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From: ken.overton on 24 Jun 2010 18:29 On Jun 24, 5:04 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote: > I have this feeling that the Europeans in general left their hearts back in > Europe this WC. Perhaps the European players have become lazy and blasé? I haven't bothered but seeing as how you seem to be the unofficial RSS accountant you might be interested, how much worse is this WC than any other WC //not in europe//?
From: Chagney Hunt on 24 Jun 2010 18:38 On Jun 24, 6:29 pm, "ken.over...(a)gmail.com" <ken.over...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 24, 5:04 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I have this feeling that the Europeans in general left their hearts back in > > Europe this WC. Perhaps the European players have become lazy and blasé? > > I haven't bothered but seeing as how you seem to be the unofficial RSS > accountant you might be interested, how much worse is this WC than > any other WC //not in europe//? Worst *ever*. The round of 16 look more like the knock-out round of U-21 than your usual senior level World Cup. Europe will have at most 7, at least 6 teams making the round of 16. Their usual number was around 10, I don't think they've ever dropped below 9. Worse, their 6 teams will have to play against one another for 3 QF spots if Spain and Brazil to win their group as expected.
From: ken.overton on 24 Jun 2010 18:59 On Jun 24, 6:38 pm, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Worst *ever*. <snip> Europe will have at most > 7, at least 6 teams making the round of 16. Their usual number was > around 10, I don't think they've ever dropped below 9. I know but I'm asking how much worse, and in particular, how much worse than other WC's **that were not in Europe**? For example, have a look at UEFA results in the last WC not in Europe: 4th place: 3 3rd place: 2 2nd place: 4 1st place: 4 Is this pattern longer or are these past 2 non-European WCs atypical?
From: Chagney Hunt on 24 Jun 2010 19:06 On Jun 24, 6:59 pm, "ken.over...(a)gmail.com" <ken.over...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 24, 6:38 pm, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Worst *ever*. <snip> Europe will have at most > > 7, at least 6 teams making the round of 16. Their usual number was > > around 10, I don't think they've ever dropped below 9. > > I know but I'm asking how much worse, and in particular, how much > worse than other WC's **that were not in Europe**? For example, have > a look at UEFA results in the last WC not in Europe: > > 4th place: 3 > 3rd place: 2 > 2nd place: 4 > 1st place: 4 > > Is this pattern longer or are these past 2 non-European WCs atypical? Well, why don't you do your own homework and tell us? There's not that much data to mull over.
From: ken.overton on 24 Jun 2010 19:17 On Jun 24, 7:06 pm, Chagney Hunt <ess...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, why don't you do your own homework and tell us? There's not that > much data to mull over. Obviously I'm too lazy; I figured Anders might do it seeing all the boring accounting work he seems to happily perform for the group. That's why I responded to him in the first place.
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