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Suho1004: I think the people in his company caught him typing pro-Irish things and have strung him up!!

Sorry...I'm a bit out of breath...can't stay long...the 'hordes' are still searching for me *looks around in panic*

'Sheesh'...and I'm only a little bit Irish....*ducks under desk as ravening horde rushes by with cries of 'Get the traitor'...'String him up!'...'Don't let him escape alive!'....*

Hehe...the fighting Irish! 1-1!!!

Go Camaroon! I hope they send the Germans packin'!

Whew, well at least you're OK.

Hey Emps, I'll take you up on that Guinness.... and since when have we had a rec room?!

Wha...? We have a rec room??!!?? Oh, you mean the basement...well, suho will feel right at home, I guess...are electic shocks good for Guiness?

I'm really going to have to insist that you guys stop misspelling Guinness. I believe that's a capital offense in some places. And if it isn't it should be.

And the rec room is the basement. That's slightly disappointing.

Anyway, I can't see how running electrical currents through Guinness could be all that good. Of course, running electrical currents through me while I'm downing a pint of Guinness might work. Hmmm....

Ooohhh, we'll haveta try that...but first, let's up the wattage abit...what does this round dial do? ZZZZZZzzap! Whoops! Sorry 'bout that Suho...man, nice hair! Looks like you need a new Guinness...your old one evaporated...uhhh...cheers...

It's now after midnight here and I can barely even see straight anymore. The electrical currents don't seem to be helping... draw me another Guinness, will ya?

i know who wins!!!!



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Just to create some friendly banter i don't think Usa will win the cup and ENGLAND!!! will get further in the tournament!!!

How far ahead can you guys go?

Do you know who won the finals..if so
please don't post , ok, still early June
down here.

thanks

Hey man were i'm only watching sengal v denmark at the time of the post so we are not too far ahead!!


changed to the right match soz peeps

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aroma: Wow, you must be in an alternate universe; in my universe Senegal is playing Denmark.

As for your "friendly banter," although I'd like to believe that the US could go all the way, I'd say chances are that they won't win the Cup. Not that it couldn't happen, I just don't think it's likely. Then again, no one thought they would beat Portugal. And England going further than the US? Well, I guess we'll just have to see about that, won't we?

ShootingStar: Well, I'm glad you reminded me of that... I was just about to spoil the surprise!

Looking ahead, any predictions for France-Uruguay? I've got to admit, I would love to see France lose again...

France 3 - Uruguay 1

Any predictions for England v Argentina ?

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3-1, eh? Well, I won't be watching the game... my wife insisted we rent Moulin Rouge. She says she's tired of football being on all the time.

And I'll say 2-1 Argentina, although I doubt you'll agree.

2-1 England!!

aroma: I try not use technical footballing expression but I suspect we are going to get dicked. Something like 4 - 1 if we are lucky.

I've got money riding on Argentina not winning but I don't think England have it in them to cause any kind of upset at this stage. We'll see.

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The england players have been preparing for ages who'd a thought we'd beat the germans 5-1?

Argentina-England is a very interesting game!!
since the Malvinas War that game make a lot of morbo in the fans!!!

But I cannot think until Spain's game tomorrow.

3-1 France, eh? Hehe... didn't watch the game, but apparently they played to a 0-0 draw! Well aroma, since you're on such a roll, how about a friendly little wager on the England-Argentina match? No points, just winner. If England wins, I'll give you my meds for next week. But if Argentina wins, you give me yours. Deal?



Seriously, though, it looks like the French are in trouble. Henry was ejected from the match?! Well, I haven't studied the group standings, but it doesn't look good for France. Now who was it that was telling me in that first thread that I would see why France are the number one team? The way they're playing, they're not going to make it past group play! And I don't care how much talent you may have, if you don't play like the number one team, then you're not the number one team.

Not only are the French in trouble, but things look pretty bad for Germany...Camaroon played very well against the Saudis...and the Saudis can now start packin'...the first 'losers' of the WM...

Even though I expect the Germans to survive to the next round...it's going to be difficult...I really think it will all come down to whether or not Camaroon can score against Khan...he will either save the day, or the Germans can start packing, too.

Of course, Ireland has to win against Saudi Arabia...but I think they won't have too much trouble doing that...

Ain't the WM great?

