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Re: 2011 U20 World Cup
Sport Football (Internationals) Event France U20 - South Korea U20 Selection Over 2.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price 10bet @ 2.54 Reasoning I honestly don't understand why the big odds for over here. Afterall France is an offensive minded team with many talented players in its team, always capable of scoring goals, but at the same time a rather weak defence. They lost 4-1 the opening game against hosts Colombia and since South Korea won their opening game against Mali 2-0, anything but a win here would rule out France from this tournament. Griezmann(Real Sociedad), Lacazette(Ol.Lyon) or Kakuta(Chelsea) are the stars of this team. Lyon supplies this squad with most players, but many of them are already first team regulars even though in Ligue 2. I saw their style of play at the Toulon tournament 2 months ago. They are offensive minded, and especially now under curent conditions I really don't see them sitting back and defending. My general idea about South Korean football is that they are the total opposite of North Koreans. They like attacking, aren't shy at all, and are good at scoring. For example, in the first group stage game they met Mali. The match was postponed 1 hour because of heavy rain. Despite the fact that the rain kept powering through the entire match the Koreans were able to score 2 goals and win 2-0. Now under better weather conditions, against a France team with attacking intentions and alraedy 4 goals conceded from hosts Colombia u gotta admit the Koreans should find goal/goals here. That's why I really don't get these odds of 2.54 for the over 2.5 and see it as a really good chance of winning. -
Re: Romania Liga 1 2011/12
Sport Football (Romania) Event Otelul Galati - Concordia Chiajna Selection Otelul Galati(-1.5) (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Betsafe @ 2.05 Reasoning Otelul Galati lost the opening game of the season 2-1 at Petrolul. They opened the score thanks to a gift from the home keeper, but 2 red cards received by Antal and Punosevac gave their opponents the chance to get something from the game and took it, winning 2-1 in the end. However, overall, the performance of Otelul Galati was rather poor, and will have problems keeping in touch with the top of the table this season. More problematic could prove the fact that they have a small squad, and if last season they were fortunate to escape injury crises, right now things are already looking bad for them. Antal and Punosevac are out suspsended. Defensive midfieldier Giurgiu is injured, his replacement Filip is yet to prove his worth and has been shaky in the past. Another winger S.Ilie is injured, and so a veteran S.Frunza will start. He can be pretty useless and was brought for free. At the same time Otelul lost Punosevac, the striker, and so will start this game with no real striker. Attacking midfielder Paraschiv will once again take the most offensive position on field. Concordia Chiajna is a newly promoted team. They lost the opening game 2-1 at home to Sportul. They received a red card in the 1st half when the score was 1-1 and since than they were totally dominated and lost in the end. They have a rather inexperienced coach and the level of the players makes them a relegation candidate here. Some players like striker Baltoi, winger Ilie Iordache or Mihai Stere are players closing the end of their career in rather poor form who have little to offer for the club. And I can rate the rest of the team as average at best. I expect Concordia to come and defend and try to strike on counters. But Otelul will have plenty of hard working midfielders on the field who will press their opponents into their own halfs keeping the ball so I don't really see the guests being dangerous here. At the same time Otelul despite missing Antal and S.Ilie has other wingers like Bus or Iorga very dangerous and able to score. Same goes for Paraschiv, Ibeh and Viglianti. Not to mention left defender Salagean who is an excellent set piece taker and has a good long range shot. While the center defenders are commanding in the air and often score following set pieces. Otelul rarely makes gifts to such opponent, simply because their organization on the field allows them to easily control these kind of home games. It's really a matter of how many goals they will score, I'm not really comfortable taking them to cover the handicap as they do tend to win most of their games by just 1 goal margin but I do feel that this time their opponent is weak enough to allow more and fairly toothless up-front. -
Re: UEFA Champions League > 2-3 August
