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Re: Finland > Veikkausliiga > 2014 SJK versus Lahti There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. SJK are newbies, but during whole season they present constantly solid performance. These are things we can't deny. Long before season started they signed experienced players to improve quality, they have decent, experienced coach who has authority because of career in more serious leagues than Veikkausliiga. Their team is a fine collective of players. Unlike Lahti they don't count only on one player. Lahti used that experienced Brazilian Rafael (top scorer of this league) will always save them from troubles. Too bad for them that he picked up injury and is still in recovery phase. He is old, but still with really good technique and finishing skills for this level. Without him they lost many from their potential. Another thing is fact that Lahti are clearly on downtrend. Poor results in league, defeat in Cup. It looks like they have serious problems these days. Lately things get complicated even more as important playmaker Klinga is once again injured and his potential replacement Kimmo Hovi is out as well. As for SJK they still stand strong. Their last game ended with a goalless draw, but it was away from home against 5th placed team. At the same time Lahti made home goalless draw against much worse team. Summary: injury of Lahti's key centre forward, home stadium and better momentum. In my eyes it's enough to see value in odds for home win.
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Re: Euro 2016 Qualifying > Sunday September 7th Germany -1.5 looks like good combo material Germany lost to Argentina, but first of all in this game they will use better line up. Second, I don't see Argentina that better, in fact Germany had many chances to open the scoreline, then to find an equalizer. Argentina were clinical and only thanks to that fact they grabbed four goals. I expect good reaction from Germany, surely they will try to impress fans and beat Scotland nice and easy. Gordon Strachan is doing fine job in this team, I see some progress, but still they are nowhere near the level of Germany. Most likely visitors will try to secure goalless draw, but after they fail to do so Germany will spank them nicely. Both teams have some missings, but still hosts with such a depth should not have problems with visitors. As for H2H I don't consider it relevant at all, because the last game between these two was in 2003. Since they Scotland got only worse while Germany did a revolution in their squad selection, formation and style of play.
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Re: Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications ETHIOPIA - ALGERIA Both teams reached their top lately. In January Ethiopia played in Africa Cup of Nations what was something special for them. However, they were in not so strong group and still lost all three games. Algeria made great job during World Cup. They showed nice results and good organized style of play. Both team after reaching top changed coaches. Perhaps smart move if you looking for another progress. Algeria signed experienced French coach Christian Gourcuff. Because of that fact there will be no language obstacle between him and the players. He already paid tribute to the former manager as he called up all players from last World Cup squad. It means less experiments and more focus on next opponent. On the other hand Ethiopia in 1. April signed Mariano Barreto from Portugal. I think that this date is really relevant ***8211; on April Fools they signed a coach who is a pure joke. He is 57 years old, but without big experience as a manager. The language barrier is obvious. Under his command they played one important game loosing 0:1 to Angola in a friendly game. Ethiopia use mostly players from Africa, a couple best play for Arabian clubs. Two European players are not big stars. I like winger Yussuf Saleh from Swedish 2nd Division, but he is average even for this league standards. Summary: The road to Cup of Nations 2015 doesn't look hard for Algeria. My only concern is fact that Algeria coach said that even draw will be enough for him in this game. Most likely it's only psychological little games, but still motivation could be a question mark here. NO BET
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Re: Euro 2016 Qualifying > Monday September 8th LUXEMBOURG - BELARUS No, I can't accept such big odds. They will go down very quick, so no time to waste. I know that Belarus have average H2H against Luxembourg. In quals for Euro 2012 they failed during away game picking goalless draw. In quals for 2008 and 1996 they also had problems, but those last two records should not be considered as relevant, because Belarus football was on much lower level than they are now. So, first thing is first: Belarus will use many players from BATE and Dinamo Minsk. Just let me remind you that BATE once again won promotion to Champions League group stage, while Dinamo easily secured an Europa League group phase. Those achievements were made mostly by players from Belarus, they proved their quality. In the squad there are also some players from Russian Top Division like defensive midfielder Tigorev from Lokomotiv Moscow, Martynovich from Kuban