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Re: Euro 2008 Group G June 6 Bulgaria -1.5 Bulgaria beat Belarus on the away game and now the teams meet again 4 days later in Bulgaria. They are 2 points off 1st place and need a win here to maintain the pressure while Belarus have little chance of progressing. Bulgaria have too much class for Belarus and should win this one well. Romania -1.5 Romania beat Slovenia in the away foxture 2-1 on Saturday and now play again in the return fixture. Reports are that Slovenia have lost a few players and with them being out of contention, and the fact that Romanians are first, then hard to see the Romanians not winning this by at least 2 goals
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Re: Euro 2008 Group C June 6 Norway -1.5 Norway have another home game after their comfortable win over Malta and meet a Hungarian side who were very bad in their away loss to the Greeks, where they were fortunate to only lose 2-0. The Norwegians are in 3rd spot and need a win to get into the top 2, so a comfortable victory is likely
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th)
Pretty much worked out as i saw it except it being a close game. Well done to all who backed the Eels. :okEels -3.5 @ 2.10 Wests have won their last 6 games and are playing very well and especially consistently well. Parra have won their last 2 and 6 of their last 9, and like their opponents are coming with good form into this game. However one gets the feeling that the Eels are building momentum while the Tigers may have peaked and are due for a loss. The Eels have a strong pack and while the Tigers pack are not that bad either, the Eels pack has some good ball players and especially from their bench. The Tigers lose out with the absence of a creative player in Marshall and that takes away some of their spark while Burt has been in great form for the Eels. Also, the Eels have won the past 5 games over the Tigers and their last 3 clashes at Telstra. I think the Eels win a close one, by a try will be enough :ok -
Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th) Eels -3.5 @ 2.10 Wests have won their last 6 games and are playing very well and especially consistently well. Parra have won their last 2 and 6 of their last 9, and like their opponents are coming with good form into this game. However one gets the feeling that the Eels are building momentum while the Tigers may have peaked and are due for a loss. The Eels have a strong pack and while the Tigers pack are not that bad either, the Eels pack has some good ball players and especially from their bench. The Tigers lose out with the absence of a creative player in Marshall and that takes away some of their spark while Burt has been in great form for the Eels. Also, the Eels have won the past 5 games over the Tigers and their last 3 clashes at Telstra. I think the Eels win a close one, by a try will be enough :ok
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Re: Euro 2008 Group G Jun 2 Belarus over 2.5 All 5 of Belarus' game shave gone over with their ability to score as well as concede. they face a Bulgarina side who have a great striker in Berbatov, and will look to maintian their pressure on the top 2 while Belarus are only 2 points behind them. So both teams will have plenty to play for and goals should be scored here
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Re: Euro 2008 Group F Jun 2 Spain -1.5 The Spanish are snother team who need to start winning and or they can forget about the tournament next year. They should have too much class for the Latvians who are missing a few players.
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Re: Euro 2008 Group E Jun 2 Croatia -1.5 Croatia top of the table and travel to Estonia looking to continue their good run. They have an excellent defence and a good attack which should cause plenty of problems for the Estonians. They should be able to win this by at least 2 goals.
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Re: Euro 2008 Group D Jun 2 Germany -6.5 The Germans have already smashed San Marino by 13-0 in the away game and now will look to better that score. The coach has gone on recorsd that he wants to beat the record number of goals scored by Germany of 16, so there is an incentive for the Germans to go out there and score at least 7 for us
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Re: Euro 2008 Group C Jun 2 Bosnia over 2.5 Each of Bosnia's 5 games have gone over while the Turks have gone over in their last 3. Both teams have listed their starting team with offence minded players so chances as well as goals should occur here. Norway -2.5 Norway come into this game knowing they must win and win well to get their campaign going. They meet Malta who are surprisingly in 3rd spot but are really are an ordinary side. They have problems at set pieces and look for the likes of Carew and Pedersen to exploit this. Norway should have too much for them and win this by at least 3.
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Re: Euro 2008 Group B Jun 2 Italy -3.5 While Italy go into this game missing some players they have the depth to cover these players especially playing against the part timers from the Faroes. The Faroes have lost twice by 6 goal margins to the Georgians and the Scots, and lost 5-0 to the French, so you would expect the Italians to be able to score as many goals here. France under 2.5 France come into this game ex[ected to win but beset with injuries. They have injuries to players like Henry, Saha and Vieira while Ukraine are missing Shevchenko. The Ukraines will play this tight knowing a point will do them alot of good while the French may have enough to win, i doubt they will score more than or concede.
