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July 10,
2006
at 11:21,
UndyingKing
said:
Well done Rick! -- and
commiserations to Felix
and everyone else who was
close. it is a bit
annoying the way this
game became markedly less
interesting as the
tournament progressed...
(much like the real thing
in some ways, then.) Next
time I'll start looking
further in advance, or
else write one myself.
July 10,
2006
at 10:28,
secondhand_rick
said:
So, that's that then?
Bit of an anti-climax
logging in... I was
hoping for a fanfare of
trumpets and a flashing
banner proclaiming my
victorious reign to be
honest.
July 9,
2006
at 22:05,
Steve Dempsey
said:
What's the bonus proze
for guessing 7 minutes
for the first goal?
July 7,
2006
at 14:36,
UndyingKing
said:
What about these Beckham
-> Newcastle rumours
then eh? Will even the
most put-up-with-rubbish
fans in England be
enthused about it, Julio?
July 5,
2006
at 22:45,
ChrisRudram
said:
If France win, I'll get
to 93 points.
Dammit all to heck and
back.
July 5,
2006
at 09:18,
secondhand_rick
said:
Go me, apparently; unless
Brazil really do make a
suprise comeback, it
looks like I'm scoring no
more points. However, it
also looks like no-one
else is, which makes the
thing either somewhat
anti-climactic as an
adjunct to the world cup
experience, or a really
rather insightful
metaphor for the various
joys of being an England
supporter.
July 5,
2006
at 09:03,
UndyingKing
said:
I shall keep an eye out
for it come the 3rd round
draw. If anyone spots a
better one in the
meantime...
July 5,
2006
at 07:47,
ChrisRudram
said:
I suspect they do a
footie one here, or at
least one for the FA Cup
rounds. As that's drawn
each round it'll be more
interactive.
Rick wins -again-, sigh..
:)
July 4,
2006
at 23:13,
Whatdoiknowaboutsoccer
said:
Congratulations to Rick,
who I believe just won
this league.
It does need to be more
interactive.
July 3,
2006
at 15:30,
UndyingKing
said:
If you want to knock up a
footie version before you
head off...
July 3,
2006
at 14:32,
ChrisRudram
said:
Much more fun to predict
between rounds, with
points for early and late
predictions, and the
ability to predict based
on what you think your
close rivals will
predict.
Not that I run an NFL
predictions like that at
all, of course.
July 3,
2006
at 09:37,
secondhand_rick
said:
Predictions between
rounds would seem to be a
better option to me.
This was all a bit fire
and forget, with no
opportunity to rally
after a poor start.
July 3,
2006
at 09:31,
UndyingKing
said:
Do people think a game
where you make new
predictions between each
round, rather than all at
the beginning, is more
fun than this, or not?
July 3,
2006
at 05:40,
Whatdoiknowaboutsoccer
said:
Yes, and as the top three
all picked Italy as
loosing finalists we’re
all stuck in this order.
If Germany makes the
final then Kauket leaps
into first spot. But if
Germany loose that final
to France then Chris wins
the league. And of
course Bateleur’s picks
are a bit of a mystery.
July 2,
2006
at 14:59,
JulioGeordio
said:
OK, so I can only score
points for Italy now...
and it all started so
well.
June 30,
2006
at 18:59,
UndyingKing
said:
Remember what I said
about never writing off
the Germans? Disappointed
with Arg though, I guess
they peaked too soon. If
the keeper hadn't been
injured, and they'd
brought Messi on
instead... Did any of you
pick Germany to go
through, and are now
feeling smug?
June 30,
2006
at 18:49,
secondhand_rick
said:
I mean Germany of course.
Duh.
June 30,
2006
at 18:46,
secondhand_rick
said:
Well... I'd rather
England have Argentina to
face, but it doesn't give
me the points I was
after.
June 27,
2006
at 23:41,
Whatdoiknowaboutsoccer
said:
Oops! There go my
chances. I picked Spain
to go all the way. Spain
thrashed Ukraine, who
beat Switzerland, who
topped Frances pool. Go
figure.
June 27,
2006
at 21:52,
UndyingKing
said:
Bah, I really thought
Spain had enough that
they could overcome the
old enemy this time. Got
to smile for old baldie
Zidane though.
June 27,
2006
at 13:52,
JulioGeordio
said:
I expect that to change
the moment our
overzealous patriotism
kicks in leaving us all
backing a team who lost
to Portugal in the
quarter finals....
Then again since most of
you lot backed Brazil
(savvy that) maybe we'll
overhaul the Italian mob
after all...
June 27,
2006
at 09:30,
UndyingKing
said:
I see here:
http://www.fantasyfacup.c
om/worldcup/teams/ that
after Italians, England
fans are the most savvy (
/ realistic)...
