Midweek Internationals -Thoughts Please?

wyndham

14th Nov 2006

19:45 Wales v Liechtenstein 1 - 8 11 - 2 12 - 1

19:45 Australia v Ghana 13 - 8 2 - 1 6 - 4


15th Nov 2006

13:00 Malta v Lithuania 10 - 3 12 - 5 4 - 6

16:00 Macedonia v Russia 10 - 3 9 - 4 8 - 11


16:00 Estonia v Belarus 6 - 4 11 - 5 6 - 4

16:30 Slovakia v Bulgaria evens 11 - 5 11 - 5

17:00 Finland v Armenia 1 - 5 9 - 2 9 - 1


17:00 Israel v Croatia 17 - 10 11 - 5 13 - 10

17:00 Ivory Coast v Sweden 6 - 4 21 - 10 8 - 5

19:00 Cyprus v Germany 11 - 1 4 - 1 1 - 5

19:00 Holland v England 6 - 5 21 - 10 2 - 1



19:00 Luxembourg v Togo 7 - 1 7 - 2 2 - 7


19:15 Czech Republic v Denmark 8 - 11 9 - 4 10 - 3



19:15 Serbia v Norway 8 - 11 9 - 4 10 - 3



19:30 Belgium v Poland 5 - 4 11 - 5 9 - 5



19:30 Republic of Ireland v San Marino 1 - 50 15 - 2 50 - 1


19:30 Austria v Trinidad & Tobago 8 - 15 5 - 2 9 - 2


19:30 Switzerland v Brazil 3 - 1 9 - 4 4 - 5


19:45 Egypt v South Africa To Be Played in London 10 - 11 9 - 4 5 - 2



19:50 Italy v Turkey 4 - 6 11 - 5 4 - 1


20:00 France v Greece 4 - 9 11 - 4 11 - 2



20:00 Spain v Romania 4 - 9 11 - 4 11 - 2



21:00 Portugal v Kazakhstan 1 - 25 7 - 1 33 - 1

county

wyndham wrote:

14th Nov 2006

19:45 Wales v Liechtenstein 1 - 8 11 - 2 12 - 1

19:45 Australia v Ghana 13 - 8 2 - 1 6 - 4


15th Nov 2006

13:00 Malta v Lithuania 10 - 3 12 - 5 4 - 6

16:00 Macedonia v Russia 10 - 3 9 - 4 8 - 11


16:00 Estonia v Belarus 6 - 4 11 - 5 6 - 4

16:30 Slovakia v Bulgaria evens 11 - 5 11 - 5

17:00 Finland v Armenia 1 - 5 9 - 2 9 - 1


17:00 Israel v Croatia 17 - 10 11 - 5 13 - 10

17:00 Ivory Coast v Sweden 6 - 4 21 - 10 8 - 5

19:00 Cyprus v Germany 11 - 1 4 - 1 1 - 5

19:00 Holland v England 6 - 5 21 - 10 2 - 1



19:00 Luxembourg v Togo 7 - 1 7 - 2 2 - 7


19:15 Czech Republic v Denmark 8 - 11 9 - 4 10 - 3



19:15 Serbia v Norway 8 - 11 9 - 4 10 - 3



19:30 Belgium v Poland 5 - 4 11 - 5 9 - 5



19:30 Republic of Ireland v San Marino 1 - 50 15 - 2 50 - 1


19:30 Austria v Trinidad & Tobago 8 - 15 5 - 2 9 - 2


19:30 Switzerland v Brazil 3 - 1 9 - 4 4 - 5


19:45 Egypt v South Africa To Be Played in London 10 - 11 9 - 4 5 - 2



19:50 Italy v Turkey 4 - 6 11 - 5 4 - 1


20:00 France v Greece 4 - 9 11 - 4 11 - 2



20:00 Spain v Romania 4 - 9 11 - 4 11 - 2



21:00 Portugal v Kazakhstan 1 - 25 7 - 1 33 - 1

i might put a euro on that

Pighead

Everybody knows that only a fool bets on International Friendlies so at the risk of being called a fool Pighead gives you