Sport Football (Champions League) Event Shamrock Rover - FC Copenhagen Selection Under 2.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Gamebookers @ 1.70 Reasoning Shamrock Rovers kept their chances alive for this 2nd leg after the 1-0 loss in Demnark. Truth is they could have gotten even more from that game but their finishing skills are not always accurate. I also remember their performances last season when they defeated Bnei Yehuda 1-1(H), 1-0(A) before losing to Juventus 0-2(H), 0-1(A). So they are at a pretty good level right now, and their performance in the first leg also speaks of it. Copenhagen lost both full-backs this summer. Pospech and Wendt signed for Bundesliga clubs. Gronkjaer also retired from professional football, while another talented player, midfielder Kvist left for Stuttgart. The only notable transfer made was that of striker Pape Diouf from Molde. So it gives us good reasons to believe that Copenhagen will have a much poorer season here. Shamrock will look to keep things tight in defense. So will Copenhagen who have a 1-0 lead. If either team takes the lead they willl be happy to conserve it. Under 2.5 -
Re: 2011 U20 World Cup
Sport Football (Internationals) Event Mexico U20 - North Korea U20 Selection Mexico U20(-1.5)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Blue Square @ 3.40 Reasoning Mexico U20 trained a lot for this tournament and it's my feeling that they aren't gonna let it go all to waste. They played at the Toulon tournament were they finished on 4th place, and they continued at the Copa America where Mexico sent these youngsters to play in a group also involving Chile, Peru and Uruguay. Despite losing all the games, they didn't embarass themselves as all losses came at a minimal margin. Now in the first game here they lost 1-0 to Argentina. But, the result was rather undeserved. Mexico controlled most of the game, they passed the ball really well, a lot of speedy charges and had the better chances till Argentina got the opening goal close to the end. They even got a goal dissalowed at the start of the second half. And its my opinion they will go all guns blazing here, as this is the game they want to win if they want to make it through, having to play England in the last group game. North Korea as always impressed in their 0-0 draw with England with their organization. But the technical skills of their players are way inferior to Mexico here, and they did allow England a couple of good chances to score, which Mexico won't miss here. Goal difference could be crucial, and Mexico will look to keep an eye on it. -
Re: 2011 U20 World Cup
Sport Football (Internationals) Event Brazil U20 - Austria U20 Selection Over 3.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Stan James @ 3.50 Reasoning Brazil U20 is one of the candidates for the title here. They have a lot of potential in the squad especially up-front with players like Henrique, Coutinho, Alan Patrick or Dudu. They like to attack in pace and it's highly unlikely that they will stumble here again after the opening draw. They started the game with Egypt really strong and got their early goal, but it seemed like they were surprised by the response from the Africans who got the score level and balanced the game. I saw Brazil U20 in plenty of games since the start of the year, and this is the type of team which can crush any opponent in a good day. For example, 5-1 win over Chile or 6-0 win over Uruguay. At the same time they have a rather shaky defence and their goalkeeper ain't really top level as he conceded a rather cheap goal from Egypt. Austria is the best possible opponent from them. They did make a nil draw with Panama, but their opponents simply slowed the game at times and Austria missed some 100% chances in that game. At the same time they looked fragile in defence and once Brazil takes the lead here we can expect them to score more. At the same time Austria can score. Everything points out to a high scoring game here, and 4 goals is really possible here. -
Re: 2011 U20 World Cup
Sport Football (Internationals) Event Egypt U20 - Panama U20 Selection Egypt U20(-1.5)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 02/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Stan James @ 3.20 Reasoning Egypt surprised everyone in the opening game as they deservedly snatched a point from Brazil. They found themselves 1 goal down early into the game as right back Danilo converted an excellent corner kick by Coutinho. But they reacted instantly and took the game to Brazil. They pressed on and got their reward pretty soon drawing 1-1. Since than things quiet a bit and the game ended in a draw with Brazil failing to break an extremelly well organized defence from Egypt who also showed a lot of potential up-front. Panama started the competition with a nil draw with Austria. They were 2nd best throughout the game with their opponents missing some big chances. Panama only had 2 good opportunities to score and both came at the end of the game. Their defence was easily broken at times, and if Egypt players will perform like against Brazil I see them making havoc here. -
