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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:05 pm

South Africa 10-10 New Zealand at the half. South Africe led for almost the entire first half, but NZ scored a try (and the kick) after the clock ran out.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:16 pm

Well that didn't last long. South Africa back in the lead, 17-10.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 25, 2015 4:20 pm

And neither did that. 17-17.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:07 pm

After trailing for almost the entire match, the All Blacks defeated the Springboks. South Africa is now out. However, New Zealand failed to score four tries and thereby secure the bonus point. That could be important.

Although it remains a theoretical possibility for Argentina to win, most likely this tournament will be settled by the Australia/New Zealand match two weeks from now.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:35 pm

It is a truncated compertition this year because of the World Cup isn't it? NZ should win the whole thing.

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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:19 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:It is a truncated compertition this year because of the World Cup isn't it? NZ should win the whole thing.


That's correct. Ever since Argentina joined the club in 2012, each of the four teams has played each of the others twice, for a total of twelve matches. This year, they play each other team only one, for a total of six matches. Three of those have now been played, another starts in a few hours.

New Zealand may well win the whole thing, but it's far from a done deal at this point. They have nine points (won both matches so far, so four points each, and scored four tries in the first match, earning a bonus point). They have one match remaining, against Australia. So to win the tournament, you need at least nine points.

Argentina can still win it. They lost the first match, no bonus points, and therefore have zero points. They can still earn ten points by winning both their remaining matches, and scoring a bonus point in each. New Zealand would have to lose to Australia in this scenario. So Argentina beats Australia today, and also beats South Africa in two weeks, and Australia beats New Zealand in two weeks. At least one bonus point would also be required for Argentina.

South Africa cannot win it. They have lost both their matches so far, but earned two bonus points. The best they can hope for is to beat Argentina in two weeks, and earn the bonus point - that gives them eight points. New Zealand already has nine.

Australia can still win it. For example, they could beat Argentina in a few hours, and New Zealand in a few weeks, which would give them at least twelve points, beating New Zealand, which would have at most ten in this scenario. Some other winning scenarios for Australia are possible.

New Zealand can still win it. If they beat Australia in two weeks, no one else can touch them. But there are other winning scenarios as well.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:17 am

Australia defeats Argentina decisively, and has a one point edge over New Zealand in the point differential - this gives Australia a very slight edge in the tournament standings. It all comes down to the Australia-New Zealand match in two weeks.

New Zealand wins the match --> New Zealand wins the tournament
Australia wins the match --> Australia wins the tournament
Australia and New Zealand draw, neither scores the bonus point --> Australia wins the tournament
Australia and New Zealand draw, Australia wins the bonus point and New Zealand does not --> Australia wins the tournament
Australia and New Zealand draw, New Zealand wins the bonus point and Australia does not --> New Zealand wins the tournament
Australia and New Zealand draw, both win the bonus point --> Australia wins the tournament.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:30 am

Froome has all but won the TdF, which is good. Not because I am a SKY fan but because the alternative of a team of known dopers winiing was worse. Our man came 6th.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:38 am

World Cup qualifiers, we got Eng-ger-lund and a bunch of Central/East Europeans, Arneb got Norn Iron among others. His lot will go through, we might scrape second place.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Arneb » Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:54 am

Beat England twice, and ou're out of the woods. Really, really easy one for us. Just remembering how disgracefully we lost against the Czech Republic at the `04 Euro... shudder.

Fürth 1 - 0 Karlsruhe. Zweite Bundesliga has begun, and my Greuther Fürth began it with a late decider against last year's almost-promoted Karlsruhe. Very nice.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:50 pm

Two games two wins for IrU.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Arneb » Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:22 pm

If only it stayed tht way for a bit...
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:52 pm

And Lianachan's mob blew our perfect record. They were away to the best team in the country but still.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:29 am

The Rangers/Ross County/Hertha/Fürth cumulative season record:

Played 4, won 3, drawn 0, lost 1.

