Das Football – die Zweite Hälfte

weblog Saturday, June 24th, 2006

 

Tonight marks the start of Stage Two. Three quarters of the matches have been played so I imagine you’ll all have piles of boodles by now, especially since I gave the second lot of boodles three days ago. Hmm, Shannon’s up 26 boodles, Daniel’s up 3.5 – not bad.

Everyone else: I’m very disappointed in you. I see Matt’s squandered the boodles he made with his lucky bets and his second fifty boodles already. Jackson hit 0 boodles when the Sparrowhawks, aka Togo, didn’t make it to Stage Two. I hope people are noticing that betting large amounts of boodles is not successful; or was not in the past. Maybe in this new stage will be more amenable to large bets. I’m putting 50 boodles on Argentina to win v Mexico – 1.33

Jackson tells me he wants 40 boodles on Germany to win v Sweden – 1.61

Something to note about Stage Two: If you pick a team to win, I’ll assume you mean in normal time, not in extra time or with penalties. If you’re betting to go through make sure you pick the to qualify bet, or extra time or penalties if that’s what you want.

You’ve got your orders, now wager your hearts out. And hey, let’s be careful out there.

(There used to be a table here but the website hosting it died. So it’s not here now.)

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29 Responses to “Das Football – die Zweite Hälfte”


  1. Shannon
    June 24th, 2006 at 6:27 am
    • 10β GERMANY defeat SWEDEN [1.61]
    • 2β Exact score 1-0 to Germany [7]
    • 2β Exact score 2-0 to Germany [6.25]
    • 2β Exact score 2-1 to Germany [7.5]
    • 25β ARGENTINA defeat MEXICO [1.33]
    • 2β Exact score 1-0 to Argentina [6.5]
    • 2β Exact score 2-0 to Argentina [5.5]
    • 2β Exact score 2-1 to Argentina [8]
    • 2β Exact score 3-0 to Argentina [8]
    • 25β ENGLAND defeat ECUADOR [1.45]
    • 2β Exact score 1-0 to England [6.5]
    • 2β Exact score 2-0 to England [6.5]
    • 2β Exact score 2-1 to England [8.5]
    • 2β Exact score 3-0 to England [10]
    • 2β Exact score 3-1 to England [13]
    • 8β NETHERLANDS to qualify [1.6]

  2. Andy
    June 24th, 2006 at 7:51 pm

    ahahaha, when I said “if you pick a team to win, I’ll assume you mean in normal time”, I neglected to mention that if I pick a team to win I’m talking about with extra time.


  3. Daniel
    June 24th, 2006 at 11:14 pm

    5b italy will score against aust 90 mins (4)5b there will be a red in italy v Aust (3.25)5b 0-4 yellow in netherlands v portugal (2.6)5b Germany v Nerthlands in final (21)25b Switzerland to qualify (1.75)5b Draw/Spain HT/FT


  4. Daniel
    June 25th, 2006 at 1:32 am

    draw spain is 5.5


  5. Shannon
    June 25th, 2006 at 6:13 am

    does the exact score count in over time???


  6. Andrew
    June 25th, 2006 at 8:53 am
    • 5ÑŠ England beat Ecuador (1.45)
    • 5ÑŠ England beat Ecuador in extra time (9.50)
    • 5ÑŠ Portugal beat Netherlands (3.20)
    • 5ÑŠ Portugal beat Netherlands 2-1 (12)

  7. Shannon
    June 26th, 2006 at 6:40 am
    • 10β Switzerland to qualify [1.7]
    • 5β Switzerland in normal time [2.45]
    • 5β Ukraine in normal time [2.9]
    • 2β Switzerland in extra time [9]
    • 1β Ukraine in extra time [11]

  8. Andrew
    June 27th, 2006 at 2:25 am
    • 5ÑŠ Brazil/Ghana draw (5.5)
    • 5ÑŠ Over 2.5 goals in Brazil v Ghana (1.7)
    • 5ÑŠ Spain/France draw (3.2)
    • 5ÑŠ Spain beat France in extra time (9)

  9. Mattt
    June 28th, 2006 at 7:29 am

    Alright, this isnt going well, Ghana was ripped off that second goal in the first half was clearly off side. Im expecting australians to riot right after they get over the Aussie loss.

