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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:11 am

Currently I'm baiting that -guy, and he's interested to join my football-club, the .

Since I have nearly no idea about football I needed to buy some time to get some gameplay-questions prepared (any help/links would be appreciated Wink

), so I sent him some trivia about the world of football.

Here are my questions:

Quote:

1. Which nations have won the FIFA World Cup in the years 1990 to
2006? Please give a list.
2. Who was the coach of the winning team in 1990?
3. In which year did he win the World Cup as a player?
4. What is the name of his countryman who led another team to win
European Championship in 2004?
5. Which team was it?

He got it all right, and I hope it took a few minutes to look it all up.

Quote:

1) Les nations which gained the world cup of 1990 to 2006 are:
- Germany in 1990
- Brazil in 1994
- France in 1998
- Brazil in 2002
- Italy in 2006

2) The trainer of the victorious team of the world cup in 1990 was Franz Anton Beckenbauer with the selection German.

3) Franz Anton Beckenbauer victorious of the World cup, with the selection of FRG in 1974

4) The name of its compatriot who directed another team which gained the Championship of Europe in 2004 is Otto Rehhagel

5) With the Greece selection.

So, the next step will be technical questions, and then... let's see.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:21 am

Have you been on a Franz Beckenbauer-fansite? Wink

(btw, greetings to "Rehakles")

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:24 am

As I said, I mostly have no idea about football.
One thing I know is either kick the ball, or the opponent, both is equally funny.

I picked these questions because these are questions I happen know without having to look them up, except the third, that one I had to look up. I knew he won it as player and coach, but didn't remember which year as a player.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:28 am

Well, it has not happened too often, so I remember it.
BTW, ask him some stuff about the ongoing CAN (Cup of African Nations).
If he is from Ghana, ask him why Nigeria�s team is superior, if from Nigeria, vice versa. Very Happy

That^^is about all I know about football, but look in the Yahoo Eurosport news, for example, tons of specific stuff. For older championships, Wikipedia.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:07 am

<br>You could ask him to explain the merits of the 4-4-2 system compared to 4-5-1 in not less than 200 words, and also what the chances are of David 'The Clothes Horse' Beckham getting his 100th cap for England now that Fabio 'The Hitman' Capello is England manager.

You could also ask him why England can beat Germany in two world wars, but always lose out to them in a penalty shootout in major championships?

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:05 am

Soooo typical of your tabloids Rolling Eyes

this reference^^ . I don�t know what to comment on that

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:59 am

^^^Come again? Confused

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:46 pm

@rootuser.

Tread carefully with your lad. The one thing lads do know about is football. Don't put your football team in one of the big leagues - most lads have knowlege of them. Don't try to pull him around too much by inventing rules or history as he will probably have a knowledge regarding them too.

I don't envy you - you've picked the one bloody area where the lad probably knows way more about the subject than you do. Laughing

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:20 pm

Some technical questions to put to him:

1. Explain the offside law. Specifically explain when a player is judged to be interfering with play.
2. Do players have more options of teammates to pass to in a 4-4-2 or a 3-5-1 formation. Illustrate your answer with examples.
3. Is goal line technology a good or bad thing?
4. Should video technology be brought in for top flight games?

that's your starter for 10 .....

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:25 pm

Tommo Shanter wrote:

... ask him why England can beat Germany in two world wars, but always lose out to them in a penalty shootout ...

Easy. It's because the Americans can't jump in and win it for England in sports competitions. Laughing

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:32 pm

Ask the mugu what would be the most used line up for the European games vs the Americas Teams

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:15 pm

@KD - American SlapHappy thinks that's a good one! hehehe
It's only because the British have to break for tea everyday, like clockwork.

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:49 am

@Slightlyoutofit:
Well, he sure knows more about football than I do, I know about as much about it like my fridge does, and that's not much.

My team is a young team, and bottom drawer, so no major-league-stuff (or how that's called in the UK...). But I already told him not to take the offer of the Swedish team he told me about, because only in the UK he'll have the great chance to grow and maybe rise to clubs like Manchester United. Wink

And somehow I think it's also fun to play this game. As said, he sure knows more about it, but as long as I keep kicking his knee I'll have to hit the ball eventually.

