soundingstylish
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I've not been on PL for time and not actually read any of the other threads as of yet so apologies if this has already been brought up. Basically, I think the 'Man of the Match' market can be exploited so much. It's a fans vote and for the first four games played all the obvious players have been voted for, the fans favourites (on the winning teams mind). Neymar (BRA / CRO) Dos Santos (MEX / CAM) Van Persie (SPA / HOL) Alexis Sanchez (AUS / CHI) For example, if you take Uruguay vs Costa Rica tomorrow. Who's the stand out player? Suarez. You can get 5s on him to 'earn' the Man of the Match. Just a thought.
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Re: England > Weekend > Skrill North & South Aug 24 I think Boreham Wood are a reasonable price at 3/4 (BetVictor) to get maximum points against Hayes. Hayes have carried on their poor form from the back end of last season and are still getting used to a new boss, Phil Babb. Boreham have strengthened their attack somewhat and should have enough to see off their visitors.
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Re: French Open 2013 Apart from Lu being absolutely terrible on clay.
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Re: England > Weekend > Northern, Southern & Ryman Prem Apr 6 Bognor are struggling to put a side out, again!
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Re: England > Midweek > Non-league Mar 25-28 Havant have added ex-Chelsea player Kieran Weekes to their side along with Argentine defender Juan Cruz Gotta. Both in the squad for this evening's game.
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Re: England > Weekend > Northern, Southern & Ryman Prem Mar 9-10 In the local paper here they were saying Bognor have massive injury problems and had to cancel Tuesday's training session due to illness in the squad. Sam Pearce, on loan from Havant, was one of those named injuries.
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Re: ACN 2013 - Outrights
There is two other players I will be interested in backing for first-goalscorer in individual games are Deo Kanda (DR Congo) and Youssef Msakni (Tunisia). They are both exciting wingers capable of producing moments of magic others can't. I've not seen a lot of Kanda I must admit but Msakni I've seen a lot. He's just signed a big money contract with Lekhwiya in Qatar so he comes into this confident. In warm-up friendlies' date=' everytime he received the ball in the final-third he'd have a pop so he's worth chancing if the odds are favorable.[/quote'] Wonderful goal from Msakni. Decent start. -
Re: ACN 2013 - Outrights There is two other players I will be interested in backing for first-goalscorer in individual games are Deo Kanda (DR Congo) and Youssef Msakni (Tunisia). They are both exciting wingers capable of producing moments of magic others can't. I've not seen a lot of Kanda I must admit but Msakni I've seen a lot. He's just signed a big money contract with Lekhwiya in Qatar so he comes into this confident. In warm-up friendlies, everytime he received the ball in the final-third he'd have a pop so he's worth chancing if the odds are favorable.
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Re: ACN 2013 - Outrights I promised myself I wouldn't get involved in any outrights but this is far, far too big. African Cup of Nations Top Goalscorer: Tresor Mputu @ 80s with bet365 80/1 is mad value. DR Congo are obviously, naturally, written off but this time round I think they can be real darkhorses. Mbokani will be the focal point of their side but lurking just behind him will be this lad, Tresor Mputu. The man is a machine! He's scored goals wherever he has been however his maverick attitude has stopped him from making any big money moves to Europe. He's exciting and makes defenders commit themselves in positions they don't like being pulled into which will naturally give him space to get shots off. I think DR Congo progress from their group and I reckon two goals will secure an each-way payout. More than capable. Le Roy has talked highly of Mputu in interviews, even more than Mbokani. Giving him the captain's armband echos that.
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Re: Group C > Dec 5th (AEL Limassol, Borussia M, Fenerbahce, Marseille) Some comments from the AEL boss:
“Once again we have a lot of problems with injuries. I have a few players within the squad selected for this match who are still not fully fit. However, the starting eleven will be ready to fight and give their best in order for us to win this match,” added Costa who cannot count on Gilberto, Rui Miguel, Michalis Konstantinou, Simos Tsiakkas, Ebo Andoh, Georgios Eleftheriou and Luciano Bebe. -
Re: JPT > September 4th/5th Exeter x Aldershot - Exeter @ EVS with Coral Exeter are starting to find their feet in League Two and three wins on the bounce have put them in a decent position to challenge for honors. Jamie Cureton and Alan Gow are just a bit too good for this level of 'ball and sides will be up against it when they meet Exeter. The JPT is a competition they generally do well in and Paul Tisdale has said he will play his strongest XI in order to keep the confidence riding through his team. Shots are a decent side but this could be too much for them in a competition I don't think they care too much about (knocked out in the first round the last two seasons). Coventry x Burton - Coventry @ 4/6 with Coral Burton have had a tough schedule of late; tomorrow's match will be the third road game in a week and they also travel to Rochdale at the weekend. It's been tough on their side but it's the luck of the draw. Burton have played in the JPT the three previous campaigns and been knocked out in the first round on all three occasions. Unfortunately for them, Coventry and Kilbane have a point to prove tomorrow evening. They were beaten 1-0 at Crewe however their fans weren't too happy with their performance. Kilbane had a run in with a fan post-match and needs to get his act together. This is a perfect chance for them to right a wrong!