Ivory Coast V Sweden @ 6/4: This is my bet of the week and even though its a friendly I think theres great value in betting on the Ivory Coast. It was 7/4 this morning and I reckon it'll be near Evens by Kick Off. The reason for the dropping price would seem to be Swedens squad (or lack of one). Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kim Källström, Tobias Linderoth, Anderas Isaksson, Johan Elmander, Marcus Allbäck and Anders Svennson are all missing. Freddie Ljunberg is also an almost definite non starter. Ivory Coast have a full team to choose from (Drogba and all) and from what Iseen in the World Cup they're a very decent side. Pigheads snatching the 6/4 before it shortens!

Dun laoire

Italy, France and Spain. 2.48/1

Nalz

Dun laoire wrote:

Italy, France and Spain. 2.48/1

hmmmm.............tempting

Pighead

Macclesfield V Walsall @ 4/9(DNB): Top against Bottom here in the FA Cup qualifier. Walsall have already beaten Macclesfield 2-0 this season in the league. Theres a massive 32 points between the teams. The away win would seem a formality. However although i don't think Walsall will lose the draw is still a possibility what with the match being on SKY and Paul Ince now in charge the home side may up their game. Reckon Walsall can take them again but I'm gonna go for the safer 4/9(DNB)

Waterford V Derry City @2/5: Another must win for Derry in one of Stephen Kennys final matches as manager. Waterford lie bottom and in the past 4 meetings between the sides Derry have won 3. Derry aren't in the best of form but they battled hard away to St Pats last Friday and ground out a 1-0 win and i reckon they could do something similar tonight.

Havant and W V Millwall @1/2: Millwall are struggling in League 1 but they should be able to take care of Conference South Midtable side Havant. 3 leagues seperate the teams. Although they're in the relegation zone, Millwall have been in great form recently and their past 7 games read LWDLWWW.

Pigheads Midweek Accumulator:
30 Points: Ivory Coast, Walsall(DNB), Derry, Millwall.= 7/1
20 Points: Hearts@1/1, Ivory Coast, Derry, Mlada Boleslav@4/9=9/1

Good Luck To All.

Yoursomelanger

Pighead - agree with your assessment but would even go further and improve your overall odds by taking Derry to win to nil @ 6/5. If Derry are to win this, I can't see Waterford scoring, especially with Ford high on confidence after saving the penalty the other night.

joebhoy1916

Nice info there Pig might lump on Ivory.

Fancy draw between Egypt vs South Africa

Pighead

Yoursomelanger wrote:

Pighead - agree with your assessment but would even go further and improve your overall odds by taking Derry to win to nil @ 6/5. If Derry are to win this, I can't see Waterford scoring, especially with Ford high on confidence after saving the penalty the other night.

Good call Yoursomelanger. Derry win 1-0. Derry it must be said were extremely lucky tonight. Played terribly by all acounts. Waterford were denied a stone wall penalty in the 92nd minute, Derry go up the other end of the pitch and score with a Mark Farren volley 40 seconds past the alloted 3 mins of injury time. Everybody who bet on Derry tonight can count themselves blessed! Pighead thinks Derry could be destined to win the league this year.

Walsall get a man sent off and end up scoreless with Macclesfield. Lucky enough Pighead had the DNB so thats scratched off the bet. Millwall win 2-1 which leaves Ivory Coast with the task of making Bet 1 a success. Bet 2 fails due to Hearts conceding a late Falkirk equalizer. Bet 1 is a 5/1 shot now due to Walsall getting scratched off. Come on Didier!

Chucky the tree

decided to watch the walsall match. Its was brutal, worse then watching a newcastle match.

Bateman

One word chaps. Luxembourg. You can all thank me on Thursday.

Pighead

Bateman wrote:

One word chaps. Luxembourg. You can all thank me on Thursday.

