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06-12-2006, 04:56 AM
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betcha The gaffer is all adorned head to toe in the St georges cross eh what?
Got ya rooney undies on under ya kilt there Gaffer?   or are ya a real scotsman??? (lizra wants to know - or was it Hasty Ent ? - i forget - .. i'll assume Beard of pants already knows!!  )Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-12-2006 at 04:58 AM. |
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06-12-2006, 05:24 AM
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Prior to kick off, I was going for Holland. Good team, good manager (Dutch teams usually self-destruct with infighting but van Basten seems to have them playing for each other) great supporters, and all their games will effectively be home games.
Czech Rep also good. Don't discount the Italians or Spanish either. My dark horses would be Switzerland, Ukraine and Ecuador. Sweden, a team in decline sadly. Larsson is one of my all-time favourite players but he and Freddie are a bit long in the tooth these days. It would be great if England win it. At last they will stop going on about 1966. Don't think they will though: lack of depth in squad and lack of fit striker. Coupla yellow cards, coupla German defenders treading on a few metatarsals... Brazil, yes, course they could win, but I don't think they will. The last time the World Cup was won by a non-European team in Europe was 1958. OK, so what about a Moot sweepstake? Or we could do the BBC predictor and see who gets the closest prediction.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/...6/default.stm# I had some delicious second round matches: Eng v Ger, Mex v Arg, Bra v Ita. Quarter-final predictions: Eng v Hol, Cze v Spa, Ecu v Arg, Bra v Ukr. Semi-finals: Hol v Cze, Arg v Bra; Holland v Brazil final (yum!) |
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06-12-2006, 05:28 AM
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Am fully bedecked. Well, I've got me St Georges Cross bog paper if that's what you mean. In other ways, I always let the wind blow free if you know what I mean. I'm going against national stereotype and supporting Ingerland. It is much, much easier to do now I don't live there any more. I find the nationalism borders on the xenophobic at such times, and the Scots are just as bad in automatically supporting anyone else apart from England. You know what makes it easier? The English have finally noticed that the Union Jack isn't the English flag... |
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06-12-2006, 05:34 AM
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and the kilt issue? ... he keeps ignoring the kilt issue!
.. i think we can take it as confirmation that eddie the gaffer's years down on Oxford, England have softened him into a rooney undies wearing scotsman!!! Larsson heh? you a Celtic fan then Eddy? Nah we would have Holland i think ... - just kind of game we'd win ... Yeah a sweepstake sounds great - how do we organise it? ............... shut up about 66 and all that?? is he mad??? (hope so!!! - i mean that we could start harping on about 2006 already!!!) best, BB |
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06-12-2006, 05:37 AM
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hey gaffer we cross posted there!
edit** ah the st georges bog roll! Big seller that in Scotland i guess ....actually (seriously) you would do a roaring trade in that!! ...er... anyone doing it there as far as you know??? ... BB is poised to get on the blower...yeah- looking forward to see how the Czechs come out of the blocks! Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-12-2006 at 05:42 AM. |
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06-12-2006, 06:33 AM
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How about picking a last 8 line-up, last 4, final and winner?
1 point for getting a team in the last 8, 2 for last 4, 4 for each finalist and 8 for the winner? Entries have to posted on this thread before the start of the end of the second round of group games (2000 BST, Wed). The winner gets a scratch n sniff photo up the Gaffer's kilt. Second prize is TWO scratch n sniff photos up the Gaffer's kilt etc etc |
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06-12-2006, 12:49 PM
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oo-er, USA is getting tanked by the Czechs. 2-0 and not even half time yet. Nedved is all over 'em. Congrats to Oz, though, who beat Japan 3-1 this arvo
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06-12-2006, 01:55 PM
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Warrior of the House of Hador
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3-0 final score. The score me and my Dad predicted.
Second Round: Germany vs Sweeden Argentina vs Mexico England vs Ecuador Portugal vs Holland (what a game that would be) Czech Rep vs Japan France vs Ukraine Brazil vs Italy Spain vs South Korea Quarter Finals: Germany vs Argentina Czech Rep vs France England vs Holland Brazil vs Spain Semi's: Argentina vs Czech Rep England vs Brazil 4th Place: Czech Rep 3rd Place: England 2nd Place: Argentina 1st Place: Brazil
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06-12-2006, 02:50 PM
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I bet Australia and Croatia will go up to Second Round and Brazil won't.
