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BBuck · Decorated Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 184

Bah, grump. Again. Has anyone else managed, after a careful sifting process, a delicate balancing of skill and strength, and a consideration of who is playing the US ( Laughing

), to select loads of players who don't get a bl**dy game?

R1: Reyes, Ferreira & Messi
R2: Reyes & Johnson
R3: Van Bronckhorst & Pauleta. And counting.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:25 pm

European Chris

U-S-A....U-S-A....U-S-A...

Oh wait Laughing

**Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:08 pm

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SteveC · Unfettered Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381

I selected an ivory coast player who despite having played 90 mins in teh past two games decided not to bother getting off the bench this time... Ho hum.. At least I'm near the top again, but not for long I think...

**Posted:** Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:09 pm

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SteveC · Unfettered Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381

And now my two spaniards don't get fielded.. bugger.. turning out to be a pretty terrible round! At least Ronaldo turned out to be worth at least some of his value this time though.

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Hahah - while I was posting that - torres got put in for the last twenty mins. better than nothing - now if he can score 6 goals, I'll be happy.

**Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:28 pm

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European Chris

I are a footballs.

Goooooooaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

**Posted:** Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:45 pm

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Im on the move Very Happy

i knew Rodriguez would be a good choice (What a goal) At start of day was 41st Now had a good jump to provisional 29th, Top 10 Here i come Very Happy

**Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:47 am

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European Chris

England win...Hooray!

**Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:33 pm

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acol · Greenhorn Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 8

Lucky this is a trout free zone, but has anyone else looked at the first letter of each player in Sente's starting 11? http://fantasyfootball.metro.co.uk/M/eventhist.mc?id=229202

Not a massive puzzle I'll admit, but probably the reason he isn't doing so well. Cute though.

Unfortunately, I have no such excuse.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:02 pm

GasparLewis nli · Guest

Yeah, USA blew it, big time.

I'm very happy for Ghana, but then again, it would have been nice not to be out with so much egg on our faces. The Czech republic might be out as well, but their W-D-L record doesn't match that of Trinidad and Tobago. Not that I'm digging at T&T, but you'd expect the US to do better... Crying or Very sad

(Of course, if I wanted to get all defense-mode, Japan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia did the same as us in both WDL and points, but still, we stunk, no question. And instead of getting better, we'll care less and do even worse come 2010.)

But, hey, how about that Portugal/Netherlands match? Was that thing insane or what?! The damn red cards went flying through the whole match, and the Dutch players came so close so many times I was in Empathy Mode with all of Holland. The ref was a joke, seriously.

I can still enjoy the cup with ym home nation out.
Not that you need any, but here's another good British fight song.
From the lead singer of the Darkness, and catchy as all hell.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:27 pm

BBuck · Decorated Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 184

I think there's an e-mail on this doing the rounds, but in case you've not seen, there's an excellent French site:

http://www.11football.com/coupedumonde2006/index.php

Click on a score and it tells you who scored... then click on the name and it shows you the goal. Not the highest res, but enough to see it OK.

No clips for red & yellows, though. Probably a good thing after last night's game.

**Posted:** Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:02 am

European Chris

Possibly the first time an Italian takes a drive to AVOID a penalty.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2245827,00.html

**Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:44 pm

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Tintintin · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 137 Location: London

You know you've been speccing over PXC too long when things like that immediately prompt you to wonder, "did he fall or was he pushed?"

**Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:53 pm

SteveC · Unfettered Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381

Seriously folks - I know nada about football and I'm 20 something points on top? - in other news - I'm actually 507th in the overall game - nowhere near the points....

Well - I've got my team for the next round - roll on..

**Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:43 pm

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Tintintin · Veteran Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 137 Location: London

It's a funny old game.

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:02 pm

Gibbet · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 121

It's that time again. Last 16 has been whittled down to 8 and England are still stuttering along.

So here are the current standings:

**Posted:** Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:43 pm

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