Krasnodar or Igor Shitov from Mordovia Saransk. Last but not least: call up got also experienced, ex-Barcelona and ex-Arsenal player Alexander Hleb currently playing for Turkish Konyaspor. As for Luxembourg, their squad is poor, that's obvious, but against Belarus it will be even worse! Luxembourg will be without best players. Their key centre back Maxime Chanot (Kortrijk) is injured. Their best striker Aurelien Joachim (ex-Walwijk, CSKA Sofia at the moment) is suspended! Important central midfielder Lars Gerson from Sweden Allsvenskan has still problems with his knee and is not available. Only few other players are active members of professional clubs. Usually they don't really play there, just are on the payroll and are used only for the bench, for example young defender Chris Phillips from Metz did not play single minute in Ligue 1 this season. Lack of match practice could be even worse than playing in small club from Luxembourg. Their first choice goalkeeper Anthony Moris plays for Standard Liege Reserves. Hard to feel confident during international game if you are backup for backup for backup. Only right back Mario Mutsch from St. Gallen plays regularly for real club from real league. So, quality gap is clear and obvious. As for the results Luxembourg made a couple good results in last quals by earning two draws against Azerbaijan and winning 4 points from two games against North Ireland. With all due respect to those teams they are weaker than Belarus. North Ireland since always have problems with positional attack which is key in games like this, also their quality goes lower and lower in every year as they stopped to be a natural source for English clubs from lower divisions. I believe that Belarus will be extremely determinate to made another big step in their progress. After great quals for European Cups it's time to made positive results in this National campaign as well! Because of 2012 goalless draw they should be already aware of Luxembourg potential and should not give them any chance to spoil their hopes for securing second place in this very weak group. Most of the players are in top form right now while hosts are without almost all players able to make the living from football outside of Luxembourg.
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Re: Poland > T-Mobile Ekstraklasa > 2014/15 Lechia Gdansk versus Ruch Chorzow Lechia have big ambitions this season, but also big work to do. They have whole new defensive line, new goalkeeper, four new midfielders who are pushing for start and also new attackers. Many of those players represent nice quality for this level, but still they need some time to play as fans expect. When I see Lechia I think that their main problem is lack of centre forwards. Perhaps, new attacker Colak will be a solution. In last week he scored in his debut. In previous season he was a goal machine for German Regionalliga. All fans hoping for more from him. On Thursday Ruch failed in Extra Time and returned from Ukraine without ticket to the Europa League group stage. Surely, hurt for morale as they played with the strongest squad and were not very far from reaching their aim. They don't have big depth in the squad so coach must decide if he will use the same squad or will accept lack of quality of his bench players. Surely key midfielder and set piece specialist Marek Zienczuk won't be able to play full game on Sunday. Centre forward Kuswik could be replace by talented Efir. Old, experienced central midfielder Surma could also be in trouble and 90 minutes after previous 120 min could be simply too much for him. Missings: Important midfielder Wisniewski and second choice goalkeeper are out. Regular left back Lekovic will miss second consecutive game. Striker Sadajew is set for transfer to Lech so they will won't be used. Probably he will be already out until Sunday. Anyway, he was big failure this season so not a miss at all. Ruch have full squad, but some players could be just too tired to play another game in such short notice. Coach still thinking about this. Summary: Odds are not great, pick for home win will be based on Ruch tiredness. If Ruch will physically survive another long trip in few days Lechia could be in trouble.
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Re: Poland > T-Mobile Ekstraklasa > 2014/15 Podbeskidzie versus Legia Legia have great depth so injury of regular centre back Astiz is not such a big deal. Podbeskidzie also have almost full squad. However, on Thursday Legia played home game against Aktobe and celebrated reaching Europa League. It's always a question mark what players will use Henning Berg as he simply loves to use rotation and give every Legia player a chances to play. I like Podbeskidzie this season. They have decent manager who loves hard work and physical style of play. For Polish level it's a great mix. He brought strong centre forward Maciej Korzym. Both gentleman worked together in Korona Kielce and during this time atmosphere was great and Korzym scored quite often. It looks like story can repeat again as Korzym already scored 2 goals in 4 games and Podbeskidzie are on 5th place. Great position for them. Summary: When I see the line up I will be able to tell if this odds have value. Key players that should be involved: Radovic, Orlando Sa, Kosecki, Brzyski.
