Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
	2000-2001 Turkish 1.League - The First Half
	Who will win the league, cup and who was the best player so far?

	FotoMaç Daily soccer newspaper asked three questions to the technical directors of the
	1.League teams:
	1 - Which team is your favourite to win the league?
	2 - Who will win the cup?
	3 - Who was the best player of the first half?

	The replies:
	Mircea Lucescu (Galatasaray): 1 - Galatasaray, 2 - Galatasaray, 3- Pascal Nouma and
		Elvir Baliç, not counting Galatasaray players.
	Mustafa Denizli (Fenerbahçe): 1 - Fenerbahçe, 2 - Fenerbahçe, 3 - A Fenerbahçe player,
		don't want to give a name.
	Nevio Scala (Beşiktaş): 1 - Beşiktaş, 2- Beşiktaş, 3 - If I am giving a name from my team,
		Tayfur Havutçu and Pascal Nouma.
	Sakıp Özberk (Gaziantep): 1 - Gaziantep, 2 - Galatasaray, 3 - Best useful player was
		Mario Jardel (Galatasaray).
	Sadi Tekelioğlu (Trabzon): 1 - Trabzonspor, 2 - Trabzonspor, 3 - Hasan Şaş (Galatasaray).
	Samet Aybaba (Gençlerbirliği): 1 - Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, 2 - Gençlerbirliği,
		3 - Several names like Hasan Şaş and Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray), Ümit Karan and
		Tolga Doğantez (Gençlerbirliği), Tümer Metin (Samsunspor), Pascal Nouma (Beşiktaş).
	Bülent Ünder (Samsunspor): 1 - One of the Big Three (Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş),
		2 - Galatasaray, 3 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray) and Tümer Metin (Samsunspor).
	Aykut Kocaman (İstanbulspor): 1 - Galatasaray or Fenerbahçe, 2 - İstanbulspor,
		3 - I would like to have Ergün Penbe in my team.
	Ersun Yanal (Ankaragücü): 1 - One of the Big Three, Galatasaray looks stronger,
		2 - All 8 teams are playing to win, but if we eliminate Fenerbahçe we will be closest,
		3 - Gheorghe Hagi.
	Hüseyin Kalpar (Yimpaş Yozgatspor): 1 - One of the Big Three, 2 - Galatasaray,
		3 - All teams have good players, Cihat Arslan from my team looks a little bit better
	Yılmaz Vural (Denizlispor): 1 - One of the Big Three, 2 - Hard to guess. Depends upon the
		gameday conditions. An Anatolian team can win it as well. 3 - Tolunay Kafkas
		(Denizlispor) played very well.
	Metin Ünal (Antalyaspor): 1 - Galatasaray looks better, but all Big Three are equal.
		2 - Whoever earns it. 3- League means goal, so the topscorer. (Mario Jardel)
	Karol Pecze (Çaykur Rizespor): 1 - Galatasaray 51%, Fenerbahçe is second favourite,
		2 - Galatasaray, 3 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray).
	Nejat Biyedic (Bursaspor): 1 - Who gots the most points, 2 - Galatasaray,
		3 - Pascal Nouma (Beşiktaş) and Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray).
	Joachim Löw (Adanaspor): 1 - Fenerbahçe, 2 - Galatasaray, 3 - Can't name any player since
		I didn't watch enough games.
	Celal Kıbrızlı (Erzurumspor): 1 - Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe have equal chances,
		2 - Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, 3 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray).
	Hikmet Karaman (Kocaelispor): 1 - Galatasaray or Fenerbahçe, 2 - Kocaelispor,
		3 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray).
	Slobodan Dogandic (Siirt Jet-PA): 1 - Galatasaray, 2 - Fenerbahçe,
		3 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray)

	Poll Results:
	1 - Who will win the league:
		12 - Galatasaray 6 times as one of the Big three, 3 as GS or FB, 1 by TD
		11 - Fenerbahçe  6 times as one of the Big three, 3 as GS or FB, 1 by TD
		 7 - Beşiktaş    6 times as one of the big three, 1 by TD
		 1 - Gaziantepspor 1 by TD
		 1 - Trabzonspor   1 by TD
		 1 - Who gots the most points
	2 - Who will win the cup:
		10 - Galatasaray    2 times any of the eight, 1 as GS or FB, 1 by TD
		 5 - Fenerbahçe     2 times any of the eight, 1 as GS or FB, 1 by TD
		 3 - Beşiktaş       2 times any of the eight, 1 by TD
		 3 - Trabzonspor    2 times any of the eight, 1 by TD
		 3 - Gençlerbirliği 2 times any of the eight, 1 by TD
		 3 - İstanbulspor   2 times any of the eight, 1 by TD
		 3 - Kocaelispor    2 times any of the eight, 1 by TD
		 2 - Ankaragücü     2 times any of the eight
		 1 - Whoever earns it
	3 - Who was the best player in the first half:
		Some TD's chose one of their players (politically), one TD chose a player not
		counting their players (more politically).
		I will exclude these political votes, in my tally.

		 7 - Emre Belözoğlu (Galatasaray)
		 2 - Mario Jardel and Hasan Şaş (Galatasaray), Pascal Nouma (Beşiktaş)
		 1 - Tümer Metin (Samsunspor), Ergin Penbe and Gheorghe Hagi (Galatasaray)
		 1 - abstained, not watching enough games

		Votes not counted: 2 for Pascal Nouma (BJK), and 1 for Elvir Baliç (FB),
		Tayfur Havutçu (BJK), One unnamed Fenerbahçe player (FB), Tümer Metin (SS),
		Ümit Karan and Tolga Doğantez (GB), Cihat Arslan (YY), Tolunay Kafkas (DS)