Yeah though a lot of Spurs fans were pissed off they signed him.

In the World Cup, there are always some teams that are rather crappy - except for the Europeans and South Americans. In the Euro Cup, all teams are petty good. It is really hard to say who will win. I just guessed, and my vote went to the Netherlands.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

Except that he's married, and not to you, you mean?

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

All good teams in the European cups?? Are you sure about that one?

Brazil are so good to watch. When they take off...you'd need a heart of stone not to warm to them. That is the interesting part of the World Cup, the comparison in styles, which will triumph. The organisation of team like Germany v the superb, athletic, flowing, skillful style of the Brazilians...

Good luck with that Netherlands vote, I can't see it myself

Well, the Dutch team is ranked fairly high right now.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

You turn it around and give it a different meaning.

All the teams in the Euro 2008 are fairly good. This does not mean that all good teams are in the Euro 2008.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

Right that's what i mean, you think all the teams in this tournament are good???

Well ... Austria and Switzerland are the hosts and didn't need to go through the qualification. But apart from that I don't see any weak teams. You could argue that England might be stronger than some of the other teams ... but hey ... the got every chance to qualify but didn't make it. After all ... there are only 16 places in the tournament.

Nah i'd say on top of the hosts Sweeden and Turkey are pretty weak. I'd also say the Soviets and ex Soviet states (Russia anyway) aren't so great...Gus Hiddink is a good coach but the team sucks. I like Romania and Poland aren't bad bit i doubt many others agree with me on that. I'd say there were only 5 or maybe 6 very good teams.

No, but, as I did write: fairly good.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

Not even close, i would say about half are "fairly" good, if that many.

Maybe you and I just define the word "good" differently, when it comes to football teams.

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President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.

In comparison with nations elsewhere in the world (not just SA but countries like Mexico and Japan, South Korea etc etc) are better than some of this lot. Then add in all the South American teams and the odd African nation and you have better players, better coaches, better team performances and in general you have all the makings of a better tournament.

Such tournaments are difficult to compare. Of course you don't have the two non-European top teams Brazil and Argentina and a couple of other fairly good teams around. But apart from the hosts there are no really weak teams. On the other hand at the world cup you also got teams like Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica or Trinidad and Tobago. I don't want to sound arrogant, but look at the last few Word Cups. It's usually only the European teams plus Brazil and Argentina that make it to the higher rounds. The only exception was probably in 2002.