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Re: Poland > T-Mobile Ekstraklasa > 2014/15 Lech versus Cracovia Before season started I placed a bet Cracovia to be relegated (odds were 8.0 with Unibet). At the same time I chose Lech as a cover bet for Legia to win the title. So, perhaps I should back hosts in this one to prove my integrity. However, Lech are in deep sh*t. I mean there is a light in the tunnel, because since Monday new decent manager will start his job. However, on Sunday interim coach will be still in charge. Because of epic fail in Europa League quals Lech were forced to sold best striker of Polish League – Lukasz Teodorczyk who went to Dinamo Kiev. Since ship starting to sink also important attacking midfielder Lovrencics want to leave, but the board said not in this transfer window. Hungarian International could be very unhappy because of that as he has a chance to move into Bundesliga level. So, Lech sold Teodorczyk and did not care for any replacement. I mean they are close to sign Sadajew from Lechia Gdansk, but clearly he will be unavailable for Sunday games. That will leave them with Vojo Ubiparip. Clearly worse than Teodorczyk and his versatility is not so great. He struggled with injuries last season. In this season he found three goals in the opening game of the season and then was forced to make way for Teodorczyk anyway. He should be able to deliver goals, but maybe not so often as all wish to. I believed in him, but after this hat trick he played two more full league games and scored nothing. He was also an architect of epic fail against amateur team from Iceland as played full games both times. Another problems for Lech are injuries: 1st goalkeeper Jasmin Buric, regular centre back Wolakiewicz, useful fullback Cessay, substitute defensive midfielder Tralka and new promising attacking midfielder Keita are all injured. The only reason why odds on home win are so ridiculously low is fact that Cracovia are even worse. In first six games of the season they produced the biggest number of shots on goal and still scored only five times. New coach is young and talented, but his 3-5-2 formation is not working very well. They don't have any important missing as Szeliga is not even close to important player and he was already out for some time. Winger Dialiba played good in last game, but was unable to prevent from defensive mistakes and lack of finishing skills his teammates. He is something like their former winger Saidi Balkanization who was quick and when he was good Cracovia were good too. Summary: Most likely Lech will win this one, because they have still nice offensive potential in the midfield, many creative players, but no one really cares about defending. Old goalkeeper Kotorowski has a big potential for funny goals, especially after crosses, defensive line is not complete and far from great. I would be feeling like a complete sucker if I would decide to chase for such price and then observe as Lech fail once again, just because winger Dialiba had better day.
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Re: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool > Sunday August 31st Key for the Spurs - Liverpool should be the fact that The Reds will back to use two typical strikers. This is a big chances and could be great impact for them. It's always a question mark how Super Mario will perform, but even this tactical change could be very important factor.
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Re: Sky Bet Championship > Saturday August 30th MIDDLESBORUGH – READING Visitors have many injured players. As for injured players striker Pogrebnyak (13 goals and 5 assists), attacking midfielders Robson-Kanu (4 goals and 4 assists), McCleary (5 goals and 11 assists), Nick Blackman (4 goals and 1 assist) and Jordan Obita, central midfielders Daniel Williams and Danny Guthrie, were all regular in last season. This year Reading squad looks really short. Midfielder Jamie Mackie and striker Simon Cox are the only healthy significant new players. However Jamie Mackie lacks match practice this season so surely he will not be able to show full potential on Saturday. Lets also not forget that some important players left the club during transfer window. The most important were best scorer Adam Le Fondre (15 goals and 3 assists), first goalkeeper and centre back (former skipper of the team) Sean Morrison. Left fullback Wayne Bridge decided to end his career. He played only 12 times last season because of knee problems. However hosts have there issues as well: two centre backs who were regular last season are not fit enough to play today. During transfer window they sold striker Jutkiewicz (8 goals and 5 assists) and bring Spaniard Kike in his place. Kike scored already two goals so perhaps he will cope with English football. Both manager won't be happy after last league game. Boro's manager said that some players were not motivate enough while Nigel Adkins was not happy with his defensive line and lack of finishing skills as Reading were crushed by Nottingham 0:4.
