i wouldn't consider it hilarious, that's how we, greece, got through and it's a very sensible clause, you have to favour the better attack, you got to favour the higher scoring, more attacking teams, no point in having one qualify on the basis of pilling one player after the other in their defence and getting results. And ironicaly enough, greece qualified over what's arguably one of the best offences in europe, the spanish one.
bol, duck.
I ve written extensively on this games, some of the scenarios, as well as the qualifying criteria in my thread and other threads. I ll also be betting the highest available odds for Sweden, and Denmark to win. I am not buying the draw scenario, i ve posted this in my thread. Looks like a lot of people will be making a lot of books real happy what with their piling up on the draw. I also believe there's a deliberate plan by bookmakers to lure people to bet the draw. And, mark my words, the draw won't be the end result in this fixture. At 2.2 average price, i have another qualm, here it is: If the game is set up, by both scandinavians, which it isn't but let's suppose it is, either explicitly set up, or under some tacit alliance, if this is the case then shouldn't the odds for the draw be around 1.1-1.5 or off and unavailable to bet, surely they should? If it isn't, shouldnt they be at around 3 something, proper draw odds, like any other game? So, why this 2.2? You can't have the two events together, think about it, would they books let you bet it if they were in the know about a setup? Obviously not, so why do they do let you bet it know, claiming with the 2.2 odds that there's a chance it will be set up. Do bookmakers ever give out odds if there's the slightest chance a game will be set up according to the players expectations? Give me a break. Hence the 2.2, just a bait, don't bite, if there's a draw here it'll be a mere coincidence, as likely as any other draw, and you d be getting ripped off at 2.2. Of course at the same time, it's a line based almost solely on the public's expectations.
bol. Jack.
