Excellent blog, David. Whenever top seeds crash out, there are always windows of opportunity for the smaller nations. In this case, Uruguay and Ghana are taking advantage of the opportunities Australia could not seize. Four years ago, a penalty against Italy robbed us of a chance to face Ukraine for a semi-final spot...

So it goes.

Germany v. Argentina is huge. I think the winner has a very good chance of going all the way. But they probably have to beat Brasil for the Cup.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo blog Managing Expectations, Part II?
 
Some weeks back I wrote a piece for this blog detailing the expectation that weighed heavy on certain teams going into this World Cup. 
As part of that blog, I stated that “While I...

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Psychic Octopi hey?
It is a seemingly impressive record he has.

I forgot to link the original blog, sorry: http://au.fourfourtwo.com/blogs.aspx?CIaBEID=1806

My favourite English headlines, the above mentioned "Fritz All Over!", and the Telegraph's "Mannschafted".

I quite like "Mullered", personally :P


Why they didn't stick this octopus in a tank full of thirty-two boxes and ask it to pick the winner in the first place is beyond me... would have saved a lot of time!