Beaney
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Post by Beaney on Dec 3, 2009 16:26:01 GMT
Then you'd have teams deliberately playing badly!
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Post by frakey on Dec 3, 2009 18:55:33 GMT
The World Cup is still a marvellous tournament. As a NL follower, I tend to forget the crap that follows the Prem Lgue & just watch my country's team pit their wits against the other qualifiers.
Having been fortunate enough to attend a match at the last one, I have to say the experience before, during & after the game, was fantastic. If only England could take penalties!!!
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Post by Andy K on Dec 4, 2009 14:07:19 GMT
An interesting spin on the World Cup, if the world champions were on a knockout basis (more akin to Boxing really) Current champions are the Netherlands. Always good to see that even with this system that its its the only chance Wales have of being "World Champions"  (Sorry Nick, couldn't help it!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unofficial_Football_World_ChampionshipsAnd its own website www.ufwc.co.uk/ |
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Post by Burtie on Dec 4, 2009 15:08:27 GMT
Fantastic! And amazing that the famous 1967 game between England & Scotland WAS actually part of the sequence of UFWC games - what are the odds?
They should definitely produce a trophy. Or a belt, might be more appropriate.
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Post by medibot on Dec 4, 2009 15:09:25 GMT
Odd, i would have guessed that the last time Wales were World Champions on this basis was when we beat West Germany 1-0 after the 1990 World Cup but it seems it was beating Italy in 1988.
Another entertaining Scottish invention.
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Post by Burtie on Dec 4, 2009 16:05:09 GMT
I can't believe Scotland are the Muhammed Ali of the UFWC world. They're abysmal in real life.
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Post by medibot on Dec 4, 2009 16:29:06 GMT
Hilariously so in their last match when Wales blew them away.
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Post by Chalmers on Dec 4, 2009 18:21:46 GMT
Surely France are nailed on with a warm ball to play South Africa, can't have them going out!! WARM BALL!!!!!! |
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Post by Chalmers on Dec 4, 2009 18:25:56 GMT
Noot a bad draw though. i suspect predictabiity.
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USA will be tough, oz or ghana 2nd round France or Mexico quarters, prob go out, if not beat Brazil in the semis and Spain in the final!!! easy!!!
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Post by os on Dec 4, 2009 19:35:57 GMT
What about the bird making the draw, I tip her to go all the way to the final  |
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Beaney
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Post by Beaney on Dec 4, 2009 19:42:38 GMT
The man was a bit creepy.
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Post by Burtie on Dec 4, 2009 21:41:00 GMT
Apart from Brazil/Portugal/Ivory Coast, they ALL look pretty easy to me. I don't see too many shocks in the group phase.
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Beaney
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Post by Beaney on Dec 4, 2009 21:53:20 GMT
Bloody Blatter misbehaving again. When he saw the official world cup ball he said 'How can I handle the ball? In football you cannot handle the ball!' Why is this idiot allowed to run such a huge organization? I could do a better job with a blindfold on, earplugs in, hands tied behind my back and two five year olds strapped to my ankles.
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(Sorry Nick, couldn't help it!)
