Got him (e/w) at 66/1 for top scorer, I was concerned France may rest him for the last game but as its against the Swiss who can still win the group, that seems unlikely

France again looked suspect from corners, Albania could have scored a goal or 2 and must count themselves a little unlucky. No team yet to take a beating, is the gap in international football shortening a la the Premier League? All the teams look very well drilled and organised even if they lack a star player.

Nani bet looks good, did we get on?

I put him forward for the assist market but not top scorer, fred couldn't get on though. Someone else might have thrown his name into the hat for goals!

Enjoying the updates (even though its like listening to a football match on the radio, just doesn't compare with being there) and good luck Tikay.

You know we used to joke about microwaved balls before any Champions League draw?



https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/14/sepp-blatter-european-competition-draw-was-rigged-by-cooling-balls

Normally with these promos its only on the first bet. Subsequent bets in the same market shouldn't matter at all.

As long as the Giroud bet definitely went down first then they should pay out

Hopefully an honest mistake from inexperienced support staff

So the 6 bets I did we're placed simultaneously, Giroud was the first one on the slip but I didn't place it immediately, instead waited to find other stuff to round it up to £50 worth. The bet reference is 1/1 as it was the first selection on my first ever bet on the site. None of the other bets on the slip were even close to the £25 promo threshold so don't see how they can be causing an issue?

Could understand if I had £25 on Giroud and £25 on X for top scorer but this isn't the case.

Went on live chat on Saturday afternoon and they said it can take 24 hours to credit, went on again yesterday and they said it should be in the account within an hour, gone on today and been told I don't qualify.

Is the following normal?

Opened an account with Boylesport just before the Euros, stuck £50 down on the site to play with. Saw they were doing the 'free £5 bet everytime your selection scores' if you placed a minimum of £25, so I slapped £25 on Giroud and left that in my betslip whilst I had a mooch at other bets. Ended up adding another 5 bets to the betslip to make it £50's worth and placed it. A couple of those bets were other top scorer ones, but nothing more than a fiver.

After being on live chat 3 times since Saturday evening questioning where my free fiver was for Giroud's goal, at the 3rd attempt they've told me I didn't qualify for the promotion as per their and Cs, as I have multiple live top scorer bets.

Did I make a schoolboy error or have Boylesport got me by the bollocks?

Laporte who was strongly rumoured to be a target for Pep for Man city has signed a new contract at Bilbao

Release clause locked in at £52m for the next 2 seasons....I don't think Pep will baulk at that if he really wants him. Goes up to £56m from 18/19 season.

Juventus have signed Pjanic from Roma for £25m.....is this to play alongside Pogba or.....?

What on earth has the bog brush done to his hair?!

Italy team is so old I'm just waiting for them to limp min re-raise AA.

Rooney's message to the fans today was heartfelt, genuine and natural. Well done Wayne.

this is an excellent read

http://www.espnfc.com/european-championship/74/blog/post/2891011/euro-2016-fan-clashes-at-england-vs-russia-match-troublinng-sign


there are some genuinely worrying quotes coming out of Russia today

Vladislav Zhukov (Russian MP) - "If England fans don't want to get beaten up they shouldn't go to football matches. They are babies."

"Black fans and gays cannot be guaranteed safety at the 2018 Russia World Cup but that is their problem not ours".

Igor Lebedev, Russian FA executive: "90% of the fans go to football to fight, and that is normal. Our guys stood for our country"

Bloody Hell.

Is this genuine?

If so, the ruling bodies need to take the World Cup elsewhere.

And then Qatar in 2022.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36516006

Russia is gonna be absolute carnage in 2 years. Couldn't pay me enough to go there for the WC. I'll stick to watching jobbing keepers on the box.

Fancy an even money bet Hart starts the first game of 2018 WC for England?  You have the best of it by a mile but i will accommodate you for small stakes for a bit of interest.

I actually had a bet with myself that you'd offer some Hart related gamble before midnight

I'm flattered, honestly I am, but your small stakes is probably the equivalent of my weekly wage! I'm happy to debate whatever aspect of the Euros whilst keeping the elastic bands on my wallet.

How many previous days have you had the same mythical bet though and lost because i only mentioned it today!  

How would other people (outside of the debate) price Hart to start the first game of the 2018 WC?  If England don't qualify the bet loses.  Evens is too big right?

I'll level with you Arbboy, I've had that mythical bet with myself every day. I actually feel like I've made it on Blonde now

Yeah I'd say evens is pretty big. It's 2 years down the line so not exactly easy to price 'correctly' and there are many variables that could happen, but at 29 he is in his prime so you'd have to assume heavy odds on.

Russia is gonna be absolute carnage in 2 years. Couldn't pay me enough to go there for the WC. I'll stick to watching jobbing keepers on the box.

Fancy an even money bet Hart starts the first game of 2018 WC for England?  You have the best of it by a mile but i will accommodate you for small stakes for a bit of interest.

I actually had a bet with myself that you'd offer some Hart related gamble before midnight

I'm flattered, honestly I am, but your small stakes is probably the equivalent of my weekly wage! I'm happy to debate whatever aspect of the Euros whilst keeping the elastic bands on my wallet.

A great prospect and hopefully gets some game time under Pep. Would be mortified if we shelled out £40m or whatever on Stones (whom I don't rate) over giving this lad a chance.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/08/jason-denayer-belgium-euro-2016-manchester-city

Think I disagree with you about Stones - if Pep wants him its good enough for me. But also want to see Denayer.

All being well Merlin  picks up his 100th cap on Monday afternoon and only the 11th Spanish player to reach that landmark. I'm greedy and hopes he gets a hatrick because he only needs 3 goals to go joint 5th in the all-time goalscorer table for Spanish internations. I was amazed when I saw that because we don't really associate him with goals.

The couple of times I've seen Stones at Eastland I've really not been impressed. He'll look the part for 25 minutes and then do a couple of sloppy mistakes. He's very comfortable on the ball but sometimes a little too comfortable! Obv I trust Pep implicitly but would really like to see Denayer given a chance, and hoping he starts for Belgium tonight too.

Does Silva have another tournament in him? I guess it depends on this niggling ankle problem, if he can shake it off I could see him making Russia 2018 his swansong.

Russia is gonna be absolute carnage in 2 years. Couldn't pay me enough to go there for the WC. I'll stick to watching jobbing keepers on the box.