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Zvonareva deceived me, LOL. She is coming off a shoulder injury and she said in her pre-match interview how she could barely lift her arm after the 1st rounder. Yet, today she played like a former...

Wow, the line jumped to -200 five mins my original post. Shoulda pounded it even more.

Suarez got suspended btw. The Colombia line did move from -165 to -175, but that happened even before the suspension was announced.

Thanks for the heads up. I laid off most of my bet on GHA +0.5. Yeah, Ghana has just divided the money among the players and that probably means that they do not expect to advance. Plus the fighting...

Hey HB. I am gonna break the tradition mention a tennis lean first: Vekic -3.5 vs Zvonareva looks interesting to me. It worries me that Vekic tends to drop a set here and there at 1-6 or so but I...

I would not be so judgmental, HC. I'd say Holland, Germany and France have been looking sharp enough, and Brazil and Argentina will likely make it to the semis. But some other supposed favs, like...

Hey HB, how is Wimby treating you ? As usual, I am back with my FIFA leans.

Italy-Uruguay: I really like the under 1H and 0-0 1H. Yeah, 'guay needs to win but they really do not have the midfield...

Hey HB. I see that you are busy with Wimby 1st rounders, but perhaps you might still have time to check out my WC leans and share yours.

Aussie-Spain: there is some internal fighting in the Spain...

Just a heads up the under in the Russia-Belgium game was pounded with line moving to u2 from u2.5. However, Belgians changed their tactics and inserted both goalscorers from the first match into the...

Yeah, today was not a good day to go square-dancing: the good thing was that I parlayed all the favs so it did not hurt too much. All three dogs covered convincingly, but the over in the Germany game...

Hey HB, thanks for the reply. Let's see how it goes with this one. I still think Argentina and Germany should win fairly convincingly today, although you never know with these spreads. And on paper...

I cannot believe the last game also went over, at least I got half of my -.75 Ecuador play so it was not a too bad of a day over all. At the last WC, Swiss beat Spain 1-0 in the first match and then...

Just as long as nobody scores, I'm happy.

Edit: That was faster than i thought. The under also looks pretty much dead now. But if anything it makes me feel better about the under in the last...

Yeah, Italians just fell apart at the end of 1H; and they look like crap now which suits me fine.

Unreal, Costa Rica scored on the 45th min to rob me of that 0-0 1H. The under also looks dangerous. I think Italians just cannot handle the heat but kudos to Costa Rica.

Thanks for the detailed reply, as usual. We seem to mostly agree. Yeah, Italy would love to win today because if they don't, their next match will be a real nail biter for them. Costa Rica clearly...

Sup HB. It is all good about the IC game; I still had a decent FIFA day. I am back to bounce my ideas off you.

I think, the Costa Rican bus is almost of German engineering quality and they will...

Thanks for sharing. I will have to think twice about backing Colombia.

Uruguay has not been a European team @WC since 1970. I think I am starting to like the over in that one too. Maybe also a...

I see that Nguyen started his thread and I wish him well. Anyway, enough about that punk. I am back here for my daily dose of input about WC. Honeybadger, thanks a bunch for talking me out of going...

Funny how you replied within a minute after I posted. Dude, seriously get a life ! Just to make it clear, this is the last time I will acknowledge your existence in this thread. I do not want to...

Blah-blah-blah. Did not read it. Just the fact that you wrote another page to reply to me after I stated that I have zero interest in your opinion proves that you are yearning some sort of...

Hmm, I see a few other decent punters who are also cautious about Spain today, but I think they are too proud to go out like this and they should win it. Chile scored two fast goals against fairly...

Nice call on Brazil/Mexico under, Honeybadger . I should've listened to you but luckily my leans worked for the other two games. And I am happy Belgians managed to get by Algerians.

Three games ...

Belgium looked solid, Nguyen ? Did we even watch the same game ? Somebody told me USA play a good game vs Ghana. The difference in opinions can be staggering. Just because you beat an outmatched...

Also, I am seeing Spain to qualify @-110, and I think those are good odds. All they have to do it beat Chile and expect Holland not to lose to Chile. I think that will happen with more than 55%...

