tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post115167824809102546..comments2024-03-01T16:32:41.076+08:00Comments on Sun Bin: World Cup geographySun Binhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1152505794921318662006-07-10T14:29:00.000+10:002006-07-10T14:29:00.000+10:00zidane pulled a rooney!at the end france' fate mir...zidane pulled a rooney!<BR/>at the end france' fate mirrors its colonial empire brother UK.<BR/><BR/>so this showed the correlation of final 16th with population is merely a coincidence. what this demostrated is that<BR/>1) a large enough gene pool (30M) is need to build one decent football team<BR/>2) but smaller country, e.g. portugal, can be lucky and produce great players such C.Ronaldo and Figo.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1152050878600814902006-07-05T08:07:00.000+10:002006-07-05T08:07:00.000+10:00真是他妈的灵魂附体了-- so it proves that once you have reach...<A HREF="http://www.wangxiaofeng.net/?p=213" REL="nofollow">真是他妈的灵魂附体了</A><BR/><BR/>-- so it proves that once you have reached a certain critical mass, that is, a gene pool large enough to generate the 11-15 players, the contribution of population factor peaks, that size is somewhere between 30-50M. (It was said Brizal can assemble 3 teams, farily enough, with 140-150M people)<BR/><BR/>-- but Germany deserves the defeat. Odonkor should have replace Scheider in 40". He came on 40 minutes too late.<BR/><BR/>Now that poor Lehmann is gone, I have only Zidane to root for.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151852233269336432006-07-03T00:57:00.000+10:002006-07-03T00:57:00.000+10:00since the Brazilian non-team failed even after som...since the Brazilian non-team failed even after some minor biase from the referee, history of host-continent wins world cup (i.e. there are only 2 qualified continents) is ensured.<BR/><BR/>with the population rule (which, statistically means a larger pool of good players), it will be franco-prussian war in the final. and prussia will prevail.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151848432440138652006-07-02T23:53:00.000+10:002006-07-02T23:53:00.000+10:00Zidane surved a ban during the first 2nd round mat...Zidane surved a ban during the first 2nd round match, just before the quarter finals.<BR/><BR/>There was actually talk about him missing the quarters for being "too old".<BR/><BR/>HAHA! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151787808694120292006-07-02T07:03:00.000+10:002006-07-02T07:03:00.000+10:00i have no complain:)although i like the brazilians...i have no complain:)<BR/>although i like the brazilians more than the french. <BR/>but zidane is not just a captain and scorer, he is a 'strategist' who always know where to put the balls and is able to put it there.<BR/><BR/>but i thought he got 2 yellows and will be banished in this match?Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151786829567832892006-07-02T06:47:00.000+10:002006-07-02T06:47:00.000+10:00Brazil may go home too! 10 mins to go and 1 goal b...Brazil may go home too! 10 mins to go and 1 goal behind!!Siegfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292429990009699141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151779995352314612006-07-02T04:53:00.000+10:002006-07-02T04:53:00.000+10:00Life has an unlikely twist...Portugal won by penal...Life has an unlikely twist...<BR/><BR/>Portugal won by penalty shoot-outs! Had England score, they wouldn't enter penalty shoot-out and got humiliated by Ricardo the goalkeeper again.<BR/><BR/>http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060701/1/8h6y.html<BR/>http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991618.stm<BR/>http://2006.sina.com.cn/eng/2006-07-02/014686478.shtml28481khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393465689449560840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1151771332653841092006-07-02T02:28:00.000+10:002006-07-02T02:28:00.000+10:00Yesterday was 2 out of 2.Today, I do wish Portugal...Yesterday was 2 out of 2.<BR/><BR/>Today, I do wish Portugal win, but am not optimistic.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.com