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Mark Douglas ‏@MsiDouglas If a player blasts the ball at your hand, is there much you can do about it? That's referring to the WBA penalty. Was he even watching the game?

Overrated: Joe Hart Underrated: James Morrison

"The other guy". :lol:

Harper hasn't been decent at all. Elliot's been fine when he's played this season though.

Leave Pardew in Ukraine please.

Before I think. What's this I'm hearing about Shola starting through the middle with Cisse wide right Counts in ET as well. 0-0 FT and 1-1 after ET and we're through. Away goals doesn't count in a penalty shootout though.

Why not hundreds of billions? wey cos thats a ridiculous number. I might go up to a billion. Bottler.

Why not hundreds of billions?

Absolutely. They're really missing him, their performances have been very underwhelming since he's been undergoing treatment.

Possibly, would be with real difficulty though and would take a lot of time to work out!

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Went for this, cue Arsenal snatching a meaningless draw in the next leg. That'd be annoying. 2-1 would have actually been a better score for it leading into the next leg I think, got to admit I was happy when they got the third to make sure of the win tonight though. Get much on?

That's the hard bit out of the way, in theory. More than covered my stake on this anyway, went in quite heavily on Bayern @ 11/10. Too good a price to turn down in my eyes considering their away form this season.

Can't believe how the awarding of that corner that led to the goal has barely had a mention. Had it been the other way around they'd still be showing the replays of it now.

Cabaye's defensive work is massive for us and he really shouldn't be listed there. It isn't his biggest asset though.

Anyone who thinks Bayern will win tonight, I assume they'll fancy them for the home leg too. If you want a bit more value than the just below EVS on offer for a win tonight, SkyBet go 2/1 for Bayern to win both legs.

Just came in here to post the same. Punched in the head by the 'keeper = free kick against Zlatan. Felt sorry for him throughout the game actually, the ref didn't give him a thing. Brilliant control in the dying second while he was being held by two players... free kick against him again. Actually shouted at my laptop when the ref blew there, such a lovely touch ruined by the ref.

Just came in here to post the same. Punched in the head by the 'keeper = free kick against Zlatan. Felt sorry for him throughout the game actually, the ref didn't give him a thing.

Found out why - it's a free bet matched up to £100 on any football bet apparently. Offer expires tomorrow.

Anyone else been given a free bet from Paddy? Not sure why but I've suddenly got £100 sitting there to use.

The Perfect Match.

Casillas's injured. They don't get on anyway. Aye. It was all but confirmed too when Mourinho claimed he'd dropped Casillas because he believed Adan was the better 'keeper.

Just a little gimmick that they want to push I'd imagine, not sure what they gain from it.

Doesn't less likely = longer odds? I mean I realise that him taking the money means he won even when his bet didn't come in, but it seems back to front to me that as something gets less likely you stand to win less money. But why would you get more money from cashing out when it's looking likelier that you will lose the bet, as opposed to when you're looking relatively safe to win it? Because you're liable to lose it completely if Everton equalise. The risk increases, which is the whole principle behind betting, surely. From the betting companies point of view, the chance you'll cash out at Man U 4-2 Everton is pretty slim, therefore they can stand to offer a larger proportion of what you'd stand to win. As soon as it goes to 4-3 and Everton look like they might get a draw from the game, more people will think about cashing out and therefore they offer you a lower amount to compensate for that fact. You have to remember the betting company holds all the power here, and it's a bit like Ashley-style brinksmanship in that they can offer a fairly naff sum to you and you'll still consider it because the chance of ending up with nowt is far greater. Aye I get it now. Still think it's crummy at best. Just trying to scare you into taking the cash out offer instead of seeing out your bet which presumably costs them much more if you win. Sure, sometimes (as the example in the advert) something is better than nothing, but it's pretty devious IMO. I don't see that tbh. Basically the commercial advantage that they're trying to push is the Customers ability to control their bet in real time and decide when to cash it in. There's no obligation to. It works both ways, yes they may pay out less but any return is better than no return to a gambler. If anything, in the event everyone embraced the concept their returns would probably be less due to gamblers using their site becoming more risk averse - i.e: cashing in their chips at the first sign of danger. There's probably a living to be made in that if you were switched on enough. Surely the returns via that method are significantly lower than you stand to actually win, or else everyone would do it and Betfair would lose a fortune. Betfair don't set the odds, you're taking the odds that other punters set so they only make money from commission.