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Jun 17th 2010 | 8:23 am

#286

jimf

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Re: World Cup

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Vader

Pretty sure the Aussie's call it soccer, they seem to have their own brand of football as well. I just thought it was interesting to see how and why the term "soccer" is used.

They used to call it by the "S" word in Australia but saw the light a few years ago and the official title now is football. New Zealand did the same. The Australian football team is still known by its nickname combining the "S" word with kangaroo though!

I think they show Australian Rules Football on Satanta as well as Gaelic Football. I've no idea what the rules are.

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:36 am

#287

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Re: World Cup

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Originally Posted by jimf

They used to call it by the "S" word

Sh*t?

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:38 am

#288

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Re: World Cup

LordVader Germany 2 Serbia 0
LordVader Slovenia 0 USA 2
LordVader England 2 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:41 am

#289

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Re: World Cup

Sol Campbell has slammed England coach Fabio Capello for overlooking him for the World Cup finals.

I seem to remember he wouldn't come out for the second half a few years ago when Arsenal were getting beaten 3-0.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/170620...s-capello.html

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:55 am

#290

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Re: World Cup

Alan2005 Germany 3 Serbia 0
Alan2005 Slovenia 0 USA 1
Alan2005 England 2 Algeria 1

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:57 am

#291

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Re: World Cup

Oink Germany 2 Serbia 1
Oink Slovenia 1 USA 0
Oink England 3 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:57 am

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PartiallyDischarged Germany 2 Serbia 1
PartiallyDischarged Slovenia 1 USA 2
PartiallyDischarged England 2 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 8:59 am

#293

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Re: World Cup

If anyone was wondering, not that I was, here is the table with PTS/Predictions as a percentage.

Code:

Name                    	PTS		# Predictions	PTS/Predictions
Oink				11		15			73.3%
Flogger				13		18			72.2%
Novocastrian			14		20			70.0%
Greenhill			12		18			66.7%
LordVader			12		18			66.7%
PartiallyDischarged		2		3			66.7%
Alan2005			11		18			61.1%
JamesM				9		20			45.0%

Jun 17th 2010 | 9:07 am

#294

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Re: World Cup

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greenhill

If anyone was wondering, not that I was, here is the table with PTS/Predictions as a percentage.

Code:

Name                    	PTS		# Predictions	PTS/Predictions
Oink				11		15			73.3%
Flogger				13		18			72.2%
Novocastrian			14		20			70.0%
Greenhill			12		18			66.7%
LordVader			12		18			66.7%
PartiallyDischarged		2		3			66.7%
Alan2005			11		18			61.1%
JamesM				9		20			45.0%

Thanks for posting that.

Jun 17th 2010 | 9:09 am

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Re: World Cup

Novocastrian Germany 2 Serbia 0
Novocastrian Slovenia 1 USA 1
Novocastrian England 2 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 9:18 am

#296

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Re: World Cup

Greenhill Germany 3 Serbia 0
Greenhill Slovenia 1 USA 3
Greenhill England 4 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 9:23 am

#297

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Re: World Cup

Flogger Germany 2 Serbia 0
Flogger Slovenia 1 USA 1
Flogger England 3 Algeria 0

Jun 17th 2010 | 9:57 am

#298

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Re: World Cup

Quote from the BBC review:

Lawrenson: "Germany were the first team to really come out of the traps but that might have something to do with the fact that they have been playing with this Jabulani ball in the Bundesliga and they are used to it, while other sides are not."

Jun 17th 2010 | 12:14 pm

#299

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Re: World Cup

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Originally Posted by jimf

Bloody cheating Krauts.

Jun 17th 2010 | 1:49 pm

#300

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Re: World Cup

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Bloody cheating Krauts.

Apparently developed at Loughborough University for Adidas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_...i#cite_note-28

I like the contrast between the comments from the Adidas sponsored players and the rest.

Goal count is well down on average for the 1st matches anyway.