Comments on: Countdown to $200

By: M.N.

M.N. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:47 +0000

well Rodge i hope this time it’ll be different for Spain…
Paul even maybe Italy were not so strong but Netherland were really great in that game…they really played beautiful football…
As i said “till now” and anything can happen.. not only the previous WC, look at the previous Euro..Greece won…
anyway we just saw 1 game for each time…

Let’s wait several days.

By: Rodge

Rodge — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:40:20 +0000

Good to see some soccer challenges.
It’s a good change.
M.N. Spain looks strong, but as usual, when they arrive to the serious stuff they will fail.

We have 2 pools now, and looking to the first results, we can imagine Germany - Portugal in one side of the semis, Hiolland - Spain in the other side, but as all the Soccer fans know, things can change dramatically, and previous experiences proove that.
Just look back at the 2006 WC finalists, Italy and France, they didn’t convince during their games in the first round, but yet they took it to the end.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:41:32 +0000

M.N.

you´re absolutely right,I thought portugal is in the C group.
Spain is dangerous,and i think netherland was strong because Italy was weak.

By: M.N.

M.N. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:54:45 +0000

Paul and Mickel
Portugal and Germany can never meet in the finals..
they will meet in the quarter or in the semi final…
anyway i don’t think the german team can do anything in this tournament…
for me i wish that Spain will win this time but till now the best football team in the Euro is Netherland.

By: Tarek

Tarek — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:25:16 +0000

We’re heading for a third world war.

By: Mickel

Mickel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:21:42 +0000

Since we’re talking about soccer, I also think that Germany and Portugal will be the finalists.

And by the way na3iman to all the Italy fans for getting spanked by the Deutch!

By: VOR

VOR — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:28:54 +0000

I meant to say speculation accounts for 75% of the rise in price.

By: VOR

VOR — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:26:13 +0000

Well said ali. Speculation is leading to these outrageous price hikes. It accounts for 25% of the rise of price and the rest is simply a higher demand at this time than supply is able to meet. Eventually, it will come down a bit and rest at a price where market dynamics will be satisfied. It is ridiculous that we are at this stage but there is much hypocrisy in this whole thing and there are some people that are making a killing in profits at the expense of the less fortunate….what a great world we do live in, to just put in some sarcasm to this story.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:32 +0000

finally someone interested in soccer.

Rodge, i think the final is between Germany and Portugal.

Fuziad

France kann schon jetzt nach Hause fahren

By: ali

ali — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:37:42 +0000

Worldwide demand for oil has only grown by 1% since January of 2007, yet the price of a barrel of oil has nearly tripled.

The primary cause of this outrageous spike in oil cost is due to speculation. It’s that simple.