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Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

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Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:57 pm

Who's backing who then?

Here's a stat hopefully not posted before:

If the Dutch win, Sneijder will have won 4 trophies in 67 days:

- Serie A
- Coppa Italia
- Champions League
- World Cup

Not bad at all, eh?!

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:00 pm

Spain for me , hope its a cracking game.
Nice to see a new name on the trophy.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:03 pm

Duke wrote:Spain for me , hope its a cracking game.
Nice to see a new name on the trophy.



I think it would've been a cracking game if Germany had won the semi-final.

I'm not too sure now.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:44 pm

Not that I care one bit, but I think Holland will win.

I believe it will be the first time a European side has won the World Cup outside of Europe ?

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:24 pm

Blazing_Saddler wrote:Not that I care one bit, but I think Holland will win.

I believe it will be the first time a European side has won the World Cup outside of Europe ?


It will be yep.

I hope Spain lose, and are crushed in the most humiliating fashion.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:10 pm

Spain for me.

but only because a win for them nets me the Prediction League money at work! :D

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:11 pm

£50 at 4/1 means that I will be supporting Spain on Sunday :D

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:26 pm

chestersaddler wrote:£50 at 4/1 means that I will be supporting Spain on Sunday :D


I need a Spain win and a few goals to win the game up our working men's club-come on Torres, time to fire!

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:13 am

Paul the octopus has predicted a win for Spain and Germany to beat Uruguay in the 3rd/4th Place Play-Off.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:36 am

Pedagogue wrote:Paul the octopus has predicted a win for Spain and Germany to beat Uruguay in the 3rd/4th Place Play-Off.


Great news. The money is as good as in the bank, then :D

(actually the laws of probability would suggest a Holland win :( )

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:06 am

I reckon and hope that Spain will win as Holland looked very insecure at times against Uruguay and their stars are more pompous, arrogant and tend to dive more.

Up the Spain!

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:36 am

chestersaddler wrote:
Pedagogue wrote:Paul the octopus has predicted a win for Spain and Germany to beat Uruguay in the 3rd/4th Place Play-Off.


Great news. The money is as good as in the bank, then :D

(actually the laws of probability would suggest a Holland win :( )

Actually the laws of probability do not. :wink:

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:53 am

Exile wrote:
chestersaddler wrote:
Pedagogue wrote:Paul the octopus has predicted a win for Spain and Germany to beat Uruguay in the 3rd/4th Place Play-Off.


Great news. The money is as good as in the bank, then :D

(actually the laws of probability would suggest a Holland win :( )

Actually the laws of probability do not. :wink:



Are you referring to the "the tossing a coin" principle where each event is unaffected by previous events?

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:32 pm

Pedagogue wrote:Paul the octopus has predicted a win for Spain and Germany to beat Uruguay in the 3rd/4th Place Play-Off.


Update:- Lucy, another octopus, this time in Portsmouth, has predicted a Dutch win! The tentacles are out for the battle of these two British molluscs (Paul was hatched in Weymouth).

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Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:51 pm

My thoughts today have begun to dwell on what the atmosphere must be like in Madrid or Amsterdam this afternoon. We can only envy them from afar, and enjoy the spectacle as neutrals.

I hope the match is everything it could be, with the wealth of talent on display.

I think it will be Torres and Raina rather than Kuyt and Babel returning to Liverpool with with winners medals. It could be a classic match, so long as the atmosphere doesn't get the better of the players.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:07 pm

Its a world cup final. Therefore it will be drab and boring and decided on penalties/crap goal.

I hope im wrong.

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Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:00 pm

Nigel De Jong = dirty ****.

He won't be welcome in the FBIG household after that effort on Xabi!!

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:01 pm

What the hell is Howard Webb doing? Holland's game plan is to to kick the crap out of Spain and Webb is allowing it.

They could easily be playing with 9 after half an hour.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:18 pm

Dirty Holland! :x

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:28 pm

Bookings bet in the bag after the first half hour. Well done, Holland !

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:33 pm

The Dutch are making it very hard for any neutral to admire them...

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:41 pm

King Crimson wrote:Nigel De Jong = dirty ****.


Agreed. But how Van Bommel has stayed on after 4 fouls that are clearly bookable is a bit of a joke. As they have said on the tv, it's only because it is the World Cup Final. Still no excuse though.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:45 pm

How many times did Villa have to roll over then.
Make the most of the foul you cheating barsteward.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:06 pm

Oh for a Mexican wave !!!!!!!!!!!11

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:02 pm

Spain = absolute class.

Absolutely brilliant football and the best team in the world by an absolute country mile.

Superb team. That is how football should be played.

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:05 pm

One team tried to play football, the other just tried to stop them.

What a pity these highly paid sportsmen let themselves down in the biggest game of all.

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Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:06 pm

If the Dutch had won, it would have been the death of the beautiful game.

How Van Bommel could argue at the end...

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:08 pm

Definitely the right result.

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Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:09 pm

I agree completely! Spain played the game and no other team even came close to playing at their level. Superb football!

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Re: Netherlands vs. Spain. WORLD CUP FINAL 11/07/2010

Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:10 pm

Howard Webb was the real loser. Not the best performance, albeit in difficult circumstances. Directly responsible for the winner. :wink:

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