Trofo you bastard haha. I was really hoping the scores would stay at 1-1 because I knew for sure you were backing Croatia at 2-1 but fully deserved extension of your lead for backing your own country.
I sorely want to get a joker right on the final and maybe a Croatia win will get that, but then looks like a few of us will also be betting on that outcome.
Maybe a 3-2 Croatia win or some other crazy score. Croatia aren't exactly goal scorers though... Not against France I can't see it anyway.
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So I've got this game down as 1-1 and they're about to start extra time with that score now. Got a feeling I'll get shafted again with a late goal like in the Russia game. Getting 700 points from this game is pretty much the only way I'll still be in the running for top five. Really wish it was just the 90 minutes they take the scores from. Far too hard to predict the draws this way.
Edit: Absolute bastards.
It hurts doesn't it? I got the game to 2-2 but I know that a late goal from Croatia will be hard to match by England. The sad thing to see is that the early goal in England got me confident about seeing early goals from each side, my confidence suddenly shrink when the first half suddenly became boring with only a few attempts in each side. But oh well I have screwed up big time on this part of the Pool, Good luck to the rest who is still competing for the top spot of the leaderboard. Edit: Absolute bastards.
Late goals that fuck up your winnings are always the worst. It's like the points/money is already yours then it's snatched away at the last moment. I'm 955 points behind second place LFC_Bitcoin now (assuming the tables are correct). Gonna put some crazy scores in for the third place play off and the final and hope for the best. The only hope I have for the tournament now is a Croatia win but I think France will spank them.
I predicted that Croatia will win 1:0 and I spent my joker on that tame - I got over 300 points. But I'm only in 11th place currently. Croatia is one of team which I really like, but honestly, before world cup I didn't saw them going so dar, because their group was really difficult. And they can't win without drama - two games win after penalties and one after extra time.
So I've got this game down as 1-1 and they're about to start extra time with that score now. Got a feeling I'll get shafted again with a late goal like in the Russia game. Getting 700 points from this game is pretty much the only way I'll still be in the running for top five. Really wish it was just the 90 minutes they take the scores from. Far too hard to predict the draws this way.
Edit: Absolute bastards.
It hurts doesn't it? I got the game to 2-2 but I know that a late goal from Croatia will be hard to match by England. The sad thing to see is that the early goal in England got me confident about seeing early goals from each side, my confidence suddenly shrink when the first half suddenly became boring with only a few attempts in each side. But oh well I have screwed up big time on this part of the Pool, Good luck to the rest who is still competing for the top spot of the leaderboard. Edit: Absolute bastards.
@malboroza
If your post gets deleted I can still remind them about our result now and then
Yesterday was a great evening for me. Croatia managed to win and we were a better team for most of the match. Only first 20 minutes were terrible from our point of view. The guys came out impressed or with wooden legs and couldn't play any decent passing in that time.
I was even more happy we managed to win in 1/2 final against England because of all the arrogance and condescending from England side. You guys here are OK but I am sure you saw some of the headings and writings on other forums and portals. Too bad because I actually quite like England squad and they would have been one of my preferred teams if not for that arrogance.
And finally I got that result correct in our predictor so I am hoping it should be enough to secure first place.
@hilarius
Do you remember when I told you that I need to refill the bracket challenge because I have Croatia in the final? Should have stayed with my gut feeling on this one. In the end it was moot point since you had to recreate the league anyway.
If your post gets deleted I can still remind them about our result now and then
Yesterday was a great evening for me. Croatia managed to win and we were a better team for most of the match. Only first 20 minutes were terrible from our point of view. The guys came out impressed or with wooden legs and couldn't play any decent passing in that time.
I was even more happy we managed to win in 1/2 final against England because of all the arrogance and condescending from England side. You guys here are OK but I am sure you saw some of the headings and writings on other forums and portals. Too bad because I actually quite like England squad and they would have been one of my preferred teams if not for that arrogance.
And finally I got that result correct in our predictor so I am hoping it should be enough to secure first place.
@hilarius
Do you remember when I told you that I need to refill the bracket challenge because I have Croatia in the final? Should have stayed with my gut feeling on this one. In the end it was moot point since you had to recreate the league anyway.
