McLaren had a good weekend at Silverstone despite having to remove the blown diffuser that they were expecting to put them back on the same pace as Red Bull. As McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh put it; “I think Silverstone showed that we were in no mood to be complacent – either in our aggressive push to put upgrades on the car or our decision to remove them and put our faith in an older iteration of the car, despite [...]
Germany to win in 90 mins at 4/5
I think this young German team will be looking to lay down a further marker that they are a top team as they start the haul towards Euro 2012
Spain have never been as far as the World Cup semi final before and their result against Paraguay means they are drifting in the market and struggling to hold onto their leadership in the outright betting market. They are also due to play perennial over achievers and always risky to underestimate Germans for a place in the final. As I said of the Paraguay team, they can’t score and have drawn most of their games in South Africa, they were [...]
Germany to beat Argentina at 5-2
As two of England’s old football foes prepare to battle out an intriguing quarter final the bookies have Diego Maradonna’s men as 11/8 favourites to progress within 90 mins. However Gamblingman thinks that the Uber efficient German’s look value at 5/2 – OK the Argentineans are unbeaten, the team spirit is a revelation compared with the attitude during qualification and on Paper they have probably the best squad in South Africa with the possible exception of Spain. However, they have [...]
As the rest of the nation starts the long and bitter recriminations over England’s poor showing at the 2010 World Cup professional punters will be looking at what lessons they can learn to guide them on future bets. As we went into the match Germany had drifted to 9/4 on Betfair to beat England in 90 Mins, with England match favourites at 13/8. Germany had started off at 6/4 when the market first opened and drifted massively. Looking back the [...]