I would be obliged if others would update this when I forget. Fürth play tonight. Expectations for the season: Rangers should win most of their games as they are a division below where they should be and play in the wee cup which they ought to win. Ross County (and Liananchan might correct me here) are looking at mid-table with an eye on 5th or 6th. Hertha will be hanging on by their fingernails come Easter and Arneb will have to brief us on SpVgg Greuther Fürth. And perhaps tell us what SpVgg means. :D
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:44 pm

Available tonight on my telly: Monday 3 August: Red Bull Leipzig v Greuther Furth - 7.15pm (BT Sport Europe). It is very wrong to support a team who wear green but sometimes needs must.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Lance » Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:37 pm

So what game are you all playing now? Is it that little soccer thingy you all seem to be so fond of?

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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:48 pm

Yep, this is soccer. Mactep is on Rugby Union.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Мастер » Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:31 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:Mactep is on Rugby Union.


And the rather pompously-titled "Rugby Championship" (as only four countries are eligible to play in it) will be settled on Saturday at 18:00 (my time) by the Austrlia-New Zealand match. That should be (assuming I've made no mistakes) 12:00 in Germany, 11:00 in Scotland, 6:00 in Michigan, and 5:00 in Chicago.

Australia has a very slight edge - if the match is a draw, and either (i) both teams receive the bonus point for four tries or (ii) neither team receives the bonus point, then Australia wins, being +29 on the point differential, with New Zealand at only +28. Almost as close as it can get.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby MM_Dandy » Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:33 pm

There are rumors that baseball is being played in Chicago. The Cubs are threatening to make the playoffs this year!
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Arneb » Mon Aug 03, 2015 4:08 pm

SpVgg = Spielvereinigung, playing association. The capital V in the middle is because Vereinigung is a new word. German laws still use this abbreviation convention, as in StGB, Strafgesetzbuch (penal code) or BaFöG, Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz (Federal Law of the Promotion of Education, the state student loan law).

BSC, if anyone's interested, Berliner Sport Club, which should be straightforward enough.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Lance » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:36 pm

MM_Dandy wrote:The Cubs are threatening to make the playoffs this year!

SERIOUSLY?!?!?

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(See? I don't pay attention to ANY sports, not just the ferener stuff.)
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:11 pm

Go Cubs!

It goes against the grain to support a team in green with a shamrock as the emblem but Furth got a score draw away from home.

Played 5, won 3, drawn 1, lost 1.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Arneb » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:59 pm

That's the attitude! I had suspected green and shamrocks weren't your idea of a fitting dress, but I appreciate your watching this thorugh with stiff upper lip, while I was doing inane nonsense like feeding the kids, doing the washing-up with the son, playing Skat (that's a CARD game, for heaven's sake) and reading the papers.

Good thing they drew against Leipzig, too. RB (which really stands for Red Bull, of course, but since German clubs are forbidden to use their name as advertising, the abbreviation is translated as "Rasenballsport" (lawn ball sports), which is just insulting. They are kind of a black beast of the Second League, as they are heavily spnosered by the drinks commpany who want to have a team in CL just to have more adevertising space for their syrup.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby MM_Dandy » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:13 pm

Lance wrote:
MM_Dandy wrote:The Cubs are threatening to make the playoffs this year!

SERIOUSLY?!?!?

:shock:

(See? I don't pay attention to ANY sports, not just the ferener stuff.)


Yup. Their game was rained out last night, but the Giants lost an extra-inning affair to the Braves, leaving the Cubs in sole possession of the last playoff spot (for now). Other than the Giants, the Nationals are three games behind, and the Padres and Diamondbacks are each 6 games down.
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Re: What sports teams do you support?

Postby Heid the Ba » Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:50 pm

Ok, we have sport for Llance. Tank Biathlon. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I said Tank Biathlon. Similar to normal Biathlon but instead of skis and a small calibre rifle this is T72s and similar.
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