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wouldnt be at all shocked to see uruguay and mexico go through from group a. seen nothing at all from france last night, they were a shambles, weird substitutions, players out of position and reported in-camp fighting. />
seen in the paper yesterday someone has got 55k e/w on them to win the tournament at 20/1. to put that much on france to win the world cup would yield a return of roughly 1.5m apparently. if you can afford to have 55k on france in their current situation to win the world cup, then they must be significantly richer than the 1.5m winnings would make them anyway. |
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wouldnt be at all shocked to see uruguay and mexico go through from group a. seen nothing at all from france last night, they were a shambles, weird substitutions, players out of position and reported in-camp fighting. />
seen in the paper yesterday someone has got 55k e/w on them to win the tournament at 20/1. to put that much on france to win the world cup would yield a return of roughly 1.5m apparently. if you can afford to have 55k on france in their current situation to win the world cup, then they must be significantly richer than the 1.5m winnings would make them anyway. | |
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Quote ="Dead Man Walking"Roll on Euro 2012 in Poland and The Ukraine. Germany and Spain must be favourites for that one already.'" />
The French will be back with a bang. Easily the second best side in Europe on paper, with an actual manager in charge now and the old heads gone, I think (if the draw's possible) they'll be against Spain in the final.
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Quote ="Dead Man Walking"Roll on Euro 2012 in Poland and The Ukraine. Germany and Spain must be favourites for that one already.'" />
The French will be back with a bang. Easily the second best side in Europe on paper, with an actual manager in charge now and the old heads gone, I think (if the draw's possible) they'll be against Spain in the final.
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As a football fan the fascinating thing for me now is who are the team that come along and replace Spain as the number one team in the world, and how they do it. />
Thankfully the tactics of the likes of Portugal (defend defend defend and hope for penalties) and Holland's attempts to foul them into submission haven't worked, and they were able to see them both off eventually. />
History would suggest it is unlikely Spain will retain the European Championships, nevermind the next World Cup, it is just to be hoped that the team who eventually do work out the way to beat them when it matters do it by playing a bit more football than the likes of Portugal and Holland attempted. |
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As a football fan the fascinating thing for me now is who are the team that come along and replace Spain as the number one team in the world, and how they do it. />
Thankfully the tactics of the likes of Portugal (defend defend defend and hope for penalties) and Holland's attempts to foul them into submission haven't worked, and they were able to see them both off eventually. />
History would suggest it is unlikely Spain will retain the European Championships, nevermind the next World Cup, it is just to be hoped that the team who eventually do work out the way to beat them when it matters do it by playing a bit more football than the likes of Portugal and Holland attempted. | |
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| Quote ="UllFC"also like Eurovision the costs are so high to stage it that you'd get nations intentionally not wanting to win, like Ireland allegedly did in Eurovision years ago (as parodied on Father Ted)'"
But unlike Eurovision it makes a truckload of money to offset that, TBF. And the prospect of repeat tournaments would make it quite appealing, as there wouldn't be the high set-up costs again.
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Quote ="GCM1980"It would have been decided much earlier if the Dutch had been reduced to 10 men in the first half, as they should have been. How it took so long I'll never know. The Dutch tried to spoil it and deserved to lose regardless of the circumstances.'" />
Realy ugly game. I thought Webb should have booked Van Persie for the first challenge and sent off De Jong and Van Bommel in the first half. That might have calmed things down but equally the attitude of the players was such that the match could have completely degenerated. Does the rule that there must be at least 8 players per side apply to the WC? It would have been interesting if they'd had to abandon WC final.
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Quote ="GCM1980"It would have been decided much earlier if the Dutch had been reduced to 10 men in the first half, as they should have been. How it took so long I'll never know. The Dutch tried to spoil it and deserved to lose regardless of the circumstances.'" />
Realy ugly game. I thought Webb should have booked Van Persie for the first challenge and sent off De Jong and Van Bommel in the first half. That might have calmed things down but equally the attitude of the players was such that the match could have completely degenerated. Does the rule that there must be at least 8 players per side apply to the WC? It would have been interesting if they'd had to abandon WC final.
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Quote ="Dally"Shame the biggest football match in 4 years was effectively decided by a major refereeing blunder.'" />
It wasnt really tho just a load of kerfuffle from the dutch who are sore loosers. after that minor blunder the game carried on for 3 or 4 mins and 20 odd passes later they score. if the dutch wanna talk about errors look at the mistakes they made in the match not other peoples they should have been down to 9 by half time
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Quote ="Dally"Shame the biggest football match in 4 years was effectively decided by a major refereeing blunder.'" />
It wasnt really tho just a load of kerfuffle from the dutch who are sore loosers. after that minor blunder the game carried on for 3 or 4 mins and 20 odd passes later they score. if the dutch wanna talk about errors look at the mistakes they made in the match not other peoples they should have been down to 9 by half time
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