The last 16 of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup III, sponsored by Paddy Power, or the sixth round proper if you like, has given us our quarter-finalists who are now just one win away from playing for the big prizes. Here is how the round played out…
1 – Back to Back Ballacks 44 – 45 gooner dave
The first tie of the round saw gooner dave come out on top in our closest tie of the round, with just a single point in it.
The highest-scoring tie of the round was DRP‘s win against Animons. DRP’s score of 60 was the joint-top score for the week, but he misses out on the prize of a free £25 bet on the tie-breaker. Animons has the unfortunate title of the highest-scoring loser this round.
Huge underdog Manif finally lived up to his billing and was beat in the lowest-scoring tie of the round, albeit by only two points. With the lowest score good enough for a win, tippman marches onto the quarter-finals.
From top-scorer one week to an unceremonious exit the next, Roger couldn’t build on his momentum and it was DaFoe22 inflicting that defeat.
5 – Ann_der_roo 40 – 59 User
The only other prize-winner in the competition was Ann_der_roo, but he also kicked the bucket this week. And he did so in spectacular fashion, being on the wrong side of the round’s biggest beating, a thumping 19 point victory for User.
6 – sandgrounder 54 – 46 Anorak
Arguably the biggest name in the last 16, Anorak had his cup dreams dashed, after comfortably being defeated at the hands of sandgrounder.
Without doubt, the unluckiest manager this week is BigRig, who may well think he has a quarter-final berth, but, for a shockingly late removal of a Matthew Etherington assist last gameweek, he does not. That meant that his original opponent, Dksbananas (gracious and sportsmanlike in belated defeat), had his score from last week cut severely after captaining the Stoke City midfielder. Commiserations to BigRig. The benefactor is The Von, who rightly had his cup status retained.
8 – DollyDaisy 60 – 46 RJBroughton
Last and by no means least is the award of the free £25 bet, courtesy of Paddy Power, for this week’s top-scorer DollyDaisy, who pips DRP to the prize thanks to a slender two-point overall lead. Congratulations to DollyDaisy.
A massive well done to the eight fantasy managers making the quarter-finals, having put together six straight wins. The draw for the quarter-finals may well be made live on the podcast this week, but in any case I’ll bring you the fixtures a day or two before the gameweek 14 deadline.
[All previous results can be viewed right here.]
