[tribina] Fw: On soccer -Special + English Experts On Group D, World Cup, #1 memo

[Boba]

Greetings: 
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>O.K.  I was in the Wal Mart looking for some quick growing grass to fix up a spot or two in lawn...so what do I notice.... 
>hmmm...some stoneware and......and milk....but...and....
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>I got a big book from the UK on  the World Cup 2010 and a review of the teams...
>published by the SUN, News Group, Harper Collins...with several UK sports gurus commenting........
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>So far...
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>GROUP D
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>ONE TOUT, Harry Redknapp, soccer guru
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>Serbia, to Quarter Final (pop. just over 10 million), reached World Cup finals 11 times; never won; fourth place 1930, 1962,  quarter finals 1990
>Germany, to Group Stage Only, weaker this year although everybody always promotes them (pop. now 82 million); reached World Cup finals 16 times, won 3
>Australia, to last 16 ( pop 20 million); World Cup finals 2 times, never won
>Ghana, to group stage only (pop. 22.5 million); world cup finals once; never won
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>SECOND AND THIRD EXPERTS, Terry Venables and  Ian Wright, soccer gurus
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>Germany, last eight and/or never write them off
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>Serbia, not to be taken lightly and tough nuts to crack (team players play for Inter Milan, Ajaz, Valencia, PSv Eindhoven, Manchester (2), Wolverhampton, Stuttgart, Moscow, 
>Dortmund, Real Zaragoza, Hertha Berlin, Seville, Munich, Bremen, Chelsea, Wigan, and Donetsk, etc. etc.)
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>Australia, nobody wants to play them and I wouldn't want to play them
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>Ghana, second phase at best and ready to shock
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>TOP TWO SUMMARY OF THREE EXPERTS:
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>The experts summary:
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>1. Top game, Germany vs. Serbia June 18
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>2. Top two finish in group, Serbia then beats US (pop.303 million)  in last 16, then reaches Quarters and plays Argentina (pop.40 million)
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>3. Top two finish in group, Australia, plays and loses to England (51 million), England then plays France (pop.62 million)
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>MORE
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>Serbia is considered higher than I thought.......apparently Nemanja Vidic is the "world class" Manchester United 
>"awesome presence" on defense, the "headline act"; coach Radomir Raddy Antic (former four year Luton star and former manager Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and 
>Barcelona; he won League title and Cup at Atletico)  has made big progress with team in two years; 
>and Branislav Ivanovic  is the big back up to Vidic; etc. etc. etc. etc. and so on...Nenad 
>Milijas has done very well at "Wolves" ..... Just an FYI
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>Isn't that something....And I thought Serbia  specialized in Basketball and Handball and Water Polo And Volleyball...that Guinness  World Record height business...
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>Learn something every day.... FYI...
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>And now World Cup single winners: France (62 million), England;  double winners: Uruguay and Argentina; triple winners: Germany; quadruple winners: Italy (pop 58 million) ; quintuple winners: Brazil (pop 187 million)
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>Cordially,
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