From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

Jesper Lauridsen:

On 24/11/2025 12.10, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Jesper Lauridsen-a-a-a-a-a-a-a --a-a-a milivella
-a-a-a-aPanetolikos --a-a-a Olympiakos
-a-a-a-aBayern Munich-a-a-a-a-a - St. Pauli

Tough pick. Maybe just go for the red & white teams and call it a day?

Bayern are red and white, but St. Pauli's logo is a red and white
castle. So how do we decide which of the two teams is red and white?
Well, St. Pauli's logo is a red and white castle *on red background,
enclosed in a white circle*. So they are actally 2 x red-and-white vs. Bayern's 1x, so you've picked St. Pauli.

I pick Bayern.

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Cheers
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Ll|-o wrote:

On 24/11/2025 08:10, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Fixtures
--------

Tier 1

Ll|-o - Blueshirt
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

I pick AEK Athens and Fenerbah|oe.

Galatasaray
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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer


Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> posted:

The Moroccan League is apparently on a break until January 23, to
allow for the Africa Cup of Nations (to be played in Morocco) and the
Arab Cup, which will both be played between in December-January.

We'll go ahead with Greece and Turkey (again, one Monday match, but I couldn't pass on the Intercontinental Derby)

Unsophisticated Prediction Tiers Season 64 - League GRE/TUR, Match Day
3 (2025/11/29-30)

What to do
-----------

Look at the fixtures below: do you play home or away?

*Home*
#VALUE!
=- Pick one team from each of the two matches

*Away*
#VALUE!
- Pick one of the teams not picked by your opponent (if they haven't
picked any team, you have free choice; if she is Lassie and there is a
tie, diregard the last vote)
=- their opponents will represent your opponent

*ATTENTION: NEW RULE*: If the away player doesn't pick any team before his/her deadline, the home player will be
represented by the team that achieves the best outcome out of his/her
two picked teams.
If the home player doesn't pick any team before his deadline, the away
player can pick two teams (one from each match),
and he/she will be represented by the team that achieves the best
outcome out of his/her two picked teams.
If nobody picks a team, teams are assigned randomly.


Fixtures
--------

Tier 1

Ll|-o - Blueshirt
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G||ztepe


Tier 2

Silver Skull - Werner Pichler
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

AEK ATHENS & GALATASARAY
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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

Silver Skull <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> posted:

The Moroccan League is apparently on a break until January 23, to
allow for the Africa Cup of Nations (to be played in Morocco) and the
Arab Cup, which will both be played between in December-January.

We'll go ahead with Greece and Turkey (again, one Monday match, but I
couldn't pass on the Intercontinental Derby)


Unsophisticated Prediction Tiers Season 64 - League GRE/TUR, Match Day
3 (2025/11/29-30)

What to do
-----------

Look at the fixtures below: do you play home or away?

*Home*
#VALUE!
=- Pick one team from each of the two matches

*Away*
#VALUE!
- Pick one of the teams not picked by your opponent (if they haven't
picked any team, you have free choice; if she is Lassie and there is a
tie, diregard the last vote)
=- their opponents will represent your opponent

*ATTENTION: NEW RULE*: If the away player doesn't pick any team before
his/her deadline, the home player will be
represented by the team that achieves the best outcome out of his/her
two picked teams.
If the home player doesn't pick any team before his deadline, the away
player can pick two teams (one from each match),
and he/she will be represented by the team that achieves the best
outcome out of his/her two picked teams.
If nobody picks a team, teams are assigned randomly.


Fixtures
--------

Tier 1

Ll|-o - Blueshirt
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G||ztepe


Tier 2

Silver Skull - Werner Pichler
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

AEK ATHENS & GALATASARAY

Pana

Ciao,
Werner

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

In article <10g79ek$i7md$1@dont-email.me>,
Werner Pichler <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Silver Skull <user5999@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> posted:

The Moroccan League is apparently on a break until January 23, to
allow for the Africa Cup of Nations (to be played in Morocco) and the
Arab Cup, which will both be played between in December-January.

