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  1. 1 hour ago, StevieDay1983 said:

    Yeah. Not sure how I'd have felt about that. He did well at Brechin and Shamrock Rovers given the resources available so think he'd have done OK with us given the fact he'd have been on a strict budget. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on at Stoke.

    I might be biased but I genuinely believe he's the real deal. I honestly think he'd do a great job with any team he manages including premiership level. What he has done with us has been nothing short of incredible and vastly underrated by the mainstream. I wouldn't be shocked if he got stoke into the playoffs. 

     

  2. On 10/9/2019 at 12:16 PM, StevieDay1983 said:

    Netherlands vs Northern Ireland

    The 2020 European Championship qualifiers are back for their penultimate period of games this week. Our first preview takes a look at the huge task facing Northern Ireland as they travel to the Netherlands for this important clash that kicks off at 7:45pm BST at De Kuip in Rotterdam this Thursday night. The winner of this game will be looking good to qualify for the finals next summer so there's a lot at stake.

    Netherlands are looking a slick unit under Ronald Koeman. A team built on the solid centre back foundations of Virgil Van Dijk and Matthijs De Ligt isn't bad at all. Their only defeat in this group so far was a 3-2 home loss to Germany with the deciding goal coming in the last minute. The Oranje got their revenge in the return leg of that fixture by destroying Germany 4-2 away. It means that the Netherlands are sitting in 3rd on 9 points behind Germany and Northern Ireland who are both on 12 points. The decisive thing is that Netherlands have a game in hand. A win here is a must for the Dutchmen.

    Northern Ireland knew what their game plan was coming into this campaign. Take 12 points from their first 4 matches against Belarus and Estonia then make it a three-way battle for those two automatic qualification berths. That is exactly what Michael O'Neill's men have managed. They now face 4 tricky matches against Netherlands and Germany knowing they'll likely need at least a win and a draw from those matches but more likely two wins. It's a tall order for Norn Iron.

    The last time these two sides met was back in 2012 when Netherlands ran out as 6-0 winners. I'm not sure we'll see a score-line like that here but I have a feeling Netherlands will turn the visiting team over with relative ease. I can see a 2-0 or 3-0 win for the home team and it's going to be the start of the end for Northern Ireland. On the flip side, this is the beginning of something special for the Netherlands.

    Netherlands HT/FT @ 1.70 with Coral

    Netherlands -2 @ 2.50 with Paddy Power

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    Can't argue with any of this stevie, much as I'd like to. We're missing a few players too. Reckon 3-0 or 4-0. As an aside I still can't believe a decent sized championship or even lower premiership team hasn't pushed hard for O'Neill. I truly believe he's easily capable. 

  3. @moggis I agree with your thoughts on value. In fact if you look at some of my previous posts I find it's better not to over think things.

    I actually also think people have a gambling style so to speak. Some people are very mathematical in their approach whilst others are a bit more intuitive for want of a better description. 

    It's interesting that your long term bets are at lower odds and such large accumulators. So I'm assuming you do bets involving things like barca/real, bayern/dortmund, celtic etc to win leagues? 

    My long term bet at the start of the season was multiples of 2 teams across 4 leagues e/w. At the mo 3 have a decent shout at winning their leagues but 1 is 9 points off first. The teams are all decent odds from 7/1 to 20/1. Again i'm assuming these are higher prices than you would do? 

  4. moggis I've read your posts on this site and I'm sure on others too and it's inspired me to try the longer term season bets. I've still not worked out how you do it so well! My bet this season is looking ok so far but I can't say I'm totally confident it will come in. Anyway keep up the impressive work, i'm sure there's more than just me who have started looking at this market because of your faith in it ( and your returns!!! ).

  5. His name gets mentioned but the only job which seemed to get past more than that was the Scotland job and thankfully he turned that down. Your right that he isn't a glamour name and I also agree he'd be great at somewhere like Cardiff. If I ever win the euromilliins and buy a lower league team he'd be top of my list haha. Hopefully he see us through the euros again and then he'll get the club job he deserves. 

  6. Hi @StevieDay1983. I thought that was the worst game we'd played in the nations league but we still should have came away with at least a draw. They finished both their goals well mind. Good to see McAuley back even if he is about 40! I actually think arnautovic is a good player but he definitely has an attitude! As for us we're definitely a team in transition. I really rate O'Neill as a manager and can't understand why a championship or even lower premier league team hasn't chased him. If it's because of what happened with lawrie sanchez at Fulham then they're making a big mistake but i'm glad they are! Another thing I don't understand is how the hell stevie davis isn't getting a game at Southampton. Says everything about mark hughes as a manager to me. 

    Oh and keep up the good work. I really appreciate what you, darran and allyhibs all add to the football forum. 

  7. Northern ireland fan here and can't agree with your analysis of us. We've played pretty well all campaign and have been a goalscorer away from winning all our group games. The change with O'Neill is simply that he's trying to get us playing better football and we undoubtedly are. Before he set us up to be very hard to beat and nick something from really well worked set pieces. Now we knock the ball about well and create chances in open play. We just lack a David Healy. I actually think Will Grigg will provide a bit of that when he's back fit and gets a run of game for us. 

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