Group Stage Final

And the Winner is Matt Transon

In yesterday's update, I forgot Matt still had Belgium to go. With Belgium's late goal over England, it propelled Matt to a first place with an impressive 23 points

Team	Points	Goal Dif
Matt Transon	23	9
Shark	20	4
Dan Noffke	17	0
Dave Weir	19	1
Mark Fodor	17	3
Tim Fodor	14	-9
Ryan Parrent	13	-4
Steve Noffke	12	-4

Fun Facts

• Only 3 teams won each of their games, Croatia, Uruguay and Belgium. The latter two were on Matt Transon's team
• Shark and Dan each have 3 teams advancing to the knock out stage
• Dan advances with Japan, his 4th pick, on a tiebreaker of fewer yellow cards over Senegal
• I believe this is the 1st time a 4th place team has advanced in any of these pools
• Sweden was the only 3rd pick team to advance which is on Shark's team
• On the flip side, Ryan and I only have 1 team going through.
• I have Brazil, so that's ok. I was the only player not to have his 2nd round team advance
• Ryan lost his 1st pick Germany. A pick anyone probably would have made, but 1st overall and finished last in their group
• Tim Fodor finished last in Goal Differential at -9. This is 100% from Panama who finished -9. 
• Only two teams failed to score a point, Egypt and Panama

Alright check my math

Mark Fodor	Points	Goal Dif	Dan Noffke	Points	Goal Dif
Colombia*	6	3	Argentina*	4	-2
Switzerland*	5	1	Croatia*	9	6
Nigeria**	3	-1	Egypt **	0	-4
South Korea **	3	0	Japan*	4	0
Total	17	3	Total	17	0
Shark	Points	Goal Dif	Dave Weir	Points	Goal Dif
Portugal*	5	1	France*	7	2
England*	6	5	Russia*	6	4
Sweden*	6	3	Serbia**	3	-2
Saudi Arabia**	3	-5	Tunisia**	3	-3
Total	20	4	Total	19	1
Steve Noffke	Points	Goal Dif	Matt Transon	Points	Goal Dif
Brazil*	7	4	Uruguay*	9	5
Poland**	3	-3	Belgium*	9	7
Iceland**	1	-3	Senegal**	4	0
Morocco**	1	-2	Australia**	1	-3
Total	12	-4	Total	23	9
Ryan Parrent	Points	Goal Dif	Tim Fodor	Points	Goal Dif
Germany**	3	-2	Spain*	5	1
Denmark*	5	1	Mexico*	6	-1
Costa Rica**	1	-3	Peru**	3	0
Iran**	4	0	Panama**	0	-9
Total	13	-4	Total	14	-9

World Cup Before Last Day

First off

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To Ryan for Germany

The Transon brothers are tied at 20 points each, however Matt has a commanding +9 to +5 goal difference.

Tim has England going tomorrow while Matt has Senegal so this is still up in the air. Dan is lurking at 17 with Japan to go. Needs a lot to go right but he can still win.

Team	Points	Goal Dif
Matt Transon	20	9
Shark	20	5
Dan Noffke	17	1
Dave Weir	16	0
Mark Fodor	14	2
Tim Fodor	14	-8
Ryan Parrent	13	-4
Steve Noffke	9	-5

Mark Fodor	Points	Goal Dif	Dan Noffke	Points	Goal Dif
Colombia	3	2	Argentina*	4	-2
Switzerland*	5	1	Croatia*	9	6
Nigeria**	3	-1	Egypt **	0	-4
South Korea **	3	0	Japan	4	1
Total	14	2	Total	17	1
Shark	Points	Goal Dif	Dave Weir	Points	Goal Dif
Portugal*	5	1	France*	7	2
England*	6	6	Russia*	6	4
Sweden*	6	3	Serbia**	3	-2
Saudi Arabia**	3	-5	Tunisia**	0	-4
Total	20	5	Total	16	0
Steve Noffke	Points	Goal Dif	Matt Transon	Points	Goal Dif
Brazil*	7	4	Uruguay*	9	5
Poland**	0	-4	Belgium*	6	6
Iceland**	1	-3	Senegal	4	1
Morocco**	1	-2	Australia**	1	-3
Total	9	-5	Total	20	9
Ryan Parrent	Points	Goal Dif	Tim Fodor	Points	Goal Dif
Germany**	3	-2	Spain*	5	1
Denmark*	5	1	Mexico*	6	-1
Costa Rica**	1	-3	Peru**	3	0
Iran**	4	0	Panama**	0	-8
Total	13	-4	Total	14	-8

World Cup 2 Games Update

Who's stupid idea was to do a group round stage. I blame everyone else for my failures.

Anyways, after 2 games we have a pretty tight race. 7 of our 8 teams are within 7 points, anything can still happen.

