Obviously you missed the match Germany / Australia :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
My tries today:
New Zealand vs Slovakia: Slowakia, 5 Melvilles
Ivory Coast vs Portugal: Draw, 5 Melvilles
Brazil vs N.Korea: Brazil, 5 Melvilles
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Obviously you missed the match Germany / Australia :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
My tries today:
New Zealand vs Slovakia: Slowakia, 5 Melvilles
Ivory Coast vs Portugal: Draw, 5 Melvilles
Brazil vs N.Korea: Brazil, 5 Melvilles
:lol: Actually I did miss it except for the very beginning. I'm sure Germany has been the top team so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulim
In honor of you Lulim, I'm going to agree with your picks and your currency, but I will alter the values for my bets.
New Zealand vs Slovakia: Slovakia, 10 Melvilles
Ivory Coast vs Portugal: Draw, 5 Melvilles
Brazil vs N.Korea: Brazil, 35 Melvilles
NZ v Slov- Draw 5
Portugal- 5
Brazil- 40
Scher i'm on 95. I put 5 on Cameroon not two. :)
Anyone wanting to grossly inflate their pool should whack the lot on NZ to lose.
You deserve better than even money for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
:eek2:
Slovakia win - 25
Portugal - 5
Brazil win - whatever I have in coin at the start of the game.
I agree, it's was painfully boring!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
New Zealand wins (10 muntstukke)
Portugal vs. Ivory Coast draws (5 muntstukke)
Brazil wins (10 muntstukke)
...man, I need to win something for change...
After the NZ vs Slovakia:
Bill: Out!
Jester: 30
Kilted: 95
Lulim: 90
Mark: 50
Neely: 65
Niamh: 100
Papaya: Out!
Paul : 93
Pren: 27
Scher: 105
Turquoise: 65
Virgil: 104
Ivory Coast vs Portugal:
Turquoise: Draw (5)
Kilted: Portugal (5)
Niamh: Portugal (5)
Virgil: Draw (5)
Lulim: Draw (5)
Neely: Portugal (5)
Paul: Portugal (10)
Jester: Portugal (15)
Scher: Portugal (20)
How was the NZ team? I couldn't watch them play and will miss the Portugal as well.
I was right though! :D what do i get for being right? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
5 Austens!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
:D
I must say Ivory Coast is doing very well even without Drogba. Let's see what Ronaldo does for his team.
Oh dear, poor results for me today, well done New Zealand for getting a draw beyond the odds though. I'll have to go all in on Brazil so 60 Sambas on Brazil, everything I've got.
ATM:
Bill: Out!
Jester: 15
Kilted: 90
Lulim: 95
Mark: 50
Neely: 60
Niamh: 95
Papaya: Out!
Paul : 83
Pren: 27
Scher: 85
Turquoise: 65
Virgil: 109
Brazil vs N.Korea
Turquoise: Brazil (10)
Kilted: Brazil (90)
Niamh: Brazil (40)
Virgil: Brazil (35)
Lulim: Brazil (5)
Neely: Brazil (60)
Paul: Brazil (10)
Jester: Brazil (15)
Mark: Brazil (50)
Scher: Brazil (65)
Pren: Brazil (20)
Most major teams have caused disappointment so far (apart from Germany); hope Brazil won't be one of those.
If they lose or draw, there will be a springing cleaning here (you know, it is tempting to wish a draw just to see that, actually :D:D:D).
And that would place Lulim at the top of the board! :)
Yes - it's shaking the predictions up a bit, but there's still a long way to go. Well done NZ and the Ivory Coast. I can't say I'm disappointed that the underdogs have done well.
Wow, I'm actually in the lead! :eek2: Doesn't it figure that the American who who has no knowledge of the game and much to everyone's chagrin refers to it as soccer and not football is in the lead. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I keep remembering 1966 when the North Koreans beat Italy and were two up against Portugal, before the great Eusaebio put them to the sword.
however 20 Peles on Brazil.
Oh, that doesn't say much really... Luck plays a major role in football; Italy did win the World Cup in 2006 after all!Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
:D
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Well Virgil you know what they say about us experts.
An ex is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure.
Crikey, if you'd been at the bookie's you'd have got 5:1 on a draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Well done!
Why thank you! If i'd gone to the bookies on saturday when i got my three predictions right i'd be loaded right now. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
ATM:
Bill: Out!
Jester: 30
Kilted: 180
Lulim: 100
Mark: 100
Neely: 120
Niamh: 135
Papaya: Out!
Paul : 93
Pren: 47
Scher: 150
Turquoise: 75
Virgil: 144
Tomorrow:
Honduras vs Chile
Spain vs Switzerland
South Africa vs Uruguay
Oh dear, for quite some time I thought it might really come to a draw :rolleyes:
Spain win - 20 crowns
N Korea did well! Pity they didn't pull another back. We're having a sweep at work tomorrow too. It's been very enjoyable so far.