@arranblonde: Thanks for the suggestions. I don't understand them, and I don't know the answers, but I trust that these are genuine football-questions...

From games like Sensible Soccer or FIFA Soccer I know of the different systems (4-3-3, 4-5-1, ...) I guess I'll have him explain which formation he'd pick against a team playing 4-4-2 with a strong runner on the right midfield, and things like you guys already suggested.

Thanks for all the input, I hope it'll help.

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Tommo Shanter wrote:

You could also ask him why England can beat Germany in two world wars, but always lose out to them in a penalty shootout in major championships?

Oh yes, the good old Wembley Curse. It even works for other teams when playing against England. Twisted Evil

Question for the mugu: Explain the "Wembley Curse" and its impact on the English team. List at least five examples.

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:59 am

The False Italian wrote:

... List at least five examples.

Easy:

1990
1994
1998
2002
2006

Want more? There's lots! Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:28 am

Okay, here's what I sent him today:

Quote:

1. Please point out the strengths, weaknesses, advantages and
disadvantages of the systems 4-3-3, 3-5-2, 4-5-1 and 4-4-2.
Please explain in no less than 200 words.

2. Which system do you prefer, and why?
Please explain in no less than 50 words.

3. Compare your preferred system to two other systems.
Please explain in no less than 100 words.

4. In a match against a stronger team playing 4-5-1, which system
would be the best to use in order to prevent them from scoring and
keeping a chance to score a few goals yourself.
Please explain in no less than 50 words.

Let's see what he comes up with.

Elite Baiter Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 1979

Just an FYI: I have a lad who is an avid football fan. Apparently Nigeria was in the playoffs for the Africa Cup and played Mali last Saturday. The idiot watched the whole game while chatting with me, giving me a play by play. I did my best to argue, criticize and alternate with talking dirty with him to disrupt his game.

There was no score, 0 to 0 and Mali apparently had better stats so they stayed in the running and Nigeria went home with their tails between their legs.

I just thought that information might be fun to rub salt in wounds of lad football fans.

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Quote:

Easy. It's because the Americans can't jump in and win it for England in sports competitions

I think you will find the Russians were man of the match in the war Wink

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:00 pm

FrumpyBB wrote:

Soooo typical of your tabloids Rolling Eyes

this reference^^ . I don�t know what to comment on that

Let's see if the lad can come up with a different explanation?

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And the Yanks were a late substitute Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:18 pm

kubis wrote:

Quote:

Easy. It's because the Americans can't jump in and win it for England in sports competitions

I think you will find the Russians were man of the match in the war Wink

And that it wasn't just England who were involved.... Razz

I'd ask the lad to explain the Italian 'catenaccio' system, detailing it's good and bad points.

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Quote:

And that it wasn't just England who were involved

Some more players

And a whole lot more if not playing , sitting on the side line shouting encouragement

Quote:

China Costa Rica Dominican Republic Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala
France
United Kingdom

Australia India Nepal
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Greece
Holland
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Portugal

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OldBaglady wrote:

There was no score, 0 to 0 and Mali apparently had better stats so they stayed in the running and Nigeria went home with their tails between their legs.

I am afraid your lad is mistaken. Nigeria won today so Ghana plays Nigeria in the quarter finals. Mali went home.

I also have a couple who are avid football fans. Very Happy

If you really want a laugh have them try to explain the difference between goals forward and goals aggregate.

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:57 pm

You can ask them to:

1- Explain the Bosman law
2- Find out who was the manager of Crewe in 1975
3- Find out which was Cristiano Ronaldo's third goal ever in a professional competition (and explain it through)
4- Talk about the rivalry between B. Dortmund and Schalke 04

Even if the lads know loads about football, you can always think of something that they will have make a lot of effort finding out. Try finding obscure trivia on Wikipedia.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:56 am

BORUSSIA DORTMUND

beat WERDER BREMEN 2:1 in the German Cup this evening.

Yeah!!! jump_4_joy

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