, increased pay offers for our winners and questions about "where are you really from" for our losers. The final fixtures will be posted shortly - and expect fireworks!!!! Player Semi-FInals Bonuses Total +/- 1. Whoopy D 250 5,800 6,149 +30 2. Mahzun_Savas 50 3,800 4,024 +23 3. Chris79 100 3,800 4,015 +27 4. Rob1981 100 3,600 3,981 +11 5. Darius1998 150 3,050 3,494 +7 6. GunmaN1905 50 3,100 3,461 +5 7. Gizzy 0 2,950 3,298 -1 8. Oriole01 100 1,750 2,358 -7 9. CFuller 250 1,750 2,118 +20 10. Timma 150 1,600 2,084 -1 11. Craigcwwe 100 1,550 2,061 -6 12. The_Jagster 250 1,800 2,050 +16 13. Constantine 200 1,450 1,942 14. WillHoward42 100 1,600 1,889 +10 15. The Golden Boy 100 1,450 1,795 +4 16. Sons FC 100 1,450 1,728 +10 17. Orzelek 250 1,200 1,709 +2 18. Hoarau 0 1,200 1,566 -11 19. Vikeologist 250 1,000 1,452 +2 20. Southcoastred 100 900 1,445 -17 21. Ferrarinseb 50 900 1,379 -17 22. Smallen 0 1,200 1,470 -5 23. Pompeyboyz 200 700 1,131 -3 24. Cafcrocky 300 800 1,295 -1 25. Lucas 100 850 1,230 -9 26. VP. 0 750 1,229 -25 27. Smaldini 0 900 1,228 -17 28. Jeroen Thijssen 50 800 1,133 -14 29. Av3ry 50 650 870 -2 30. YouReds DNE DNE 357 -22 31. Mr Wallin DNE DNE 215 -9 32. Hooray Henrik DNE DNE 79 33. Symbolic DNE DNE 77 34. Sysiphus DNE DNE 32 35. Oche Balboa DNE DNE 31 36. Tecmo DNE DNE 29 37. SilenceOfTheLahms DNE DNE 28 38. Marvin DNE DNE 25 39. Pafnus DNE DNE 11 Bonuses The total number of goals across all the games - 200 points – 5 The total number of goals scored in the first half - 150 points – 3 The total number of goals scored in the second half - 150 points - 2 The total number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points 0 The total number of hattricks - 300 points - 0 The number of games going to extra time - 100 points - 0 The number of games going to penalties - 150 points - 0 The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points - 1 The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points – France The team which scores the last goal - 250 points - France The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time – 5 minutes The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time – 79 minutes The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points – Hernandez (France) The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points – Kolo Muani (France) The total number of yellow cards - 100 points - 5 The total number of red cards - 150 points - 0 The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points - 17

Very close indeed. Cartperson again.

Outstanding answer and if I may say so, inspirational!

@YouReds,@Smallen, @Symbolic,@chris79, @Timma@sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @Pafnus Just over two hours to go lads - don't be the worst position in a football team - left behind!!

@YouReds, @SouthCoastRed, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @VP., @Symbolic,@chris79,@sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @Pafnus Don't forget lads - the first semi-final is tonight!!

Two great teams and it's very hard to choose but I have gone for Mutters.

I think borderline racist is a bit much on a conceptual issue. On the general point - absolute nonsense - it shouldn't matter who wins it as long as football wins.

Semi-finals Tuesday 13th December Argentina v Croatia 2-0* Wednesday 14th December France v Morocco 2-1 Bonuses The total number of goals across all the games - 6 The total number of goals scored in the first half - 2 The total number of goals scored in the second half - 3 The total number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 0 The total number of hattricks - 0 The number of games going to extra time - 0 The number of games going to penalties - 0 The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 0 The team which scores the fastest goal - France The team which scores the last goal - Argentina The time of the first goal - 8 minutes The time of the last goal - 89 minutes The scorer of the first goal - Griezman The scorer of the last goal - Mac Allister The total number of yellow cards - 12 The total number of red cards - 0 The total number of substitutions across all games - 19

Quite right Orzers. I have checked your score and it is correct - it is the write up that is incorrect. Sorry for denying you a shot at glory!

@Smaldini, @YouReds, @Gizzy, @SouthCoastRed, @Darius1998, @Smallen, @Rob1981, @Mahzun_Savas, @The Golden boy, @oriole01, @VP., @Symbolic, @Jeroen Thijssen, @Lucas, @Hoarau, @ferrarinseb, @av3ry, @Constantine, @chris79, @Pompeyboyz, @Whoopy D, @GunmaN1905, @vikeologist, @cafcrocky, @Timma, @craigcwwe, @Orzelek, @WillHoward42, @sisyphus, @HOORAY HENRIK, @Tecmo, @SilenceOfTheLahms, @The_jagster, @Mr Wallin, @oche balboa, @Marvin, @CFuller, @Pafnus It comes down to this. Glory and heartbreak are uncomfortable bedfellows and inspire ordinary men to do extraordinary things. They are forced together, bound to one another while being pulled in opposite directions - each needs the other to fulfil their destiny but cannot achieve it alone. One creates the other and is destroyed by that creation as it has always been - an eternal struggle, each needing to dominate, while denying the other, which cannot be denied. Anyway, it's the semi-finals and if you all marvelled at the bonuses on offer in the quarter finals, prepare to be even more marvellousnessed (yeah, it did get away from me a bit). Whopping bonuses as well!! fun for everyone and anyone can win. Good luck everyone. Scoring Predict any time up to kick off the score of each game (You may change your predictions at any point up to the kick off time by either editing or reposting). Any changes made after the kick off time will be disregarded. Predict each score. 50 points if you get the win/lose/draw right and 100 points if you get the exact scoreline right. Nap - indicate one game for a nap bonus. If you get the exact score right, the nap bonus will be a super 200 points. Please mark your nap clearly. Semi-finals Tuesday 13th December Argentina v Croatia 19.00 Wednesday 14th December France v Morocco 19.00 Bonuses The total number of goals across all the games - 200 points The total number of goals scored in the first half - 150 points The total number of goals scored in the second half - 150 points The total number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points The total number of hattricks - 300 points The number of games going to extra time - 100 points The number of games going to penalties - 150 points The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points The team which scores the last goal - 250 points The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points The total number of yellow cards - 100 points The total number of red cards - 150 points The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points

Blimey! actually your bonus score was 110 for a total of 294. I will correct it in the next update.

Quite right! Corrections made with apologies.

Crikey - checking now.

@The_jagster - I have corrected the table and the write up. It is only 50 points as I had the other 10 already there.

It's not 50 - it's 60 points! 10 additional points for being within the range of the first goal scored. Huge apologies. I will correct it.