Romania (18-20 Aug)

[meatman]

Friday 18 August 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
Gloria Bistrita v Jiul Petrosani (16:00 BST)	1.70	3.30	4.50	112%	Related markets...Match ResultHalf-time/Full-time- - -Correct ScoreHalf-time Result
FC Farul Constanta v Unirea Urziceni (18:00 BST)	1.40	3.75	7.50	112%	Related markets...Match ResultHalf-time/Full-time- - -Correct ScoreHalf-time Result
Saturday 19 August 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
CS Politehnica Iasi v Pandurii (16:00 BST)	1.65	3.30	5.00	111%	Related markets...Match ResultHalf-time/Full-time- - -Correct ScoreHalf-time Result
Steaua Bucharest v FC Vaslui (17:00 BST)	1.20	5.00	13.00	112%	Related markets...Match ResultHalf-time/Full-time- - -Correct ScoreHalf-time Result
Sunday 20 August 2006
	Home	Draw	Away	BPP
Dynamo Bucuresti v Poli AEK Timisoara (18:30 BST)	1.70	3.30	4.50	112%	Related markets...Match ResultHalf-time/Full-time- - -Correct ScoreHalf-time Result

[Mitikone]

Hello, everybody!

I am Mitikone from Bucharest, this is my first post at Punters`lounge and I hope I`ll have the opportunity to enhance here my weak betting skills.Here are my 100% picks :

Gloria Bistrita - Jiul Petrosani 1 - a great "opportunity" for Gloria to win

Farul Constanta-Unirea Urziceni 1 - big difference between a good team of the First League, and a lucky, unprepaired team of the Second League

Steaua Bucharest - FC Vaslui 1 - the champions will have no problem with this weak team who will be, probably be relegated this year.

Good Luck!

[georgeRO]

-I m from Romania..and maybe my english is not so good)..OK let see..In Liga 1 from Romania will have this games:
Gloria Bistrita-Jiul Petrosani
Farul Constanta-Unirea Urziceni
Friday 18 August 2006

Poli Iasi-Pandurii Tg.Jiu
Steaua B.-FC Vaslui
CFR Cluj-National B.
Rapid B.-U.Craiova
Saturday 19 August 2006

Another few games will be in 20..but for now this is enough.
Farul-Unirea...easy game for Farul...Unirea in this moment is not a team for Liga 1..anyway I think this seson will be the only season for Unirea in Liga 1..without good players,money, this team is first pretender for relegation..I saw just one game but for me Unirea is anything else but not a football team...I have a lot of informations about this two teams but is not important..in this game Farul(ex Intertoto Cup 1-0 at home with Auxerre..4-1 away!!) will win at least 2 goals diference.

Steaua B.-FC Vaslui..is not so easy game for champion team..dont forget they have next game in 23 against Standard Liege in CL!!!...but Im sure Steaua will find the way for victory..with full squad..all in good form..they can win this game in first half..FC Vaslui this year look not so good like year before..but all the time this small team fight hard against better teams like Steaua,Rapid or Dinamo...will see..if my prediction is right..win Steaua in first half!!!

Rapid B.-U.Craiova... another game for my favourite team Rapid B...they have this year a team which i can evaluate at one of the best team in south-east Europa!!!...with this squad,with confidence in their power,with this good coach Razvan Lucescu...Rapid become a team hard to beat..here in Romania..or out there in UEFA...U.Craiova promoted this year from Liga 2..sell a few players...and step by step the only way for them is back in second league.

CFR-National...wooww..I saw 1,55 for home victory..I take it quickly..with this team..CFR...where is not so important if you are defender,mildfilder or forward..anybody score!!!...National have no chances ..2 or maybe 3 goals.

For another games in Liga 1 at this time...sincerly is hard to predict...

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by georgeRO

Rapid B.-U.Craiova... another game for my favourite team Rapid B...they have this year a team which i can evaluate at one of the best team in south-east Europa!!!...with this squad,with confidence in their power,with this good coach Razvan Lucescu...Rapid become a team hard to beat..here in Romania..or out there in UEFA...U.Craiova promoted this year from Liga 2..sell a few players...and step by step the only way for them is back in second league.