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Re: West Ham v Southampton > Saturday August 30th From my point of view Southampton made many things wrong already. Ronald Koeman was good coach, but only in his country where he has star status. His spell at Valencia ended with a epic tragedy. I like his brother Erwin, still remember some good piece of work with Hungarian National Team, but now Erwin is just a second coach. Next wrong thing are bad, bad replacements. I mean Tadic is brilliant and I think he will be their best player in this season. I'm not so sure if new attackers Graziano Pelle and Shane Long even together score the same numbers of points as Ricky Lambert did it last season (13 goals and 11 assists). Shane Long always looks like nothing special, he never was someone like for example Darren Bent – he is not recognize as a solid striker who can bring new level of quality. Waste of money. Pelle is a question mark, better strikers from Eredivisie struggled to prove a point in Premier League. He is a manager boy so at lest he will be having chances to play. We will see, at the moment he is nothing special. Another silly transfer and sign of wasting money was hiring new goalkeeper Frazier Forster. Sure, he is good goalie, still young enough to be solid for many years, but seriously they had decent, experienced Artur Boruc so why you throw over 12 millions euros for goalkeeper if you need many other players to replace big departures in the squad?? As for new centre back from Steaua he is still waiting for his debut so at the moment Yoshida tries to replace Dejan Lovren (poor defender for Croatia NT, but really solid for Southampton last season). Japanese in last season was used as a bench player, two season ago he was a regular and Saint always paid the praise because of his presence. New fullback looks OK, especially Bertrand, but clearly they will be more useful in attack than in defense. So, this is long list of issues for Saints. I won't be surprise if they will get involve into a relegation battle at some point of the season. I would also gladly take a bet that Koeman will not be Saint manager in August 2015, but I simply could not find such option in bookies. As for West Ham I admire their job during transfer window. They found promising attackers and kept best players. They recognize well where there weak spots are. Now attack finally looks well and with proper depth. New centre back/defensive midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate was also an instant reinforcement for them. First two game showed signs of progress. They were very unlucky to earn nothing from game against Tottenham, but victory over Crystal Palace should be a good morale booster. Sure, they picked up a knock-out in League Cup, but lets not forget that they use many, many players who won't start on Saturday. Missings: West Ham: Kevin Nolan will miss second consecutive game because of injury. He was important last season, but I think that in this one, when West Ham tries to play a bit different football he will not be so important, especially as midfielder. Winger Jarvis, right fullback Carl Jenkinson and Andy Carroll remain on long term injury list. Defender James Collins served ban, but is out because of an injury. On paper many missing, but most of them were not involve in this year campaign. Southampton: Jay Rodriguez was one of key players last season (15 goals and 3 assists). He remains a major doubt, most likely he still lacks match fitness.
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Re: Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion > Saturday August 30th Swansea started nice and very effective. They beat Man United and won at home against Burnley. However, I have a problem to trust them in this one. Swansea have a bit similar problem with centre forward like they had in the past. Michu had one great season and then he played poorly. In last season Bony was goal machine, but at the moment he still wait for first goal, he worked great for the team, but does not get opportunities to score for himself Swansea scores, but thanks to midfielders I believe that Bafetimbi Gomis could be great reinforcement, but at the moment he plays from first minute only in Cup games. I simply can't trust in a team who can't goal machine in their starting line up. Even Chelsea were hurt last season because of lack of lethal strikers. As for West Brom they got two draws so far. Their squad looks fine for me. At the moment they are a bit short at right-back and left-back position, but apart from that they look just fine. New striker Ideye soon should start delivering some goals. Midfield is a fine mix of strong players and guys who knows how to deliver final pass and provide from set piece. Goalkeeper and centre backs are solid as well. New manager is a question mark for me, but clearly better than de Melo. They kept practically all important players as left back Ridgwell, right-back Jones and creative midfielder Amalfitano are only significant departures. Still replacement for Amalfitano looks fine and attacking line looks better than in previous season.
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Re: Newcastle United v Crystal Palace > Saturday August 30th Newcastle have one big problem. Strikers. Apart from that they are not so bad, still they are looking for their first goal in this campaign. Against such a weak team like Crystal Palace even one goal could be enough to secure all three points. Siem de Jong gave good energy coming from the bench against Aston Villa and also played a full game in League Cup. I believe that his addition will help a bit and Newcastle improve with creating chances and scoring as well. In my opinion they were better team in away game against Aston Villa, played very solid in the defense. As for game against Man City they were not outplayed and at the moment team like Newcastle should not wish for much more against current champions. As for Crystal Palace departure of manager Tony Pulis was a big blow, but arrival of Neil Warnock should be considered as even bigger. Complete rubbish move by the board. So many decent managers are without jobs or with jobs in lower divisions and they decide to bring this oldtimer. He is not good enough for this level, impulsive, angry with anything, easy to say accusation about players and members of the board. He will not survive until end of the season. He will not bring harmony fur sure. Their squad lacks quality and I was very surprised how much Pulis squeezed from them. However, now they are on downtrend and such silly guy like Warnock will not help them. Missings: Newcastle still have couple of important players on long term injury list (Cisse, Yanga Mbiwa and many others). The good thing for them is fact that they have no new injury concerns. Jason Puncheon is back from suspension, but he has some issues with Warnock in his career so I'm not sure if he will get a chance to play. Centre back Scott Dann is a major doubt while central midfielder Joe Ledley is out for sure. Both were regular in second part of the season and both played in the opening game of the season against Arsenal.
