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To: TobagoJack who wrote (1998)	11/13/2005 10:07:19 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217792

Hold the rum! On TnT chances: They may meet the 'man with the black attache'. You're hyper realistic as much as Elmat. So I have to let you know who "the man with the attache man" is? Do you know what it is the 'man with the black attache'? Lets say: Middle East is awash in oil moolah. Sheik wants Bahrani team to be in Germany. He says: "By any means, get our team in Germany." And then they say: "Well, I don't know if paying this team a bonus will get them there" Sheik says: How TnT boys would react to 'the man with the black attache' if he arrives in TnT to sort things out? "Allahu Akbar! Peace be upon him! This our sheik is a genius!" You know about economics: TnT in Germany will bring to each player, say: USD50K. Lets say -as an economic exercise only- 'the man with the black attache' tells: "Have a holiday - all of them are football players and they will be mid season at home while the ones which qualify work hard. "A paid holiday with 3x what you'd get if would qualify." TnT boys want time to think. "Well tell the Sheik we will retire one day. Times will tough if we return home after blowing the only chance to reach the World Cup finals ever." 'Man with the black attache' calls sheik: "Ok, we will send someone to sign them in for the clubs here in Gulf states." TnT drew at home not to upset the crowds. They will lose in Bahrain. They collapse in the middle of the pitch in tears. At home, people get sad but tell: "We went too far anyway. And our boys fought bravely". In the dressing room after the game: "We could have got 3x0 before half time." Guilt and professionalism is still there. "Are you crazy"? What will happen is one of us screw up our knee mid-season playing for a second divion team? We will end selling lottery tickets!" "Ok, boys cool down, says the coach, lets greet the sheik and go around town. People say they have Chinese, Russian, North African 'food' in the town. Lets enjoy a bit. Are we TnT boys or what?" Very good 'food' they have in those gulf states, TJ :-)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (1998)	11/13/2005 10:21:47 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217792

An example: "During the 1994 World Cup, Colombia football player Andrés Escobar accidentally scored an own goal causing the team to lose 2-1 to the United States. The United States won the first-round game 2-1, and Colombia failed to advance from the first round. On his return to Colombia, Escobar was confronted outside a bar in Medellín by a gunman who shot the player six times, reportedly shouting 'goal' for each bullet fired." Suspicion of having met "the man in the black attache"..