You must be fcuking joking ... Rapid sold his best team player and main striker Niculae and attacking midfielder Pancu, and you say they have one of the best teams in SE Europe . Hmm ... 1-1 away at poor Pandurii, 1-0 at "home" with poor jiul, 0-0 away at Timisoara , 0-1 lose away in UEFA Cup qualifying round with some poor team ... now that's what you call one of the best teams in SE Europe ... they were last year a good team, played some decent football, but this year they are far away from the form they used to be. Agree that Rapid should easily win vs Craiova ( my team ) but it's a long road to achieve what they did last year.

[archaeus]

Originally Posted by Mitikone

Hello, everybody!

I am Mitikone from Bucharest, this is my first post at Punters`lounge and I hope I`ll have the opportunity to enhance here my weak betting skills.Here are my 100% picks :

Gloria Bistrita - Jiul Petrosani 1 - a great "opportunity" for Gloria to win

Farul Constanta-Unirea Urziceni 1 - big difference between a good team of the First League, and a lucky, unprepaired team of the Second League

Steaua Bucharest - FC Vaslui 1 - the champions will have no problem with this weak team who will be, probably be relegated this year.

Good Luck!

I agree with all 3 bets , this round should be a very proffitable one, i will come with my previews tomorrow .

[Mitikone]

Originally Posted by georgeRO

Rapid become a team hard to beat..here in Romania..or out there in UEFA...U.Craiova promoted this year from Liga 2..sell a few players...and step by step the only way for them is back in second league

I disagree with this!!! I think this year will be a really tough season for Rapid, the team has a quite strange look this year, with poor results in the First League and the UEFA Cup. Besides, one of the best team players, the midfield Stancu will be unavailable for the next 6 months, because he was injured during the training of Wednesday.
Craiova, on the other hand is the youngest team of the League 1, but they didn`t sell anything, and I`m pretty sure they will finish in the first 10 teams of the championship.
I would say, a realistic odd for me in this game would be :

Rapid- U.Craiova : 1,80 3,50 4,80

[archaeus]

Gloria Bistrita v Jiul Petrosani

I predict an easy home win for Gloria because they are in a decent form lately and because Jiul will miss some important players for this game. Also Gloria is a typical home side, winnig most of their home games, and nicking some points from away. They usually lose points at home mostly to the big teams, but sometimes they win even against them, see the 1-0 win vs Steaua last season. Jiul is in a very bad form, with 0 points after 3 rounds, and with several injured players i give them little chances to get something out from the game they play today.

Bet Gloria odds 1.73 @ bet365 5/10

[archaeus]

FC Farul Constanta v Unirea Urziceni

Nothing elese that a home victory would be a big surprise here, but the odds for straight win are so low i wont touch them. Urziceni has one win and 2 loses so far, winnig at home vs Otelul, one of the teams with 0 points so far. Farul played some decent football so far and they played better and better each round. I thing they won't have much trouble beating Urziceni today and i find some value in the AH line set to -1.25, but with low-medium stake.

Bet Farul -1.25 odds 1.96 @ 10bet 4/10

[davidmphill]

Mitikone and GeorgeRO.
Good luck to you as well as the legend that is Archaues!

[archaeus]

just a single word: fcukoffthisnightinromania

[davidmphill]

Originally Posted by archaeus

just a single word: fcukoffthisnightinromania

Unlucky mate, we all get em. I had plenty last season!
You'll be back.

[meatman]

just 2 losses mate, plenty of time over the weekend to hit back

[red deg]

oke, friday was a fcuking dissapointing day. farul is completely strange, they have an obscure trainer who only speaks poor english and is difficult to work with, gloria has a good trainer but no value on the field, that's it..., you need to have them both plus a good shrink at the team

saturday should bring no surprises, at least for these games:

Rapid - Craiova 1 @ 1.3
Craiova is extremely poor, as Mitikone said "Craiova, on the other hand is the youngest team of the League 1, but they didn`t sell anything", of course they didn't sell anything, who will buy a second league player from a team who proved nothing not even in this inferiour league.
Rapid have a valuable team, despite Stancu's 6 months injury, who in my opinion is not a decisive player and is easily replaceable. Rapid is on their debut at the home stadium this year, the croud should do 50% of the game, the players' morale is high and only a terrible accident like an earthquake should impede a Rapid's win on Saturday.