    • 3ÑŠ 2/1 HT/FT Germany v Argentina (23)
    • 3ÑŠ 2/1 HT/FT Italy v Ukraine (23)
    • 3ÑŠ 2/1 HT/FT England v Portagal (23)

    This better bloody work!


  10. Daniel
    June 30th, 2006 at 12:56 am

    I blame mattt for the Australia’s loss if you hadn’t placed a bet on them it would have been fine.I’m guessing the table hasn’t been updated so I’m going to place some bets hoping I have enough boodles* 25b Draw/England HT/FT (4.5)* 25b Germany/Germany HT/FT (5)


  11. Andrew
    June 30th, 2006 at 2:37 am
    • 10ÑŠ Argentina beat Germany (3)
    • 10ÑŠ Italy beat Ukraine (1.57)

  12. Andy
    June 30th, 2006 at 8:38 am

    Jack: * 40ÑŠ Germany to beat Argentina 2.4* 30ÑŠ Germany to qualify 1.75


  13. Tom
    July 1st, 2006 at 3:09 am

    Alright alright alright. Time to lose some more boodles! Still very upset about Italy and Australia. Well, very is an exaggeration. Mildly irritated. It’s like the tag on my T-shirt is always up and perpetually rubbing against my neck.

    • 10ÑŠ on Germany to win the Cup (2.9). I’ve got some on Brazil too but it doesn’t hurt to be too careful. Besides, I’d rather Germany won.
    • 10ÑŠ on a draw between England and Portugal (3.1). That is, as you say Andy, in normal time.
    • A backup 5ÑŠ on Draw/England Halftime/Fulltime (5.0).
    • 10ÑŠ on Brazil to see to France in normal time (1.68). Think of the things I could do with seven boodles. I assume we’re rounding up?
    • 5ÑŠ on a penalty in England v. Portugal (3.5).
    • 5ÑŠ on a penalty in Brazil v. France (3.5). These are desperate times; someone will slip up. And I’ll be waiting.

    That should do it. I hope these don’t screw up. It’s nice being somewhere near zero profit. I’d hate to end up down there with the Cockers. That is, the foolhardy ones, not you Daniel.


  14. Tom
    July 1st, 2006 at 3:14 am

    I’m a bit uncomfortable about having bet most of my boodles in comment number thirteen.


  15. Shannon
    July 1st, 2006 at 8:56 am
    • 8ÑŠ ENGLAND to qualify [1.5]
    • 1ÑŠ ENGLAND defeat PORTUGAL 1 – 0 [5.25]
    • 1ÑŠ ENGLAND defeat PORTUGAL 2 – 0 [6.5]
    • 1ÑŠ ENGLAND defeat PORTUGAL 2 – 1 [8]
    • 10ÑŠ BRAZIL to qualify [1.33]
    • 1ÑŠ BRAZIL defeat FRANCE 1 – 0 [6.5]
    • 1ÑŠ BRAZIL defeat FRANCE 2 – 0 [6.25]
    • 1ÑŠ BRAZIL defeat FRANCE 2 – 1 [7.50]
    • 8ÑŠ GERMANY to qualify [1.55]

    And I still have these from the last thread (so don’t take my boodles for them again Andy! Please. Sir. Mr Moneybags, sir.)

    • 2ÑŠ Germany make the final [4]
    • 3ÑŠ Argentina make the final [2.75]

  16. Shannon
    July 1st, 2006 at 8:59 am

    And Argentina are out, so ignore me.


  17. Tom
    July 1st, 2006 at 5:35 pm

    Woah! Brazil out! Honestly, these “sure bets” aren’t doing very well for anyone. And no penalties on the way either. Pah. At least England and Portugal did what was expected of them.