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Re: Sky Bet Championship > Saturday August 30th NORWICH – BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth sold their best attacker Lewis Grabban to... Norwich. Grabban was outstanding last season scoring 22 goals and collecting 6 assists. He already found his place at Norwich by scoring instantly for new club. Bournemouth for his place signed Callum Wilson talented lad from Coventry. Wilson already proved his worth by scoring three goals in league and one in a Cup as well. He is hot prospect so Bournemouth should not feel short because of Grabban departure. However, still one Wilson is not enough to compete against very solid bunch of players that Norwich have. Canaries clearly have better goalkeeper and more solid defensive line. With addition of experienced centre back Carlos Cuellar this formation looks even more interesting. Midfield was the formation that suffered the biggest numbers of departures including Snodgrass, Pilkington and Leroy Fer. Perhaps those players could be considered as a bit disappointing for Premier League level, but in this league they would be top players. However, still Wes Hoolahan, Tettey, Bradley Johnson and attacking minded winger Lafferty should do the trick. So far they work fine and Norwich have 9 points after four games. It's really good start, an exceptional one, because usually freshly relegated sides struggle a bit on this level. Bournemouth strengthened their midfield with Gosling and Stanislas, but still I prefer Norwich players, because quality and experience are clearly bigger. Hard to say who score more goals: Wilson or Grabban, but surely Canaries have more options as they also have Cameron Jerome who found the net in his debut on Tuesday. Bournemouth just like Norwich won their Tuesday Cup game. Both played at home without best players and against teams from lower league than theirs. Home victory over weak team can't change the picture that recent form of Bournemouth is far from dancing. They were able to win against weak sides like Brentford (still Brentford looked better than Bournemouth in this game) and Huddersfield, but picked up defeats to Blackburn and Nottingham. Norwich had harder opponents and still gained more points. Some said it's cliché, but I find it's very true: second season for newcomers could be their last. Bournemouth have too good manager and to wise transfer policy to be an example of that sentence, but still this season could be less successful for them. As for the missing: Norwich: Left back Martin Olsson is back from suspension, but is a major doubt because of family issues. Central midfielder who was regular in last season still needs some time to get full fitness. Surely he is not key piece of the puzzle. Centre back Ryan Bennett is out of this game. He was not important part of the team in previous seasons and this season should not be very different. Centre forward Hooper is back to the light training, but still need some time. He was too poor for Premier League last season, but this level should be OK for him. However, with Grabban in attacking line Norwich are not worried about goals. Bournemouth: Key right back Simon Francis (1 goal and 8 assists) remains a major doubt. Centre back Elliott Ward is out for sure, but he did not play many minutes in second part of last season so he is not so relevant. Substitute striker Tokelo Rantie is a doubt.
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Re: Ligue 2 > August 29th - September 1st Meatman, what about Saturday and Monday games? Do you see profit in them?
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Re: Ligue 2 > August 29th - September 1st Ligue 2, just like for example Dutch Eredivisie is very close league this year. I was hoping that Auxerre will be on fire this season, but with those numbers on injuries, their bid for promotion should be consider already. Same thing for Nancy if they fail to find decent replacement in attacking line. Window is closing very soon, are they at least looking for new strikers?
