Comments on: Arsenal at the World Cup: Van Persie shines, Bendtner fizzles and Song misses out

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:29:09 +0000

You may have caught up on the fact that New Zealand equalised in the 3rs minute of stoppage time with almost the last touch (a header) of the game! We now have an entire country so excited about our boys picking up their first ever point in the World Cup Finals. It is indeed a great day. Cheers

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:19:03 +0000

A – most of the bets I place are gut feelings, but based on a certain level of research first. In the early stages of World Cups, draws always give good value, but search for whatever you think could conceivably happen. Don’t bet on extravagant things, just predict what will happen in the match and then find the best odds that back you up.

By: A

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:42:29 +0000

How do you select your bets?

I am not experienced in soccer betting but do not always want to lose money

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:05:27 +0000

Cheers – it seems to be going very well!

By: A

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:56:06 +0000

wow,you are really accurate most of the time

I dread betting against you

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:13:26 +0000

Come to think of it, given the excitement – a win over Slovakia might be a good tip for the game. I was struggling to think of one to be honest (not being too knowledgeable about either side).

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:09:19 +0000

I think I might go along with that second bet – might tip the Ivory Coast and Portugal to draw though.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:08:38 +0000

Fair enough – no offence intended, I was just being overly flippant. Apologies for that.

In total fairness, you are right – sometimes the more exciting matches are between nations that are less experienced in the big tournaments, and therefore play less dour and negative football (as too many have so far).

And you can never tell which matches will be spectacular. My abiding memory of Euro 2000 was that I was at university at the time, and had to pick and choose matches. I ignored Yugoslavia-Slovenia, writing it off as one I didn’t care about. Turned out to be the match of the tournament – Yugoslavia went 3-0 down, had a man sent off, yet somehow came back to draw 3-3.

Genuinely, good luck against Slovakia.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:08:29 +0000

I thought Bendtner had a great game, as a lone striker, he did everythign asked, won the ball, held it up and layed off some great passes.

For someone that was only passed fit hours before the game – I would put his performance above Van Persies.

Adrian Chiles is a complete Cock – how did he ever get involved in football? he obviously has never played the game, the only connection I can see is that his ex is now being nailed by Lampard.

By: A

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:28:01 +0000

I will be betting on Ivory Coast to win Portugal and both Brazil and N Korea to score goals