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Non Poker Forum => Sports Betting & Discussion => Topic started by: Santino67 on September 11, 2011, 12:11:47 PM
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Very unlucky on Wales after a great performance against the current holders. Can"t say I"ve been overly impressed by the other "home nations" so far, tempted to have a wee punt on France for value after the opening round of matches. I know it"s early days but Australia looking big favourites despite the All Blacks" home advantage. Any thoughts?
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England were awful, no intensity or inventiveness, Stevens and Hartley brought the necessary impetus up front and Youngs speed at the base resulted in us grabbing an unlikely win, but at least it was a win.
On the other side of the coin, Wales were excellent, but lost! It was a very good performance with great physicality, and many stand out performances.
Didn"t see Scotland or Ireland, but the results weren"t too impressive.
About 5 weeks ago I had £60 in my PP account and lumped £50 on the All Blacks and a tenner on England, not so sure about the All Blacks now though, as it appears the Aussies have worked "em out.
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Grant won"t like this but....
Georgia look good value to beat Scotland at 10/1. They are ranked above Romania and Scotland have a 4 day turnaround whereas Georgia are fresh.
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Grant won"t like this but....
Georgia look good value to beat Scotland at 10/1. They are ranked above Romania and Scotland have a 4 day turnaround whereas Georgia are fresh.
Wouldn"t surprise me mate, but yeah you"re right I don"t like it :P
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They nearly done it..... Good way to get to sleep after doing nights though... Watch Scotland...
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They nearly done it..... Good way to get to sleep after doing nights though... Watch Scotland...
LOL, and we thought England were bad!
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They nearly done it..... Good way to get to sleep after doing nights though... Watch Scotland...
LOL, and we thought England were bad!
Yeah we thought England were bad as well :D
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Just to say GREAT result by IRELAND today against australia ;D ;D ;D
Just need the WELSH to do the same tomorrow !!
COME ON WALES ;D ;D
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Well played Ireland, terrific performance that has turned the whole competition up side down!
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Odds to win the World Cup
Australia 8/1
Ireland 28/1
(Wales 37/1)
Both Ireland and Wales looking good value to back to lay later ...
Ireland vs Wales would be a classic QF
Got to be worth a tickle on Ireland.
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Scotland certainly gave England a fright! But England came through after a fantastic first half from Scotland, Youngs had a shocker for England, and we have to up the intensity from the kick off. Palmer and Wigglesworth made a massive difference, as did Flood although Jonny was awesome in defence. But we"re through, bring on the Frogs!
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Weird game - England didn"t turn up in the first half - but in the second half much more incisive ...
What happened to Wilkinson"s remote control ball he used against Romania?
Stevens is so useless in the scrum.
Cole seems to be pretty weak too.
Kick those two out, and have Flood in for Wilkinson then England much better.
Scotland - I think we needed to have both Evans and De Luca on from the start - England there for the taking but not enough daylight and England have the better impact players.
Scotland really lack an exciting winger - great battle but not enough gamble to score a try.
Pretty pleased with my money on Ireland!
I would chop the downside pre the final vs NZ - but if Carter is injured it all starts to get very interesting.
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Slow first half but always in control ::)
Awesome second half.
Now let"s prepare for the Welsh properly......
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Wales Vs Irleland QF looks like being a belter.
Both teams looked good in the Group Stages, so looking forward to a classic.
5.30am kickoff is a bit crap though. Will be trying to find some pubs in Newport that will be open for this.
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All Blacks have to be a LAY at 1.82 - fancy them to lose in the semis again
Springboks vs Aussies is too close to call and will be super tough game - Aussies just to nick it
Ireland are STILL great EW value at 14/1 - Wales are exciting with ball in hand and will be tough but think experience will tell overall & either England or the French in the semi is very winnable for the Irish
Who knows what is up with the French? - although they could turn it on against England on Saturday they have been awful in the tournament to date
England need to improve on discipline but they know how to win ugly and should beat the French
Therefore QF selections are IRE, ENG, AUS & NZ with a IRE vs AUS final (and may have a cheeky few quid on the 80 mins draw and extra time)
Should be a cracking weekend.
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Wales absolutely awesome, Ireland came up against a fired up and inspirational Welsh performance, they can go all the way and win it if they play like that!
England, have to realise that the game is more than the last half hour, they were really dreadful for 50 minutes, and then gave us a bit of hope, but TBH it didn"t matter whether we won or last that game cos the Welsh would have hammered us!
Come on Wales!
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Therefore QF selections are IRE, ENG, AUS & NZ with a IRE vs AUS final (and may have a cheeky few quid on the 80 mins draw and extra time)
Get on SA & ARG tomorrow then...
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Wales were outstanding and should be favourites to reach the final now - French played much better but England were woeful
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Wales were outstanding and should be favourites to reach the final now - French played much better but England were woeful
Oh no... now I"m going to have to have £10 on the French just to even out the karma of James Edwards making us favourites to get to the final!! And I guess by your revised predictions for tomorrow"s quarter-finals it"s NZ or Australia for the other final berth.... quick.... revise your revised predictions... please don"t bok the Argies!
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Austrlalia 8 South Africa 3 ... 50 mins gone ... South Africa 2/1 ... got to fancy that ...
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Austrlalia 8 South Africa 3 ... 50 mins gone ... South Africa 2/1 ... got to fancy that ...
Unreal ... 76% territory ... dodgy penalty ... no high tackles given ... but in the end South Africa busy dropping the ball and passing the ball forward.
Next up Argentina +27.5 points at Even money ...
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What an unfortunate turn of events. Down to 14 men for more than three-quarters of the match by a decision that was controversial to say the least. Wales provided a performance that reeked of passion and commitment, and I feel they were the better team for most of the game. However you can't miss three penalties, one conversion and two drop-goals at this level.
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NZ can play pretty, they can play ugly but by God they can play Rugby. Richie Macaw time travels from ruck to ruck and because it took 2 Aussies to every All Black at the rucks, France will be overwhelmed I am thinking.