    See ya, James! And another 10 boodles of mine.


  18. Daniel
    July 2nd, 2006 at 9:05 am

    stoopid england can’t even score one little goal


  19. andy
    July 3rd, 2006 at 8:51 pm

    Please excuse the lazy updating. With Australia’s loss and my large loss of boodles and dollars, I’ve lost most of my interest in this tournament.

    irows has workbooks now instead of individual spreadsheets! Ok, so that excites only me, and it’s not useful now but it’s a big feature that irows was lacking.


  20. Tom
    July 3rd, 2006 at 10:43 pm

    A few more wee bets. I’d love to claw back to a profit.

    • 5ÑŠ on Draw/Germany half-time/full-time (5.75)
    • 5ÑŠ on Draw/France half-time/full-time (5)
    • 10ÑŠ on Germany to qualify (1.6)
    • 2ÑŠ on Germany to win in extra time (11)
    • 2ÑŠ on France to win in extra time (10)
    • 5ÑŠ on a red card in Portugal v. France (3)

  21. Daniel
    July 4th, 2006 at 8:18 am
    • I’m going to go back to these small bets they win many more boodles,
    • 5b Draw/Germany HT/FT (5.75)
    • 5b Draw/Portugal Ht/FT (9.5)
    • 5b 0-4 yellow in germany v italy (2.5) hopefully they will all be careful so they can play in the final
    • 5b Germany to qualify in extra time (11)
    • 5b Portugal to win with penalties (8)and the remains to bet on the final when I loose all these bets

  22. Andrew
    July 5th, 2006 at 3:01 am

    Time to go for broke:

    • 45ÑŠ Portugal to win Cup (5)

  23. Daniel
    July 7th, 2006 at 1:45 am

    31.5b France to win the cup (2.1)10b Draw/Germany (4.5)And then I’ll make a profit


  24. Andy
    July 7th, 2006 at 8:07 pm

    Time to go for riches:

    • 4.5ÑŠ CAMORANESI, Mauro (Italy) will be the last player to score in normal time 23
    • 5ÑŠ France/Italy HT/FT 23
    • 5ÑŠ Italy/France HT/FT 23


  25. Tom
    July 7th, 2006 at 8:26 pm

    I’m done with this. It’s all or nothing. I’m a broken man. Good luck everybody.

    • 15ÑŠ on Italy to win in extra time (10). Come on Italy. None of this 30 seconds before rubbish. I’ll eat a pizza for good luck.

  26. Shannon
    July 8th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
    • 26.79β on France to win [2.15]
    • 8β France in Normal time [3.25]
    • 5β ITALY By Two Goals Or More [7.75]
    • 5β FRANCE By Two Goals Or More [9]
    • 3β Final score 1 – 0 to italy [5]
    • 3β Final score 2 – 0 to italy [11]
    • 3β Final score 2 – 1 to italy [11]

  27. Jack
    July 9th, 2006 at 4:19 am

    40b France to win [2.10]10b Zidane will score [4.5]6.9b There will be a red card [3.25]


  28. Andrew
    July 10th, 2006 at 8:58 pm

    ”.. do you believe that all of the stupid people will not get lucky?”—Andy Cocker 2/6/06

    I guess we are all too stupid for luck to be much use. Congratulations Ben and Hayko, well played. I am personally very proud of my effort to lose merely 99.5% of the boodles I was given. I am more certain than ever that professional gambler is the job for me. I’m off to Crown with my half a boodle right now (they accept boodles, don’t they?)


  29. Tom
    July 11th, 2006 at 12:29 am

    I’m assuming Andy is just too heartbroken to post about the results. Poor munchkin. I don’t think Ben and Hayko count. They clearly forgot to compete. I propose a retroactive rule that you had to bet at least one boodle to be eligible. As they don’t turn up here any more, presumably they won’t argue.

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