Posted May 20, 2006 France Hell Yeah! World ranking: 7 Odds: 10/1 Local view: "They won't do any better than quarter-finals. The team is too old, young players like Franck Ribery cannot break into the squad. Germany will be the twilight for the dinosaurs of the golden generation," Xavier Rivoire, French author. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 9, 2006 I'll whack this thread in the World Cup Board for now. Seems more fitting there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 9, 2006 I'll whack this thread in the World Cup Board for now. Seems more fitting there. Yeh, good call ref! :wink: And like Dabookerman said, I've now got his Italy and he's got his native Poland. (who lost today in-fact ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 9, 2006 Yeh, good call ref! :wink: And like Dabookerman said, I've now got his Italy and he's got his native Poland. (who lost today in-fact ) I would of gone with them to the end, TO THE VERY FIRES OF MORDOR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 10, 2006 Oh go on then :p Or is it to late now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 10, 2006 30 - Gaggle64 - Trinidad and Tobago WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 10, 2006 Hey, trinidad played well today! (Talking about all this "playing well" reminds me of Reginald D Hunter on 8 Out Of 10 Cats last night) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 11, 2006 I'm quite surprised at my T&T. Ivory Coast did quite well today too, even if they did lose. I day for the underdog stories it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 12, 2006 World ranking: 1 Odds: 9/4 fav Local view: "The current generation is spectacular, perhaps the best ever. If Ronaldo hasn't worn himself out during the season, he can really put on a show. He can become their top scorer in World Cups and equal Pele by winning his third. I'm backing him and Brazil to pull it off." Flavio Orro, TV Globo. Our verdict: Even losing in the final will be seen as failure. Living up to such expectations will not be easy. They all have European experience, but so did the majority in 1998. With their talent the status of favourites is clearly justified and win or lose, there should be some moments of magic to cherish. Brazil, of course Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 12, 2006 World ranking: 1 Odds: 9/4 fav Local view: "The current generation is spectacular, perhaps the best ever. If Ronaldo hasn't worn himself out during the season, he can really put on a show. He can become their top scorer in World Cups and equal Pele by winning his third. I'm backing him and Brazil to pull it off." Flavio Orro, TV Globo. Our verdict: Even losing in the final will be seen as failure. Living up to such expectations will not be easy. They all have European experience, but so did the majority in 1998. With their talent the status of favourites is clearly justified and win or lose, there should be some moments of magic to cherish. Brazil, of course Thats what i agree with, the world cup is their stage. brazil are a team that have talent that can play of each other so well. Some teams like holland, they have incredible players, but find it harder to play as a team, same goes with portugal i think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 15, 2006 Update: 16/06/06 1 - Flinky - Japan 2 - Villa - Ukraine 3 - Moria - Ecuador 4 - EEvilmurray - Tunisia 5 - Meik - Spain 6 - Me - Netherlands 7 - CubeChris - Argentina 8 - Moogleviper - Brazil 9 - mario114 - USA 10 - Shino - Angola 11 - Caris - France 12 - Oli - Mexico 13 - Tlink - Togo 14 - Platty - Portugal 15 - the fish - Serbia and Montenegro 16 - 21st century cowboy - Saudi Arabia 17 - sexual chocolate - Iran 18 - Bowser57 - England 19 - Arragaun - Czech Republic 20 - Fatrox - Costa Rica 21 - dabookerman - Poland 22 - Colin - Italy 23 - Katie - Australia 24 - Bluejay - Korea 25 - Fieldsofanfieldroad - Switzerland 26 - Sarka - Paraguay 27 - Hem - Sweden 28 - Athriller - Ivory Coast 29 - Twilighter - Ghana 30 - Gaggle64 - Trinidad and Tobago 31 - Retrolover - Croatia 32 - Monopolyman - Germany Key: Blue= Team still playing in competition. Red= Team eliminated. Bad luck to dabookerman and fatrox! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 15, 2006 TO THE VERY FIRES OF MORDOR!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 16, 2006 Unlucky Sarka! EDIT: And the fish! 6-0! Jeesh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 20, 2006 Can't believe I just found this thread now.......dam oh well. In the world cup sweepstakes im in at school, I got Angola....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 20, 2006 Better knock me out of there as well. 2-0 to Paraguay? I gotta say, that's a tad dissapointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 21, 2006 Better knock me out of there as well. 2-0 to Paraguay? I gotta say, that's a tad dissapointing. I'll update after the group stages. Was busy with exam recently so I didn't have time - may as well do it all in one go later! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2006 Update: 24/06/06 1 - Flinky - Japan 2 - Villa - Ukraine 3 - Moria - Ecuador 4 - EEvilmurray - Tunisia 5 - Meik - Spain 6 - Me - Netherlands 7 - CubeChris - Argentina 8 - Moogleviper - Brazil 9 - mario114 - USA 10 - Shino - Angola 11 - Caris - France 12 - Oli - Mexico 13 - Tlink - Togo 14 - Platty - Portugal 15 - the fish - Serbia and Montenegro 16 - 21st century cowboy - Saudi Arabia 17 - sexual chocolate - Iran 18 - Bowser57 - England 19 - Arragaun - Czech Republic 20 - Fatrox - Costa Rica 21 - dabookerman - Poland 22 - Colin - Italy 23 - Katie - Australia 24 - Bluejay - Korea 25 - Fieldsofanfieldroad - Switzerland 26 - Sarka - Paraguay 27 - Hem - Sweden 28 - Athriller - Ivory Coast 29 - Twilighter - Ghana 30 - Gaggle64 - Trinidad and Tobago 31 - Retrolover - Croatia 32 - Monopolyman - Germany [/color] Key: Blue= Team still playing in competition. Red= Team eliminated. Ok, first thing's first. Bad luck to all those who were eliminated. Thanks for taking part. The Last 16 matches are as followed: Monopolyman vs Hem - 24-Jun-06 - Munich - 17:00 Cubechris vs Oli- 24-Jun-06 - Leipzig - 21:00 _______________________________________________ Bowser57 vs Moria - 25-Jun-06 - Stuttgart - 17:00 Plattyl vs BlackFox - 25-Jun-06 - Nuremberg - 21:00 ________________________________________________ Colin vs Katie - 26-Jun-06 - Kaiserslautern - 17:00 Fieldsofanfieldroad vs Villa - 26-Jun-06 - Cologne - 21:00 _________________________________________________ Moogleviper vs Twilighter - 27-Jun-06 - Dortmund - 17:00 Meik vs Caris - 27-Jun-06 Hanover - 21:00 Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2006 Hey you hijacked my last 16 thread :p but kudos, was a good idea :awesome: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 24, 2006 Hey you hijacked my last 16 thread :p but kudos, was a good idea :awesome: Haha, yeah, I saw it and thought it would be a great idea to plagiarise :p Shame no one else is noticing the thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 26, 2006 UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA! UKRAJINA! I might just get into the quarter finals. Perhaps the people of "Helvetia" should pray to Helvetia that they'll beat Ukrajina. Because I beg to differ. The quarter finals will be where we finish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 26, 2006 Hmmmm.....every team that had won these matches so far has been on the left side.... so Switzerland, Brazil and Spain will win going off that logic :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 26, 2006 Do I get a prize for being completely robbed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 26, 2006 Do I get a prize for being completely robbed? You mean compensation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