June 26,
2006
at 22:59,
Whatdoiknowaboutsoccer
said:
How ridiculous is the
refereeing in these
knockout games? At this
rate, they may as well
send the players home and
just call it the Referees
World Cup.
June 26,
2006
at 20:12,
secondhand_rick
said:
This is all natural.
nflBoy would take too
much tinkering to be put
to work on the World
Cup.
June 26,
2006
at 19:21,
Kauket
said:
I've got no idea what's
going on now...
Is Rick using his
American Football league
predictor for this
league? Presumably
adapted for soccer -
certainly seems to be
working anyway.
June 26,
2006
at 16:54,
UndyingKing
said:
Hmm, i think I should
have read the scoring
system for the knockout
rounds more carefully,
got no idea what's going
on now. Although I seem
to have picked up some
points, which can only be
good.
June 23,
2006
at 09:15,
JulioGeordio
said:
Well I'd expect Italy to
beat the Aussies, but on
current form it'll be
interesting to see how
many players they have
left afterwards...
June 23,
2006
at 05:03,
Jonaldinho
said:
What about Italy's luck,
though? Nasty group to
start with, but now
they've got Australia
followed by
Switzerland/Korea/Ukraine
! And they've already
bribed Guus, I bet...
June 22,
2006
at 09:16,
UndyingKing
said:
We've really had such a
lucky draw. A very easy
group, Ecuador are among
the weakest in the second
round, and if we beat
them it's Portugal or
Holland in the quarters
-- not easy, but should
be do-able. After that it
gets a bit sticky, of
course...
June 22,
2006
at 09:05,
JulioGeordio
said:
I'm doing well on correct
margin - not correct
scores though.
That said Ecuador aside
this cup is remarkably
shock free so far...
June 21,
2006
at 13:45,
ChrisRudram
said:
Don't bet on correct
scores... it's the
bookies favourite bet.
Well correct score plus
first scorer....
June 21,
2006
at 08:19,
UndyingKing
said:
So far I've only had 2
correct scores in total.
Remind me never to bet on
exact scores...
June 21,
2006
at 07:54,
JulioGeordio
said:
Four correct results, no
correct scores, bah!
June 19,
2006
at 10:44,
JulioGeordio
said:
Ashton, maybe, Harewood -
nope.
June 18,
2006
at 00:58,
Steve Dempsey
said:
Better than Defoe and
Bent, what about Harewood
and Ashton?
June 17,
2006
at 17:19,
Metame
said:
Try Googling for
"bbc sport world
cup" and go for the
top link. Shocked me, I
must say.
June 16,
2006
at 16:39,
UndyingKing
said:
Heh! -- note my earlier
comment about
Argentina... that was
quite some performance.
June 16,
2006
at 11:09,
JulioGeordio
said:
I thought the Italians
looked a lot better than
I expected, and the Dutch
look OK. We'll find out
today if they've really
got what it takes.
June 16,
2006
at 08:59,
UndyingKing
said:
On the bright side,
Sweden look even worse.
And Germany haven't been
too special either.
At the moment Argentina
are looking the only one
of the top nations to
have properly turned
up...
June 16,
2006
at 08:30,
JulioGeordio
said:
Was it just me or did
Rooney look half paced,
unfit and patently not
ready for a world cup
yesterday? Bring on Bent
and Defoe I say... what,
oh
June 15,
2006
at 19:17,
Jonaldinho
said:
Wahey! Off the bottom of
the table thanks to
Gerrard. 2-0 was never in
doubt!
June 15,
2006
at 11:04,
JulioGeordio
said:
Yup, looks like Spain
might be good this year
June 15,
2006
at 08:29,
UndyingKing
said:
Hmm, so much for my
notion of Ukraine topping
GRoup H...
June 14,
2006
at 12:10,
JulioGeordio
said:
Having lucked out by
drawing Brazil in the
office sweep stake I'm
now feeling rather less
confident. Nothing on
show last night to scare
Argentina or an on form
Italy or Holland...
June 14,
2006
at 08:39,
UndyingKing
said:
They started pretty
slowly last time too...
but good heavens,
Ronaldo... blimey.
June 14,
2006
at 08:26,
Kauket
said:
Brazil? What happened
there? I thought they
were meant to be good.
Really, goal scoring,
blow the rest of us away
good.
June 14,
2006
at 07:38,
ChrisRudram
said:
Don't worry, I have them
qualifying... :
June 13,
2006
at 18:05,
UndyingKing
said:
Mm, I have my doubts if
they'll manage to take a
point off Ghana...
June 13,
2006
at 11:18,
JulioGeordio
said:
My god the Americans were
awful, don't think I've
got them down to lose by
nearly enough now...
June 13,
2006
at 09:00,
UndyingKing
said:
Maybe some more
energy-sapping heat would
help?
(PS. Bah, pesky
Australia.)
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