Re: [nas] about France [R]

[Kirsten Tautfest <hori_too@yahoo.com>]

Okay, Marge, stay away from the footy betting sites. .
. 

--- Bill Quigley <billq@rcnchicago.com> wrote:
> At 08:30 AM 6/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >How happy ae you that France is out of the cup? 
> Not only are they out of 
> >the cup, they did not score a single goal, and will
> probably finish dead 
> >last in the tournament (just like the USA did in
> 98).  I don't think that 
> >France is really that bad of a team, just as I
> never thought that the 1998 
> >US team was *that* bad.  Timing really comes into
> effect in these World 
> >Cup games.  One team may peak at the right team,
> while another me bottom 
> >out at the wrong time.
> 
> Well, my pocketbook isn't happy, as I bet someone
> that the French would 
> repeat, and now I have to buy beer after every one
> of our matches for the 
> rest of the season.  So, I'm pissed at the French
> for that.
> 
> However, I think that FIFA's decision to abolish the
> rule that the champs 
> are exempt from qualification looks better now that
> this has happened. 
> France has not played a game in anger since winning
> the Euro championship 
> (sorry, I don't include the Confederations Cup).
> Frankly, they looked it 
> too and they just played awful in this tournament. 
> I think that their 
> legacy will never be as big as they wanted, as they
> won the WC at home, and 
> the Euro title practically next door to them.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> Bill Quigley
> Web Master, The Fire Alarm
> thefirealarm.mlsfansites.com
> 
> "There are people who love Victoria. There are
> people who love me.  Then 
> there are other people. - David Beckham
> 
> 


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