Looking pretty bad for Germany? Are you sure? All they need is a draw against Cameroon; their current goal differential would guarantee that they would top out if three teams ended up with five points each--unless Ireland blows out Saudi like the Germans did. If they lose to Cameroon, then yeah, they're gone, but I honestly don't see that happening. I don't think they'll choke. I predict that Germany will come out on top of the group and Ireland will be second.

And where did our British friend aroma go? Were the stakes too high?

Seriously, though, I'm looking forward to the England-Argentina match. That should be a good one.

well looks like Nigeria is packing right about now lol

2:1 Sweden...

Go Doc, gooo Doc, goooooo Dooocc!

MAX

Hehe...

Well, only about two hours or so until the England-Argentina match, and still no sign of aroma... and I was hoping to win some meds.

Hey i'm here within a few mins of kick-off please explain meds?

Ireland need to beat the Suadis by two clear goals to get into the next round!!! notice who scored for Ireland Robbie Keane, striker for Leeds United who I support and come from the city hence my website www.lufc-online.co.uk also Ian Harte, and Gary Kelly who play for Ireland are good old Leeds players, and Radebe of South Africa also plays for Leeds!!

Please explain the bet !!!!

Aroma

P.S apart from the WC, Lennox Lewis is gonna knock out Tyson and he's gonna land on that canvas and wake up in hospital wandering what has hit him!!!

aroma:

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Well aroma, since you're on such a roll, how about a friendly little wager on the England-Argentina match? No points, just winner. If England wins, I'll give you my meds for next week. But if Argentina wins, you give me yours. Deal?

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~starts mixing the Paxo for the stuffing the Argentinians are going to hand the England team~

Tyson is scum and doesn't desrve to walk the streets let alone get paid vast quantities of cash to fight (in a sport that should be banned anyway).

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3-1 Beaten Paraguay!!!!!!!!

Spain is the first team to pass to 8th.

aroma: your meds, you know... you mean haven't been getting your meds?! No wonder you think England is going to win!

[Edit: Hmm... but England is putting the pressure on... *wrings hands*]

[Edit: Oh, yeah, and if Ireland can't beat Saudi by two goals, then they don't deserve to go through]

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Oh! ok, Argentina will beat england.

i am not an expert in wc games...but why when they get equal scores they don't play extra time?

Not in group play. It just goes down as a draw, and each team only gets one point, as opposed to three points for a win.

[Edit: Oh, I get it. You're asking why they don't play overtime? Because group play is not elimination. After group play, they do play overtime, and they go to a penalty shootout if that doesn't solve it. Does that answer your question?]

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Oh, this is not good. Penalty kick for England...

[Edit: and he scores... ]

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so winner wins 3 points?

in the match of germany 8 / 0 ...do they get extra points for their victory?

No, they don't get any extra points, but when all the group matches are finished if two teams have the same number of points then the team with the greater goal differential gets the higher position.

Heh...the end game...as I understand it...the first rounds use the 'golden goal' system...where there are two 15 min end game times unless one team scores, then the game is over. Thus 'golden goal'. For the rest of the games, it comes down to goal shooting in the case of equal scores at the end of the official time.

Though in the first match-ups, there is no overtime...I think that begins in the next round...

hope that clears things up for you...

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ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND! ENGLAND!

BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM!

Also Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Fowler (when he plays) and Nigel Martyn also play for Leeds United.

Did you know that Veron for Argentina, Beckham, Scholes, and Butt also play for the same club team that is Manchester United?

Well it looks like I'll have to eat my words England are one up.

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how much times a loosing team plays?

2 losses and out or 3 then out?

For all you in confusion if it's a draw in the group stages i.e the two teams level on goals e.g. 1-1 2-2 3-3 etc it stays as a draw each team gets one point,

In the next stage i.e knockout stage when it's a draw extra time is played 15 mins each way, the game is stopped when the first goal in extra time is scored hence the name golden goal if no goal is scored in extra time then it's penalties this means 5 penalties each team and by any chance both teams score the same amount of penalties it goes into sudden death penalties which means if one team scores the other team must score aswell or they lose, or if one team misses and the next team scores they win.

Now there shouldn't be any more confusion ( i hope) regarding the rules.

Aroma

Well, I'm not quite ready to eat my words yet, but OMG can you say pressure! The Argentinian keeper must feel like he's in front of a firing squad!

Lallous: in group play each team plays one match against each of the other teams, making three matches. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, you play them all. After that it's elimination, which means when you lose, you go home.