Euro 2012 - what are you drinking?

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Message SilkTork P beers 7741 º places 111 º 03:54 Mon 6/25/2012 As it stands the odds are Germany 11/12, Draw 5/2, Italy 4/1
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 04:02 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by Guyute_Pig No comments on Pirlo’s penalty? The balls on that man to walk up and do that in the Quarters of Euro is unreal. It certainly looked pretty spectacular but, in essence, it was really just the same as any penalty down the middle. Except slower. Bearing in mind that keepers invariably dive left or right, it’s always seemed a pretty effective tactic to me.
Message Nightfall beers 1313 º places 45 º 04:08 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by Guyute_Pig No comments on Pirlo’s penalty? The balls on that man to walk up and do that in the Quarters of Euro is unreal. It certainly looked pretty spectacular but, in essence, it was really just the same as any penalty down the middle. Except slower. Bearing in mind that keepers invariably dive left or right, it’s always seemed a pretty effective tactic to me. It is very difficult to perform. You have to convince the keeper that you are aiming hard for one of the corners and at the same time do this. You can’t imagine how stupid it looks when the player makes a fail attempt. Neimar , a great brazilian player on a failed attempt : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1B8bMyCsnY If I remember correctly he has failed twice in performing a Panenka penalty.

Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 04:13 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by SilkTork Originally posted by chriso Bet365 have a good one on the England v Italy match - bet £50 before kick off and get a free £50 in-play bet. I can back & lay Italy now for a loss of £3 & get a free £50 bet for that. Did you sell the draw bet or keep it? Even better. Because the Bet365 website crashed and I couldn’t get my "free" bet on, they just put a £50 credit in my account so I didn’t have to bet it and think about if and when to lay it off. Together with a "double your winnings on correct score bets" promotion from 188Bet that netted me another £50 profit, that made for a rather profitable evening.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 04:27 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by SilkTork As it stands the odds are Germany 11/12, Draw 5/2, Italy 4/1 Italy looks the best value out of those. But bearing in mind their failure to score with all that possession last night maybe not. The odds on Germany look a little short to me. Draw probably just about right but not enough vaklue there for me. Might leave this alone. Unless any juicy offers come up of course.
Message thegermanbeer 05:29 Mon 6/25/2012 and for all of you who can´t access to youtube: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA1MDU3OTMy.html btw: GERMANY will win the next match, regardless Italy has a "good day or not". and now another AUGERTA 1903, mmmmhhhhh kind regards from china!
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 05:38 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by Nightfall Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by Guyute_Pig No comments on Pirlo’s penalty? The balls on that man to walk up and do that in the Quarters of Euro is unreal. It certainly looked pretty spectacular but, in essence, it was really just the same as any penalty down the middle. Except slower. Bearing in mind that keepers invariably dive left or right, it’s always seemed a pretty effective tactic to me. It is very difficult to perform. You have to convince the keeper that you are aiming hard for one of the corners and at the same time do this. Agreed. But easier than in the old days, when the keeper had to be entirely immobile until the ball had been kicked and, if my memory serves, the taker was not allowed to "stutter" in the run up. A pretty high proportion of penalties back then ended up being retaken because the keeper had moved early.

Message Fin P beers 17268 º places 1653 º 05:48 Mon 6/25/2012 With his arms waving, eyes boggling and tongue hanging out I thought when faced with the last penalty Hart was auditioning for the ’All Blacks’, it was a cracking silent Haka from Hart.
Message SilkTork P beers 7741 º places 111 º 06:07 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by SilkTork As it stands the odds are Germany 11/12, Draw 5/2, Italy 4/1 Italy looks the best value out of those. But bearing in mind their failure to score with all that possession last night maybe not. The odds on Germany look a little short to me. Draw probably just about right but not enough vaklue there for me. Might leave this alone. Unless any juicy offers come up of course. If it’s 0-0 in the last 10 minutes the Germany odds will start to look more interesting, and that’ll be the time to jump in.
Message harrisoni P beers 25356 º places 68 º 08:57 Mon 6/25/2012 Originally posted by SilkTork Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by SilkTork As it stands the odds are Germany 11/12, Draw 5/2, Italy 4/1 Italy looks the best value out of those. But bearing in mind their failure to score with all that possession last night maybe not. The odds on Germany look a little short to me. Draw probably just about right but not enough vaklue there for me. Might leave this alone. Unless any juicy offers come up of course. If it’s 0-0 in the last 10 minutes the Germany odds will start to look more interesting, and that’ll be the time to jump in. Don’t understand betting, never have, never been in a bookies. I get enough gambles in my life by travelling by public transport, I don’t need any more.