We'll go ahead with Greece and Turkey (again, one Monday match, but I
couldn't pass on the Intercontinental Derby)


Unsophisticated Prediction Tiers Season 64 - League GRE/TUR, Match Day
3 (2025/11/29-30)

What to do
-----------

Look at the fixtures below: do you play home or away?

*Home*
#VALUE!
=- Pick one team from each of the two matches

*Away*
#VALUE!
- Pick one of the teams not picked by your opponent (if they haven't
picked any team, you have free choice; if she is Lassie and there is a
tie, diregard the last vote)
=- their opponents will represent your opponent

*ATTENTION: NEW RULE*: If the away player doesn't pick any team before
his/her deadline, the home player will be
represented by the team that achieves the best outcome out of his/her
two picked teams.
If the home player doesn't pick any team before his deadline, the away
player can pick two teams (one from each match),
and he/she will be represented by the team that achieves the best
outcome out of his/her two picked teams.
If nobody picks a team, teams are assigned randomly.


Fixtures
--------

Tier 1

Ll|-o - Blueshirt
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G||ztepe

Has Mark made his selections yet?

Tier 2

Silver Skull - Werner Pichler
Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

AEK ATHENS & GALATASARAY

Pana

Ciao,
Werner

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On 25/11/2025 16.28, Futbolmetrix wrote:

OK, OK, I'm a softie gamemaster.

A soft gamemaster? I never!

Panathinaikos - AEK Athens
Fenerbah|oe - Galatasaray

Panathinaikos &
Fener

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On 2025-11-25 11:37, Jesus Petry wrote:

On 24/11/2025 08:10, Futbolmetrix wrote:

Jesus Petry-a-a-a-a-a-a-a --a-a-a MH
-a-a-a-aAtromitos-a-a-a --a-a-a Asteras Tripolis
-a-a-a-aAntalyapor-a-a-a --a-a-a G||ztepe

-aAtromitos
-aG||ztepe

-aTchau!
-aJesus Petry

Asteras Tripolis

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:08:32 +0000, Mark <noreply@pugleaf.net.invalid>
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:10:49 -0500, Futbolmetrix wrote:

*Home*
#VALUE!

What does #VALUE! mean?

The formula in the Excel spreadsheet that was supposed to explain the
rules for the home team evaluated to an error. I fixed it for the next gameweeks.

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G%ztepe

Atromitos
G%ztepe

Doc, in case you didn't see Mark's original message: you can pick
between Asteras Tripolis and Antalyaspor.


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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:02:27 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
(The Doctor) wrote:

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G||ztepe

Has Mark made his selections yet?

Yes, he picked Atromitos and Goztepe.

You can pick between Asteras Tripolis and Antalyaspor.

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:53:52 +0100, milivella wrote:

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Now that's what I call a cryptic pick! (Is this just pugleaf being weird? And will it show up the way it appears to me, or will it just look normal to everyone else and leave me looking silly?)
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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

In article <d2hfikttdbkeavseaqiucceuikqpvhqr11@4ax.com>,
Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:02:27 -0000 (UTC), doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
(The Doctor) wrote:

Mark - The Doctor
Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis
Antalyapor - G||ztepe

Has Mark made his selections yet?

Yes, he picked Atromitos and Goztepe.

You can pick between Asteras Tripolis and Antalyaspor.

Tripolis it is!
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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On 27/11/2025 12.13, Mark wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:53:52 +0100, milivella wrote:

SmVzcGVyIExhdXJpZHNlbjoNCg0KPiBPbiAyNC8xMS8yMDI1IDEyLjEwLCBGdXRib2xtZXRy
aXggd3JvdGU6DQo+Pg0KPj4gSmVzcGVyIExhdXJpZHNlbsKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgIC3CoMKg
wqAgbWlsaXZlbGxhDQo+PiDCoMKgwqDCoFBhbmV0b2xpa29zIC3CoMKgwqAgT2x5bXBpYWtv
cw0KPj4gwqDCoMKgwqBCYXllcm4gTXVuaWNowqDCoMKgwqDCoCAtIFN0LiBQYXVsaQ0KPiAN
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DQptaWxpdmVsbGENCg==

Now that's what I call a cryptic pick! (Is this just pugleaf being weird? And will it show up the way it appears to me, or will it just look normal to everyone else and leave me looking silly?)

