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  • #46
    Your post had no influence on my desicion .
    "The cost of living hasn't affected it's popularity." - Anonymous
    "I must confess, I was born at a very early age." - Groucho Marx
    "Time is the best teacher. Unfortunatley, it kills all it's pupils." -Hector-Luis Berloiz

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    • #47
      JB, thanks for the tip! I'd never heard of him before, but apparently he is quite a good player and will get chances, so I put him in my team.

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      • #48
        Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin


        Germany-France. Was it the game where Battiston broke some vertebrae when Schumacher just went flying for the man instead of the ball. It was the worst foul I have EVER seen, yet he didn't even get a caution.

        Manual Amoros is the guy you are thinking of.
        Yes I remember the foul. The english bundesleaguer commentator (I dont remember his name but he was great) had a fit. He was also the only one I heard who called the Germany-Austria game for what it was, a disgrace.
        We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
        If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
        Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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        • #49
          Originally posted by Jay Bee
          Yes, it was Germany-France. My all-time favorite game is from that WC, Italy-Brazil. Brazil had an extraordinary team (imho the best one of the post-Pele era, by far) but that particular day Paolo Rossi had been touched by God.
          Yes it was a wonderful game.
          We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
          If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
          Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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          • #50
            Originally posted by JohnIII
            JB, thanks for the tip! I'd never heard of him before, but apparently he is quite a good player and will get chances, so I put him in my team.
            Never heard of the Seria A top scorer? He scored the golden goal in the Euro 2000 final! Oh well, I guess not everyone has my encyclopedia-like knowlege .
            "The cost of living hasn't affected it's popularity." - Anonymous
            "I must confess, I was born at a very early age." - Groucho Marx
            "Time is the best teacher. Unfortunatley, it kills all it's pupils." -Hector-Luis Berloiz

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            • #51
              I only know the 'superstar' player I'm afraid , like Beckham, Zidane, and Pavlin.

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              • #52
                Originally posted by Giovanni Wine
                Here are mine (if I can play):

                World Champion: can I wait a little bit?
                Top scorer: Crespo
                Group winners:
                A France
                B Spain
                C Brazil
                D Portugal
                E Germany
                F Argentina
                G Italy
                H Russia

                A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
                A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 0-0
                B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 0-1
                B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-0
                C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 3-0
                C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 1-1
                D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-2
                D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-3
                E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-2
                E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 1-0
                F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-0
                F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-0
                G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 1-1
                G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 2-0
                H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 0-1
                H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0

                Saluti
                Ok!
                I decide who will be the world cup winner: China

                (yes... I know they don't have a chance... but.... )

                Saluti
                "Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else.
                The trick is the doing something else."
                — Leonardo da Vinci
                "If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?" - Cardinal Richelieu
                "In vino veritas" - Plinio il vecchio

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                • #53
                  My soccer knowledge is also encyclopedic but... may I ask who's Pavlin?

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                  • #54
                    Sure, fire away.

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                    • #55
                      World Champion: Spain
                      Top scorer: Raul
                      Group winners:
                      A France
                      B Spain
                      C Brazil
                      D Poland
                      E Germany
                      F England
                      G Croatia
                      H Russia

                      A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 2-0
                      A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 0-0
                      B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 2-1
                      B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 2-0
                      C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 2-0
                      C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 0-1
                      D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 1-3
                      D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 1-1
                      E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 2-3
                      E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 2-0
                      F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-0
                      F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 2-2
                      G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 1-0
                      G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 1-0
                      H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 1-3
                      H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 2-0
                      Freedom is just unawareness of being manipulated.

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                      • #56
                        Re: World Cup predictions - first round

                        The world champion: Italy
                        The 8 group winners in the first round
                        A - France
                        B - Spain
                        C - Brazil
                        D - Portugal
                        E - Germany
                        F - Argentina
                        G - Italy
                        H - Japan


                        The top scorer: C. Vieri - Italy

                        A 31-05 13:30 France - Senegal (Seoul) 3-0
                        A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay - Denmark (Ulsan) 1-1
                        B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay - South Africa (Busan) 3-1
                        B 02-06 13:30 Spain - Slovenia (Gwangju) 3-0
                        C 03-06 11:00 Brazil - Turkey (Ulsan) 2-0
                        C 04-06 08:30 China PR - Costa Rica (Gwangju) 1-2
                        D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic - Poland (Busan) 2-2
                        D 05-06 11:00 USA - Portugal (Suwon) 0-2
                        E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland - Cameroon (Niigata) 1-2
                        E 01-06 13:30 Germany - Saudi Arabia (Sapporo) 4-0
                        F 02-06 11:30 England - Sweden (Saitama) 1-2
                        F 02-06 14:30 Argentina - Nigeria (Ibaraki) 3-1
                        G 03-06 08:30 Croatia - Mexico (Niigata) 0-1
                        G 03-06 13:30 Italy - Ecuador (Sapporo) 2-0
                        H 04-06 11:00 Japan - Belgium (Saitama) 0-0
                        H 05-06 08:30 Russia - Tunisia (Kobe) 1-0
                        Last edited by Juggernaut; May 25, 2002, 00:11.

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                        • #57
                          Re: World Cup predictions - first round

                          The world champion: Italy
                          The 8 group winners in the first round
                          France, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Cameroon, Argentina, Italy, Belgium


                          The top scorer: Christian Vieri (Italy)


                          A 31-05 13:30 France 2-1 Senegal (Seoul)
                          A 01-06 11:00 Uruguay 1-1 Denmark (Ulsan)
                          B 02-06 09:30 Paraguay 1-2 South Africa (Busan)
                          B 02-06 13:30 Spain 2-0 Slovenia (Gwangju)
                          C 03-06 11:00 Brazil 3-1 Turkey (Ulsan)
                          C 04-06 08:30 China PR 2-2 Costa Rica (Gwangju)
                          D 04-06 13:30 Korea Republic 0-2 Poland (Busan)
                          D 05-06 11:00 USA 1-3 Portugal (Suwon)
                          E 01-06 08:30 Republic of Ireland 0-2 Cameroon (Niigata)
                          E 01-06 13:30 Germany 2-2 Saudi Arabia (Sapporo)
                          F 02-06 11:30 England 1-2 Sweden (Saitama)
                          F 02-06 14:30 Argentina 3-2 Nigeria (Ibaraki)
                          G 03-06 08:30 Croatia 1-1 Mexico (Niigata)
                          G 03-06 13:30 Italy 3-0 Ecuador (Sapporo)
                          H 04-06 11:00 Japan 1-2 Belgium (Saitama)
                          H 05-06 08:30 Russia 1-2 Tunisia (Kobe)

                          More later.

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by Jay Bee
                            My soccer knowledge is also encyclopedic but... may I ask who's Pavlin?
                            He's a slovenian midfielder who IMHO was their best player in Euro 2000 and made that Zahovic character look like the star with his passes.

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                            • #59
                              Kropotkin is the winner! Acimovic, Zahovic, and Pavlin are all very effective players for Slovenia.

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                              • #60
                                Based on the prediction thus far for the France - Senegal game these are the odds on the results.

                                France to win:
                                1-0 : 25/1
                                2-0 : 4/1
                                3-0 : 3/2 F
                                4-0 : 12/1
                                5-0 : 25/1
                                Other: 4/1

                                Draw:
                                1-1 : 25/1
                                2-2 : 25/1
                                Other : 999/1

                                Senegal to win
                                Any score: 999/1

                                As a group we think 3-0 to France is the most likely result...
                                One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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