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I predicted before the tournament had even started, Federer would lose in the semis to Nadal. Let's see if i'm right. Don't bash Mary Pierce. She was envolved in the best wta point i've ever seen.

He signed on the same day as Anelka and 5 and 9 were the only squad numbers left. ←

This isn't true, I've already explained what happened with that previously. The rest seemed spot on though. ←

Davydenko defeating Coria surprised me. I'm sad about it David Ferrer vs Gaudio was a GREAT game. One of the best i've seen so far this year. I think Gaudio was viewed as a favourite for this game but i knew Ferrer could give him a hell of a challenge, and he did. Ferrer goes through. Canas also went through without needing to play, but he would have won anyway Nadal was great in his match against Grosjean. Grosjean wasn't that bad but Nadal is just amazing on Clay. Puerta won and it also didn't surprise me. Robredo vs Safin is currently 1-1 in Sets and 3-1 Robredo in the third. I hope Robredo wins it. If only Coria hadn't died (in his head) in the end of the third set it would have been a perfect day for me. I would have liked Gaudio to go through but i also like Ferrer so it's all good.

The numbering is that way because it was the tactic that was mostly (as in 95% of the teams) used when the numbering system was created. Tactic: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The numbers were attributed from back to front, from right to left. 1- Goalkeeper 2 - Right Defender 3 - Left Defender 4 - Anchor Man 5 - Right Midfielder 6 - Left Midfielder 7 - Right Winger 8 - Right Interior 9 - Centre Forward 10 - Left Interior 11 - Left Winger With the evolution of tactics the 4, 5 or 6 numbers started to be used by defenders as the teams started playing with 3 and then 4 defenders. the left back and right back were pushed to the lines, and that's why there's usually a 4, 5 or 6 as central defender. Most countries adopted the 4 and 5 as CB and 6 as midfielder, but some started using the 5 and 6 as centre backs as the anchor man was still used in some countries so they left him with the "4". The forward line remained more less the same, just with the wingers needing to go back a little so they kept the same numbers. The 8, 9, 10 change a lot because of different tactics adopted by different countries and teams stopped playing all alike. As a lot of great football players happened to play in the Left Interior position the "10" started to be used in most of the world as the "star" number, which usually matches the flair-based playmakers. The 8 was the remaining offensive position so depending on the tactic of the team he could be the second centre forward or a centre midfielder. Nowadays, this doesn't matter much at all as a lot of players pick the numbers they like without caring much about this. Still, you can usually see the pattern, only with slight changes. Also, there's no obligation of a player playing with the number 1 being a goalkeeper. Argentinian Ossie Ardiles won a world cup playing with the 1 on his back from the midfield. It wasn't the only outfield player who wore a 1, but the only one to won the cup. He used it because it defined the organizer, the one player the team played around, according to an interview i read from Argentina's Manager at the time.

Try: the Toasters, the Specials, Fishbone, Bad Manners, the Skatalites As for recent third wave style songs with Sax try the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Five Iron Frenzy, Buck-O-Nine, Hepcat (with two sax players and very jamaican ska influenced), and some stuff already mentioned. Most of this stuff is not really the same but they have good songs. You just have to look for them.

All the spanish players are losing today. (apart from Robredo and Ferrero that is). The only two surprises to me yesterday were Hrbaty and Verdasco losing in the fifth set. Everything else is going as predicted.

It's not a random name generator. It just mixes names and surnames of the Korean names file (all those names are real). If you had picked the korean league and checked the names, although obviously different since they would be real players, they would just be different mixes of the ones you saw there. ←

2-2 was the final score of the Juve - Livorno game. Poor Livorno fans that only got to see 4 goals in this games after 19 in the previous 2

It was indeed in the 98/99 Season. They played 50 games (each obviously), and lost all the pre-season. I miss that season. Rookie Jason Williams was one of the most exciting players to watch. EDIT:edited to add the exact number of games they played.

He can play there but he's mostly a wing back. I never saw the reason why he would play for England, not only because i don't find him anything great, but also because he plays a position England doesn't even use. He'd be better off staying in Germany.