Good Men's Olympic Soccer Bet

[GoBlue34]

Netherlands to win Group B - 165. The way they played recently and a very easy draw seems like a solid bet to me.

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[fhmesq44]

Do we even know rosters yet?

 

[TheBrainiac]

You are aware that this will be almost completely different team right ?
From my experience watching this I can remember that I almost never seen many good players on teams like Spain , Brazil etc . Watched Spain vs Cameroon finals 2000 I think where Spain only had youngsters in their team .

 

[fhmesq44]

The teams are U-23 teams with 3 over age players. I have only seen the US roster confirmed thus far, it is actually a pretty good roster.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/teamusa/meettheteam/newsid=118429.html#full+olympic+roster

There is also all sorts of haggling and bickering going on right now with some of the bigger name players. Messi, Diego, Rafinha, Ronaldinho, Kaka (not playing, Milan refused). I don't know when they have to finalize rosters, but I don't think many are done and I haven't been able to find any roster lists other than the US team. I wouldn't expect guys like Babel, Cesc, Mikel, Aguero, etc., on the bigger teams.

 

[TheBrainiac]

thats what I ment , Netherlands sure wont have guys Ruud van Nistelrooy and many more . There will be 3 overage players and rest will be U23 .

 

[TheBrainiac]

2008 Olympic Soccer Overage Players






These are all of the overage players that have been selected to the men's Olympic soccer rosters.






Group A
Argentina
DF - Nicolas Pareja - RSC Anderlecht (24)
MF - Javier Mascherano - Liverpool (24)
MF - Juan Roman Riquelme - Boca Juniors (30)

Australia
DF - Jade North - Newcastle Jets (26)
DF - David Carney - Sheffield United (24)
FW - Archie Thompson - Melbourne Victory (29)

Serbia
??

Cote d'Ivoire
??

Group B
Netherlands
FW - Roy Makaay - Feyenoord (33)
FW - Gerald Sibon - Heerenveen (34)
DF - Kew Jaliens - AZ Alkmaar (29)

USA
FW - Brian McBride - free agent (36)
GK - Brad Guzan - Aston Villa (23)
DF - Michael Parkhurst - New England Revolution (24)

Nigeria
FW - Peter Odemwingie - Lokomotiv Moscow (26)
GK - Vincent Enyeama - Hapoel Tel-Aviv (25)
FW - Ikechukwu Uche - Getafe CF (24)

Japan
MF - Yasuhito Endo - Gamba Osaka (28)

Group C
China
DF - Li Weifeng - Shanghai Shenhua (29)
MF - Zheng Zhi - Charlton Athletic (27)
FW - Han Peng - Shandong Luneng (24)

Belgium
DF - Sepp De Roover - FC Groningen (24)
MF - Maarten Martens - AZ Alkmaar (24)

Brazil
MF - Ronaldinho - Barcelona (28)
FW - Robinho - Real Madrid (24)
DF - Thiago Silva - Fluminense (23)

New Zealand
DF - Ryan Nelson - Blackburn Rovers (30)
MF - Simon Elliot - None (34)
FW - Chris Killen - Celtic FC (26)

Group D
Honduras
DF - Samuel Caballero - Changchun Yatai (33)
MF - Emil Martinez - Shanghai Shenua (25)
FW - Carlos Pavon - Real Espana (34)

Italy
FW - Tommaso Rocchi - Lazio (30)

South Korea
MF - Lee Ho - Zenit St. Petersburg (23)
DF - Kim Dongjin - Zenit St. Petersburg (26)
MF - Kim Jungwoo - Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (26)

Cameroon
??




As you can see, I haven't been able to find the rosters for Ivory Coast, Cameroon, or Serbia. I'll update them as they become available.

 

[fhmesq44]

well, just found them. guess I was wrong about Babel and Aguero

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_team_squads

 

[TheBrainiac]

not sure , just copy/pasted it from some site .

 

[fhmesq44]

not sure , just copy/pasted it from some site .

?????

 

[TheBrainiac]

I ment list above your post .

 

[TheBrainiac]

Looks like these will be overage players for Netherlands :Group BNetherlandsFW - Roy Makaay - Feyenoord (33)FW - Gerald Sibon - Heerenveen (34)DF - Kew Jaliens - AZ Alkmaar (29)

 

[fhmesq44]

Honestly, at that price, I like the Americans. Their squad is pretty solid. would have to see the Nigerian squad, but that is a pretty decent price on them and a team very similar to this one did very well in the U20WC in Canada last summer.

 

[Icemantbi]

Argentina is a good bet to win this whole tourney.

 

[fhmesq44]

No doubt the favorite, they are bring a loaded team and always do well in the U tourneys. They won the U20WC last year.

 

[DennizdaMenace]

Guys sorry for the stupid question here..But I like to bet a shit load of olympiv events and watch them all night long via delay..live or internet..

When does the Olympics start???

 

[fhmesq44]

8/8/08, though the first games are 8/6/08 for women and 8./7/08 for men

 

[DennizdaMenace]

8/8/08, though the first games are 8/6/08 for women and 8./7/08 for men

Thks man..I will bet anything and everything..Individual and team..Woo hoo!

 

[OTK]

Too much unknowns about the rosters to lay juice to win a group. The Dutch won't have anything close to their Euro team, and won't have Van der sar in net to save them. I would play Nigeria if anything for that group.

 

[Icemantbi]

Thks man..I will bet anything and everything..Individual and team..Woo hoo!

Yeah, no kidding. I'm looking forward to the olympics. I won't be betting all of the events, I'll definitely be putting something on the 100 meter dash though, for shits and giggles. I'm looking forward to the basketball tourney more than anything myself. The US team is going to be overinflated by Vegas, as they know the US team will get a ton of action. I'll be doing alot of fading of USA basketball, ATS of course. They are going to be laying an insane number of points in all their games, and no way will they cover in many instances.