Predictions for Series 58 finals
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:39 pm
With today's results, the final 8 are just about sorted.
1. David O'Donnell vs. Ben Hanks
2. Michael MacDonald-Cooper vs. Peter Davies
3. Tim Reypert vs. Richard Priest
4. Barry Smith vs. Jonathan Coles*
* The only this won't happen is if Jonathan scores 125 or more tomorrow, in which case he passes Tim Reypert for #3 seed. He only needs one point to get past Barry Smith and if he doesn't, he'll still be playing Barry!
So the predictions are
1. DOD to beat Ben Hanks, noting that in the history of Countdown #8 seed has won about 5 times and lost about 50 times.
2. Tough one, certainly there are no weak players in this series and I think Peter has every chance of winning. So I'll go with Peter for no real reason other than I want to pick one of them.
3. Richard actually has the highest average score for any non-Octochamp (99.5 points per game, despite losing a game) so I'll go with him. He's a fair bet to become a Series champion or at least make the final against DOD.
4. Jonathan Coles to beat Barry Smith, noting that Barry averages about 81 points a game which I don't thin is enough to top Jonathan.
Semi finals:
1. DOD to beat Jonathan Coles
2. Richard to beat Peter.
Final:
DOD beats Richard Priest and wins the Series!
Martin
1. David O'Donnell vs. Ben Hanks
2. Michael MacDonald-Cooper vs. Peter Davies
3. Tim Reypert vs. Richard Priest
4. Barry Smith vs. Jonathan Coles*
* The only this won't happen is if Jonathan scores 125 or more tomorrow, in which case he passes Tim Reypert for #3 seed. He only needs one point to get past Barry Smith and if he doesn't, he'll still be playing Barry!
So the predictions are
1. DOD to beat Ben Hanks, noting that in the history of Countdown #8 seed has won about 5 times and lost about 50 times.
2. Tough one, certainly there are no weak players in this series and I think Peter has every chance of winning. So I'll go with Peter for no real reason other than I want to pick one of them.
3. Richard actually has the highest average score for any non-Octochamp (99.5 points per game, despite losing a game) so I'll go with him. He's a fair bet to become a Series champion or at least make the final against DOD.
4. Jonathan Coles to beat Barry Smith, noting that Barry averages about 81 points a game which I don't thin is enough to top Jonathan.
Semi finals:
1. DOD to beat Jonathan Coles
2. Richard to beat Peter.
Final:
DOD beats Richard Priest and wins the Series!
Martin