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Re: Euro 2008 Group A Jun 2 Poland -1.5 Poland top a pretty hard group and will look to maintain their position against Azerbaijan who they beat in the home fixture 5-0. They are playing quite well and even though it won't be easy they have the motivation to win this one, especially if it comes down to goal difference in the group Portugal Portugal have already beaten Belgium 4-0 and come into this game confident of making it a double. They have some very good attackers like Ronaldo and Quaresmo while Belgium have struggled against the better sides and will probably do so again, against the best team in the group
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th) Roosters 1-12 tagging along
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th) Pathetic performance by the Broncos to be beaten by nothing more than a pub side ..... inquiry required for this reversal of form by both sides :@
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th) Like both of the previews jumbo :ok Brisbane by 30+ margin @ 3.10 (NSW TAB) The Broncos look like they are back to the their best when they flogged an understrength Newcastle side while the Dragons were well beaten by the Raiders. While being at home may help, the Dragons have too many injuries and out of form players to put up an effective resistance to the Broncos. This should be a demolition. Manly win by 1-12 margin @ 3.10 (NSW TAB) Manly are flying high and deserve to be where they are while Penrith are down near the bottom. While on paper you would think Manly stroll this one in, they tend to struggle when they come out to Penrith. 5 of the last 6 games between the two teams were won by the home team and Manly won here last year by 29-22. I expect this to be a close game as Elliott loves giving it to the top teams and he will fire up Pritchard, Clinton and co in front of their home crowd. While Manly should win i can't see a blowout as the Panthers will give them a run for thier money.
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 12 (June 1st - 4th)
the vatreni look good things in the soccer. i think they win by at least two bozz :okgood luck to them jumbo here tate signed for warriors, vatuvei was dropped for crockett if you gonna have a punt on soccer euro qualifiers, take croatia to beat estonia 1.45 (the later have 0 points gd 0-10) while croatia 1st, have england, israel, russia & maco right behind them (im croat myself so ill get some team info later) -
Re: NRL Rugby - Round 11 (May 25th - 28th) Thanks CP :ok What a shocker by Vatuvei :eek
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 11 (May 25th - 28th) Parramatta win by 13+ margin Looks like i'm in the minority here. Parra are playing really well at the moment and have won their last 4 out of 5 games at home. They have won the last 7 encounters at home between these two sides. They are playing with confidence and look to Riddell and Marsh to single out any lazy Warrior forward around the rucks. On the other hand, the Warriors are going back into their old habits and making too many mistakes. They have lost their last 3 games and even though Price played well last week in SoO, so did Parra's inspirational leader in Hindmarsh. The Warriors need to find some answers to their poor form and until they do i can't back them with confidence while the way parra are playing lately, you would think they would win this one comfortably.
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 11 (May 25th - 28th) Saturday games: Lean on Melbourne but might pass this game Cronulla -15.5 @ 2.10 Cronulla is on a serious roll and are playing some very good footy. They are all fresh with no rep. players while the Roosters have 4 players backing up. Several sharks players are upset that they didn't get a state of origin call up so they will look to have a huge game to remind the selectors of their availability and potential. The Roosters have been poor and been making far too many mistakes with little variety on attack. Lean on Titans
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 11 (May 25th - 28th) Bulldogs -4.5 @ 2.10 Surprisingly, most players after playing a game, will tell you they will want to play the next game within 48 hours before the fatigue starts to set in. All to do with muscles contracting / expanding, and other crap like that. Anyway, this is relevant for a team like the bulldogs who have a big pack of forwards and with players like Ryan and Mason backing up they will look to them and a fresh Williams to take on a Cowboys outfit without a couple of their main forwards like Webb and O"Donnell. They have lost their last two and will not want to lose a third. While the return of Thurston is a big boost for the Cowboys it can be said that Sherwin is someone who has rediscovered his form and maybe there is an opportunity for a state of origin recall if the selectors think that Mullen was thrown in too early. Another possibility is the over as: the Dogs are averaging 20.7 points a game to the Cowboys’ 21.3, while they are conceding 23.3 and 21 points respectively. I think Mason has a point to prove to the brisbane crowd after being on the wrong side of the result on wednesday and especially with a fresh sonny bill williams, they should have too much firepower for the cowboys who have been disappointing in the last few weeks Dragons -4.5 @ 2.10 The loss of Carney for Canberra is a masive blow as he has been their main playmaker and made them a competitive outfit especially at home. While the Dragons are not the best team going around, they have better quality of players than the Raiders and one wonders whether they have a bit more confidence now that they won their last game when it looked like they were gone, They are only one win outside the top 8 so they will look to build momentum with a win here. When you get two ordinary sides you look for the players who may be able to do that something special to get the victory. The Raiders have lost that player in Carney while Head, Cooper and even Woolford are capable of rpoducing that bit of magic that is required.