Re: UEFA U19 European Championship
Sport Football (Internationals) Event Czech Republic U19 - Spain U19 Selection Over 4.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 01/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Boylesports @ 5.00 Reasoning Final time here in Romania in the European U19 Championship, and we have the finalists everyone expected. Czech Republic showed some excellent counter-attacking football throughout this tournament, getting a couple of penalties as well. They score in every single game played, and were never in doubt of their place in the Final. Their finishing skills have also been at a top level. Spain on the other side demolished everything in its way. They won 4-1 with Belgium, toyed with the Serbs in a 4-0 win, and won in the semis 5-0 with Ireland with some superb goals from players like Sarabia or Gerard. Its useless to say they have top players who are already playing some games, even if as substitutes in Primera, and excluding their slip-off with Turkey they have played perfect football scoring 4 goals in every single game at least. Of course, bet on goals is a must, and I'm greedy enough to go for here as I expect both teams scoring and Czech Republic really opening up and taking the game to Spain early in the 1st half since it's impossible to think Spain won't score here. -
Re: Finland Veikkausliga 2011 thanks for the info Singapore Sling
Sport Football (Finland) Event Inter Turku - Rops Selection Inter Turku(-2.5)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 01/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Bet365 @ 2.08 Reasoning Inter Turku is fighting for first 2 spots this season. They are curently trailing leaders HJK by 12 points but have 2 matches less. They already scored 44 goals this season, 29 of those coming in their home games where they have been really dominating winning 6 games by at least 2 goals difference. Today they meet bottom of the table Rops who have been rather awful this season on the road. They have the worst defence in the league and most goals conceded on the road, 24. Inter Turku won 4-3 at Rops, and given the fact that they are far more prolific in their home games, it seems like the guests are up against the wall here. The handicap is big, but given current form and results this season it is a very likely oucome. -
Re: Romania Liga 1 2011/12
Sport Football (Romania) Event Pandurii - Fc Brasov Selection Home win Strength 10/10 Date 01/08/2011 Bookmaker/Price Pinnacle Sports @ 2.19 Reasoning Fc Brasov didn't invest in new players this summer like the chairman originally promised. As a result they had some really poor results in friendlies and their coach Conceicao left the club. Comparing to last season they lost some important players, like central defenders Oros(Rapid), Gaucho(Leiria), or midfielders Teixeira and Ilyes. They brought some cheap players from Portugal in their place. Their current coach is Isaila, he also coached Brasov till winter last year but the club performed poorly and he was replaced with Conceicao. Pandurii has a nice coach. Grigoras always had good results with the clubs he managed no matter the team. He likes to play good old attacking football. He likes his team to press their opponents and get the ball back in possesion quickly. In the attack Lemnaru was very prolific in summer friendlies. And new signing Batin from CFR Cluj also has nice potential. Last season the match ended 2-1, and given current circumstances I have to give credit to the hosts again. -
Re: UEFA Europa League > 26-28 July
Sport Football (Europa League) Event FSV Mainz - Gaz Metan Medias Selection Gaz Metan(+2)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 28/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Ladbrokes @ 1.86 Reasoning I'm gonna take a bite at these odds. Mainz was a surprise last season in Bundesliga as they've managed to finish on 5th place ahead of teams like Schalke, Werder, Hamburg or Stuttgart. They were an excellent counter-attacking team with the 3rd best record on the road, but at home it was a different story as they suffered 7 defeats. They are a well organized team which like to exploit spaces on counter. However a couple of important players from last season are no longer part of the team. Striker Schurlle left for Leverkuse, Holtby and Fuchs went to Schalke