It's Base 64 encoded. Which is a bizare thing to do.

Thunderbird automatically decoded it.

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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:06:16 +0100, Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On 27/11/2025 12.13, Mark wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:53:52 +0100, milivella wrote:

SmVzcGVyIExhdXJpZHNlbjoNCg0KPiBPbiAyNC8xMS8yMDI1IDEyLjEwLCBGdXRib2xtZXRy >> aXggd3JvdGU6DQo+Pg0KPj4gSmVzcGVyIExhdXJpZHNlbsKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgIC3CoMKg >> wqAgbWlsaXZlbGxhDQo+PiDCoMKgwqDCoFBhbmV0b2xpa29zIC3CoMKgwqAgT2x5bXBpYWtv >> cw0KPj4gwqDCoMKgwqBCYXllcm4gTXVuaWNowqDCoMKgwqDCoCAtIFN0LiBQYXVsaQ0KPiAN >> Cj4gVG91Z2ggcGljay4gTWF5YmUganVzdCBnbyBmb3IgdGhlIHJlZCAmIHdoaXRlIHRlYW1z >> IGFuZCBjYWxsIGl0IGEgZGF5Pw0KDQpCYXllcm4gYXJlIHJlZCBhbmQgd2hpdGUsIGJ1dCBT >> dC4gUGF1bGkncyBsb2dvIGlzIGEgcmVkIGFuZCB3aGl0ZSANCmNhc3RsZS4gU28gaG93IGRv >> IHdlIGRlY2lkZSB3aGljaCBvZiB0aGUgdHdvIHRlYW1zIGlzIHJlZCBhbmQgd2hpdGU/IA0K >> V2VsbCwgU3QuIFBhdWxpJ3MgbG9nbyBpcyBhIHJlZCBhbmQgd2hpdGUgY2FzdGxlICpvbiBy >> ZWQgYmFja2dyb3VuZCwgDQplbmNsb3NlZCBpbiBhIHdoaXRlIGNpcmNsZSouIFNvIHRoZXkg >> YXJlIGFjdGFsbHkgMiB4IHJlZC1hbmQtd2hpdGUgdnMuIA0KQmF5ZXJuJ3MgMXgsIHNvIHlv >> dSd2ZSBwaWNrZWQgU3QuIFBhdWxpLg0KDQpJIHBpY2sgQmF5ZXJuLg0KDQotLQ0KQ2hlZXJz >> DQptaWxpdmVsbGENCg==

Now that's what I call a cryptic pick! (Is this just pugleaf being weird? And will it show up the way it appears to me, or will it just look normal to everyone else and leave me looking silly?)

It's Base 64 encoded. Which is a bizare thing to do.

Thunderbird automatically decoded it.

What does Base 64 encoded mean?
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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:10:49 -0500, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

We'll go ahead with Greece and Turkey (again, one Monday match, but I >couldn't pass on the Intercontinental Derby)

And an interesting Intercontinental Derby it was, with Galatasaray
taking the lead in the first half thanks to a Leroy Sane goal
(apparently they don't know the "you can't win a football match with
Leroy Sane in your lineup down in Turkey), and holding on until the
95th minute...when this happened:

https://streamain.com/en/NhvCN12yC8TGBPw/watch

Too bad for poor milivella, who could have recorded yet another famous
victory despite his opponent getting two free picks...(Bayern-St.
Pauli also saw an injury-time winner, and Olympiacos struggled to have
the better of lowly Panetolikos...my original picks were perfectly
balanced!)