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Re: Poland > T-Mobile Ekstraklasa > 2014/15 WISLA - BELCHATOW Two still undefeated teams will fight each other. I see many factors for home win. Momentum: Wisla won last two league games in really good style, while Belchatow picked up two draws. Especially home goalless draw against pathetic Piast Gliwice after awful, boring game showed that something has changed and they are not so sexy as they were on their first games of the campaign. Quality: In every formation Wisla have better players than Belchatow. Belchatow have better defensive record, because of defensive minded style of play and well organization, they love to use long pass to the wingers or forwards and thanks to that they don't suffer from counter attacks after loosing ball during positional attack. Still, Wisla have enough quality to take initiative in this game and also thanks to playmaker Semir Stilic they could be extremely danger from set pieces. More time for rest: Wisla played last league game on Friday while Belchatow played on Monday. Sure, it's first part of the season, but Polish league is far from professionalism and players simply love to complain on everything and everyone. Perspective of playing game in such short periods could easily affect at least some of their players. Home fans happy since a long time: It's not case of results, more case of relations between director and other technical staff. Fans love owner, but often hate those who are nominated for directors, chairmans or chief of scouts. After fresh change and sacking director Jacek Bednarz they should show full support once again. H2H: Wisla won last six home league games against Belchatow. Sure, things are different than they were six years ago. Wisla are weaker, but still better than Belchatow, so in this case H2H is relevant for me, but surely not the only and most important reason. Injuries and suspensions Wisla: Regular left midfielder Guerrier remains major doubt. He played only few minutes this season. Regular from last season: centre back Jovanovic and defensive midfielder Stjepanovic remains on long term injury list. Lucky for Wisla they have decent replacements for those players. Wisla are copying without them this whole new campaign so these missing should not be considered as relevant. Belchatow: Regular fullback Norambuena will miss 3rd consecutive game. Attacking midfielder Waclawczyk is also out, but he is not important at all. Right winger Mateusz Mak is back to the starting eleven. He is decent player, but his twin brother Michal Mak is a real star. Experienced Telichowski will continue playing as a centre back. I think he is really solid player, but I'm just not sure if this position suits him well, whole his life he was fullback, now when he is a bit older and Belchatow are very short in centre of the defensive line he is used in that role. Could be in trouble against decent attackers like those from Wisla.
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Re: Netherlands > Eredivisie > 2014/15 PSV – VITESSE Before start of the season I made a bet that PSV will finish better that Feyenord and so far they all is going according to a plan. PSV have stronger squad than in last year and looks more hungry than Ajax or any other team from Eredivisie. My only concern is that they had an away Europe League Cup game on Thursday against team from Belarus. They won using most of best players, but I still hope there is enough depth, quality to win another game. Still, it's a start of the season so complains about tiredness should not be taken too seriously. Important midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum did not travel to Belarus so he should be fresh and ready for Vitesse. Very exciting new signing from Valencia – Andres Guardado has a chance to make a debut. As for Vitesse they lost some important players like best attackers: Lucas Piazon (11 goals and 8 assists), Mike Havenaar (10 goals and 7 assists) and Christian Atsu (5 goals and 6 assists). Regular left fullback Patrick van Aanholt also returned to his parental club. New signing don't look convincing, for example new striker Abiola Dauda perhaps was good enough for Serbian league, but his capability of playing on higher level is an question mark. Anyway Dauda is struggling with injuries at the moment so he did not get many chances so far and won't play on Sunday, just like another new singings: Dan Mori and Chelsea fullback Wallace. His fitness is still a concern. Same story goes with new fullback Wallace who missed last league game. PSV have some unfinished business with Vitesse after humiliating home defeat from last year. Current form and bad personal situation in Vitesse make this best time for sweet vengeance.
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Re: Netherlands > Eredivisie > 2014/15 HEERENVEEN – UTRECHT Heerenveen have new manager who will be forced to work in a different circumstances. Hosts look much weaker upfront. Bilal Basacikoglu (6 goals and 5 assists), Hakim Ziyech (9 goals and 10 assists), Rajiv van la Parra (5 goals and 8 assists) and most important: Alfred Finnbogason (29 goals and 10 assists!!) all left the team. Ziyech was even so kind that he scored two goals this season before his departure. Departures hit also defensive lines as regular left defender Christian Kum and regular centre back Arnold Kruiswijk. As for new faces they have two new attackers: Sam Larsson from Swedish Top Division and experienced Thomas Dalgaard from Danish Top Division. Dalgaard in his country was a real goal machine, but Eredivisie requires much better quality. As for Sam Larsson he was nothing special even for Allsvenska standards. Heerenveen also spend money for talented central midfielder from Norway, but he is not ready to be important part of the team at this very moment. Another new central midfielder is Jordy Buijs. He was very important player for Breda last season. So, as you see I'm not a big fan of Heerenveen squad from this year. However, I don't find Utrecht a strong side as well. Last year they were simply awful during their away games. They have some injury issues so maybe under are best choice, but I'm not big fan of under bets for Eredivisie as well. No bet for me, but good luck to all of you interested in this game!
Hull City v West Ham > Monday September 15th
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Re: Hull City v West Ham > Monday September 15th Both sides played horrible in defense and during set pieces. I wonder which team used this international break better. I guess that West Ham manager have bigger group of players to work with during the break?