my early plays for the 2006 wc

[DaMan--banned]

cote d'ivoire +1 -118 vs argentina
i really believe that at least one big dog for the group of death is going to advance to the round of 16. ivory coast led by drogba has what it takes to play argentina close.

s&m +0.5 -107 vs netherlands
big game for s&m. they were eliminated by the dutch in their last 2 big stage appearences (euro and wc). excellent defense and a big desire to re-establish themselves on the international scene.

angola +1 and +1.5 +102 vs portugal
remember that senegal vs france game 4 years ago ? same scenario here. a relatively unknown angola team, a former colony of portugal, is going for a big upset here. portugal = notorious underachievers.

croatia +1 and +1.5 -107 vs brazil
croatia went to argentina last month and beat them on the road 4-3. brazil is better than argentina, make no mistake about that, but not good enough to be favored by this much against a top 10 european squad.

 

[EMoney]

I'm with you on S&M and Ivory Coast. S&M is in a good spot here.

 

[copacabana]

cote d'ivoire +1 -118 vs argentina
i really believe that at least one big dog for the group of death is going to advance to the round of 16. ivory coast led by drogba has what it takes to play argentina close.

s&m +0.5 -107 vs netherlands
big game for s&m. they were eliminated by the dutch in their last 2 big stage appearences (euro and wc). excellent defense and a big desire to re-establish themselves on the international scene.

angola +1 and +1.5 +102 vs portugal
remember that senegal vs france game 4 years ago ? same scenario here. a relatively unknown angola team, a former colony of portugal, is going for a big upset here. portugal = notorious underachievers.

croatia +1 and +1.5 -107 vs brazil
croatia went to argentina last month and beat them on the road 4-3. brazil is better than argentina, make no mistake about that, but not good enough to be favored by this much against a top 10 european squad.

Bet S&M because they "big desire to re-establish themselves on the international scene." - and Holland don't have the desire? Holland have a better defense too. S&M haven't faced an in-form hungry forward line like van Persie, van Nistelrooy & Robben.

France-Senegal is nothing like Portugal-Angola. Nothing.

Croatia did not go to Argentina and beat them 4-3 last month. They won 3-2 and the game was played in Basle, Switzerland. Love the + bet on Croatia though.

 

[acw]

Personally I have been wondering where all that money on the outsiders is coming from. Lets face the reality, but in the old days Holland would have to give at least 1 goal and Argentina 1.5 goal.