Tier 1
----
Lloo 1-1 Blueshirt (Fenerbahte - Galatasaray)
Mark 0-1 The Doctor (Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis)
Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
9 3 4 1 3 3 The Doctor
6 3 7 5 2 3 Mark
1 3 4 6 -2 3 Blueshirt
1 3 3 6 -3 3 Lloo

Doctor flies off again to a perfect start.


Tier 2
----
Silver Skull 3-2 Werner Pichler (AEK Athens - Panathinaikos)
Jesus Petry 0-1 MH (Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis)

Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
6 3 4 1 3 3 MH
6 3 4 2 2 3 Jesus Petry
3 3 4 5 -1 3 Werner Pichler
3 3 3 7 -4 2 Silver Skull

Things very balanced in Tier 2.


Tier 3
----
Jesper Lauridsen 1-1 milivella (Fenerbahte - Galatasaray)
Homer Simpson 1-2 Futbolmetrix (Antalyaspor - G%ztepe)


Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
6 3 6 3 3 3 Futbolmetrix
4 3 4 5 -1 3 Jesper Lauridsen
4 3 3 5 -2 1 milivella
3 3 5 5 0 3 Homer Simpson


Tsk, these Tier 3 bottom-dwellers are not enough of a challenge
(Weaufx Gods be damned). milivella still last of the humans, as
always.


Match Day 4 schedule to be announced soon.




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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

On Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:03:00 -0500, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

Tier 2
----
Silver Skull 3-2 Werner Pichler (AEK Athens - Panathinaikos)

The Athenian derby was quite eventful too. Two red cards, a 90th
minute equalizer by Pana, only for AEK to win it thanks to a 94th
minute penalty (and hattrick goal) by Luka Jovic.


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From Newsgroup: rec.sport.soccer

In article <2gsrikh17hedqvujasmmfppvbkim5nav3k@4ax.com>,
Futbolmetrix <futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:10:49 -0500, Futbolmetrix
<futbolmetrix@yahoo.com> wrote:

We'll go ahead with Greece and Turkey (again, one Monday match, but I >>couldn't pass on the Intercontinental Derby)

And an interesting Intercontinental Derby it was, with Galatasaray
taking the lead in the first half thanks to a Leroy Sane goal
(apparently they don't know the "you can't win a football match with
Leroy Sane in your lineup down in Turkey), and holding on until the
95th minute...when this happened:

https://streamain.com/en/NhvCN12yC8TGBPw/watch

Too bad for poor milivella, who could have recorded yet another famous >victory despite his opponent getting two free picks...(Bayern-St.
Pauli also saw an injury-time winner, and Olympiacos struggled to have
the better of lowly Panetolikos...my original picks were perfectly
balanced!)

Tier 1
----
Lloo 1-1 Blueshirt (Fenerbahte - Galatasaray)
Mark 0-1 The Doctor (Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis)
Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
9 3 4 1 3 3 The Doctor
6 3 7 5 2 3 Mark
1 3 4 6 -2 3 Blueshirt
1 3 3 6 -3 3 Lloo

Doctor flies off again to a perfect start.

Never get cocky.

Tier 2
----
Silver Skull 3-2 Werner Pichler (AEK Athens - Panathinaikos)
Jesus Petry 0-1 MH (Atromitos - Asteras Tripolis)

Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
6 3 4 1 3 3 MH
6 3 4 2 2 3 Jesus Petry
3 3 4 5 -1 3 Werner Pichler
3 3 3 7 -4 2 Silver Skull

Things very balanced in Tier 2.


Tier 3
----
Jesper Lauridsen 1-1 milivella (Fenerbahte - Galatasaray)
Homer Simpson 1-2 Futbolmetrix (Antalyaspor - G%ztepe)


Pts M GF GA GD Picks Team
6 3 6 3 3 3 Futbolmetrix
4 3 4 5 -1 3 Jesper Lauridsen
4 3 3 5 -2 1 milivella
3 3 5 5 0 3 Homer Simpson

Tsk, these Tier 3 bottom-dwellers are not enough of a challenge
(Weaufx Gods be damned). milivella still last of the humans, as
always.

Match Day 4 schedule to be announced soon.

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