Or rather I hope... we'll see how possible this is tomorrow in the game Croatia-Brazil.  Hiddink seems to be a genious! Australia actually won in the World Cup!! Go Australia! btw, do you see the symmetry in the winners of the World Cups? '62- Brazil '66- England '70- Brazil '74- Germany '78- Argentina '82- Italy - the center '86- Argentina '90- Germany '94- Brazil '98- France '02- Brazil By that the next champion would be Brazil. :P (winner of 1958) |
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06-12-2006, 04:23 PM
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logic heh?
funny old game logic .... logic? ..on me head son! so ... lets get this straight then ... '62- Brazil (south american ... = SA) '66- England (European ..allegedly! ... = EU)'70- Brazil = SA '74- Germany = EU '78- Argentina = SA '82- Italy - = EU '86- Argentina = SA '90- Germany = EU '94- Brazil = SA '98- France = EU '02- Brazil = SA ... '06 ... = SA???  ???surely you mean = EU Logic heh!!!! one day Africa will enter that hallowed list too ... but not this time me thinks ... best all, BB |
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06-12-2006, 05:00 PM
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*dashes around with a flag of Neatherland* Sorry, I'm not much for watching any sport really, but I do love soccer.
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06-12-2006, 05:23 PM
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Shah!!!!!!!!! BB runs the length of the pitch arms swinging wildly in exhilarated ecstasy, the chorus of tens of thousand voices, hearts and souls roaring in his ears ... wotcha!! BB hugs Shah and hopes she and Maggie are ok!! ................... Italia!!!! Italia!!!! ah the beautiful game .... BB just had a bet on italy v Ghana ... (Essien was very impressive) .... half the productions office went ouitsider bettin' on Ghana and me and the rest went Italia!! bella!!! beellllllaaaaa!!! ah ... la dolce vita!! edit** - oh and a BIG wotcha to Acally too!! x x x Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-12-2006 at 05:26 PM. |
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06-12-2006, 05:24 PM
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Excellent logic, my dear BB, and those of an informed persuasion will note that the continent the tournament was held in always coincides with the winning country (except 2002, in Asia, which I guess counts as neutral territory). Hence my guess t'will be a European winner. Can't be Ingerland, because that would just be weird; nor Germany, because they are pish; nor France, Italy, Spain because they are not good enough. So that just leaves Holland and Czech Republic of the credible contenders.
QED. Some top hacking in tonight's game. Is Essien the dirtiest player in the tournament? |
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06-12-2006, 05:27 PM
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dunno ...but what the bleep was the gig with martin o'neil and desailly?????
some wierd stuff there alright! ..even Hansen was gettin embarrased! wotcha Gaffer! **edit*** wierd? ... ... the truth is out there!! X ... just think ... think barney rubble shaggin a scouse old tart and not carackin any mirrors cus they is all locked away by the blue-nose pimp ... ...yes indeed, the truth is out there and F-bleep fergie say i!!! or to put it another way .... arise Sir Rooney!!!! **double edit** wotcha Jammi 567! ..run out of pm space again!! hello BTW!! How ya diddlin? Last edited by Butterbeer : 06-12-2006 at 05:39 PM. |
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06-12-2006, 11:42 PM
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*hangs head* Well, there's always 2010.
Here I was all ready to show the world that 2002 wasn't a fluke, and what do we do? Get thoroughly trounced.I guess I should get my St. George and bright orange avatars ready, eh? (Not quite yet though, I still have a bit of faith. )Come on USA!
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06-13-2006, 05:00 AM
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well, the czechs are a lot of people's dark horses ... and they have started fast out of the blocks too...
does not look good for koller though? yes, i always syuspected it was going to be harder for the USA in Europe ...but it is not all over yet ... you never know in football ... good to see Australia get a good win under their belt! |
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06-13-2006, 06:28 AM
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06-13-2006, 12:28 PM
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230 |
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06-13-2006, 05:23 PM
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Brazil won.
 Frankly, even though I didn't want them to win I expected them to play well... I'm truly disappointed from their performance, I doubt they can take the World Cup, and I hope Australia will beat them next week. |
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06-13-2006, 08:05 PM
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aye!
wotcha raddy! what a lazy bleeper, da fat idle man, Ronaldo, heh ??? still, brazil as england too, suffered an initial bout of (i think) glamour star kings of ego syndrome .... can't help thinking if Croatia had beleived i bit more they may have got something out of the game...? man though! ... their fans (croatia) were INCREDIBLE!! BB shows BIG respect to the croatian fans!! |
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