How bout you tell Pighead why you think they're gonna win. Then I can thank you today.

quazzy

To Score in 90 minutes:
Robbie Keane 8 - 15

county

Chucky the tree wrote:

decided to watch the walsall match. Its was brutal, worse then watching a newcastle match.

the only highlight was when about 20 footballs were kicked from outside the ground onto the field of play

DeadParrot

Wales v Liechtenstein
14th of November 2006 7:45pm
Win-Draw-Win
Wales @ 1 - 8
Macedonia v Russia
15th of November 2006 4:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Russia @ 8 - 11
Slovakia v Bulgaria
15th of November 2006 4:30pm
Win-Draw-Win
Slovakia @ evens
Finland v Armenia
15th of November 2006 5:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Finland @ 1 - 5
Ivory Coast v Sweden
15th of November 2006 5:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Ivory Coast @ 6 - 5
Cyprus v Germany
15th of November 2006 7:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Germany @ 1 - 5
Luxembourg v Togo
15th of November 2006 7:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Togo @ 2 - 7
Czech Republic v Denmark
15th of November 2006 7:15pm
Win-Draw-Win
Czech Republic @ 8 - 11
Serbia v Norway
15th of November 2006 7:15pm
Win-Draw-Win
Serbia @ 8 - 11
Republic of Ireland v San Marino
15th of November 2006 7:30pm
Win-Draw-Win
Republic of Ireland @ 1 - 50
Austria v Trinidad & Tobago
15th of November 2006 7:30pm
Win-Draw-Win
Austria @ 8 - 15
Switzerland v Brazil
15th of November 2006 7:30pm
Win-Draw-Win
Brazil @ 4 - 5
Italy v Turkey
15th of November 2006 7:50pm
Win-Draw-Win
Italy @ 4 - 6
France v Greece
15th of November 2006 8:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
France @ 4 - 9
Spain v Romania
15th of November 2006 8:00pm
Win-Draw-Win
Spain @ 4 - 9

€1.5 stake returns 600ish

eirebhoy

AUSTRALIA's disrupted preparations for tomorrow morning's (AEDT) friendly against Ghana in London have been further complicated by reports the Socceroos are unhappy with the timing of the match.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20751574-5003460,00.html

Ghana Squad:

Sammy Adjei (Mohadon Sports Ashdod, Israel), Richard Kingson (BB Ankaraspor, Turkey).

Hans Adu Sarpie (VFL Wolfsburg, Germany), John Paintsil (West Ham, England), Francis Dickoh (FC Utrecht, Holland), Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven, Holland), Habib Mohammed (Molde FK, Norway).

Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache, Turkey), Michael Essien (Chelsea, England), Laryea Kingson (Locomitiv Moscow, Russia) Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese, Italy), Haminu Dramani (Genclerbirligi, Turkey).

Junior Agogo (Nottingham Forest, England), Peter Ofori-Quaye (OFI Crete, Greece), Asamoah Gyan (Udinese, Italy), Razak Pimpong (FC Copenhagen), Derek Asamoah (Shrewsbury, England).

Australia squad:

John Aloisi (Alaves, Spain), Michael Beauchamp (Nuremberg, Germany), Mark Bresciano (Palermo, Italy), Scott Chipperfield (Basel, Switzerland), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Vince Grella (Parma, Italy), Ryan Griffiths (Rapid Bucharest, Romania), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City, England), Craig Moore (Newcastle United, England), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England), Shane Stefanutto (SK Lillestrom, Norway), Mile Sterjovski (Basel, Switzerland), Michael Thwaite (Wisla Krakow, Poland), Kasey Wehrman (SK Lillestrom, Norway), Luke Wilkshire (FC Twente, Netherlands).

Matches since WC:
Australia (AUS) 2:0 (2:0) Bahrain (BHR) - Asian Nations Cup 2007 Prel. Comp.
Australia (AUS) 1:1 (0:0) Paraguay (PAR) - Friendly
Kuwait (KUW) 2:0 (0:0) Australia (AUS) - Asian Nations Cup 2007 Prel. Comp.
Australia (AUS) 2:0 (0:0) Kuwait (KUW) - Asian Nations Cup 2007 Prel. Comp.

