By Josh Powell | Disgruntled England fan ‘I don’t think the Premier League is too global but you have too many foreigners and not enough English players, so your national team is not yet at the level of these national teams (Spain, Germany and Italy)’. Sepp Blatter, January 15th Today the English FA celebrates its […]
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Betting news: England, Ireland, Obama, Hughes
Football Someone forgot to shut the roof in Poland and all the rain got in so England’s crucial World Cup qualifier has been rescheduled for 4pm this afternoon in Warsaw even though doubts remain that the pitch will be playable. Montenegro joined England at the top of Group H after a 1-0 away win in […]
Betting news: Rooney, Vettel, Thornton, Camelot
Football Roy Hodgson must be dreading what new captain Wayne Rooney has in mind as he vowed to skipper the team like former club-mate at Manchester United Roy Keane . Hodgson has reportedly canceled all team meetings to avoid being told to shove the World Cup up his b******* ahead of tonight’s (cakewalk) clash against San Marino. Keane’s namesake […]
PADCAST: Not even the luck of the Irish will be enough against Germany
Listen here | International week is upon us which means there’ll be plenty of bobbins teams performing in competitive action on Friday night including San Marino, Cyprus and Ireland. The boys in green face a tough test as Germany come to the Aviva but the Padcast panel are confident that Trap’s army can come away with […]
SLIDESHOW: Ireland need Robbie Keane’s incredibly camp wrist at its very best
He is Ireland’s record goalscorer with 53 goals in 118 appearances and is likely to play as a lone striker against Germany on Friday night at the Aviva. Much of the pre-match talk has centred on Robbie Keane’s fitness as the LA Galaxy striker has missed training with an Achilles injury. Keane is, however, expected to […]
World Cup betting previews: France, Italy, Poland
Finland v France, Friday, 19.30, Group I France FIFA’s Dubious World Rankings: 15 World Cup Appearances: 15 Last appearance: South Africa 2010 Best performance: Winners 1998 A disgrace at South Africa 2010, a big disappointment at Euro 2012 so if France are average on the Road to Rio it will be an improvement. Laurent Blanc bid […]
FIFA on brink of goal-line technology decision
By Sean Goff | Sports Reporter FIFA are on the brink of revolutionising world football with the long-awaited introduction of goal-line technology (GLT). It is estimated the move will eliminate pub fights and reduce the workload of TV pundits by about 90 per cent if soccer’s world governing body gives it the go-ahead. GLT has become a buzzword as the beautiful […]
Robbie Fowler: Spain win puts Irish game in context
After Ireland’s exit from Group C everyone had an opinion on how bad the results were. But Robbie Fowler argues that after Spain’s Euro 2012 triumph the results have to be seen in context . Ireland should take some comfort from Spain’s 4-0 win over Italy in the Euro 2012 final last night. I remember when […]
Euro 2012: Germany v Italy Live Blog
Spain booked their place in the Euro 2012 last night thanks in part to Ronaldo’s cunning plan not to take a penalty until it wasn’t needed. Now Germany and Italy meet with the other place up for grabs. Previously I would have snarkily said ‘they’re playing for the right to get a beating from Spain’, […]
Euro 2012: Paddy Power’s Big Game Bingo
With England and Ireland out we understand that it’s difficult to build the same yourself up in to the same fevered state, even with with added alcohol. Especially when the games are as dull as last night’s 0-0 borefest between Spain and Italy. That’s why we’ve come up with our revolutionary new game, Paddy Power’s […]
Robbie Fowler: Germany will be too strong for Italy
Germany have been fantastic so far at Euro 2012. What impresses me most is the confidence running through the squad. To be able to change three key players for a European Championship quarter-final and for the team to still perform as well as they did against Greece is remarkable. They did concede two goals, but […]
Germany v Italy: Germany to edge the battle of the aristocrats
Germany v Italy, Thursday 7.45pm BBC1 and RTE2 By Aidan Elder | Chief Sports Writer The lowdown… It’s a meeting of two of Europe’s great footballing clichés as the ruthless efficiency of Germany meets the ruthless willingness to defend of Italy. There’s a defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2012 at stake so […]
Passing comment on the Euro 2012 semi-finalists
By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Passing has been a major talking point at Euro 2012. The continued success of Spain has sparked prolonged drooling, but also triggered something of an attitude change amongst many international teams. Conventional wisdom seems to be slowly changing. Maybe the tactic of thumping the ball towards the forehead […]
Mario Goal-ez? Money-Back if the German nets last
Paddy Power has already been left penniless once by Mario Gomez and he’s in danger of it happening again. That’s because if Mario Gomez scores the last goal, Paddy will refund all losing first goalscorer, last goalscorer, scorecast and correct score single bets on that match. Paddy’s already had his pants pulled down at the hands […]
VIDEO: More reason not to support the Germans!
Germany have looked more and more like champions as Euro 2012 progresses but here at Paddy Power tower we can’t bring ourselves to cheer them on. Fortunately leading striker and new Arsenal signing Lukas Podolski has given us plenty of reason to laugh at them. The 27-year-old has scored 44 goals in his international career […]
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