Euro 2008 qualifiers - matches 12/9

[slipkid]

Welsh starting 11 - Hennessey, Collins, Gabbidon, Morgan, Ledley, Ricketts, Davis, Robertson, Bale, Bellamy, Eastwood.

Bellamy is back, he could make a difference. Is this Slovakian illness thing confirmed? It wasn't mentioned on Sky just then.

[gerrie26681]

Originally Posted by thebambers

The half time draw England Russia seems a reasonable bet, another one to look at is Luxemburg +3 away to Bulgaria. They are not the whipping boys they once were and have not lost a game by more then 3 goals inqualifying, even to the dutch! 8 games played and 17 conceded. Ok, they are away against Bulgaria who have petrov and Berbatov but no way do I rate the Bulgarian attack as good as the Dutch.

1.92 with betfair and 1.95 with bet365 _ even if they lose by 3, money back so decent odds

Great spot there horse, I think I'll join you in having a bit of that.

[stewartd14]

Sport	Football (Internationals)
Event	France v Scotland
Selection	Draw
Strength	7/10
Date	12/09/2007
Bookmaker/Price	Bet365 @ 5.00 (Back)
Reasoning	Scotland are coming into some form and won against Lithuania on Saturday> France are without Thierry Henry and Anelka doesnt look a huge threat up front on his own. Scotland look as if they will try to defend and play just the 1 up front. For these reasons I expect a boring draw. If France do score first, it may be tough for Scotland to come back. So I hope Scotland can keep a clean sheet against the World Cup finalists.

[stewartd14]

Sport	Football (Internationals)
Event	Czech Republic v Ireland
Selection	Draw
Strength	5/10
Date	12/09/2007
Bookmaker/Price	totesport @ 3.60 (Back)
Reasoning	These two teams are quite evenly matched when you look at the standings. However, you would normally expect the Czechs to come out on top at home. However, they are currently having a striker crisis and their strikers wont be at full strength. Ireland are no mugs and if Robbie Keane and co are firing, I think a draw is the most likely result.

[robsterling]

Originally Posted by thebambers

The half time draw England Russia seems a reasonable bet, another one to look at is Luxemburg +3 away to Bulgaria. They are not the whipping boys they once were and have not lost a game by more then 3 goals inqualifying, even to the dutch! 8 games played and 17 conceded. Ok, they are away against Bulgaria who have petrov and Berbatov but no way do I rate the Bulgarian attack as good as the Dutch.

1.92 with betfair and 1.95 with bet365 _ even if they lose by 3, money back so decent odds

A lot available at 2.02 on the 'fair now, might get involved methinks, nice find. Got 2.07 price still available.

[cluelessG]

Originally Posted by thebambers

The half time draw England Russia seems a reasonable bet, another one to look at is Luxemburg +3 away to Bulgaria. They are not the whipping boys they once were and have not lost a game by more then 3 goals in qualifying, even to the dutch! 8 games played and 17 conceded. Ok, they are away against Bulgaria who have petrov and Berbatov but no way do I rate the Bulgarian attack as good as the Dutch.

How do you rate the Slovenian attack - they scored 3 away to Luxemburg?
And I'm not saying Bulgaria will win by more than 3... the only danger is that there's tension in the team after the loss in the Netherlands so they just might be extra motivated to trash Luxemburg today. The coach needs a big win, Berbatov needs to score, Martin Petrov will be running like a madman as usual, Ivelin Popov will start and he's a lively player. Bulgaria is not taking this match lightly.

[thebambers]

I take your point clueless but I imagine most teams playing them would be expecting to thrash them but it does just not seem to have happened so far in qualifying this far. I know nothing about Luxemburg but their results show no losses by more than 3 goals so based on those facts the odds are very good

[davidmphill]

Originally Posted by slipkid

Welsh starting 11 - Hennessey, Collins, Gabbidon, Morgan, Ledley, Ricketts, Davis, Robertson, Bale, Bellamy, Eastwood.

Bellamy is back, he could make a difference. Is this Slovakian illness thing confirmed? It wasn't mentioned on Sky just then.

In the 1st half he was magnificent. Huge difference to the side, scored 2 and set up Eastwood for his goal.

[allthethings]

Originally Posted by allthethings

Just one for me:

Soccer - Norway/Greece - total Over 2 (-114)
for the regulation time held on Sep 12 at 12:00pm [pending]

Norway's defense is not as good as their run against Malta, Hungary and Moldova would have you believe. They have a clear height advantage on set pieces, and they need a good result here. Greece has yet to concede on the road, but those games were at Bosnia, Malta and Moldova...Greece leads Norway by 2 points in the group, and so will be satisfied with a draw, but the two teams have too much power for this one to end 0-0. I will be surprised if both teams didn't score here.

28 minutes, 2-1 Greece

[nastro 1888]

Originally Posted by Alexbet

Strong match for England. Russia to obtain good result and England without some player.

Russia +1 @1,87 Betfair

My local corals gave me 11/8 for this bet - thought it was a brilliant bet, see a 0-0 at wembley tonight.

[robsterling]

Bloody Berbatov, come on keep it tight now Luxembourg lol

[nastro 1888]

2-4 wales - bellamy having an outstanding match

[davidmphill]

Originally Posted by davidmphill

In the 1st half he was magnificent. Huge difference to the side, scored 2 and set up Eastwood for his goal.

4-2 now, hit the post and created the 4th. Fcuking legend.

[cluelessG]

Originally Posted by robsterling

Bloody Berbatov, come on keep it tight now Luxembourg lol

And he missed an absolute sitter minutes before the first goal. Fcuking legend too

[Bedlam]

Nasty, horrible little man !!





...especially as I layed Wales tonight!

[nastro 1888]

2 - 5 wales ( davies ) good football from wales but slovak defending is fkun deplorable

[davidmphill]

Originally Posted by nastro 1888

2 - 5 wales ( davies ) good football from wales but slovak defending is fkun deplorable

Awesome result from Wales but yes Slovakia's defending was poor. They had Wales under the kosh early in the 2nd half but we rode it well and only let the one goal in.

Craig Bellamy had for me probably the best game in his career bar none, he was outstanding today and especially so considering what happened back home with his kid.

I hope the likes of Giggs look at his performance and wonder why the fcuk they never put that kind of effort in.

[nastro 1888]

excellant performance by any teams standard to go to slovakia and score 5.

[ukgaz]

Holland -1.0, -1.5 @ 1.8 at Betfair

Albania: Beqaj, Dallku, Dede, Curri, Vangeli, Duro, Lala, Cana, Muka, Bogdani, Kapllani

Subs: Haxhi, Bushi, Salihi, Xhafa, Bulku, Hidi, Rrustemi

Holland: Van der Sar, Melchiot, Mathijsen, Bouma, Ooijer, De Zeeuw, Sneijder, Van Bronckhorst, Babel, van Nistelrooy, Van Persie

Subs: Stekelenburg, De Jong, Emanuelson, Van der Vaart, Seedorf, Kuyt, Vennegoor of Hesselink

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Strong Holland line up should be to strong for Albania. Van Persie and co should get some goals tonight

[aliando]

Originally Posted by aliando

i cant believe that price on slovakia!

wales are a shambles at the moment and will gladly take that price - too many youngsters and not enough managerial quality. will also have a saver on the 0-0 as given the slovaks beat us 5-1 at home, i'm sure there'll be some effort not to get embarressed again, but unless slovakia send out their team from 1936, they shouldn't have to work too hard.

slovakia - 5pts
0-0 - 1 pt

didnt see the game cos its on sky but WTF happened there - 5-2??? did the slovaks turn up?