Anyone joining me with a specualtive lay of England? 1/10 is a joke imho, and just too short to resist.
Reasons why I think we will struggle today.
The crap performance in Skopje. England in no way deserved to win that game.
The 2-2 draw in the last euro qualifiers. We're no better than now, and they are no worse.
Looking at McLaren's likely line-up we have an out-of-form Rooney being asked to link-up with Crouch. A partnership that is untested. The likelihood of Gerrard being moved back to the centre to link-up again with Lampard. Worked like a dream under Sven
The non-holding midfielder Carrick sitting behind them, with a rusty SWP on the wing/wing-back. A potential experiment with a 3-5-2 formation. It all adds up to a crap performance imho. We will probably win but 1/10 just doesn't make any sense.
The asian handicap line is funny as well. -2.5?!?! Is there really a 50% chance England will win this by three? Am I missing something? Defenders like Mitreski, Novevski and Vasoski are Bundesliga regulars. Are they just expected to quaking in their boots at the prospect of facing Crouchinho and an out-of-sorts Wayne Rooney!?
Even if Macedonia are as crap as the layers are trying to suggest, are England really going to be pushing for more goals at 2-0 when they have a massive game against Croatia midweek?! I'm sure McLaren would be more than happy with a one goal win.
One more bet worth taking is Stevica Ristic to score first (66/1) and anytime (16/1). He's as short as 9/2 elsewhere but Bluesq haven't cottoned on. He's not guaranteed to start but is the best striker in the Macedonian league. He hasn't yet played for the national team as he's actually Serbian, and has just received clearance to play for Macedonia. I hope some others can get a few quid on, as the useless shysters won't lay me more than a fiver.