Matt Transon, who picked 8th, is currently in first with 17 points. Dave Weir is close behind with 15 and is closely followed by Tim Transon at 13. Then there's Dan Noffke at 11 and 3 teams tied at 10. Here are your full standings.

Team	Points	Goal Dif
Matt Transon	17	8
Dave Weir	15	5
Shark	13	1
Dan Noffke	11	0
Mark Fodor	10	1
Ryan Parrent	10	-2
Tim Fodor	10	-7
Steve Noffke	5	-6

Fun Facts

• Our two top teams Matt Transon and Dave Weir are the only players to have 2 teams through after 2 games
• Matt has 0 teams officially eliminated while Dave is down Tunisia 
• Mark Fodor is the only player to have 0 teams advance or eliminated after 2 games.
• Japan is still paying off for Dan. Japan is the only team picked in the 4th round to get points in each of it's 2 games
• Only Iran, win, and Austrailia, tie, are the other teams to score points being picked in the 4th round
• Dan also has the worst pick so far. Taking Argentina 5th, they've only scored 1 point. They still have a chance to advance to the knockout round if they beat Nigeria tomorrow. They also need some help in the Croatia-Iceland game.

Here is the full scoring. Let me know if my math is wrong.

Mark Fodor	Points	Goal Dif	Dan Noffke	Points	Goal Dif
Colombia	3	2	Argentina	1	-3
Switzerland	4	1	Croatia*	6	5
Nigeria	3	0	Egypt **	0	-3
South Korea	0	-2	Japan	4	1
Total	10	1	Total	11	0
Shark	Points	Goal Dif	Dave Weir	Points	Goal Dif
Portugal	4	1	France*	6	2
England*	6	6	Russia*	6	7
Sweden	3	0	Serbia	3	0
Saudi Arabia**	0	-6	Tunisia**	0	-4
Total	13	1	Total	15	5
Steve Noffke	Points	Goal Dif	Matt Transon	Points	Goal Dif
Brazil	4	2	Uruguay*	6	2
Poland**	0	-4	Belgium*	6	6
Iceland	1	-2	Senegal	4	1
Morocco**	0	-2	Australia	1	-1
Total	5	-6	Total	17	8
Ryan Parrent	Points	Goal Dif	Tim Fodor	Points	Goal Dif
Germany	3	0	Spain	4	1
Denmark	4	1	Mexico*	6	2
Costa Rica**	0	-3	Peru**	0	-2
Iran	3	0	Panama**	0	-8
Total	10	-2	Total	10	-7

*Advanced
**Eliminated

Round 1 Update

UPDATE

ACSS Intern Dave pointed out I accidentally gave Egypt 1 point even though they lost their first game to Uruguay. This doesn't change any of the standings, just drops Dan back one point and makes my fun facts incorrect.

With Round 1 complete, we have a very competitive competition at the top and then Fodor and I questioning our lives.

Team	Points	Goal Dif
Dave Weir	9	6
Matt Transon	9	4
Dan Noffke	7	2
Shark	7	-3
Ryan Parrent	6	0
Tim Fodor	4	-3
Steve Noffke	2	-2
Mark Fodor	1	-4

Fun Facts

While Dave and Matt are tied, Dave holds Goal Differential advantage thanks to Russia scoring 5 goals (and scored 3 more today).

Dan is the only player to have each of his teams earn a point, 2 wins and 2 ties.

The worst pick so far is Germany chosen #1 who got Ryan 0 points in it’s opening game

The best pick so far is Iran, chosen last by Ryan and scored 3 points in it’s opening game defeating Morocco, taken 2 picks earlier.

Dan and Ryan are the only players to get points out of their last pick, both wins.

The 2^nd picks have been the most productive so far. 6 teams won, Fodor’s Swiss pick got him his only point in a tie and then there’s me with Poland losing.

Please check my math.

Mark Fodor	Points	Goal Dif		Dan Noffke	Points	Goal Dif
Colombia	0	-1		Argentina	1	0
Switzerland	1	0		Croatia	3	2
Nigeria	0	-2		Egypt	0	-1
South Korea	0	-1		Japan	3	1
Total	1	-4		Total	7	2
Shark	Points	Goal Dif		Dave Weir	Points	Goal Dif
Portugal	1	0		France	3	1
England	3	1		Russia	3	5
Sweden	3	1		Serbia	3	1
Saudi Arabia	0	-5		Tunisia	0	-1
Total	7	-3		Total	9	6
Steve Noffke	Points	Goal Dif		Matt Transon	Points	Goal Dif
Brazil	1	0		Uruguay	3	1
Poland	0	-1		Belgium	3	3
Iceland	1	0		Senegal	3	1
Morocco	0	-1		Australia	0	-1
Total	2	-2		Total	9	4
Ryan Parrent	Points	Goal Dif		Tim Fodor	Points	Goal Dif
Germany	0	-1		Spain	1	0
Denmark	3	1		Mexico	3	1
Costa Rica	0	-1		Peru	0	-1
Iran	3	1		Panama	0	-3
Total	6	0		Total	4	-3

2018 World Cup Pool Draft

Hello Everyone,

We've used ACSS as a good place for this before, so why not get some traffic and run it here again. To see the rules check the post below.