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Re: NRL Rugby - State of Origin: QLD vs NSW (May 23rd) NSW were cruising up until halftime and then stopped playing. Qld were ripe for a mauling and then the Blues imploded. Hayne's inexperience the killer blow for them. :@
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Urawa over 2.5 Urawa only need a draw while Sydney need a win in order for one of the teams to qualify for the quarter finals. Sydney will go out to attack from the start as they have done in the past while Urawa will look to soak up the pressure. Sydney in most of their games have scored a first half goal so of this happens, then it will be up to Urawa to attack. Supported by 60,000 fans it will be hard for Sydney to hold them out especially as they tend to tire in the last quarter of the game. By then it could be avery open and frenetic game as both teams look for the deciding goal. This looks like an over
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Champions League Winner 2006/7 Liverpool win All of a sudden, after one game, Milan are unbeatable. Don't worry that their form hasn't been anywhere near that game vs Man U. One could say that performance was a freak of nature considering the rest of their performance's during the year were at best, good, without being spectacular. Going back to that Man Utd game, in hindsight, Man U played a bad game, especially tactically. They had a few injuries in defence and they opened up far too much for Kaka to cause the damage. Do you really think that Macherano, Alonso and Gerrard will give their midfield that much freedom to dictate the play? Man U were commended by Milan as being the best football playing English team - why? Because they gave them the room to play. Milan commended them for givng them the game, laughing at the suicide tactics used by Man U which allowed them to open them up quite regularly. Any team can look good if the other team stays off them and allows them to weave and thread passes. Won't be happening in the final. Liverpool plays defence with all 11 eleven players, and gets everybody behind the ball. I think Liverpool have been underestimated how well they can play under pressure when defending, and for all the doubters, i think we will see it once again in the final. Much has been said about the Milanese attacking threats but strangely quiet about their defence, and there lies a big weakness. Aging, slow (albeit experienced) backline who hate players running at them (calling Bellamy, Kewell). Liverpool are the underdogs and not expected to win. Man U were everybody's favourites after thumping Roma, and then got thumped by Milan. Well guess what, Milan will follow the course of Man U as one game wonders. My only concern is about converting our chances which has been our biggest problem this year and why we haven't challenged for the title. Too many games were lost away from home where we dominated but didn't score. That is my main concern again. My money will be on Liverpool, not only because i support them, but because they have a very realistic chance of beating them, and at the odds they are at, there is alot of value there
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Re: NRL Rugby - State of Origin: QLD vs NSW (May 23rd) NSW win by 1-12 margin @ 3.65 Traditionally these games are hard fought and very close encounters and tonight should be no different. When looking at the respective lineups, overall you would say that NSW has the edge. Starting with the backline: from fullback, centres and the wings, on form, NSW has the edge there. While the number 6 and 7 it can be argued that Qld have the edge and the experience, there is alot to like about Mullen. In the forwards the NSW side has a distinctive edge. Each of the players selected are in very good form and will look to lead the charge from the first minute, especially the first hit up which is usually one of the highlights of the game. On the other hand, the Qld pack it seems has been based on reputation, and even though there is the belief that they always rise to the occasion, i'll always take form ahead of reputation. Also the bench sees the NSW with another edge. Some of the qld selections leave question marks whether the selectors have parted with their labradors, while the NSW bench is quite good especially the form around Gidley. When all is said and done, NSW looks to have the edge here. The queenslanders will have the crowd behind them (and boy do they hate their southern counterparts) and if NSW can neutralise their opponents halves combinations, i see the forwards and their bench leading them to victory. C'mon the BLUES!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: NRL Rugby - Round 10 (May 18th - 21st) Missed it by half a point - missed 3 conversions and Manly butchering some certain tries in the end. Can't see them troubling the Storm on that performance. :@
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Re: Euro 2008 Group F June 6 Sweden -1.5 Sweden are 2nd in their group and play against an inferior Iceland side. The Swedes have too mnay good players in this side not to win comfortably especially as Iceland is missing their best player (Gudjohnsson). Can't see anything but a comfortable Swedish victory at home