Prison Predictions part 1
by JimuReet. When I had 8 days inside in Machida Station, Tokyo, Japan, I spent my time wisely and could think of no other thing than World Cup Hippo and the tournament that the site gets its beef from. So, what I did was predict every match using one of my cellmate’s World Cup books as the only reference point…..plus it was in Japanese and impossible to read. But, without too much further guff, here is the Jimu guide to what will happen in Germany.
Group A
Germany v Costa Rica 2-0
Poland v Ecuador 0-0
Germany v Poland 1-0
Ecuador v Costa Rica 1-1
Ecuador v Germany 1-1
Costa Rica v Poland 1-2
Group A winners: Germany (7 points)
Group A runner-up: Poland (4 points)
Group B
England v Paraguay 2-1
Trinidad & Tobago v Sweden 1-3
England v Trinidad & Tobago 2-0
Sweden v Paraguay 2-0
Sweden v England 1-1
Paraguay v Trinidad & Tobago 2-1
Group B winners: Sweden (7 points, +4 GD)
Group B runners-up: England (7 points, +3 GD)
Group C
Argentina v Ivory Coast 1-1
Serbia v Holland 0-2
Argentina v Serbia 2-1
Holland v Ivory Coast 0-0
Holland v Argentina 2-2
Ivory Coast v Serbia 2-1
Group C winners: Holland (5 points, +2 GD)
Group C runner-up: Argentina (5 points, +1 GD)
Ivory Coast: 5 points, +1 GD - eliminated on goals scored
Group D
Mexico v Iran 3-0
Angola v Portugal 0-2
Mexico v Angola 2-0
Portugal v Iran 2-1
Portugal v Mexico 2-0
Iran v Angola 1-1
Group D winners: Portugal (9 points)
Group D runners-up: Mexico (6 points)
June 4th, 2006 at 8:06 am
and here it is, the 2nd installment of (what we call inside) ‘prison labour’. As you can see the whole experience turned me as Conservative as Mrs Iron and as tolerant of smaller teams as SkySports and Andy Gray (sponsored by SkySports).
Group E
Italy v Ghana 1-0
Italy v USA 2-1
Italy v Czech 1-1
Ghana v USA 0-1
Ghana v Czech 1-2
Czech v USA 2-1
Czech 7 pts 2 (5 scored)
Italy 7 pts 2 (4 scored)
Group F
Brazil v Coratia 1-0
Brazil v Australia 3-2
Brazil v Japan 2-0
Croatia v Australia 1-1
Croatia v Japan 0-1
Japan v Australia 0-1
Brazil 9 4
Australia 4 0
Group G
France v Switzerland 2-0
France v Korea 1-0
France v Togo 2-0
Switzerland v Korea 1-1
Switzerland v Togo 1-0
Korea v Togo 2-1
France 9 5
Korea 4 0
Switzerland 4 -1
Group H
Spain v Ukraine 1-1
Spain v Tunisia 2-1
Spain v Saudi Arabia 3-1
Ukraine v Tunisia 2-1
Ukraine v Saudi Arabia 1-0
Saudi Arabia v Tunisia 2-2 (game of the tournament)
Spain 7 3
Ukraine 7 2
And there we have it! The group games all considered and all teams itching to perambulate the punnery and get on with the knockout stages! Well, part 3 of the Prison Predictions trilogy will end the collection just as well as the Frankenstein scene ended the magnificent new Star Wars set. Tanoshimi da ne?
June 8th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Prison Predictions Part II (Appendix)
The KO stages, and things now have revved up to a Clarkson-esque level of punnery and torque.
The second round…
Germany v England 1-2
Holland v Mexico 2-0
Czech Republic v Australia 1-0
France v Ukraine 2-1
Poland v Sweden 0-2
Argentina v Portugal 2-1
Italy v Brazil 1-1 (Italy victorious 3-2 on penalties)
Korea v Spain 0-2
June 11th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
i think that iran are a quite a good team if they are on form. who see the iran v bosnia match 5-0 to iran because they were on form hopefully they will be today.
June 11th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
good luck iran today we are playing one of the best teams in the world.
good luck to every other team who is in the world cup