You must have realised it was a dream after they scored the 2nd goal...I had a dream that England beat Brazil 3-0, it's coming home.
You must have realised it was a dream after they scored the 2nd goal...I had a dream that England beat Brazil 3-0, it's coming home.
It's the same as when United get excited and want to give Ole a new contract when he wins 3 games in a row, end of the day what reason is there to give someone a new deal? Main one is to stop someone else getting him (or at least without compensation).Why would they look to extend before the tournament is even finished? The FA are a bunch of clowns so does make sense they would look to keep a clown in charge either way.
What if we get embarrassed by Germany, a rogering like 4/5 nil? Easy qualification, easy group, first remotely decent side and they smash us? Yep totally warrants a contract extension in that scenario.
You must have realised it was a dream after they scored the 2nd goal...
The bookies don’t back us as third favourite for no reason.
Are we allowed to field 11 outfield players?
No they are doing it for a very good reason. Giving better odds makes the idiots think England might win it and makes them bet more. If by some miracle we did win, they pay out less because the odds are shorter and if we go out they have made a killing.
All the negativity in this thread. We really are a defeatist country. I’m constantly trying to balance with fair analysis which include the positive aspects of our squad and how they play. I genuinely believe they’re giving themselves the best chance of winning the tournament. Such a solid qualifying round, especially when compared with history. We might not win but we also might. The bookies don’t back us as third favourite for no reason.
Betting odds are manipulated by a number of things one major thing will be people backing England. England could be 100th in the world and theyd make it in to the top 5 faves for any tournament
England certainly get rated with lower odds in England because of home-team bias, but look at these odds from a German online betting site:
England are only one place lower than they are in the UK sites, and Germany - unsurprisingly - are a place higher. The thing that surprises me is that Belgium aren't rated higher; they've looked good to me.
Did Italy's odd shorten after the Austria game, surprised if it did.Only reason Italy have such short odds is because they are the only team already in the QF.
Those odds are actually very similar to the best odds available in the UK. England are 34/5 which is fractionally off those decimal odds of 8.0 (i e. 7/1).
France are 17/4 in the UK which is longer than the 7/2 in your image.
The UK betting market is incredibly competitive and so the longest odds are almost always a fair reflection of probabilities. You can usually lay the bet at something very similar is you disagree.
Did Italy's odd shorten after the Austria game, surprised if it did.