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Re: First qualifying round, 2nd leg > 10-12 July Stabaek x JJK - JJK @ 4/1 (Generally available) This is much more of a price play than a solid bet. Stabaek should not be 4/6...not having that at all! I've seen Stabaek play a couple of times now and they either turn up or they don't, for the majority of the time they don't. JJK are two-nil up from the first leg, which they dominated, but with Gruborovics and Wusu they have a decent counter-attacking set-up in place if the chances do arise. Gruborovics is JJK. He pulls the strings, he scores the goals. He turns up, JJK have a better than a 4/1 chance.
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Re: First qualifying round, 1st leg > 3-5 July Elfsborg XI vs Floriana: Ellegard; Johan Larsson, Jon Jonsson, Joachim Jorgensen, Andreas Klarstrom; Viktor Claesson, Anders Svensson, Marcus Rohden, Niklas Hult; Lasse Nilsson & Amadou Jawo. Ishizaki and David Elm will start on the bench after knocks in the last game.
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Re: First qualifying round, 1st leg > 3-5 July Elfsborg x Floriana - Elfsborg EH -2 @ 4/5 with Paddy Power. Elfsborg are my favourite Swedish 'ballers and they are STRONG at the Boras Arena on their artificial turf. They were whacked 5-1 last time out but they would of had one eye on this match and Champions usually hit back after a loss. Floriana are a youngish side, some haven't even been outside of Malta, and the boss has stated that they will be on a "damage-limitation mission" after being humiliated 9-0 by AEK Larnaca at this stage last year. Although it won't be a humiliation, I think the home side will take a healthy scoreline with them to Malta to finish the tie off. Lech Poznan x Zhetysu - Lech Poznan Win Both Halves @ 5/4 with Paddy Power. Poznan are an ever-present in Europe and host a Kazakhstan side that have changed massively since they topped their division last season. They scored 39 goals last season, 18 of which were scored by Bakayev, he has since been sold. Currently they sit 13th (second bottom) having lost all their best players and they will find it tough in Poland. In their own domestic league they have played eight matches away from home and lost all eight (scored 4, conceded 20). Rudnevs has been sold to Hamburg by Poznan but they should still be able to get the job done quite comfortably I'd imagine.
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Re: England v Ukraine June 19th
How? Sides that win tournaments are either shrewd or blow the rest way. England know they aren't the best side in the world but know they can beat any side that stands in their way.England were lucky! -
Re: So what's with the Spain v Croatia game then? It won't be fixed. Take advantage of that massive Spain price. Gift!!
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Re: Ukraine v France - June 15
Be careful mate. From what I've read, Shevchenko will be rested so they can adopt a more defensive approach with an extra midfielder. A defensive-minded 4-2-3-1 with Voronin at the point.2 Point double on Shevchenko and Carroll to score first for Ukraine and England Respectively @ 10 x 8 = 80.00 odds (Found the odds at ladbrokes) I'll post my thoughts on shevchenko here and carroll will be in the england thread . From what i recall , the host nation have always made it to the 2nd round . Poland doesn't seem to go through now so all hopes lie with ukraine now . Ukraine had a tough game with sweden and if not for the brilliance of shevchenko in that short spell , they wouldnt have won at all . Since poles are not doing well so far in this tournament and shevchenko has been hot , i wont be surprised if ukraine score first again through shevchenko , hence i think its worth a shot given the fact french defense arent at its best and shevie is the main goalscoring threat for ukraine . -
Re: EURO 2012 - Outright Winner & Top Goalscorer Group C Top Goalscorer: Fernando Torres - 6/1 with Paddy Power. I've said it before but Llorente isn't fit, so Fernando Torres starts for me. In a group that looks like it will be lacking a few goals, I'd imagine a Spanish player will dominate the scoring in this group and with the amount of chances the Spanish carve out; Torres will be in with a massive chance of finding a few goals. He's not had the best of season's with Chelsea but he's never looked settled or happy in my opinion. This is his chance to prove a point.
