When Jude won Europredo in 2016, he did so with an average of 2.9 points per predo. At World Cup Predo that would barely slot you into the top 30. Make no mistake: this is high level predo played at an intensity rarely seen.
Day 11 saw a solitary OCHO - for Bryan, who correctly predicted a 2-2 draw between Senegal and Japan with Sadio Mane to score. Four jokers - included the long awaited Cotty Jr joker - were played. All four netted ten points.
At the end of Day 11, Bren held the lead from Cotty Jr., Tom H, and one of the surprise packages of World Cup Predo, the man known only as ZAIREEKA. Refusing to be unmasked is his privilege, but all must eventually speak to Predo. And so he did:
PREDO: Predo here. A lot of people in the Predo group will be thinking i. who's this git? and ii. why's he beating me? Got an answers for your for fellow Predoers?
ZAIREEKA: Haha sure yeah why not.
a) so a lot of people are saying "who's this git, I've never even heard of him, he's named himself after one of the all time (logistically) most difficult albums to listen to.. who exactly does he think he is. My response would be: Yes ok I've never professionally predo'd before but believe me i'm no overnight sensation, i've spent 42 years man and adolescent imagining in my head what the score was going to be in each football game I was watching and v much taken that approach in to this arena and applied the same principles that I learnt there to what I am doing here just in a more formal fashion.
b) they are also probably asking "why is he absolutely kicking my arse here its not fair?". Well obviously I can't give away the secrets of my predo'ing powers (especially whilst I try to secure a 3-book self publishing deal explaining how I came from nowhere and ended up in 4th place in one of the world's leading minor world cup predo'ing leagues) but what I will say is I have a life philosophy called "Keep it Simple Idiot" so let me give you a real world example: Egypt are playing against Russia and I need to predict who's most likely to score, am I going to predict some Russian bloke I've never heard of? Why would I do that, if he was so good then I would have probably already heard of him wouldnt I, no I'm going to predict that bloke that plays for Liverpool because everyone keeps banging on about how good he is (but remember to check they're not a goalkeeper or anything).
PREDO: Thanks for your time. It's been a pleasure watching you predo.
a) so a lot of people are saying "who's this git, I've never even heard of him, he's named himself after one of the all time (logistically) most difficult albums to listen to.. who exactly does he think he is. My response would be: Yes ok I've never professionally predo'd before but believe me i'm no overnight sensation, i've spent 42 years man and adolescent imagining in my head what the score was going to be in each football game I was watching and v much taken that approach in to this arena and applied the same principles that I learnt there to what I am doing here just in a more formal fashion.
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b) they are also probably asking "why is he absolutely kicking my arse here its not fair?". Well obviously I can't give away the secrets of my predo'ing powers (especially whilst I try to secure a 3-book self publishing deal explaining how I came from nowhere and ended up in 4th place in one of the world's leading minor world cup predo'ing leagues) but what I will say is I have a life philosophy called "Keep it Simple Idiot" so let me give you a real world example: Egypt are playing against Russia and I need to predict who's most likely to score, am I going to predict some Russian bloke I've never heard of? Why would I do that, if he was so good then I would have probably already heard of him wouldnt I, no I'm going to predict that bloke that plays for Liverpool because everyone keeps banging on about how good he is (but remember to check they're not a goalkeeper or anything).
PREDO: Thanks for your time. It's been a pleasure watching you predo.
Day 12 saw us move into the two games at once phase of the group stage, hell on the predo player who likes to view along, and even worse on those steadily losing ground game-by-game.
The Group A double act of Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt and Uruguay vs. Russia yielded no OCHOs. In fact, eight points was the best total across the two dull dead/dead-ish rubbers. But for predoists, all rubbers are very much alive. The long tournament perhaps taking its toll on some of the field.
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This round left it unbearably close at the top, with 6 points separating 1st and 7th, with even Barlow in 16th a DOUBLE OCHO away from top spot. Knockout stage jokers will be monitored keenly.
Predo didn't see the evening games, but the two draws put a lot of noses out of joint. Ah well. Here's the standings after day 12
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