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Caliburn
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Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
 
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Italy - US 1-1
Italy must have sucked I cannot image the US knows how to play a decent football game.  |
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 molossus 
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Sat Jun 17, 2006 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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Cal, in my opinion USA (down to 9 players) deserved a win against Italy. Yankees were playing very courageously till the very end of the game.
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Caliburn
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Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Wow Italy must have sucked really then. I could not watch that game. Had to put me mum in a hot air balloon :-) |
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Morpheus
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Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:39 am Post subject: |
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ENG-GER-LAAAAND, ENG-GER-LAAAAND, ENG-GER-LAAAAND.......
It's so a no-brainer that we will win it's not even worth thinking about any other teams!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! lol
PS. That goes for Sweden too Phire -wink-
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 TheSnowLeopard
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My predictions for Australia in Group F:
Australia 2 Japan 1
Australia 1 Croatia 1
Australia 1 Brazil 2 |
 Australia put up a decent fight against Brazil and they almost got a goal.
Spain and Argentina are firming as my favourites to make it all the way.
Oh well..on to Croatia.
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TheSnowLeopard
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Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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My predictions for Australia in Group F:
Australia 2 Japan 1
Australia 1 Croatia 1
Australia 1 Brazil 2 |
Well..I got the draw part right. 
Congratulations to the Aussie team. A great effort.
Onward and upward to Italy! 
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 Irulan
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Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:05 am Post subject: |
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I can´t believe it! This time we´re playing well! 
I guess Spain´s going to pass to quarterfinal (I hope so, at least) but against Brazil.... 
Oh no!eliminated in quarterfinal! Not again!
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 zirael
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Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| TheSnowLeopard wrote: |
Spain and Argentina are firming as my favourites to make it all the way. |
Looks like Argentina and Brazil might go all the way.
Spain is probably gonna get outshot by Brazil. |
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TheSnowLeopard
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Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: Re: World Cup 2006 Picks |
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Round of 16
A1 Germany vs B2 England
C1 Netherlands vs D2 Mexico
E1 Italy vs F2 Australia
G1 France vs H2 Ukraine
B1 Sweden vs A2 Ecuador
D1 Portugal vs C2 Argentina
F1 Brazil vs E2 Czech Republic
H1 Spain vs G2 South Korea |
I am so behind. The second round has already started and I haven't got my predictions in.
OK, firstly, as the only one to boldly predict the outcome in all rounds from the start, credit where credit is due. Of the 16 teams Zirael predicted would reach the Second Round, 14 were correct. That's an 87.5% success rate. Way to go, Zirael!!  However you only got one fixture correct (Aust v Italy)...err..let's skip over that..it's not important.
My predictions for the Quarter Finals are in two groups. Those ruled by my head and those by my heart:
My head says:
Germany 
Argentina (what a FANTASTIC goal by Maxi Rodriguez!)
Ecuador
Holland
Italy
Switzerland
Brazil
France
My heart says (because I love the underdog and the upset )
Sweden
Mexico
England
Portugal
Australia 
Ukraine
Ghana
Spain
So basically I'm having a bet each way on all the fixtures...lol
Good luck to all teams!
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Caliburn
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:39 am Post subject: |
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I admit, Portugal looked stronger than The Netherlands with a nice goal. We have a fresh team with all new players who are still learning. But the referee totally screwed up the match. 14 yellow cards, resulting in 4 red... Come on! If we lose, let us lose in dignity with a good match. But not this :S |
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zirael
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Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:49 am Post subject: |
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Cal, totally agree with you - the game was a mess. The referee was terrible and the players weren't sportsmanlike either. I don't know why Van Nistelrooy wasn't playing - coach should have given him a chance since the Netherlands offense wasn't connecting. |
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TheSnowLeopard
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Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Italy 1 Australia 0
Australia lose. By a penalty! In extra time!! Sport can be so cruel.
Still, Australia are minnows no more. We can hold our own against the best in the world, and that is an achievement of which we can be proud.
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zirael
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Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Snow, the Australians earned my respect and they got a lot further along than anyone expected.
I was crushed that Spain couldn't get it together when they played France. My only consolation is that I'm hoping Brazil will win against France. |
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molossus
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Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Snow, the Australians earned my respect (...)
I was crushed that Spain couldn't get it together when they played France. My only consolation is that I'm hoping Brazil will win against France. |
100% agreed zirael
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TheSnowLeopard
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Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| zirael wrote: |
Snow, the Australians earned my respect (...)
I was crushed that Spain couldn't get it together when they played France. My only consolation is that I'm hoping Brazil will win against France. |
100% agreed zirael |
Thanks zirael and molossus.
Back to the predictions. It seems head beat out heart 5 to 3 (see earlier post).
My semi-finalists:
Germany
Italy
England
Brazil
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