Also be sure to check out Ryan's Recap of the last World Cup Pool here. Or my surprisingly good and still relevant read on cheering for Mexico here.

Alright, onto the draft.

Here's the random draft order created by Jamie

1. Ryan Parrent 19
2. Dave Weir 48
3. Steve Noffke 51
4. Tim Fodor 60
5. Dan Noffke 63
6. Shark         67
7. Mark Fodor 81
8. Matt Transon 99

Round 1

1. Ryan Parrent    Germany
2. Dave Weir France
3. Steve Noffke Brazil
4. Tim Fodor Spain
5. Dan Noffke Argentina
6. Shark                Portugal
7. Mark Fodor Colombia
8. Matt Transon Uraguay

Round 2

1. Matt Transon   Belgium 
2. Mark Fodor     Switzerland
3. Shark               England
4. Dan Noffke     Croatia 
5. Tim Fodor       Mexico
6. Steve Noffke   Poland
7. Dave Weir       Russia
8. Ryan Parrent   Denmark 

Round 3

1. Ryan Parrent   Costa Rica 
2. Dave Weir Serbia
3. Steve Noffke Iceland
4. Tim Fodor Peru
5. Dan Noffke Egypt
6. Shark               Sweden
7. Mark Fodor Nigeria
8. Matt Transon   Senegal

Round 4

1. Matt Transon  Austrailia
2. Mark Fodor    South Korea
3. Shark              Saudi Arabia
4. Dan Noffke    Japan
5. Tim Fodor      Panama
6. Steve Noffke  Morocco
7. Dave Weir      Tunisa
8. Ryan Parrent   Iran

Available Teams

 Argentina 

 Australia 

 Belgium 

 Brazil 

 Colombia 

 Costa Rica 

 Croatia 

 Denmark 

 Egypt 

 England 

 France 

 Germany 

 Iceland 

 Iran 

 Japan 

 Mexico 

 Morocco 

 Nigeria 

 Panama 

 Peru 

 Poland 

 Portugal 

 Russia 

 Saudi Arabia 

 Senegal 

 Serbia 

 South Korea 

 Spain 

 Sweden 

 Tunisia 

 Uruguay 

Switzerland 

World Cup 2018 Pool

I'm literally pasting this from the Euro 2016 game cause the rules are the same.

Hello Everyone

We will be hosting the draft on ACSS once again. It'll be the long form draft with the below rules.

·        Rules

• Buy-In: $20
• Number of Players: 6
• Number of teams per Player: 4
• Team Selection: 6 round snake order draft. Neutral 3rd Party will randomly select the draft order.
• Ways to win
• Pot goes to Player with the Euro Cup Winning Team
• Pot goes to Player with most points in Group Stage 

• Tiebreakers for the group stage will be determined the same way as FIFA does which basically goes as follows
• Goal Difference in all group Matches
• Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
• And then more if needed

Feel free to trade draft picks. Uneven trades will result with lost pick going to end of the draft.

For example.

Team A Trades 2nd & 3rd picks to Team B for 1st pick. Team B gives up it's 4th round pick, every team behind him moves up one spot and Team A now picks 32nd.

Team A now has

Team A 1st Round
Team B 1st Round
Team A 4th Round
Last Pick 4th Round

Team B now has

Team B 2nd Round
Team A 2nd Round
Team B 3rd Round
Team A 3rd Round

Team B has 4 picks, so forfeits his last pick

Euro Cup Group Stage Final

Well Well Well, Look who won.

Team	Points	Goal Dif
Steve Noffke	22	6
Mark Fodor	19	2
Shark	17	3
Dan Noffke	12	-5
Dave Weir	11	0
Matt Transon	10	-3

I think that's all the commentary I need for this post.

Ok I'll add more.

Interestingly, Dave had both the worst pick and the best pick of the group stage. The worst pick was Austria 8th overall who could only get him 1 point. The best pick was Wales who got 6 points coming from the 2nd to last pick of the 3rd round. They are also in the easy side of the bracket and could potentially make a deep run.

Worst team of the group stage was Ukraine, who was on Matt Transon's team, the worst performing team. I scored as many points at Matt did after 1 round of games as he did the whole tourny.

Fodor made a valiant run late to catch me, but didn't quite have enough.

No team won all 3 of their games.

Lastly, we just played 90 some odd games and only eliminated 8 teams. So plenty of teams still alive for the knockout round.