Well done to Croatia, they deserved to play in the final. England showed just a pathetic gameplay tonight with Harry Cane in total shadow, in fact I don't remember if he got a ball tonight. Croatia this year have world calibre players, but against France it will be tough if not impossible for them to win.
Yeah, it was like Kane wasn't even playing in that match. Trippier and Pickford have been the stand-out players for me. The only consolation I'll have from this tournament now is if Croatia go onto win the tournament which will get me £165 from a free five pound bet. Put £100 worth of bets on so need to recoup my money haha. I guess there's the third place play off yet, but I reckon both sides will put out B teams again just to give people a game, especially those who haven't played much if at all. I think France will be too strong foir Croatia, though as the underdogs they'll be fired up.
Well done to Croatia, they deserved to play in the final. England showed just a pathetic gameplay tonight with Harry Cane in total shadow, in fact I don't remember if he got a ball tonight. Croatia this year have world calibre players, but against France it will be tough if not impossible for them to win.
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So I've got this game down as 1-1 and they're about to start extra time with that score now. Got a feeling I'll get shafted again with a late goal like in the Russia game. Getting 700 points from this game is pretty much the only way I'll still be in the running for top five. Really wish it was just the 90 minutes they take the scores from. Far too hard to predict the draws this way.
Edit: Absolute bastards.
Edit: Absolute bastards.
I'm 954 points behind third place so unless I get a perfect score tonight with my joker, which will get me 708, I guess I'll be out of the running for a top five spot.
Whoever wins I don't think they will be any match for France. Croatia and England got to the semis by the luck of the draw really and neither have had a comfortable route in their knock out games, especially Croatia.
I was disappointed to see Belgium crashing out of this world cup tournament as they just need one more win against France to get into the finals, I have made my prediction on Belgium to win 2-1 against France, but it seems that France are just way too strong at the moment as they have created a lot of good scoring chances in the match, even though Thibaut Courtois made a lot of amazing saves against France, but it is simply not good enough if the Belgium strikers are not doing their job to score in the game.
Do you think that France is going to beat the Croatia? Assuming that Croatia wins the Match against England. But I don’t know but my prediction is on Croatia and hopefully they win and that when they face against France in the finals, it’s going to be an exciting game. They have been a balanced attack team. The past is not going to hinder Croatia’s thrive to be the winner. Harry Kane would be a challenge for them to overcome. Whoever wins I don't think they will be any match for France. Croatia and England got to the semis by the luck of the draw really and neither have had a comfortable route in their knock out games, especially Croatia.
After the France vs Belgium game, I looked through the leaderboard again and I am at the 11th spot at the moment, I guess this would be my last chance in order to compete for the top 5 spot in the leaderboard, I still have the joker card left and it should allow me to catch up with the top 5 players if I could predict a perfect scoreline for the match on Croatia vs England.
I was disappointed to see Belgium crashing out of this world cup tournament as they just need one more win against France to get into the finals, I have made my prediction on Belgium to win 2-1 against France, but it seems that France are just way too strong at the moment as they have created a lot of good scoring chances in the match, even though Thibaut Courtois made a lot of amazing saves against France, but it is simply not good enough if the Belgium strikers are not doing their job to score in the game.
Do you think that France is going to beat the Croatia? Assuming that Croatia wins the Match against England. But I don’t know but my prediction is on Croatia and hopefully they win and that when they face against France in the finals, it’s going to be an exciting game. They have been a balanced attack team. The past is not going to hinder Croatia’s thrive to be the winner. Harry Kane would be a challenge for them to overcome. 
^ Yup, Belgium was actually my bet to win the whole tournament at 12.00. I wish there was a way to hedge a bet around here and sell pieces of it. Like if I bet 100 USD on Belgium at 12.00 at the beginning of the WC, then they reached the semi finals and was around 4.00 to win. I can then sell 1/4 of the total prize for 75 USD and reduce my loss (if the bet losses).
I hope I got that right. But maybe somebody who has more experience in this could show the math.
Anyway, maybe next time we could sell pieces of each others bets and reduce variance.
I hope I got that right. But maybe somebody who has more experience in this could show the math.
Anyway, maybe next time we could sell pieces of each others bets and reduce variance.
