THE BETTING THREAD

[The Rouge]

Spain....52/54 Germany....48/50 Holland....35/37 France....29/31 England....28/30 Italy....24/26 Russia....23/25 Portugal....22/24 Poland....17/19 Greece....16/18 Croatia....15/17 Ukraine....15/17 Czech.R....15/17 Sweden....13/15 R.O.I....8/10 Denmark....7/9

Winner = 100pts
R/U = 75pts
Semi Finalist = 50pts
Qualified/Quarter Finalist = 25pts
Did not qualify from group = 0pts

I did the following in the end (double stakes in red):

BUY
GERMANY 48 50
SPAIN 52 54
CROATIA 15 17
FRANCE 29 31
ENGLAND 28 30
POLAND 17 19

SELL
PORTUGAL22 24
ITALY 24 26
UKRAINE 15 17
CZECH REPUBLIC 15 17
RUSSIA 23 25

[Stuffed Crust Pizza]

In light of England's impending epic fail at Euro 2012, I thought I'd make the tournament a bit more enjoyable for myself by having a bit of a flutter. Therefore I've backed:

Germany outright winners - £20.00 @ 10/3
Llorente top goalscorer - £10.00 @ 18/1
Poland and Russia to win today - £10.00 @ 3.59/1

Now it's time to sit back and watch the money roll in!

[The Rouge]

Are Spain going to start with Llorente or Torres or someone else?

[Simon's Church]

Apparently Llorente isn't fully fit so Torres might start.

[Stuffed Crust Pizza]

Llorente was this seasons most prolific Spanish striker both at home in La Liga and en route to the Europa League Final. Therefore, in the absence of the injured David Villa, I would expect Llorente to start or play in the majority of Spain's matches. Finger crossed though that he is fit!

[KDRF]

Read somewhere there looking to play a forward 3 of Iniesta Silva and Mata with no recognised striker.

[leww_rfc]

Lew to score first for Poland tonight and scorecast 2-1. 28/1

[chilipepper91]

Leww to score first for Poland

Good luck m8

On both games under 2.5 goals today at just over evens, not too good odds but can't see many being scored. Famous last words.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Have Lewandowski at 22/1 to be top scorer.

1 goal so far.

[Royal Prince]

Have Lewandowski at 22/1 to be top scorer.

1 goal so far.

Have Dzagoev at 100/1 to be top scorer.

2 goals so far.

[moo]

Have Lewandowski at 22/1 to be top scorer.

1 goal so far.

+1 got him at 30's. Unfortunately, not overly impressed by Poland, and Russia could well destroy them, so lets hope Czechs remain leaky.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Croatia/Italy double 10/1

[leww_rfc]

Lew to score first for Poland tonight and scorecast 2-1. 28/1

and had Gomez 2-0 Germans at 28/1. Damn to both

[Simon's Church]

Bet on two 0-0s today, 50/1

[Pepe the Horseman]

Sweden at 2/1 seems very generous

[RG30]

Lescott 1st goalscorer - 40/1

[Tredder]

There is no way England will keep a clean sheet tonight.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Lescott 1st goalscorer - 40/1

Nice work!

[leww_rfc]

got 2-2 at 22/1

[RG30]

Lescott 1st goalscorer - 40/1