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Re: EURO 2012 - Group Winners & Qualification Russia To Qualify x Ukraine Not To Qualify - 6/5 with Paddy Power. I'm not going to bore everyone with everything they've already read but this double is my main play in the group stages. Russia are a popular choice to top a poor Group A amongst punters it seems and I wouldn't disagree. However, I've taken them in a double to qualify. Shirokov's and Dzagoev's midfield runs should be more than enough for their group opponents to handle. Can't see them not progressing from arguably the worst group in the tournament! Ukraine are third favourites to progress out of Group C, something I'm baffled about. Okay they are hosts and they have some extremely talented individuals but their defensive line is all over the place. I think the lack of competitive football will count towards a group stage elimination which is a tough, tough group to call.
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Re: EURO 2012 - Outright Winner & Top Goalscorer
it is hard to say that Ribery can score more than 3 goals because he is not sticker in fact but in shots he can score .. that is why the odds are very very big . if i were you ' date=' i would place only $1 on Ribery to be the top goal-scorer :D[/quote']I would disagree. When sides play with a point (one striker) like France, with Benzema, and Russia, with Kerz, they are used more to set up those behind them rather than score themselves. Kerzhakov is currently in-favour because he brings the players behind him into play, whereas Pavlyuchenko doesn't. Wouldn't let the fact that a player isn't a striker put you off backing them for top scorer.
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Re: Russia v Czech Republic > June 8
Can I ask how you come to the conclusion I've highlighted in bold?Even though Russia are considered favourites for this game I don't think they are. They have qualified from a relatively easy group. Another problem with Russia is that they become somewhat arrogant when facing so called "average teams". But they play well when nobody expects them to deliver. Russia are also favourites to qualify from the group. But since there are no top teams in the group it will play against the Russians in my opinion since they will expect to qualify easily. Czech Rep. have a decent side and I would not take recent friendlies into account, since coaches use these games to try various new formation and test new players and I think this side as capable of avoiding defeat. Czech Rep. DNB @ 2.50 William Hill -
Re: EURO 2012 - Outright Winner & Top Goalscorer Are you all aware that Llorente is in need of an operation? He's been carrying a knock for a couple of weeks now, and it showed in his last two performances. I can't imagine he'll be that fit to make an impression.
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Re: Norway > Tippeligaen > 2012 Stabaek v Lillestrom - Lillestrom @ 13/10 - bet365 I have been opposing Stabaek all season due to them having so many new faces in their side. It takes time to gel. They will get it right sooner rather than later but I'm sticking with my system here. Since their 0-0 draw on the opening day of the season, they've lost nine matches on the spin. They haven't scored at home yet and confidence is low. Lillestrom haven't been much better to be fair but their form has picked up in the past couple of weeks. Two wins and a draw in their last three gives them hope of taking all three points at the Nadderud Stadion.
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Re: International Friendlies > 2012 Egypt will be playing with their full squad v Togo.
Group C - Colombia v Greece > Saturday June 14th
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Re: Group C - Colombia v Greece > Saturday June 14th Colombia vs Greece - Colombia over 56.5% possession @ 17/20 with 32Red Sport Looking forward to this one; should be a decent tactical battle. Colombia are a unit that rely and build on having the majority of possession. Pekkerman: "We will maintain our style, our idiosyncrasy, keeping the same idea. The idea in Colombia is always to try to have more possession than the other team." They will keep the ball, slow the pace down, and then in sudden bursts...attack down the flanks. Aguilar starting in place of Guarin will ensure that Colombia will keep the ball in midfield areas. I'm not really going to fall for this "...we will build a wall, they will have to break us down" from Greece, I believe that to be mind games and they will have a go at the right times however at Euro 2012 they did lose the possession percentages to Germany (66%-34%), Poland (58%-42%) and Russia (63%-37%). They did control the ball vs the Czechs however. It's a similar side with Santos still in charge so I expect the same sort of numbers in this one.