Football World Cup 2010

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

England's first game is against the USA. Which'll be an interesting night in our Anglo-American family.




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

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Dear mark,

Thank you very much for your unsolicited concern. It is appreciated. I have spoken to Scher to confirm my choice, which just leaves me to say

Come on Ennnnglannnd!

Paul:biggrin5:

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

Dear mark,

Thank you very much for your unsolicited concern. It is appreciated. I have spoken to Scher to confirm my choice, which just leaves me to say

Come on Ennnnglannnd!

Paul:biggrin5:

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Put a couple more n's in there and the chant will be longer than England's run.

Italy has always been the favorite of my heart; if not Italy it would be cool if USA finally won one, and third I'd like see England. Would also be nice if one of the African countries won.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

Put a couple more n's in there and the chant will be longer than England's run.

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Not to be pedantic but "n's" indicates that something belongs to "n" (apostrophe of possession). To indicate plural existence of this particular letter, I think, the correct usage should be "ns" (or "Ns" to prevent confusion).

:p

On with football.

Virgil> Not to revive the old discussions but Italy got very lucky last time round!

:D

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Night> The kick-off is on June 11th (South Africa v Mexico).

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That will be one hell of a laugh.

South Africa 0 - Mexico 5

Thats my prediction. lol

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Originally Posted by dizzydoll

That will be on hell of a laugh.

South Africa 0 - Mexico 5

Thats my prediction. lol

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Hey, you can never tell what happens in front their own supporters. I will be rooting for SA. :)

How come Kazakhstan didn't make the Cup? :p

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

Put a couple more n's in there and the chant will be longer than England's run.

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:lol:

I live in hope....

I like the avatar. Is that Heath Ledger? He looks a bit different.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Oh, come on, BB!

We were really relying on you...

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Oh well, allowing for the fact that I know one end of a football pitch from another, I'll go for Botswana.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Hey, you can never tell what happens in front their own supporters. I will be rooting for SA. :)

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LOL. you havent seen them play. No one supports them here, everybody and I mean everybody is tired of our soccer team. Their own supporters are the MOST angry at them. lol. But you will see, they are masters at the dribble I believe. lol

and Botswana. lol. well now... thats out of the frying pan into the fire. Now this is really getting funny. LOL.
But wait, Botswana probably beat SA, if they ever come up against each other.

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Odds to win according to one website: --

Italy, Holland, France and Portugal are four European teams who shouldn’t be written off. Each team is capable of winning the World Cup if they can find their form at the right time. Italy and Holland topped their qualification groups, where as France and Portugal struggled and had to win playoff matches.


Odds To Win The World Cup: Fractional (American) (All Odds Taken from Ladbrokes.com On The 11/24/09)

Spain - 9/2 (+450)
Brazil - 9/2 (+450)
England - 6/1 (+600)
Argentina - 8/1 (+8000)
Germany - 12/1 (+1200)
Italy - 14/1 (+1400)
Netherlands - 14/1 (+1400)
France - 14/1 (+1400)
Portugal - 14/1 (+1400)
Ivory Coast - 20/1 (+2000)
Chile - 40/1 (+4000)
Cameroon - 66/1 (+6600)
Paraguay - 66/1 (+6600)
Ghana - 66/1 (+6600)
Serbia - 66/1 (+6600)
Mexico - 80/1 (+8000)
USA - 80/1 (+8000)
Greece - 80/1 (+8000)
Uruguay - 100/1 (+10000)
Nigeria - 100/1 (+10000)
South Africa - 100/1 (+10000)
Australia - 100/1 (+10000)
Denmark - 100/1 (+10000)
Slovenia - 100/1 (+10000)
Switzerland - 150/1 (+15000)
Japan - 200/1 (+20000)
Slovakia - 250/1 (+25000)
South Korea - 250/1 (+25000)
Algeria - 250/1 (+25000)
New Zealand - 500/1 (+50000)
Honduras - 500/1 (+50000)
North Korea - 500/1 (+50000) All odds taken from Ladbrokes.com 11/24/2009)

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Taking all bets....

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Virgil> Not to revive the old discussions but Italy got very lucky last time round!

:D

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Lucky is in the eye of the beholder. They won. :D

I picked Cameroon, but actually meant to choose Ivory Coast. Can it be changed, please? If not, that's OK, I just wanted to 'bet on' the best African team.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

not only a few teams from the same country (a la American baseball "world" series) :p

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Hey man, they let the Toronto Blue Jays play too! That's two countries which is sort of global.

I voted England, its more of a hope than a prediction.

When England do well in the World Cup... people become nicer! Pubs get an atmosphere better than any saturday night football match, because everyones on the same side. We used to get time off school to watch the England matches in the main hall.

On the note that I despise football wholeheartedly. I'll root for England to win in the World Cup no matter what ^_^ Same as I root for England in 3 Day Eventing, or in random Olympic sports I don't like either. Its just what you do ^_^ ... nice weather and an England win, people will be a lot happier! (Plus my boss is a football fan and he really should be happy!)

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Originally Posted by Paulclem

I like the avatar. Is that Heath Ledger? He looks a bit different.

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Actually, it's me at my elder daughter's Halloween birthday party. It went down pretty well with the seven-year-olds.