Neil

Supreme goalkeeping.

£1 on Perquis to score next @ 28/1.

45 minutes of football involving Greece followed by a Scott Parker interview. Cheers, BBC.

Probably should read the rules for this. Just assuming my team will rule all.

This tournament will win me MILLIONS.

£4 on Lewandowksi first scorer. Betfred has a canny offer for first scorers in the tournament. If they score first then go onto score twice or 3 times, you'll get 2x or 3x the odds on your original stake.

More importantly than that though is the gap. Facing Barcelona in the CL and battling for the title vs struggling in a lower league is a slightly larger difference than finishing 1 point above your newly promoted rivals. Or, when your rivals are relegated in 18th, you finishing in a stonking 16th, only surviving on the last day yourselves. It's barely comparable.

£30 on Benzema to be France's top scorer @ 5/2 £15 on Germany to win it @ 10/3 £4 on Schweinsteiger player of the tournament @ 16/1 (annoyed at that, was 20/1 yesterday but held off, silly) £1 trebles and accy on team top scorers: Ronaldo, Jelavic, Gomez, Lewandowski @ a lot £5 on group winners: Russia, Germany, Spain, France @ 19/1 (Paddy Power offer - if one lets me down, stake refunded) Couple more ante-posts to follow.

This. I'll watch the games and cheer us on and got everything crossed we'll win, but I'll hardly be disconsolate if and when we lose.

You have to question what "business" he "runs". Opening times: Friday To Monday, 9-1.

Yeah. Named my team as a tribute to Neesy.

That's a question I haven't heard for a while.

It begins.

Don't think he was a genius, but a very good manager with a big set of bollocks. Tremendous character.

Has a compendium of Wireside being proved hopelessly wrong been posted on there? Didn't he even get proved wrong with Craig Gardner scoring more goals than Cabaye, let alone Cabaye being a superior player to anyone with a pair of eyes?

I love this one its one of those bets that makes all the papers Best thing about that bet is the fact he's thought, "well, 16 top scorers is ludicrous, I'll predict 14 instead."

Even I've learnt that lesson. Classic case for me is when betting on a footy score and going for 2-1, when really, I'm not confident of the other side scoring one, it's just I don't want my bet to be over immediately if they do score (i.e. by going for 1-0, 2-0).

Will be fashionably late to this party tonight. http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/117/021/enhanced-buzz-28895-1301694293-0.jpg

On the plus side though, that lass they sent to Eurovision was ridiculous. Can't think of anything else in their favour. Angelos Charisteas probably fucked their economy as well. Everything can be traced back to that ill-fated tournament.

Lucky draw? They've got one of Holland or Germany in the quarters if they get past the group. "And Poland have drawn Ipswich at home."

Nope, Holland. Civil war ensues.

Russia will be favourites, non? If someone can fill me in on how Poland have been doing since Ridman's constant rants about them being spectacularly shit, it's appreciated.

Just bring back Edgar Davids and the De Boer brothers and give the tournament to Holland. Be done with it.

Did they have those 4 starting most games then? Pretty erotic quartet if they can click.

Must be one hell of an urge to drop Afellay and fit Huntelaar in despite it compromising the set-up.