while Karhan went to his home country, Slovakia. The replacements don't really say much, maybe just Ujah who is a promising striker transfered from Lillestrom. Mainz won't be underestimated again this season, teams will look to play more careful against them, so a tough year is ahead of them, and relegation could be a possibility. Gaz Metan is a decent Romanian team. They don't have much money for investments, but are a team which has been playing under the same formation for quite a couple of years now. Same coach since they promoted 4 seasons ago, and mostly same players. Because of this they had an excellent season last year, and are now playing Mainz. They play in a 4-5-1 formation, are solid in the aerial play and their coach is good at keeping things tight at the back. I don't really see a Mainz win by more than 2 goals as such a big possibility, and consider the +2 handicap as worth a shot. -
Re: Romania Liga 1 2011/12
Sport Football (Romania) Event Sportul Studentesc - Ceahlaul Selection Over 2.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 28/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price 188bet @ 2.19 Reasoning Sportul is an offensive minded team especially in these sort of games. They started the season with a win at newly promoted Concordia Chiajna 2-1, and will love to add another win here at home against another newly promoted team Ceahlaul. For the hosts all players are available ahead of this game. Curelea, Balan, Ferfelea and Chetan are the main threats from Sportul. At the same time their goalkeeper looked rather poor, and the guests can speculate here. Ceahlaul started the season with a draw at home against Pandurii. They bough a couple of new faces this summer, but mostly the starting line-up consists of players which played last season as well. The new signings need time to gel, and it will be a while until Ceahlaul will be able to play at their full-potential. Sportul is there however and I expect them to have the first chance at winning this game. The hosts are in excellent scoring form, but at the same time their defense isn't bullet proof. The guests can score here as well as they were the most efficent team in away games last season in the 2nd division. I see good chances for 3 goals here as Ceahlaul can't hold on to a clean sheet here, will need to open up if Sportul score first and more goals will come into the game. -
Re: UEFA Europa League > 26-28 July
Sport Football (Europa League) Event Dinamo Bucharest - NK Varazdin Selection Dinamo Bucharest(-1.5)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 28/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Boylesports @ 1.95 Reasoning Dinamo Bucharest treats this match really seriously. They desperately need the money from the Europa League group stage to keep their main players at the club and fight for the title this season. Because of this they will look to take an important lead in this first leg but at the same time keep a clean sheet. Alexe is doubtful, but will be rushed to play if there will be the slightest chance. NK Varazdin is a low level team from Croatia. They gained acces to the Europa League because they played a Cup Final last season, lost 3-1 with Dinamo Zagreb. They have some important absences here, and overall the team is composed mainly of youngsters. I definetly see Dinamo winning here, and the handicap shouldn't be a problem. -
Re: UEFA Champions League 26/27 July
Sport Football (Champions League) Event Benfica - Trabzonspor Selection Benfica(-1.5)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 27/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Stan James @ 2.10 Reasoning Trabzonspor is a different team from last season. Many first team players left like Jaja or Cale. In their place came a bunch of mediocre players, and their results in summer friendlies have been rather dissapointing. Benfica is a top team in Portugal. A team loved by many, and with a full stadiume expected here. They have a lot of quality in their side, and are always entertaining at home. They made it to the semi-finals of the Europa League last season, and I can't see them bumping into Trabzonspor here. Should be an easy home win with handicap covered. -
Re: UEFA U19 European Championship
