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poptimistsGroup F Initial Results
Brazil ran out worthy winners over Australia last night in their Group F opener, but the Poperoos had their share of chances and goals in a thrilling encounter. Brazil played dazzling football and never looked like losing, but thanks to some excellent team play in the Australian midfield, they never truly dominated. Both camps seemed optimistic last night - pundits are already comparing![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thenipper's side with PWC 1970's Tropicalia heroes, and every neutral must be looking forward to their clash with Japan. As for the Australians, they refused to be downhearted in defeat. "If we play like that against Croatia and Japan, we'll qualify", said a source close to the team.
In the other group F game, two late goals gave Japan victory over a dogged and well-drilled Croatia side. The win was a fair reflection of Japan's greater skill and attacking play, though for most of the match they couldn't find a way through a maze of Croatian bodies. Commentators have wondered if the weight of expectations is affecting Japan's play, though with an ultimately comfortable win under their belt the team and management will have no such complaints.
(Vote here to affect the course of Group F.)
Brazil ran out worthy winners over Australia last night in their Group F opener, but the Poperoos had their share of chances and goals in a thrilling encounter. Brazil played dazzling football and never looked like losing, but thanks to some excellent team play in the Australian midfield, they never truly dominated. Both camps seemed optimistic last night - pundits are already comparing
thenipper's side with PWC 1970's Tropicalia heroes, and every neutral must be looking forward to their clash with Japan. As for the Australians, they refused to be downhearted in defeat. "If we play like that against Croatia and Japan, we'll qualify", said a source close to the team.In the other group F game, two late goals gave Japan victory over a dogged and well-drilled Croatia side. The win was a fair reflection of Japan's greater skill and attacking play, though for most of the match they couldn't find a way through a maze of Croatian bodies. Commentators have wondered if the weight of expectations is affecting Japan's play, though with an ultimately comfortable win under their belt the team and management will have no such complaints.
(Vote here to affect the course of Group F.)
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Date: 2006-02-23 11:01 am (UTC)Olé!
Date: 2006-02-23 11:03 am (UTC)CSS would like to thank all their loyal fans for their support so far, but they're keeping their feet on the ground, because, as they are fully aware, the Pop World Cup is a marathon, not a sprint, and there's still everything to play for.
Re: Olé!
Date: 2006-02-23 11:04 am (UTC)I think Japan can beat Oz.
Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:16 am (UTC)GERMANY - 189 points (Qualify as winners)
ECUADOR - 167 points (Qualify)
Trinidad and Tobago - 156 points (QUALIFY AS WINNERS)
Poland - 144 points
GHANA - 142 points (Qualify as winners)
CZECH REPUBLIC - 134 points (Qualify)
IVORY COAST - 132 points (Qualify as Group winners)
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - 130 points (Qualify as runners-up)
HOLLAND - 128 points
England - 127 points (QUALIFY)
USA - 126 points
IRAN - 124 points (Qualify as winners)
PORTUGAL - 119 points (Qualify)
Sweden - 119 points
MEXICO - 112 points
ARGENTINA - 110 points
Paraguay - 100 points
Costa Rica - 100 points
ANGOLA - 104 points
ITALY - 98 points
Fascinating to see that Poland failed to progress with such a high points total. The Dutch may also take some solace here as the failure in a tough group came despite clearly winning many fans with their direct attacking play. Iran may breathe a sigh of relief when nobody's looking as their total would not have been enough to proceed in other groups, and the Swedes may gaze at Portugal with bitter envy. Above, or rather below, all, the Italians will be aghast with the shame of receiving the lowest points total so far. But it's not over yet...
Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:21 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:21 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:23 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:29 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:36 am (UTC)What we need per group: List of people who voted and the scores they gave. Then work out the percentage each team attracted e.g. Germany got 74& of the vote, or something.
Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:41 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:42 am (UTC)Group B - 25 people
Group C - 25 people
Group D - 23 people
Group E - 25 people
To be honest I would quite like it if more people voted! I suppose downloading 20MB of MP3s isn't always easy especially from people on work accounts.
Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:43 am (UTC)Of course not, the whole point is finding this number! And since each voter gives out 20 points for each group, the group total divided by 20 yields number of voters (in case of no clerical errors, obv).
If I'm not completely mistaken, these are the average-points per voter results:
GERMANY - 6.3 Q1
Trinidad and Tobago - 6.215139442 Q1
GHANA - 5.68 Q1
ECUADOR - 5.566666667 Q2
IRAN - 5.403050109 Q1
CZECH REPUBLIC - 5.36 Q2
IVORY COAST - 5.28 Q1
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - 5.2 Q2
PORTUGAL - 5.185185185 Q2
HOLLAND - 5.12
England - 5.059760956 Q2
USA - 5.04
MEXICO - 4.880174292
Poland - 4.8
Sweden - 4.741035857
ANGOLA - 4.531590414
ARGENTINA - 4.4
Paraguay - 3.984063745
ITALY - 3.92
Costa Rica - 3.333333333
Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:46 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:33 am (UTC)Another stat for you:
Most 1/10 scores given:
Costa Rica - 9
Paraguay, USA - 6
Italy - 5
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Date: 2006-02-23 11:39 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 11:41 am (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 02:42 pm (UTC)Re: Poptimism World Cup Overall Table
Date: 2006-02-23 12:01 pm (UTC)Still baffled by Argentina's poor results. Other than that, my views = broadly in line with the hivemind so far.
OVERALL TABLE UNDERALL BABEL
Date: 2006-02-23 11:36 am (UTC)with all of love TINY IRAN xx
Re: OVERALL TABLE UNDERALL BABEL
Date: 2006-02-23 11:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 11:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 11:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 11:35 am (UTC)I am surprised the Japanese team is apparently not seeing the results I expected. It's a side which seems to me strong in all departments, full of running and energy, with the potential for lots of goals.
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Date: 2006-02-23 11:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 11:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 11:53 am (UTC)(haha i did google "spanish prog" at one point but came up with nothing even sükråt wd host...
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Date: 2006-02-23 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 01:08 pm (UTC)*runs away*
I JUDGE THAT...
Date: 2006-02-23 01:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 03:43 pm (UTC)MATCH SUMMARY
Date: 2006-02-24 01:17 pm (UTC)Brazil: where Mexico failed by adopting a model they couldn't live up to (which i keep forgetting to look up the name of), Brazil improvise round not just A but THE classic in the field: by a deft reversal substitution the once-startling-now-shticky theme of the THE NORMAL'S "WARM LEATHERETTE" strategy is supplanted not by its present-day equivalent but by a mere generic descendent, a tactic as brilliant it's sardonic
Croatia:Uncomplicatedly superior play, as comfortable wth the effewctivenes of traditional virtues as with the directness of the more popular euro styles of the last ten years
Japan: those
j-rapfoopball connoisseurs able to remember the great MELON line-up will be disappointed i think: where their forebears made a signal virtue of they ways they COULDN'T merely mimic, this present showing suggests too great a commitment to precision imitation, a distinct fear of cultural collision and flair arisingno subject
Date: 2006-02-26 07:08 am (UTC)I agree. Too bad I dislike "Genius of Love." In a further divergence from the hivemind, I think this is the worst group, at least since the previous one.
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