Euro 2012 Qualifiers
Euro 2012 Qualifiers
England (1.33) Draw (5.0) Bulgaria (13.0) On paper this looks like a formality for England. Iim not too sure. Lots of changes in the England side. Its needed as they were shocking at the World Cup and in the last game only a brilliant few minutes from Gerrard saved them from embarrassment. Its pretty hard to see who Capello is going to turn this England team around. The egolden generationi is old now and there arenit obvious successors. I still think Rooney is well over rated and its hard to see where the England goals are going to come from. Maybe Gerrard can step up again. No Berbatov for Bulgaria and in current form thatis a loss. In the past he has been a liability for them though. The didnit do too badly last World Cup qualifying campaign. They came 3rd after Italy and the Republic of Ireland. They only lost 2 game in all. It could be argued they were in a very weak group though as Italy did worse than England in the World Cup and Ireland didnit manage to beat France to get to South Africa. The last time I bet on England they cost me quite a bit losing to Germany. Fool me once shame on you
fool me twice shame on me. Iill not be backing them this time. 1.3 is just way too short. I suppose thatis all you can expect for England against a smaller European side but it doesnit appeal me to at all. The draw is probably the best option for value punters but Iill skip this game. Slovenia (1.62) Draw (3.75) N Ireland (6.5) We know a bit Slovenia as they were the only team England managed to beat in the World Cup. It was 1-0 and that was enough to knock Slovenia out. They played a decent enough game though. Recall
they did knock Russia out to get to the World Cup. In the last friendly game they beat Australia 2-0. Northern Ireland are having problems scoring. No goal in the last 7 games. They are really a class below Slovenia in terms of world football. N Ireland can get results at home but away from home
like most mid-ability sides
struggle. 1.62 seems a fair price to me. I do prefer the win to nil market on this though. Its 2.4 at Totesport. More than double the payback for more or less the same bet in my opinion.
REFILE-UPDATE 1-Golf-Westwood
Molinari set up Shanghai showdown (Reuters)
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