World Cup: Quarter Finals - Picks? Tips? last chance... | 64 comments (64 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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And by the way: congratulations to Brazil and FRANCE on their victories last night! I have been hearing from many football fan friends that Spain is quite a good team...so this victory by France is quite a surprise (yes?).

Anyway, I didn't do very well with my 8th final picks:

I correctly chose Germany, Argentina, Italy and Brazil...but was wrong in not picking England, Portugal, France or Ukraine. 50%...

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 03:44:34 AM EST

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My picks for the Quarter Finals:

Argentina, Brazil, England and Italy

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 03:45:19 AM EST
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I must admit, Jerome's picks down thread are admirable, being all European and all...so I applaud that. And he did pick almost all the winners in the 8th finals too...
My Quarter Final picks are not without some hesitancy...for I think Portugal could beat England, except they will play all game with 10 players, so that gives a big edge to England (I think). And I haven't seen Germany play yet, but have seen two Argentina games, and so far I think Argentina is in a good position to win (including the fact that they got a good scare put into them by Mexico). Italy will beat Ukraine...though I suspect it will be a boring defensive batle. France and Brazil? Perhaps France will surprize again...though I have yet to watch a Brazil game, and they haven't really semed to be challenged much (plus they have just seemed to be warming up for these coming rounds)...so Brazil.

For the Semi-finals and Finals: I have to say that I have a slight bias for an African or South American country winning...I just like the idea of our Black or Brown citizens of the world winning once in awhile. So I guess that leans me in the Brazilian or Argentinian direction...

So the semi-finals:
Brazil beats France
Argentina beats Germany

For 3rd and 4th place:
Germany beats France

Finals

Argentina vs Brazil...and I need to think about who I think will win what would be a great game... stay tuned...

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 08:11:35 AM EST
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I think Portugal could beat England, except they will play all game with 10 players

You think they'll get a red card at the beginning?

I haven't seen Germany play yet

Surprisingly good. Could be the best (or at least most enjoyable to watch) German side in history. Still, Argentine seems at level with them.

I just like the idea of our Black or Brown citizens of the world winning once in awhile.

Plenty of black and brown citizens of the world in the French team -- and mostly white ones in the Argentina team :-)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 09:15:44 AM EST
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Red cards: I thought that because the Portuguese team had people red carded it rolled over to the next game. No?

SA teams: point taken!

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 09:29:40 AM EST
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But that doesn't mean Portugal can't field 11 players. It does mean they can't field all the players that they would like.

In the long run, we're all misquoted — not Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 09:31:36 AM EST
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As Migeru said; but an important but red-carded (or injured) player on the benches can hurt a team very much. Portugal now misses two of its three good offensive midfielders (injured Christiano Ronaldo, and his red-carded Brasilian-born rival Deco) and the other red-carded, central midfielder Costinha.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 09:41:09 AM EST
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Okay, I'm learnin the fine points of the game. Red cards only mean the specific player is out...but not that the team is down the number of players. Hmm...now I may have to re-consider my vote on this game (though I will hold off for the moment...)

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

by whataboutbob on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 10:44:41 AM EST
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Bob you are SUCH an expat Yank ;-)

Remind me if I ever come to Switzerland to challenge you to snooker, croquet, Finnish baseball and beach cricket (Locarno has beaches doesn't it?) ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 01:32:42 PM EST
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Bob you are SUCH an expat Yank ;-)

Good thing we have Sven around, I was at a loss for words...

In the long run, we're all misquoted — not Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 01:34:50 PM EST
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Jen thought red cards meant that the entire team was disqualified.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 02:13:49 PM EST
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BTW (none / 0)

According to a prominent African rainman, the point of cricket is as follows:

15 men dressed in white go out into a large open area. Two of them hold war clubs, another two are clearly shamans in their longer coats ands ceremonial hats. The shamans place 6 sticks in the ground and then the rest of them form celestial positions around the sticks.

Then it starts to rain.

Powerful medicine!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 01:38:55 PM EST
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Nah. The point of cricket is to provide background movement when drinking on a summer's evening. It's quite relaxing to watch, especially when you have no idea what the rules are.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 01:40:47 PM EST
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Good lord man, have you never heard of sight screens?

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Jun 28th, 2006 at 02:09:25 PM EST
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