HOLLAND/GREECE WRITE-UP, BUT NO PICK!

acw · Apr 27, 2004

Tonight Holland will be playing AT HOME against Greece. Well here in Asia most people have never heard of Greece. How come? Well very simple. Have they ever produced any good football players? I cannot mention one. How about the Dutch team? We can mention a few. Can we? Johan Cruyff, Ruud Krol, Marco van Basten, Willem van Hanegem, Zuurbier, Kees Kist, etc. And these days we still have Van Nistelrooy, Kluivert, Hasselbaink, etc. So reading this what should the handicap be of the Dutch team playing against an obvious Mickey Mouse team like Greece? 1.5 goals, if not 1.5/2 or maybe even 2 goals?

Now do not get me wrong here! I love betting against the Dutch team. They have always been overrated and Thank God that has always been proven, but now the Asian handicap on this match is ONLY 1 goal. Can someone explain to me what happened to either Holland, Greece, the public or are bookies trying to be smart here?

William Hill still offers Holland at their typical rip off prices of 1.44 to win the match giving BetFair their best promotion of offering Holland at 1.58. Anyone that actually will bet against Holland? Not me! So you will see Macauslot having a slightly lower price on them and all the other Asian books are going to take whatever they can take on Holland!
Come on guys! Do you not understand that if you would have put this match up 1.5 goals, you would still be taking plenty and allow me to have a little bit of a bet on Greece. This is not funny anymore!

matahari · Apr 28, 2004

acw,

How much weight do you give to the FIFA ratings when pricing up these matches ?

acw · Apr 28, 2004

FIFA ratings
Never heard of them. What are they?

Brazil4Worldcup2002 · Apr 28, 2004

rankings i think he means.
Well those rankings are so innacurate they make me wanna puke. Czech Republic is consistantly in the top 5 and Mexico in top 10.
CRAAZZZZYYY

Brazil4Worldcup2002 · Apr 28, 2004

I like germany even ball
Holland -1
Brazil -0.75 (coach making some key chances which i think will be good for the team)

acw · Apr 28, 2004

Czech Republic is consistantly in the top 5 and Mexico in top 10.
Hmm. They may not be too bad then.

Anyhow the guy that normally spends his time on the remote island in Indonesia phoned me. He is somewhere in Europe now where he is about to buy an apartment. I asked him what he thought (before he had looked at any prices himself) the price on Holland should be for today's match. He said:"Well, I think them giving 1.5 goals or maybe even 1.5/2 goals". I then told him that it was only 1 goal. He was at that time in the bank. On the spot he changed his mind about buying the apartment straight away and instead he has backed the whole amount intended for his new apartment (Yes, I got it on) on Holland. (TRUE STORY!)

ErOl · Apr 28, 2004

Hi!

Austria - Luxembourg
Österreich OVER 2.5 @ 1.55 Fonbet

Austria will start with 7 offense players. Austria is in this game the favourite and will surely win this one. Jeff Strasser from Luxembourg is out in this match and I think 3 goals are possible for Austria. They will be motivated in the full stadium in Innsbruck.