Here's the BBC link for all you lucky people who live in Wales - and the other UK folk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/sp...l_now6a_bb.asx
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Here's the BBC link for all you lucky people who live in Wales - and the other UK folk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/sp...l_now6a_bb.asx
I plan on beating him to death with his kids. I'll use them as a bludgeon on his face. -
--Good for them if they survive.
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Originally Posted by Celerystalksme
Well Australia winning in the world cup and the English winning the ashes...its the same likelyhood!We should have had a public holiday when we won The Ashes
I plan on beating him to death with his kids. I'll use them as a bludgeon on his face. -
--Good for them if they survive.
mostly harmless
Nice one!
Oh dear, USA are losing...
Darth Monk Like.
You're absolutely right ... if we were talking about tennis and not the group stage of a soccer competition.
I particularly like the pausative use of the ellipsis.
You do not need to see my I.D.
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The FIFA rankings are kind of a joke, you can become one of the highest ranked teams just by beating Canada and Cuba lots. Fortunately the seeding system used for the World Cup(which decided the groups and thus the first round matches) is a bit more reflective of the performance of the teams on the world stage.Why is it that the #5 world ranked team plays the number #3?
Shouldn't the #1 ranked team play the lowest ranked and so forth?
There is a nice explanation of how the seeding system works on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeding...FIFA_World_Cup
Another important factor in how the games of the group stages are arranged is that FIFA likes to keep teams from the same continent relatively apart, so when the draw was made they had a complicated system set up so that two African teams weren't in the same group (for instance) and likewise with other continents. As Europe dominates soccer (we have about 14 teams out of 32 at this World Cup) they set it up so at maximum only two European teams could be in the same group.
Last edited by Cheese; 06-12-2006 at 07:19 PM.
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Ghana look a bit handy, apart from their keeper, just got a free in a dangerous position.
apiah and esien were like lonely stars on the ground.Italy was same.There was nothing to watch.
g0 brazil....
Frog Shoulder
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That was kind of poetic. You could learn from that Chebus.
BT Rep: +10
hahah the ashes will be the most over hyped miss match series ever this year Gabba Wacc we never lose 2-0 up BOOM series overWell Australia winning in the world cup and the English winning the ashes...its the same likelyhood!We should have had a public holiday when we won The Ashes
Yes the rankings are bullshit Japon ranked 18 where ranked what 43?? so does that mean where ranked 18 now because we beat japon?? just a example of how fucked the rankings are
yes we had a public holuday on monday yesterday because of some woman they call a Queen that lives in England had a birthday (well wasnt it her real bday last month?)
always annoying
Que Viva Mexico!
Jaaaaja jaaa ja.... im still happy.
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