Cluj - National 1 @ 1.4

Cluj have high morale, have a player-trainer-dictator on the midfield, Dorinel Munteanu, and until the winter their psychic should be OK, they might have a good score in the league.
National is mainly preoccupied by scandals, players are either first league veterans, either rookies, the team can't express itself, the trainer is dumbhead, National plays only for the "good of game".
Cluj should won this, but not easily, National will come for a 0-0.

Steaua - Vaslui ? @ ?

It's a cat and mouse game, will Steaua be able to score against 10 defenders disposed inteligently by a smart trainer... No bet, 1.2 is not realistic. Steaua might not use all the first team players, Champions League is a bigger stake on Wednesday against Standard, will they risk 7millions$ for 3 points on the poor Romanian league?
Steaua is 3 classes up Vaslui and should win this with the reserves, but never know...

[archaeus]

CS Politehnica Iasi v Pandurii

Toughest game of the round IMO. These 2 teams are relegation candidates and every point they win from each other had double value. Iasi have a decent squad, but they don't have the money to sustain performance. Another blow is that main striker Bilba refused to play in a 2nd team game couple days ago and coach Popa sent him out of the squad and will start from the bench today. Pandurii surprised alot in the first 3 rounds despite them beeing considered underdogs in all the games. It really is a tough call so i'll better stay out. NO BET

[archaeus]

CFR Cluj - FC National

CFR are high flying after 3 rounds, having secured 9 points so far, with 3 convincing wins and are realy to be considered in the battle for the upper part of the table. They have their player-coach Munteanu at midfield who supplies passes to the strikers Anca and Tilinca, plus the 2 good wingers who can give some good crosse from the lines. National is looking poor , best 2 players sold to Rapid, new coach that i could call less than mediocre, and a president with a big "mouth", argueing with everybody, and that is not good for them. I think CFR will get the 4th consecutive win, the odds are not that great, and the AH -1 looks good to me.

Bet CFR (-1) odds 2.00 @ bet365 4/10

[archaeus]

Steaua Bucharest v FC Vaslui

David vs Goliath. Steaua will rest couple players because of the clash with Standars on the 20th in the 3rd preliminary round of CL. They will risk nothing to achieve what they are looking for in the last 10 years: CL groups. captain Radoi and winger Coman are injured, defender Goian and defensive midfielder Paraschiv will be rested. Vaslui is in desperate need for points, only 1 after 3 rounds. Steaua even with some reserves can easily beat Vaslui, but the odds are so shit i wont even look at them. The AH line is set to 1.75 but i think that 1.5 shouldve been the correct one so i will try 2 CS:

Bet Steaua 2-0 odds 5.50 @ centrebet 0.5/10
Bet Steaua 3-0 odds 6.50 @ centrebet 0.5/10

[archaeus]

Rapid - U Craiova

Not much to say about this game, only that Rapid is big favourite. Anyway, they return to their home ground after long time, having the pitch suspended because of the incidents thta took place in the last round of the previous season. Rapid will miss last minute injured Stancu and midfielder Maldarasanu, Craiova will miss long term injured Ciuca ( cpt) , ionescu, Costea and striker Michael Bird, who left for his home country Australia 2 days ago because his fiancee is in coma after meningitis. I i were to bet on this it would be teh AH @ -1.25, but Rapid didnt score more than 1 goal in neither round so i will stay away. NO BET

[archaeus]

small loss for today, only one point, but im glad for my team Craiova who managed to get one point from Rapid, although we shoulve won because the equaliser was from a offside possition

[archaeus]

not enough time to write detailed previews, so here are my bets for the day

FC Arges - UTA over 2 goals 1.90 @ bet365 3/10
Otelul - Ceahlaul Ceahlaul +0.5 2.15 @ bet365 3/10
Dinamo - Poli Poli (0) 2.90 @ bet365 3/10

gl

[davidmphill]

Good luck mate.