Tuesday 24 June 2014

Stickers: World Cup Day 12

    In terms of packets opened I am now just past half way, having got two packs into the second box.
    I think I may regret trying to bet on scores predicted by stickers obtained on the day as today I had a bout of 'a Mexican in every pack'.   I have been unable to obtain odds on a result of Croatia 2 Mexico 10. Thankfully the other predictions are more sensible, erm, Brazil 3 Cameroon 3, Australia 3 Spain 0 and Netherlands 1 Chile 3.
     So I got 3-0 Australia v Spain right.  OK, so it was 3-0 to Spain, but frankly who's counting ?  Mark Bresciano plays the last 18 minutes, Dario Vidosic fails to get on and Rhys Williams failed to make the squad due to injury.
     Memphis Depay comes off the bench to score the Netherlands second  goal in a 2-0 win. (Adrian) Chile's Eugenio Mena, Mauricio Isla Bonita (young girls with eyes like potatoes) and Marcelo Diaz all play.
     Brazil beat Cameroon 4-1 with ITV pundit Ian Wright complaining that Cameroon's players are too comfortable and only concerned with getting paid.  Thiago Silva starts for Brazil, Ramires comes on after being dropped from the previous game and Dante experiences the circles of hell on the bench.  Eyong Enoh gets booked for the Cameroon, Eric Choupo-Moting gets substituted and Benoit Assou Ekoto fails to make an appearance.
     So, did Croatia v Mexico finish 2-10 ?  Of course it didn't.  'Twas 3-1 to the  homeland of Speedy
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Gonsalez. Remarkably of the ten Mexicans only Andres Guardado (who I get twice) scores, but Paul Aguilar clears off the line, Hector Herrera hits the bar and Oribe Peralta sets up Guardado's goal.  I also get the Mexican badge which doesn't do a lot, Carlos Pena comes on as a sub and is the victim of a tackle that results in a sending off, Giovani dos Santos is substituted (who I also get twice, not by Pena) and Aldo de Nigris failed to make the squad.  For Croatia Vedrun Corluca plays the full game and Mateo Kovacic comes on as a sub.
      Well, one box down and I've just got my first England swap; Glen Johnson. the swaps have passed the 100 mark and so have tournament goals, but I doubt the scoring rate will keep up with the swap rate. 
    
      'Gots':            433

       Swaps:         112

     Most stickers: 18 Croatia and Iran, plans to bet on the first complete team to win the tournament
                             may be scuppered as  Croatia are already out and Iran are not certain to qualify.

     Least:              6   South Korea

     Most Swaps:    10   Portugal

     Least Swaps:    None   Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium,
                              and Nigeria

     Complete Pages:   10

     Most Individual Swaps: 2   Eleven different stickers

    Longest Sequence of Stickers:   18   Numbers  53 - 70, 372 - 389 and 449 - 466.

    Betting total:      -£11.53

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