We used to use football and soccer interchangeably when I was a lad Virgil. It's true that we tend to use football or footie, (not to confused with footsie), these days, but it's not odd to hear you refer to it as soccer. As for your predictions - it must be your Italian heritage. :D
I'm putting 10 on Chile first.
N Korea did very well, all the Asian teams have performed well above expectations so far, S Korea and Japan winning, very good fitness levels. Brazil did not play sexy football, but they got the win they wanted. Super Spain tomorrow.
For tomorrow:
Chile - 5 Nivens
Spain - 10 Nivens
Uruguay - 5 Nivens
If this were Hold 'Em, I'd bide my time. If this were money, I'd play a tight-aggressive game. But it's only pretend - though real enough, admittedly, to trigger my competitive instincts - so....
My entire roll on Spain. And if I come out of that with 200, put it all on Uruguay.
Paul - seriously. 5? 10? 5? Do you play poker at all? Because I'm in the Midlands from time to time.
I think next time we should have another rule:
- You can bet only up to 50% of your existing "wealth".
:D
Why? It's all about risk. Bill risked early and went out - and that's the downside to a bet that would have put him at a huge advantage had he won. Seems fair to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
You're right - I don't have much idea. I'm also torn between head and heart - I want the underdogs to win, though I bet on the likelies.
England though are a special case where head and heart unite before rending painfully... usually.
Oh really? I didn't know that is was used in Britain as well. I shold look upo the etymology of it. Ok, I just did and it's fascinating. Here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
http://usasoccerstud.com/why-we-call-it-soccer/Quote:
“Soccer’s etymology is not American but British,” explains Partha Mazumdar of the U.S. Embassy in London. “It comes from an abbreviation for Association Football, the official name of the sport (for those of you who have never heard the team “Association Football” before, it was named after the Football Association, which still governs English soccer, to differentiate itself from the other major type of football, Rugby Football, which was named after the Rugby School. FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, is French for the International Federation of Association Football… F-I-F-A).”
He continues, “For obvious reasons, in the 1880s and 1890s, English newspapers couldn’t use the first three letters of Association as an abbreviation in their pages, so they took the next syllable, S-O-C. With the British penchant for adding “-er” at the end of words: punter, footballer, copper, and, of course, nicknaming rugby, “rugger,” the word “soccer” was soon born, over a hundred years ago, here in England, the home of soccer. We adopted it and kept using it because we have our own indigenous sport that we call football.”
Still don’t like the word soccer? Blame the British, not us Yanks.
Blame the Brits!!! :lol: :lol:
Ok, my bets for today:
Chile to win ~ 6 pesos
Spain to win ~ 20 pesos
S. Africa/Uraguay ~ Draw 10 pesos
I think I should start betting too, but I don’t want to lose. :nonod:
That Korean number 9 was fantastic, we were jumping up and down when they scored.
40 reales on spain please.-Will I never learn?
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
I know what you mean Paul. Because there are no odds there is no point risking anything on an underdog, even though you would like them to win.
It's not real money Snowqueen. We're just playing. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
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Originally Posted by Virgil
I don't mind the word Soccer at all. BUT why do you Americans call a game of throw and catch, football?
That's a good question. The game has evolved to where it's predominantly a throw, catch, and run sport, but the original play involved more kicking than it does today. There's kicking in the game (kick offs, punts, field goal, extra points), but not as much as say a hundred years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
This gives you a little history but it doesn't say how kicking was more integral to the earlier game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football.
I guess this may explain the "football" aspect better: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_Ame..._'football'
Virgil's wiki-answers link looks like a pretty rational explanation--I had never thought about it before...
this link might put the role of "passing" into historical perspective--it had been, originally, an illegal play (or at least, one not addressed by the rules or something...). The game was just about running before that, with the occasional kick (I believe)--something like rugby, I imagine, but with stopping and planning about how to achieve a score, as well as how to reach an intermediary (and ongoing) sub-aim of advancing the ball 10 yards or more in four 'plays' or less.
EDIT further research reveals that, originally, the numbers were a bit different for those things. But who cares? We aren't here to discuss football--this thread is about SOCCER! :thumbs_up Sorry!
Honduras vs Chile: Draw, 5 Hardys
Spain vs Switzerland: Spain, 5 Hardys
South Africa vs Uruguay: South Africa, 5 Hardys
ahhhhh I was a high roller for about 2 days.
10 on Chile
20 on Spain
10 on a Draw between SA and Uru although i'm more leaning toward Uru.
ok -20 on Chile
15 on spain (but think the swiss will be stiffer competition than spain will anticipate)
10 on South Africa