Who's Gonna Win the World Cup?!

Lemmy · #1 June 4th, 2002, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Holland did not make it out of their grouping.

Rep. Ire. and Bel made it out of that group.

As for winner.

May St. George's cross be raised high.

actually it was Portugal and Ireland...and it still hurts..i mean how can you lose your decisive match if you get 2 penalties and an 11 - 10 men advantage

Lemmy · #2 June 4th, 2002, 10:10 PM

oh...and i'm boycotting this world cup

hope denmark gets far though...they got some good players playing in the dutch competition...

geoschmo · #3 June 4th, 2002, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by Quikngruvn:
Heh. The US would almost have to do better than in '98... from dead Last, you can only go up!

Quikngruvn

Well, actually no. You could finish Last again. But you can't do worse I suppose.

dmm · #4 June 5th, 2002, 12:00 AM

US was 4th in the Olympics. How is that possible?

TerranC · #5 June 5th, 2002, 12:57 AM

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Originally posted by Lemmy:
oh...and i'm boycotting this world cup

From what I've heard from Former coach Guus Hiddink, Holland lost because it was too self-confident and became decadent.

So you are boycotting this Phenomenal world cup for your team's misdeeds.

whatever.

oleg · #6 June 5th, 2002, 04:14 PM

Wow, it's getting better and better !

I would't dream that after 1st round Korea and USA will top their group ! Amazing !!

dmm · #7 June 5th, 2002, 04:47 PM

Well, don't say I didn't warn you!!

Link to NY Times article about US and Korean victories.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/sp...5CND-VECS.html

An interesting point made was that the US actually beat England in World Cup play -- in 1950. Talk about a miracle! All of you pub frequenters should be able to make money off of that bit of trivia. Send my cut to Aaron and tell him to make a scenario editor.