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FA CUP - 3rd Round

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Idi Amin, Dec 5, 2014.

  1. ImperialTiger

    ImperialTiger Well-Known Member

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    Something along the lines of 63 x 63 (but I'm probably wrong), so 3,969-1.
     
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  2. HCAFCHangout

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    64 x 63 not to be pedantic.
     
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  3. Erik

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    Weren't we drawn as the away side in all three? That'd make it 1 in 2,000,000
     
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  4. Charon

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    When you book your ticket you should say if Brucie picks his lad you want your money back, I am
     
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  5. Erik

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    I fully intend to. He's ****ing ****.
     
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  6. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

    John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. Well-Known Member

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    You obviously didn't go to the final, he was one of the best players.
     
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  7. Erik

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    He's a liability who's only here because of his father. The league's worst player by far. One crunching tackle every five games doesn't change that, as good as it is to see soft South American forwards rolling on the floor in agony.
     
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  8. Ron Burguvdy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Siegfried's cat View Post

    I know it can't be fixed, but what are the odds of the previous FA cup finalists being drawn together in the practice draw and then again in the actual draw? I think it's fate and we're going to beat them 3-2

    Quote Originally Posted by ImperialTiger View Post

    Something along the lines of 63 x 63 (but I'm probably wrong), so 3,969-1.





    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy
     
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  9. Blaknamberblood

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    well every time we play the arse it`s a good game, just hope it don`t turn out to be our reserves against theirs !
     
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  10. Erik

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    That would only apply if I'd said the odds were 1 in 2,000,000 and that meant it was fixed, or that that made it remarkable amongst all potential fixtures. Simply pointing out the statistical odds of it happening is not fallacious. Besides, I think my maths is pretty ****e.
     
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  11. Ron Burguvdy

    Ron Burguvdy Well-Known Member

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    statistically we now have 9 (ABEL HERNANDEZ) & 18 (NIKICA JELAVIC) better than the final ...
     
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  12. captain caveman

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    The odds of us playing Arsenal were simply 63 to 1. Exactly the same as the odds of us playing anyone else. It just feels like fate laughs at us sometimes!
     
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  13. originallambrettaman

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    That would have worked better if you'd called him Akita Jelavic...
     
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  14. Charon

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    Do you mean the bit when we were 2 0 up and he gave away a stupid free kick which they scored from to make it 2-1 - he hadn't started in any other round of the cup but his dad put him in so he could say he played in the final - we won every other game without him - we lost with him - and that's a fact
     
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  15. BOJACKHCAFCMAN

    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    What about the bit when he nearly put us 3-0 up, some of our fans are pathetic as ****
     
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  16. BOJACKHCAFCMAN

    BOJACKHCAFCMAN Well-Known Member

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    You're a ****ing liabilty who posts **** on the internet and never goes to matches pal
     
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  17. bobby ace

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    Bruce might have done that if he had the faintest idea what his best starting XI is, so I think he'll play the strongest team possible. He has to get them fired up and playing like they ****ing mean it by January, or we're in trouble.
     
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  18. Erik

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    You're a cantaloupe.
     
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  19. ImperialTiger

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    We were still winning when he left the field.
     
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  20. Charon

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    We were beating Arsenal this season until he came on
     
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