Very nice take back of Top Spot, Trofo, I made a wild score prediction for France, but also got the same points for correct winning margin heh. Didn't see many people budge up that table, so I suppose quite a few of you guys bet on Belgium eh? I did too actually, lost that bet but gained from the predictions. Feel like my Joker was wasted but at least it was a reasonable score (and got 1 bonus right). Also lost an over 2.5 goals bet. Think we were all let down by the game. Hope tonight's a cracker but I'll go for a boring result today and change my prediction to a more usual one.
I was disappointed to see Belgium crashing out of this world cup tournament as they just need one more win against France to get into the finals, I have made my prediction on Belgium to win 2-1 against France, but it seems that France are just way too strong at the moment as they have created a lot of good scoring chances in the match, even though Thibaut Courtois made a lot of amazing saves against France, but it is simply not good enough if the Belgium strikers are not doing their job to score in the game.
France to qualify cashes for me , still England to qualify tomorrow and I should have a perfect semi final with two 2 units plays
glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
Great minds think alike
I had exactly the same result in predictor and bet in Nitrogen for yesterday. However I have Croatia not to lose in regular time for today.
My predictor with joker used got me 366 points yesterday, got both extra questions correct and that score was enough to push me to the top of tour league once again. Hope I can defend it today
I have chosen my prediction with France and it's a good thing but I hoped that I get a lot of points in the Croatia vs England game. I'm in for Croatia and they are a strong team now. That's my team pick where I bet on with my friends too.
France to qualify cashes for me , still England to qualify tomorrow and I should have a perfect semi final with two 2 units plays
glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
I also used that score and got 206+ points on it. glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
France to qualify cashes for me , still England to qualify tomorrow and I should have a perfect semi final with two 2 units plays
glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
glad I didn't go for goals or for both teams to score , I thought the game will end 2-1 for France and that was my pick in the predicator with joker so made just 306 pts with it
I've gone for 2-2 on the Belgium/France game, but I'll be cheering on Belgium as them and Croatia are the only teams I can win money on this tournament now. No idea what's going to happen though, but think I've got to go for some bold picks if I've got any chance of getting into the top 5. Will use my joker on tomorrow's game but if I don't get a correct score from this game I'm probably out of the running.
I think I've seen top spot change hands every MatchDay so yeah, I have a feeling the top 5 will look different again after Wednesday. Joker on final too... so that's potentially 2 games to get over 600 point apiece. I've missed out so many bonus challenges over the rounds... not that I've hit many when I did take them too... but looking back I calculated >20 bonuses missed. That's 300 points if I got half right. They ought not to have opened them an hour before games though.
@hilarious: Yeah I predicted 2-2 on Russia but even I wasn't expecting to get it. Glad I booked my parlay on Croatia to progress, at much lower odds.
@LTU: exactly. We'd need players above to also drop points, so it's no real use (to me) betting on popular outcomes now. No choice but to aim for Jokers on "crazy scores". I know knockouts are traditionally tight but well, you never know.
@cwrth: I've changed minds plenty of times, especially influenced by my own betting. Some led to more points, others, less. Think it evens out
I have also changed my mind but the prediction bracket that I have is somewhat close to what happened. I hope that it could lead more points but probably now, hopefully, correct predictions will be met. It's hard to predict something. @hilarious: Yeah I predicted 2-2 on Russia but even I wasn't expecting to get it. Glad I booked my parlay on Croatia to progress, at much lower odds.
@LTU: exactly. We'd need players above to also drop points, so it's no real use (to me) betting on popular outcomes now. No choice but to aim for Jokers on "crazy scores". I know knockouts are traditionally tight but well, you never know.
@cwrth: I've changed minds plenty of times, especially influenced by my own betting. Some led to more points, others, less. Think it evens out
I'm only 570 points behind fifth place and you're only one place behind me so we can still probably get in the top five if you get a couple of correct scores and utilise your joker well. I got absolutely robbed by that Russian equaliser in the 115th-minute. So close. It would have probably taken me into fourth place since I used my joker. Glad Croatia went through though.
Theorically it's still possible. But it's not enough to spend joker well. We also need that players above us wouldn't get points for their predictions and it's not likely to happen I think.Same situation here... The gap between me and the leader isn't as wide as I thought. But the problem is the top three have been having all the momentum, making good predictions when it mattered. I could get max points for the semis and it still wouldn't be enough if they make even a half decent round.
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