Thanks for the reply. We seem to agree on most points, just a couple of thoughts. I think Croatia played really well in the opening match while Cameroon did not really test Mexican defense, which...

Hey man. I am going to take some more space in your thread, if you do not mind (if you do, let me know). I appreciate your soccer writeups and I wanted to bounce some ideas off you.

Brazil-Mexico....

LOL. Another early PK. That one was probably deserved. I dunno if it is the air in Brazil or what, but even the best defenses look like Jamaica's defensive line.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my soccer questions with detailed writeups. There have been no 0-0 first halves at this WC, which is crazy. I feel like Germany-Portugal and Iran-Nigeria are...

Nice day today ! You seem to know more about WC soccer than all the posters in the soccer forum combined. I was wondering what you thought about the games tomorrow. My early leans are on 0-0 POR-GER...

Swiss boys came through. Woo-hoo.

Good call on Flopez, too bad he flopped on the MP and then up 4-2 in the 3rd set. Swiss however look pretty bad early on. Just no quality on offense. Not that Ecuador is much better but they are up...

Hey man. What do you think about WC tomorrow ? I do not know any of the six teams involved that well, but being the junky I am, I expecting a low-scoring game in ECU-SWI, a bashing by Argentina, and...

Buffon is not playing today.

Thanks a lot for the reply. I laid off my Greece +0.5 and actually made some money by taking Colombia 3-0. Another questionable call by the ref on the pk against CRica. I mean, it was a foul but...

Hey man. You like any WC lines today ? I am thinking along the lines of Greece +0.5 (no Falkao, I hear and anyway Greece is a pretty decent team) and Costa Rica 1H draw (they will park the bus and no...

Wow, another POS match. So far the WC looks worse than the Gold Cup, let alone the Confed Cup. Good thing I took u1.5 immediately after Mexicans scored.

Just googled the Mexican league budgets, wow. I was really surprised how much more money they spend there compared to MLS. The MLS product is a lot better. Anyway, Mexicans had no business qualifying...

Hey man. I cannot believe you are even arguing about that iffy PK. The foul by Olic was a 50/50 call. Let's see if that ref works any more WC games. Methinks not. What is funny is that he does not...

That PK was very very iffy; 95% of the time it would not be given. Then the 2nd goal by Croats was disallowed on another BS call. The Asian refs lost it, as expected actually. They needed somebody...

Croatia got f.cking robbed. But I am not too bummed out, since my Brazil to win the group looks pretty good now. And I did get 1H draw@+145. That Croatian goalie really really sucks.

GL to you too. We'll see in a couple of hours. Brazil has an insane record of winning their groups at WCs, and I have them to win their group @-400. So I am not too stressed one way or another, but...

A little too ambitious on Croatia I think. I like Croats +1.5 better and draw 1H.

Good call on Daniela. Thanks for the nudge, I played the ML @+130. She did blow like 4 MPs at 5-2 and 5-3 but finally was able to close it out. I also played Suckling (before I saw your leans), but...

Nice call on Serbia +2. I put a little on that line; thanks for the tip.

Hey man. Yeah Serbia +2 looks interesting, but keep in mind that Brazil has an oversupply of talent and some newcomers like Villian are still trying to prove their worth. I think there will be no...

Hah, I watched only the 4th set and a bit of the 3rd. Berdych looked really shaky at times. Tail of two halves. I was pretty sure I was losing that bet since Berdych appeared to be on the verge of...

I had Berdych too (-1.5 sets) so I am glad he won, but is it me or did he look pretty shaky today ? He was trying to choke hard in the 3rd and 4th sets. Or did RBA play that good ?

Li Na is still offered to win RG @BM for +600 :lmao:, Halep is also at +600, while Ana is down to +1200. We'll see. Halep is definitely good but I am hoping her lack of experience will work against...

Yeah, good idea man. I am not doing that great in the early rounds of RG myself, so I am also going to take it slow. As for Ana's chances, unfortunately her draw is not that easy, she'll have to deal...