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Weekend focus through the eyes of an octopus

I know what you’ll be doing at 3pm on Sunday.  Don’t worry, it’s not because I’m a stalker.  It’s just that is when England take on Germany in the second round / round of 16 / eighth final etc… It … Continue reading

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A little down, a little up

That will teach me (well it probably won’t) – in backing the Germans my treacherous ways came back to bite me with a low scoring loss to Serbia… basically the opposite of what I’d expected! Hey ho. Thankfully steering clear … Continue reading

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So close, and yet so far…

There’s no such thing as a sure thing in football. I think we can safely say that yesterday’s result in the Spain v. Switzerland game has confirmed that in spades. So it proved for our bets over the past couple … Continue reading

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Update: 13th June

Quick update on bets so far… Congrats to South Africa for getting off the mark on day 1, but still feel they’ll be lucky to get much more out of their group games against France and Uruguay. Shame Carlos Tevez … Continue reading

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Free kicks? Ronaldo’s on the lash, Messi’s a dinker

Despite what FIFA’s marketing-motivated, desk-bound octogenarian administrators might have us believe, the new ball being launched at the World Cup is rubbish.  Not only have Brazil coach, Dunga, and Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas both commented on the ball’s bizarre and unfamiliar … Continue reading

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You’ve got to speculate to accumulate

We’ve already posted an accumulator for the World Cup group stages and to be honest we’re pretty happy with it. Looks solid. All well and good. However, if you’re the sort of person who fancies a little more gamble in … Continue reading

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Tevez to storm Golden Boot

So who’s going to win the Golden Boot? Let’s keep this short and sweet… Don’t feel you have to back the favourites – you might be tempted by double digit odds on the likes of Rooney, Villa and Messi but … Continue reading

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World Cup Bets #1

The time for talking is coming to an end. We’re less than a week away now until the World Cup kicks off and over the next week we’ll be bringing you our initial bets on the 2010 World Cup Finals … Continue reading

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Haven’t they done enough damage?

Financial institutions?! Bah humbug! Don’t get me started!  If all their combined talents managed to get us into this credit crunch pickle that we currently find ourselves in, why on earth should we trust anything they say about football? Well, … Continue reading

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Einstein would have loved accumulators

Albert Einstein is said to have described compound interest as the most powerful force in the universe. Had the Nobel Prize winning father of modern physics been a betting man he’d no doubt have been fascinated by the equally powerful … Continue reading

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