h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh dear, it's all gone wrong The teams that I wanted to win didn't, and we've got the teams that I don't give a stuff about through to the penultimate round. I tell you now, I've listened to my last game of this World Cup this evening.

Anyway, here we go for those who are still interested...


Ruthless efficiency v The Aussies were robbed
Rooney's going to bust you up in training v Nice cheese(*)


Get all your predictions in before the first game kicks off, when ever that is.






(*) I decided against 'Cheese eating surrender monkeys'. Because, one, in deference to our very own riotact, and two, the Americans can hardly comment on the subject of cheese. Monteray Jack? I ask you

Hi GD,
After my nil points in the quarters I have to get this pair right for that mousemat!!

Germany 2 Italy 1 Podolski
Portugal 0 France 2 Henry

SBE

Having gone AWOL for 7 days I'm shot.


However -

Germany 3 - 0 Italy - Ballack

Portugal 1 - 3 France - Deco

Germany 1 Italy 2 toni
Portugal 1 France 2 Henry (and ronaldo to get booked for diving )


andy

Germany 1-1 Italy (Klose)

Portugal 0-2 France (Ribery)

Das Hosts 2 The Scandal Ridden Azuri 1 (Klose)
Diving, Faking and Winkers Inc 0 Zizou et les bleus 1 (Henry)

Germany 3-1 Italy (Klose)
Portugal 0-3 France (Zidane)

There now follows an oblique tribute to Sven: possibly misguided negative tactics in a bid for World Cup glory.

Germany 0-0 Italy
Portugal 0-0 France

They Who Shoot Outside The Box 2-1 Dull as Ditchwater Again
Rooney's Nemesis 0-2 Zidane's Old Boys

B

Ruthless efficiency 1-1 The Aussies were robbed Totti
Rooney's going to bust you up in training 0-2 Nice cheese(*) Henry

Bottletop

Germany 2 Italy 0 (Klose)
Portugal 0 France 1 (Henry)

Ormy, I know that posting identical sets of predictions is deeply frowned upon here. Indeed you're one who has spotted it and has done some of the most intense frowning. But please believe me when I say, I came here with the intention of posting my zeros selection and I'm not copying you in any way. Honest.


Germany 0-0 Italy
Portugal 0-0 France


Oh, and I'll be marking the quarter finals thread when I can work up the interest do it, ie probably during the course of one of these two forthcoming football matches that I'm not going to be watching.

Germany 2-1 Italy (Klose)
Portugal 0-1 France (Henry)

i never assume identical predictions are copying; they're just the reflection of similar ways of seeing the game.

if you look over ormy's and my predictions over time, you'll see astonishing similarities, which are neither cheating nor coincidence, and neither are our results.

your twin 0-0's seem to follow a somewhat compelling logic to me, i don't find it odd at all!

Ruthless efficiency 1 v 0 The Aussies were robbed (Klose)
Rooney's going to bust you up in training 0 v 2 Nice cheese(*)(Ribery)

I believe you, GD.

Sometimes I do frown a bit when the FF postings that follow my predictions seem a bit, shall we say... coincidental. But with so much at stake in the semi-final matches and the Italian and Portuguese defences involved, I think 0-0s are an obvious probability.

looks like i was the only one to predict an italian win

andy

Smarty pants.

but unfortunatly for you, not in the first 90'...

good going ormy & GD!

Who says copying doesn't work.