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I agree too..Spain being the Euro champions.. and since they have the best clubs & best players speaking about Real Madrid & Barcelona - i strongly agree with you .. I am a Real MADRID fan & liverpool too .. as much as i hate Barca , but yet they have good players ..Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzydoll
However, Brazil is a good opponent and can always come with miracle.
Has anyone seen the Pepsi world cup advert? I am not sure I like it seems to have negotive sneery connotations... and that is as far as Ive got to thinking about the world cup I inntend to watch the Germany games ( esp if they play england) and the Netherlands (looooooooove watching the dutch fans) the opening game and other than that I am not fussed!
When is the world cup anyway? will I be in egypt Whetre I get to see every match for free or england where sky have the monopoly?
West Germany won in 1990...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulim
Night> The kick-off is on June 11th (South Africa v Mexico).
England's first game is against the USA. Which'll be an interesting night in our Anglo-American family.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
Paul,
Just to make this unambiguously clear - the poll is 'who do you think will win?' - it's not 'who would you like to win?' If you ask Scheherezade nicely perhaps she can nullify your vote so you have the chance to cast it again, more realistically.
I point this out in a spirit of charitable concern.
Bless.
MB
Anyone but England please :biggrin5:
On a more serious note I think if rooney isnt there it might actually help england.
I got the USA in niamh's work poll they may make through to the 1/4's in an upset but even that is a lot to ask.
Holland flatter to decieve most of the time. Brazil are not the team they were. Spain winning the Euro was a fluke and they wont even make the semis. I think the Italians will win again.
Exactly! Why is that? I often cheer for them during the initial games and get hopeful but they cannot seem to able to carry the promise.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Another similar team is Denmark.
yes, already 20 years ago ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
At least they won! Ireland havent even made it into the world cup the last two times! :blush:
Mind you we could have been in it if it wasnt for the hand of frog. :mad:
sometimes they will :)
I don't really believe that germany makes it, what with all the trouble about the national coach ...
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Originally Posted by kilted exile
Apart from the slightly pedantic issue of 'i before e except after c', can I ask about this expression?
I've never understood it. It seems to mean, 'they're not as good as they appear to be' - but how does it mean that? To flatter is to stroke the ego of someone else. Who are Holland doing that to? And though you're saying they look better than they are - which may be true - they aren't deliberately pretending to be better than they are, so where's the deception? And even if both of those verbs can be explained, how does the commission of one support the effect of the other?
In other words - how does that idiom work?
Probably Aims can answer this better than me, I think they bottle it personally. With Denmark I think it is a quality issue no Laudrups running the showQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
you just need every game to go to pen kicks and you'll be fineQuote:
Originally Posted by Lulim
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...ter#flatter__3Quote:
flatter to deceive
to give the appearance of being better than the true situation
I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.
However, let's not spoil a perfect football discussion with language issues.
Mark> Maybe you would like to PM Kilted on this issue?
I don't think it's specifically Kilted's problem really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Also enough moaning about not winning the world cup. We havent been there since '98 ah the glory days and tom boyd costing us a draw against brazil in the opener.