Sport Football (Internationals) Event Romania U19 - R. Ireland U19 Selection over 2 goals Strength 10/10 Date 26/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Bet365 @ 1.45 Reasoning Last match in the group stage and all teams still have a chance of making it through. Romania are the hosts here, they lost both their games so far, 3-1 with Czech Republic and 1-0 with Greece. They showed a really poor defense, especially in the center line. Now they need to win this match by at least 2 goals and hope that the Czechs win their game as well to make it through. For Ireland things are a little more simple. They won their opening game with Greece 2-1, lost with Czech Republic 2-1. They can make it through with a draw and a 1 goal loss if Czech Republic wins, but if Greece wins things get complicated for them as well, and even a 1 goal win here doesn't assure their qualification. So Romania with a poor defence will look for ultra-offensive tactics with 4-3-3 to bring them a handicap win, while Ireland will also look for a cousy win to book their place in the next round. So we have good reasons to believe in 2 goals at the very least here. -
Re: UEFA Champions League 26/27 July
Sport Football (Champions League) Event Fc Twente - Sc Vaslui Selection Twente(-1)AH (Asian-handicap) Strength 10/10 Date 26/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Bet365 @ 1.48 Reasoning Twente has been one of the top teams in Holland in recent years. Last season they've reached the Europa League Quarter Final after finishing 3rd in a group with Werder, Inter and Tottenham in the Champions League, defeating Rubin and Zenit in knockout stages of Europa League before losing to Villareal. Since last season they have a new coach in Co Adriaanse, while Theo Janssen left for Ajax. However Ruiz, Janko and Chadli remain at the club, they are very good players up-front and will be a big danger for Vaslui here. The guests don't really deserve to be here. Romanian league doesn't deserve 2 teams in Champions League, but Vaslui is here and will play. They lost a couple of players since last season, didn't brought anyone to replace them. They started the season with a 3-0 defeat at Rapid. Home win, can't see anything else. (-1)AH looks like a good choice, since X2 is out of the question and it's only a mather of how big will Twente win. -
Re: Romania Liga 1 2011/12
Sport Football (Romania) Event Concordia Chiajna - Sportul Studentesc Selection Over 2 goals Strength 10/10 Date 25/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Bet365 @ 1.68 Reasoning Chiajna promoted last season from 2nd place in the East Second Division behind Ceahlaul. They are a low budget team which is favorite for the drop. The summer signings are poor level players which either relegated last season like Mihalcea, Ilie Iordache or Muzac or which played in the 2nd division like defenders Dumitrescu or Bozga. With such a squad and a rookie coach in charge this team looks doomed. On the plus side they are a team which plays open football at home and always looks to win their home games. Considering that their opponent today is on paper one of the weaker teams they will look to be offensive and win the game. Sportul is a team which relegated last season, but with some fortune still play in the First Division this year as well. They didn't change this summer. In the ending part of last season this team played really high scoring games, scoring 8 goals in their last 3 matches. They are supperior here to Concordia and I see them with the first chance to get the win. This won't be a boring game. Concordia Chiajna is offensive at home, especially here where they consider Sportul at an equal level and want the win. Sportul is also an offensive minded team, and want the win here. 2 goals looks like a minimum. -
Re: Club Friendlies > Sunday 23rd July
Sport Football (Friendlies) Event Fc Porto - Penarol Selection Over 2.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 24/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Gamebookers @ 1.70 Reasoning Penarol has a full squad available here considering that non of their players took part at the Copa America. They are a strong team which reached Copa Libertadores this season and they did it in style defeating teams like Internacional, Velez Sarsfield or Catolica on the way. They have very good creative players up-front and considering the fact that this is a friendly game I do see them with good chances of getting on the scoresheet. As far as Porto is concerned they still have the same players like last year. Only loss is that of the coach, now Vitor Pereira is in charge but he will keep the same style of play. Porto will present its team before their fans here, and whenever they are involved we can expect goal fiesta. That's why I like the over 2.5 goals here. -
Re: Norwegian Tippeligaen 2011
