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Doyle happy to be on edge as Cyprus call



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Published Date: 14 October 2008
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND striker Kevin Doyle will use the fear of failure to fuel a revenge mission against Cyprus tomorrow night.
The 25-year-old Reading striker could only look on from the stands as Ireland slipped to a hugely damaging 5-2 European Championship qualifier defeat in Nicosia two years ago, although he played in the 1-1 draw at Croke Park 12 months later which und
erlined the Cypriots' emergence as a genuine threat.

Those experiences provide a reminder of the task Giovanni Trapattoni's men face in Dublin as they attempt to add three more World Cup points to the four they collected from their opening qualifiers against Georgia and Montenegro. Said Doyle: "As players and supporters, everyone is probably a bit less confident – not confident, less cocksure and just expecting to win – which is a good thing. Me personally, I prefer it when I am a bit more on edge. I think we play better, and hopefully that will be the case tomorrow.

"It wasn't a one-off against us. Cyprus have been very good over the last few years.

"I saw them against Italy earlier on in the season and they put in a very good performance.

"They drew away to Georgia the other night as well, and that's a very good result for them. It won't be an easy game."

Doyle is expected to line-up once again alongside captain Robbie Keane in attack, and the younger man will hope his rich vein of form continues.

He has eight goals to his name in ten appearances for the Royals so far this season, and that tally includes two hat-tricks.

That is a creditable return for a man who joined up for last month's internationals with his dream of a swift move back to the Barclays Premier League, with Tottenham and Aston Villa monitoring his situation, having been dashed.

Added Doyle: "The form has come for me in the last six or seven weeks."





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  • Last Updated: 14 October 2008 10:00 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Rosie's Opinion,

USA 27/10/2008 01:16:37
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.” Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant the men began to compare their savings.

“I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” “Yeah,

 

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