Korea Republic (KOR) 1:3 (0:0) Ghana (GHA) - Friendly
Japan (JPN) 0:1 (0:0) Ghana (GHA) - Friendly
Ghana (GHA) 2:0 (0:0) Togo (TOG) - Friendly

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I'm definitely on Ghana here. It's on neutral ground and the bookies can't really split them. Australia are without Viduka, Kewell, Skoko, Cahill, Lucas Neil, and Scott McDonald (Craig Moore is doubtful). Ghana were excellent at the world cup against Italy, Czechs and USA and most of those players are in the squad. Appiah and Essien have a world class partnership in midfield.

The match is streamed here:
http://livevideo.betfair.com

Glenbhoy

Just to let ye all know that the Ivory Coast game is also being streamed on betfair tomorrow evening.

county

hopefully ireland can find the net a few times tonight,
ireland to win 6-0 at 9-1

eirebhoy

Pighead wrote:

Everybody knows that only a fool bets on International Friendlies so at the risk of being called a fool Pighead gives you

Ivory Coast V Sweden @ 6/4: This is my bet of the week and even though its a friendly I think theres great value in betting on the Ivory Coast. It was 7/4 this morning and I reckon it'll be near Evens by Kick Off. The reason for the dropping price would seem to be Swedens squad (or lack of one). Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kim Källström, Tobias Linderoth, Anderas Isaksson, Johan Elmander, Marcus Allbäck and Anders Svennson are all missing. Freddie Ljunberg is also an almost definite non starter. Ivory Coast have a full team to choose from (Drogba and all) and from what Iseen in the World Cup they're a very decent side. Pigheads snatching the 6/4 before it shortens!

Mellberg has also pulled out. It looks a good bet although odds have obviously shortened.

Possible lineups:

county

11-10 now from 13-10 which i took two days ago with PP

Anfield

5 Points Acca

Doyle Anytime Goalscorer 4/7
Croatia +1 4/9
Ivory Coast 11/10
Austria 4/6

Returns = 7.94 for 1 stake

ErinGoBrath

Anfield wrote:

5 Points Acca

Doyle Anytime Goalscorer 4/7
Croatia +1 4/9
Ivory Coast 11/10
Austria 4/6

Returns = 7.94 for 1 stake

Seems like a great bet to me.

eirebhoy

I'd never bet against Israel at home. 1X would be my choice.

Sweden line up announced:

Shaaban (Fredrikstad FK); Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Edman (Stade Rennais), Hansson (SC Heerenveen), Majstorovic (FC Basel); Wilhelmsson (FC Nantes), Ericsson (Brøndby IF), Andersson (Malmö FF), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal) FC; Nilsson (SC Heerenveen), Markus Rosenberg (AFC Ajax).

This match is in France and will be like a home match for Ivory Coast.

Anfield

ErinGoBrath wrote:

Seems like a great bet to me.

It looks good on paper, but it will only be a great bet if it comes in.
Fingers Crossed

Tubbertown1982

Five Friendlys... Home wins

Czech Rep V Denmark 7.15
italy V Turkey 7.50
France V Greece 8.00
Spain V Romania 8.00
Serbia V Norway 7.15


Just over 9/1, worth a fiver i reckon!!!

eirebhoy

Ivory Coast are 1-0. Header by Drogba.

http://livevideo.betfair.com

eirebhoy

Looks like I underestimated Croatia. 2.44 on them winning their group looks excellent value..

Pighead

Pighead wrote:

Pigheads Midweek Accumulator:
30 Points: Ivory Coast:) , Walsall(DNB):) , Derry:) , Millwall:) .= 7/1
20 Points: Hearts@1/1:( , Ivory Coast:) , Derry:) , Mlada Boleslav:) @4/9=9/1

Good Luck To All.

Excellent. The wait has been worth it. Drogba ensures Bet 1 is a success whil Hearts 1-1 draw means Bet 2 is a loser. Oh and many thanks to Mark Farren for Derrys late late winner!

