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Ok well i dont know much about sports betting, i have just made this bet to increase my viewing pleasure.

I have gone for:

Ecuador/England/Sweden     @ 4.7
Costa Rica/England/Draw           @ 16

And a bit of fun:

Trinidad       @ 27


Just no draw in the first game please!

Ecuador/England/draw for me @ 8, mind you with my form.......... ;reallyamsorry;

The hardest game to pick is game 1 for me. Possibly a draw.

England - Sweden after that.

Changing my mind.

Costa Rica/England/Sweden

Equador know there playing Germany next game, so will want to win this one today and not leave it till the last game, so :

Equador - england - sweden

aye, what the guy in the kilt said. Paraguay are no mean shakes, but sweden to edge it 1-0.

I've gone for

Ecuador
England
Sweden

Ok well scientific as i am myself and JungleCat decided to continue our world cup ritual and play costa rica vs ecuador.

In the first game i managed to get a lead with Ecuador despite having hardly any possesion, i was down to 9 men aswell! With 10 minutes to go i was reduced to 8 men and costa rica got 2 vert late goals.....

In the rematch costa rica quickly took the lead and looked unstopable with a 2-0 HT lead, however ecuador made a quick break and scored a brilliant first goal, then with 2 minutes to go of full time a surging left wing run saw the ball rolled in across the 6 yward box where it was tapped in.

Ecuador then managed to nick a goal in extra time to win on silver goals!

Me too.

Looks like we are all happy with this start then!

OMG how bullshit is that.

Half time analysis on the Costa Rica v Ecuador game..........thats right there was none, it was ALL about Wayne Rooney is fit!

Not even a reply of the goal! Its a joke!

Probably because 90% of English fans want to see that. Sad but true.

Surely though all the people watching the game thats on want to hear something about the game that is on!!

I understand with the England came on next that some of the analysis will be on England, fair enough, but surely not all 15 minutes! It wasnt even constructive either seemed like a record stuck saying "Rooney should play the last 20 minutes"

I think ITV really have lost the plot.

ITV for ya!

Agreed - it's so disrespectful to the teams and players involved. I guess it really has turned into a ratings thing.

disrespectful my @r$e - no offence but do you think that during the half time of the England game that Ecuadorian television will be showing highlights of the England game or do you think that they will be reliving the celebration of their nation qualifying for the knockout stages?

This is England which means that unfortunately we are subjected to non-stop drivel about the english football team. Its just unfortunate that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also get the same coverage as they dont have their own tv station setups at the world cup.

I would bet most nations would concentrate on the nations with "star" players. Brazil, England, Italy, France to be honest.

As I said, I think that is disrespectful to the other players in the tournament.

No, most competing nations will concentrate wholly on their own team first - then will show highlights of all other games in later programs.

Just like what happens here.

Yes true but I seriously doubt that between say an England Vs Brazil World Cup quarter-final half time segment we would hear about Saudi Arabia's striker's foot. Do you really think that?

Of course we wouldn't. So it's our disrespect to the so called "smaller nations".

And do you honestly think that Saudi Arabian TV will be doing a feature on Wayne Rooney's foot - No, because they dont really give a f**k. They are too busy interviewing their hero Sami Al Jaber for scoring his 44th international goal in his 159th appearance in what will be his swansong tournament.

They dont care what happens inside the England camp just as most England fans dont care what happens inside the Saudi Arabian camp (I have lived in Saudi Arabia for 5 years and i know full well that they dont care).

Thats just the way of the world - everyone is only interested in their own country. Its not being disrespectful, just a patriotic bias............

Yes I agree, but at half time during a game between two other nations? To me it says what they're doing isn't worthy of our attention. You'd think there isn't enough airtime already to show the Ronney stuff at another time! We get an hours build up before the game - tell us then FFS!

As I said I cant see other nations doing that between an England - Brazil game - just wouldn't happen.

Well I  had 10 quid on beckham to score first at 9/1 coz he's the only one there who can kick a ball

England should bring on Henry and Pires  ::)

But they do!! Like i said earlier during the half time interval of the England vs T&T game in about 10 minutes it will only be English and T&T television talking about this game during the half time interval. Every other nation will be focusing back on their own nation.

True - when we get to the quarter or semi finals when most of the other nations have been eliminated its only then that most nations will focus just on the game itself, but then seeing as how England wont make it that far then they will have no alternative but to do the same ;)

"But they do!! Like i said earlier during the half time interval of the England vs T&T game in about 10 minutes it will only be English and T&T television talking about this game during the half time interval. Every other nation will be focusing back on their own nation."

I don't buy that - it's just bad TV not to have pundits talk about the game that is being played during the HT interval.

"True - when we get to the quarter or semi finals when most of the other nations have been eliminated its only then that most nations will focus just on the game itself, but then seeing as how England wont make it that far then they will have no alternative but to do the same."

Steady on! Only Ecuador to beat!

I have watched the world cup from outside the UK, and i have never seen a half time analysis not mention the game in progress, EVER! And one of those times i was in the USA! The most single minded nation on the planet!

Seems like a few of us got this one right :D

Ayyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr!

well done but I feel that I had a bad beat with that late winner  ;reallyamsorry;

that goal was coming from 65 mins out. - just a matter of time :-)

Lol yes, after that goal mouth clearance though my heart sank a little!