Sport Football (Norway) Event Brann - Stabaek Selection Over 3 goals Strength 10/10 Date 03/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Canbet @ 1.95 Reasoning Both teams are in good scoring form lately. Brann scored 7 in their last 2 games while Stabaek has 11 in their last 4 league games. There is some doubt regarding the fitness of Stabaek striker Gunnarson. He is the top-scorer of the team and would be dearly missed, but everyone expects him to start. Otherwise no important absences in either sides. H2H these 2 teams have played entertaining matches in the last couple of seasons. One year ago this fixture ended with a 2-2 draw, all 4 goals being scored till the 60 minute. Stabaek won at Rosenborg this season, drew 3-3 with Tromso and have the best away record in the league. Brann can play high scoring games, can score/concede. All in all, I like the over here very much, 3 goals is a must. -
Re: Sweden Allsvenskan 2011
Sport Football (Sweden) Event Halmstads - AIK Solna Selection Under 2.5 goals Strength 10/10 Date 03/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price Stan James @ 1.80 Reasoning Halmstad is a main candidate for relegation this season. The team lacks quality, they do not concede that many goals but their attack is the main problem as they've only managed to score 9 goals in 14 rounds. They only have one win this season, and their home fixtures have been underish. Only 2 games went over, 1-2 defeats at the hands of Helsingborg and Goteborg with late goals. AIK Solna just managed to get their first away win this season at Trelleborgs. But the team is suffering everytime they play on the road. Overall they have a decent defense but in the attack they could only score 5 goals in 7 away games this season. Last season the match ended with a 2-1 win for AIK, but back than Halmstad was a better side. All 3 goals came after the 64th minute. With both teams having a poor scoring record this season, and struggling - Halmstad in general, AIK whenever they play on the road, I see this match as an Under bet. -
Re: Norwegian Tippeligaen 2011
Sport Football (Norway) Event Valerenga - Stromsgodset Selection Over 3 goals Strength 10/10 Date 02/07/2011 Bookmaker/Price 188bet @ 2.09 Reasoning Valerenga can't afford to lose anymore points after losing 2-1 with Molde. They have a lot of potential in attack with the likes of Yssouf Kone, Shelton, Berre or Nielsen. Their opponents today aren't known for their defensive capabilities. When they win points they do it mainly thanks to their good offence, and they are one of my favorite candidates to be involved in high scoring goals as far as Tippeligaen is concerned for me. The last meetings between these 2 sides have also been overish, and I epect both teams to score and over 2.5 at the very least to deliver. -
Re: Tennis - June 6-12
:rollinGuys I'm backing Safarova at 1.51 at Pinnacle. I can't help but say that Michaella Krajicek is somehow interconnected with her brother Richard Krajicek. Yesterday Richard slipped in the shower and now has a little ankle injury. I saw him play in a fun match with a friend of his, and he played absolutely crap making a lot of unforced errors. Richard was far from convincing and I think Michaella is not going to show any superb tennis today because of that. Krajicek to go home today GL :hope Did you see what I did here?! -
Re: Tennis - June 6-12 Sport Tennis Event Sabine Lisicki -Tamira Paszek Selection Tamira Paszek Strength 10/10 Date 09/06/2011 Bookmaker/Price Pinnacle Sports @ 2.47 Reasoning Paszek played phenomenal yesterday to win 6-4 3-6 6-4 against Ekaterina Makarova. Her first serve percentage rose to 64% compared to the 47% she had against Mirza 3 days ago. She made her service games really comfortable, she only allowed Makarova one break point, which she took to win the 2nd set. Winning 77% percent of the points played on her first serve and 63% on her 2nd serve, truelly a great performance from her. She was a finalist at Wimbledon in Juniors around 5 years ago, she did reach the 4th Round at Wimbledon at her first appearence, but since than she dissapeared from the radar. Guess she's back. I never imagined she could keep her serve so god damn well with Makarova also serving extremelly efficient, imagine that in 29 games there were only 3 breaks of serve and throughout the match only 4 games had break points. So... I have no hesitation in taking here to beat Lisicki as well. Sabine struggled in both her matches so far. In the 1st Round she dropped her serve 3 times against Kimiko Date-Krumm, her 1st serve percentage was around 51%, and considering the fact that Kimiko isn't a great server, she still needed 6-4 7-6 to wrap out the match. In the 2nd round same story. This time she played against Kirsten Flipkens from Bulgaria. THis time she had 60% first serves in, but the efficiency of her 2nd serve was just around 41% and Flipkens was able to break her twice, and make herself no-less than 7 break points. Lisicki is playing well... but Paszek with her performance against Makarova who is