Points Staked: 50
Points Returned: 157.50
Profit: 107.50

Just gonna do a quick double befor ethe match starts:

20 Points:
Card Index to be up to and including 20 points@1/1
Robbie Keane to outscore Doyle@ 7/4

1 Point: Ireland to win 4-2 @200/1

Good Luck Ireland! Sock it to them.

wb

With no value to be had in the win bet, Im going to dutch the first goalscorer (just to have a better interest)



R. Keane - Price: 3.7, stake: 4.14 pts
K. Doyle - Price: 4.1, stake: 3.73 pts
D. Duff - Price: 7.2, stake: 2.13 pts


Total cost of bet: 10pts
Return if any player scores first: 15.31pts (inc. stake)

All Prices Betfair.

joebhoy1916

Well done on Ivory coast Pig and on all your bets keep them coming.

Dun laoire

Good work yet again pighead. It would be interesting to check your success rate over the last 8 weeks. Keep up the good work.

Pighead

Pighead wrote:

20 Points:
Card Index to be up to and including 20 points@1/1
Robbie Keane to outscore Doyle@ 7/4

1 Point: Ireland to win 4-2 @200/1

Excellent decision to take Doyle off after an hour by Mr Staunton! With Doyle off the pitch, Keane easily beat him 3 goals to 1. Referee made Pighead sweat a bit by brandishing 2 Yellows in the final 20 mins but thankfully there were no more and the bet is a success.

Unbelievably Bet 2 is a failure. Fair play to Given for saving those 2 screaming efforts by the San Marino all action striker!

Well done Anfield on your cracking 8/1 winner too. Great stuff!

Points Staked: 21
Points Returned: 110
Profit: 89

Glenbhoy

Waiting on a crappy acca of draw no bets, only 3 up out of 7, still thinks I, better than losing my stake - one little problem, was waiting on Spain, the feckers trail Romania by 1-0 with 20 left now!!

Pighead

Glenbhoy wrote:

Waiting on a crappy acca of draw no bets, only 3 up out of 7, still thinks I, better than losing my stake - one little problem, was waiting on Spain, the feckers trail Romania by 1-0 with 20 left now!!

Don't worry Glenbhoy, we can save your acca.

Now, open up a www.goalslive.com browser. Pighead will do the same.

Stare at your screen for the next 20 mins and chant in a low monotone voice "Score Spain You Fcuking Cnuts". Pighead will do the same.

I am almost sure between the two of us we can muster up a Spanish goal. Watch in amazement as the screen expoldes in a red GOALLLLLLL.

COME ON SPAIN.

Pighead

Bugger. Can't believe that didn't work. Unlucky Glenbhoy. We'll try again tomorrow night.

county

sadly the irish could`nt muster one more goal but at least the Ivory coast won us a few quid back

quazzy

quazzy wrote:

To Score in 90 minutes:
Robbie Keane 8 - 15

Yoink

Well done to everyone else, Anfield, Pighead et al

Pighead

quazzy wrote:

Yoink

Missed that one quazzy, well done yourself. Pighead reckons the bookies should pay you out 3 times because of Robbies hatrick.

quazzy

Pighead wrote:

Missed that one quazzy, well done yourself. Pighead reckons the bookies should pay you out 3 times because of Robbies hatrick.

I think a crowbar would be needed for that payout.

Cheers

Anfield

Anfield wrote:

5 Points Acca

Doyle Anytime Goalscorer 4/7
Croatia +1 4/9
Ivory Coast 11/10
Austria 4/6

Returns = 7.94 for 1 stake

Thanks Pighead, Congrats on your winning bets too. Well Done.

I wasn't overly confident about my Acca so I kept my stake low however it turned out to be a very good night.

Doyle scored a nice header, Drogba did the business for the Ivory Coast to give them a 1-0 win. Austria beat Trinidad 4-1 and Croatia beat Israel 4-3, I think thats the 1st time Israel have been beaten at home in 8 years.

Points Staked = 5
Points Returned = 39
Profit = 34

Anfield

quazzy wrote:

To Score in 90 minutes:
Robbie Keane 8 - 15

Well Done Quazzy, Nice Winner

wyndham

Great pick on the Ivory Coast Pighead. Wouldn't have even looked at this game without your info. cheers