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

I was going to do the FA Cup round 4 for this week. But then I changed my mind and thought I'd be a bit of a bastard instead.

We're going round Europe this week


Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt
Germinal Beerschot v Anderlecht
St.Etienne v Nice
RBC Roosedndaal v Heerenveen
Denizlispor v Besiktas


All selections to be in by lunchtime on Saturday, 28th January


And just to show that I'm not a complete sod. Here are some links for you (I just hope your language skills are up to the task )

http://www.bayer04.de/en/index2.htm
http://www.eintracht.de/aktuelles/?flash=1
http://www.germinal-beerschot.com/
http://www.rsca.be/index2.php?language=en
http://www.asse.fr/index2.php
http://www.ogcnice.com/accueil.php
http://www.rbconline.nl/
http://www.sc-heerenveen.nl/web/show/id=57672
http://www.denizlispor.com/
http://www.bjk.com.tr/en/index.php

Wasn't your uncle Alan a Tory MP in the 90s.

I think I must have had some germinal beerschots when I went out for a with my mates at Christmas. I felt in' awful in the morning.

Well with a name like that they *had* to be included in the list. Even though the table will tell you that the game should be a gimme for Anderlecht.

Erm, I think i'll request a pools panel verdict this week due to my complete lack of faith in my knowledge of anything remotely foreign

I feel I should point out that the Pools Panel is really there for people who *physically* can't post a selection. It's not designed to help people who merely don't know what they're doing, and the results you get out of it if you go down that route creachy might reflect that fact

" It's not designed to help people who merely don't know what they're doing"

Indeed. Otherwise I'd have been using it for years.

Thanks for signing me up, Desk. If only I'd remembered to subscribe to the page in time to catch Week 3.

B

I should also point out that all of the games were selected based upon informaton available on the bbc.co.uk football pages. And on those pages you'll also find league tables and past results, so you really don't need to go very far to make an informed selection.

Ok, cheers. I'll have a look at that and give it a go

I'm just glad I have my French, German and Turkish dictionaries to hand

Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Lazovic)
Germinal Beerschot 1 - 1 Anderlecht (Cavens)
St.Etienne 1 - 2 Nice (Bagayoko)
RBC Roosedndaal 0 - 2 Heerenveen (Huntelaar)
Denizlispor 0 - 3 Besiktas (Yalcin)

That was actually quite hard you goyt

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 (Berbatov)
Germinal Beerschot v Anderlecht 1-2 (Simoes)
St.Etienne v Nice 1-1 (Piquionne)
RBC Roosedndaal v Heerenveen 0-2 (Bruggink)
Denizlispor v Besiktas 0-1 (Toraman)

Phew, I had to make one a draw or I was going to predict 5 away wins! I should play the pools

Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Klose)
Germinal Beerschot 2-5 Anderlecht (Goor)
St.Etienne 3-1 Nice (Barthe)
RBC Roosedndaal 0-2 Heerenveen (Huntelaar)
Denizlispor 1-3 Besiktas (Akin)

Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Berbatov)
Germinal Beerschot 1-2 Anderlecht (Mpenza)
St.Etienne 1-1 Nice (Postiga)
RBC Roosedndaal 1-3 Heerenveen (Huntelaar)
Denizlispor 1-2 Besiktas (Ailton)

Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1(berbatov)
Germinal Beerschot v Anderlecht 2-2 (vanden boore)
St.Etienne v Nice 0-2 (traore)
RBC Roosedndaal v Heerenveen 1-2(samaras)
Denizlispor v Besiktas 1-3(gulpinar)


Andy
god that was hard

Yes, lets hope we get some points after all that effort

Sorry, that was a bit harder than I thought it was goinf to be. I swear that there was much more information on the Beeb about scorers when I set the list, than there seems to be now


Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Berbatov)
Germinal Beerschot 1-0 Anderlecht (Asubonteng)
St.Etienne 1-2 Nice (Agali)
RBC Roosedndaal 0-1 Heerenveen (Hanssen) - surely not Alan
Denizlispor 0-3 Besiktas (Hassan)

Hey, don't feel too bad, it's nice to have a challenge in looking it all up - should be a better spread of points I reckon

yeah a lot more zeros lol

I've had great fun running some pages from the clubs' websites through the Alta Vista Babel automatic translator. I particularly liked this surreal account of the second half of Nice's win over Paris SG: 'Without being transcendent, the red and black are most voluntary and undertaking during this second time.'