a very strong grass court player makes me feel she has every chance of winning this match as well. One thing I missed about Tamira was that against Mirza, her first serve efficiency was at a very high level, and she managed to rise her level even more agaisnt Makarova. All in all, this should be far from a walk in the park for Lisicki. Sport Tennis Event Andy Roddick - Kevin Anderson Selection Andy Roddick Strength 10/10 Date 09/06/2011 Bookmaker/Price Pinnacle Sports @ 1.38 Reasoning Anderson is a big lad with big serves and powerfull hitting. He defeated Karlovic and Donald Young without dropping a single game on serve, and managed to score 20 aces total, while saving all 3 break points he had to deal with. But... truth is,,, Karlovic only had his serve to count on as overall his baseline play on grass courts is pretty much only slices, not to mention that besides serving 18 aces he is also made 5 double faults, so not his best day. Young is not grass court material and was a sure victim. Roddick is one of the best grass court players of all time. I expected Lopez to dominate from the baseline, but Andy did. And it saved my bet on him as the Spanish player served 35 aces and Andy only dropped one service game in the entire match. He is a complete player for this type of court and it explains why he played the final so many times at Wimbledon. His serve wasn't at 100% but it was good enough, and consistant enough to keep him out of trouble. He didn't make many unforced errors, but his opponent was very strong and needed a decisive set after both shared sets won at tie-break. So, from my point of view... Anderson with his 10 aces per match means very little compared to Feliciano Lopez. Can't see Roddick losing this one, he looks in good form and shape. Their only previous meeting ended with Roddick winning on Hard 6-2 4-6 6-2, and I can't really imagine how could Anderson win this one. Not big odds, but decent enough to go high stakes and win some good money.
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Re: Tennis - June 6-12
I've got no problems with bragging on winning picks. It's those damn big bolded titles that bother my eyes. I wear glasses, and it's not cool to be following small letters... than boom your big letters."Lauding up" after I get a winner is definitely not the appropriate word but I can see this is a case of you simply following on from Fishy's little rant yesterday. You feel its your job as moderator to protect long serving posters on here like Fishy, which is fair enough, but let me just say I haven't turned away anybody and this is as much an exaggeration if anything. I'll repeat what I said yesterday to Fishy, what I've been doing is in no way different to what anyone else has been doing when they get winners, which is quoting their write up and stating that they've had a "winner" followed by a few smiley's to express their feelings. Nothing in the rules suggests you cannot do that, its not like I am spamming or making irrelevant chit-chat which belongs in a Live-Score thread. If someone can't at-least show a glimmer of emotion/joy/expression when they win or lose (yes and lose because I have highlighted when I have losers too, lets not forget that) then what is the point in even posting? Correct me if I am wrong but isn't this forum not only here to provide formal insight but also here to provide fun? -
Re: Tennis - June 6-12 Sport Tennis Event Milos Raonic - Tobias Kamke Selection Raonic(-4)game handicap Strength 10/10 Date 08/06/2011 Bookmaker/Price 188bet @ 1.67 Reasoning Raonic simply demolished Pablo-Andujar in the 1st Round 6-3 6-1. He didn't face a single break point, won 88% of points played on first serves as well as 65% points played on second serve. The reason is rather simple, he has a bomb first serve, and his second isn't way weaker, as a result he does make some DFS from time to time, 2 in the first round, but overall the risk pays out as he rarely has trouble keeping serve. Tobias Kamke took profit of Reister's resignation in the 1st Round. But till he retired the match had a WTA style in it. 3 DFS for each player, Kamke with only 45% first serves in, 1 break for Reister and 2 for Kamke. If he gives a break to Raonic it's good bye set. Overall his season so far has been poor, while for Raonic it's his best so far. Kamke can put up a fight, but I doubt he will manage to keep close in both sets with on-fire Raonic here. So the -4GH just to be on the safe side.
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Re: Romania Liga 1 2011/12
last season they were able to unblock such numerous defenses like Concordia had today with individual strikes, or set pieces. They had a lot of luck, not anymore. pick lost.