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That's the main reason why I can't see Italy qualifying. Add to that Maggio suspended and Abate and De Rossi fighting injuries.

It works, Italy did it - even bigger fools France for not bothering. Yup, Blanc was shocking. Should be fired if he didn't leave anyway.

Brilliant half from Portugal. Hats off to Bento for trying something else rather than just sitting back.

150€ Portugal dnb @ 3.0 80€ Portugal to qualify @ 2.75 50€ Ronaldo wincast @ 7.0 20€ Ronaldo FGS 1-0 @ 34.0

Portugal\Germany double 100€ @ 8.55. Add something else later.

This is the real test for Spain as their defense haven't been really tested. Ramos also loves Hollywood last-ditch tackles that can go easily wrong especially against Ronaldo and his ego is too big not to try those especially against Ronaldo. I'll bet on Portugal some way but nothing too big as I've chased the losses back and want to stay on profit from the tournament after the abysmal start.

Portugal will lose the midfield and Spain will have all the possession. It all comes down to how well Veloso\Moutinho\Pepe\Alves can shut down the middle. Pepe is very used to playing against the Barcelona midfielders so they can certainly do it. Ronaldo and Nani are some of the first players in the world you would choose for counter-attacking strategy so Portugal have a real chance to qualify. Hopefully they pick Oliveira ahead of Almeida as I can see Almeida being a passenger if he gets picked.

Debuchy is easily the most exciting player we've been linked with after getting used to Simpson's complete inability with the ball. Bring him in Yohan.

Poor Shaun H.

Finland has never been as close to getting to the tournament as we were with Hodgson. I think Hodgson was picked for England because he knows how to make the teams defense rock solid and was the best choice because of that on limited time\squad. In Finland he relied on Hyypiä\Litmanen\other old players and the youth was brought up after he left so have no idea how he's in bringing younger players through, but almost surely better than Redknapp. IMO Italy just totally outclassed you in midfield. Compare Gerrard\Parker to Pirlo\De Rossi\Montolivo\Marchisio who are constantly changing positions. You really played well the first 20 minutes when you put the pressure on real high but then Hodgson\the players just decided to sit back the rest of the game. Hodgson got what he wanted but you were just unlucky in the end.

Not to belittle his sizeable returns, but lets put things into perspective... He won €583.33 after staking €600 - he'd have been just as well off sticking a single on Italy to QF at evens. Fair play to him picking a couple of winners from the 6 bets but he did have his bets hedged pretty well. I'd have been really impressed if he'd stuck a couple of doubles, trebles and four-folds on yesterday, maybe turning his £500/600 into £3500 profit I watched the game 2 hours late and told my friend earlier to bet 300€ on England if it goes to over time, as I had the Portugal\Germany\Spain\Italy to qualify accumulator too which returned ~820€. I missed it from the picture as it was put so much earlier (suspicion arises) . I wouldn't hedge those Italy on extra time\penalties bets like that.

Thanks Anderson! Figured it out too.

Wish I knew how to post image.

1/4. Cheers Ronny. 1/2. Cheers my Germans. 3/4. Cheers Mr. Alonso. (Jose's boys doing the business, as usual) Is Ashley one of Jose's boys? Burn I even joined in with D28 for this bet - hot dang! To be fair, that's a very unfortunate effort. Effectively a crossbar's width from winning great money. Very unlucky boys. I was an inch away from £1250 I from 950€. It's time that this Euro madness is over. We're all so much better - well, apart from probably that pato lad (is that his name?), who 'apparantely' won so much in the end after being down almost as much as I've been - at PL / CL / league football. Bring back the PL. Saying that, I've still got something in the 365 account for the two semis... Very classy. Noticed today that when I copied your accumulator, I put Italy to qualify instead of England, 100€ @ 8.13. Feel much happier about it now than I did after the match ended. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/betsz.png/ http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/7447/betsz.png Obviously fake but at least appreciate my effort. Around 1950€ profit from quarters and 1100€ up from the tournament (apparantely [?], of course). Better luck for the PL Davod29!

+300€ profit. Added Portugal to win to nil 100€ @ reduced 2.64. Also Germany win to nil tomorrow returns 945€, thanks for the tip Ginola.

This double 150€ @ 6.30 This 100€. Ronaldo wincast 100€ @ 2.75 Nani wincast 50€ @ 5.50 Didn't really know what to bet but liked Ginolas and David28's bets.

Really disappointed with Blanc, he looks clueless. Sweden take the lead and he responds by taking HBA off for Malouda (!) and breaks any balance the formation had. So they continue with 2 DM's and Malouda and Nasri (who looked injured) above them, Ribery on the left running against 4 Swedish players. If he got past them, there was no one in the box as Benzema looked clueless. Then on 77th he finally subs Nasri (who looked injured) for Menez and on 83th minute he finally brings on Giroud for one of the DM's. Blanc looked like he didn't care if they lose this and didn't even try to change anything. Shocking and can't see them get past Spain with that defense and absolutely no other plan than let the three big attacking players take turns in individually trying to break through the whole defense.

think TNON had commented on this last week and ruffled a few feathers. It's always amusing when someone randomly comes along and starts claiming to have a betting bank of 5 figures plus - it makes you wonder why they bother posting their bets on N-O when they're clearly a seasoned pro I've said before that I only do sports betting during major sporting events and I'm betting just for the extra excitement. I have decent amount of money online all the time for other 'gambling' that I'm using but it is in no way a betting bank. I always ignored this thread until the CL-final when the epic thread title changes caught my attention. And I can stop posting my bets here so people don't have to think they are fake\I have a gambling addiction\it's just amusing\whatever else. if your main income is derived from poker playing, then I certainly wouldn't be calling that your betting bank. Just curious as to what yours is, as you come across as a fairly 'seasoned' bettor but seem to be playing with quite a high % of your bank (with dismal results at the beginning of the tournament). Alternatively, you're just having a bit of fun; in which case this is all irrelevant I used to bet a ton as a kid as my parents both love horse betting and football betting with small stakes and they used to pay my small coupons. I have couple of friends who have been pretty serious about betting so I know something thanks to them. I really don't have any betting bank as I bet so rarely outside the Euros\World Cup\Super Bowl\Eurovision ( :lol ). Might stick around for the Premier League this time with some real plan and different bank than my poker accounts. Betting is just fun and it's not so big deal if I end up 2k down on the tournament as I can easily and often do lose that or more in one day playing poker.

think TNON had commented on this last week and ruffled a few feathers. It's always amusing when someone randomly comes along and starts claiming to have a betting bank of 5 figures plus - it makes you wonder why they bother posting their bets on N-O when they're clearly a seasoned pro I've said before that I only do sports betting during major sporting events and I'm betting just for the extra excitement. I have decent amount of money online all the time for other 'gambling' that I'm using but it is in no way a betting bank. I always ignored this thread until the CL-final when the epic thread title changes caught my attention. And I can stop posting my bets here so people don't have to think they are fake\I have a gambling addiction\it's just amusing\whatever else.

Malouda has been shocking.

Ladbrokes and Betfred. Can anybody explain why Ladbrokes offers over/under 2.5 on France game as 1.83\1.83 but on Asian goal line it's 2.08\1.80?

I believe PokerStars has that Home Game feature but have no idea how it works.

250€ France/England DNB @ 2.32 150€ France -1 @ 2.63 100€ France-Sweden over 2.5\England @ 4.58 100€ France-Sweden over 2.5\England-Ukraine under 2.5 @ 3.35 50€ England win 1-0 @ 8.0 50€ England win 2-0 @ 10.0 GO GO!