I’m a morbid fatalist

by smbrannan

A man does push-ups while guarding a goal post as he and others play soccer on a street during an anti-government protest in Port-au-Prince

Now that every team has completed two matches, I thought it would be good to let you know how things are shaping up.

Sherman H, step forward and take a bow.  If there are no changes to the standings after the 3rd matches (1), Sherman will be the group stage winner, just like he was 2014.   Sherman, what is your secret?

Here is the leader-board:

Group Stage | Matches 1 + 2
Rank Name Points
1 Sherman H 37
2 Joep B 36
3 Craig B 35
3 Dave&Shanel 35
4 Prash N 34
5 Stuart B 33
6 Dave L 32
6 Dominik Z 32
6 DonWendy V1 32
6 John C 32
6 Ray W 32
6 Sean C 32

Newcomers Joep B, Dave&Shanel and Prash N are making their presence in the Beautiful Pool felt.  Craig B, who came dead last (3) in the 2014 Brazil-edition is off to a much stronger start.

Geographically, it’s dead heat:  Canuck taxpayers have an average score of 29.4, while ROW (2) comes in at 29.1.

Click HERE for a PDF with everyone’s provisional results.

Thought for the day:

 

England’s support can be roughly split into two categories – the blindly optimistic and the morbidly fatalistic.

Scott Murray in The Guardian

See you next time.

  1. Officially 0.00001% probability BTW, because ARG is going to rise up from the ignominy of losing to CRO, and take everyone down.
  2. Rest of World
  3. I had to find a way to mention that!