Neil

Got the Mandzukic 1-1 scorecast, £1 @ 45/1. Desperately looking for some way of covering but it's simply not worth it this early.

That whistle in the crowd.

Dunne's such a horrible player.

Keith Andrews.

Lush.

It's what happens when you put a better striker on than Balotelli.

Di Natale.

Really need to play a bit louder.

Loved a good 2 footed challenge on the keeper. The red card was worth it.

Should be 2 very good games anyway. Spain v Italy because it's Spain and Italy, and both teams for the later game know a draw is of minimal use.

Just have a feeling Ireland will nick it. 2-1. Dunne with an overhead kick to win it.

Egomania is running wild.

Germans are awesome. I see no public announcements yet about your enthusiasm for Germany and disdain for the UK, btw.

Huh? Think it's a great move.

I'm starting to appreciate what Taylor_______________________J said about keeping an eye on this. If you spend plenty of time on this and keep making changes at the right times, you're in with a very good chance of winning. Still not sure what's going on.

This is the thing. I've never put £100 on a bet. I've only once put £50 on something and that was an odds on bet which luckily won. Once I am putting £50/£100 on 5/1, 6/1 shots then - like Rey Mysterio being told the bookies "respect his business too much" - I know I've made it.

Messi's the greatest talent I've ever seen, and I think he'll go down as the greatest if he continues at this sort of level for a few more years. The Argentina World Cup argument is secondary.

If he starts. Eduardo is pretty good for Croatia IIRC. Yes, I know he's been class for us but wouldn't rule out Bilic pissing around.

No, Heitinga. And with good reason, he's improved immeasurably. Jelavic, Fellaini and Pienaar for the 2nd half of the season, certainly.

Well yes, it was painful to see that even though we had two defensive midfielders we were still carved open relatively easily a few times by a fairly mediocre team. Doesn't bode well for the rest of the tournament.. This is the thing. For the goal, there should have been someone there covering - if not, what's the point in having 2 defensive midfielders? Admittedly, it was wank defending from Heitinga but he was exposed far too easily. Netherlands were desperately crying out for a link between midfield and attack yesterday and it never came really. Sneijder did his best but he can't do it by himself, he got fuck all help. Combined with RVP being way off form, Robben being extremely selfish and frustratingly shit, Denmark couldn't believe their luck. They've probably played better than that in the past couple of years and lost.

The 11k thing? Nah I just asked them on Live Chat this morning why their max stakes were so small. I was told my account had been restricted by their trading department because they "respect my business too much". In other words, they're a bunch of fucking pussies! Frankly, you know you've made it in life when this happens.

Robben and Van Persie in particular had absolute shockers. The former was utterly predictable every time - cut inside, shoot, nowhere near. The latter for whatever reason looked totally bereft of confidence in front of goal. Sneijder on the other hand looked dangerous and far and away the best Dutch player. I also think it would be incredibly naive for them to simply blame poor finishing and a couple of strong penalty appeals (which, fwiw, were penalties). Why the hell did they line up with both De Jong and Van Bommel? Countless times they were trying to attack and, predictably, no support whatsoever from them. They were making things very difficult for themselves in that respect. While the stats would tell you total Dutch domination, I certainly didn't see a game where there were loads of close misses and fantastic saves. The Danish keeper in reality had very little to do. A lot of those shots were purely hopeful and without much purpose. Denmark were actually comfortable for decent periods in the game.

Netherlands screwed over everyone and was very unexpected. Can't say I have much sympathy with you regarding Portugal though, don't have a clue why you put so much on them. I'm sure you'll win plenty more bets this tournament.

Like Chrissy would say, it's very much speculation at this moment of time. I guess you're about right. I've lost so, so much that I've won over the course of one season. It's criminal, it doesn't feel right. I'm drunken at the moment, sitting on my balcony, listeingin to music. Please end that Euro. Do it. ul

6/5 seems about as good as it gets.