Tasty Spain look final value

It's a sad weekend folks!
We have reached the end of Euro 2008, no more football for over a month but we can look forward to the busy Transfer window in July and we should see where Ronaldo ends up.
On to Sunday's final and based on the two semi-finals you have to go with Spain - as we all know in this game, it doesn't always work out that way. Spain are a general 5/4 shot with the Germans the 5/2 underdogs and it's 9/4 the draw.
We tipped Spain from the start and if they oblige on Sunday then I could afford a wee break there with my winnings - do I lay off and back the Germans? NO CHANCE!
I think Spain will have too much for this German defence and fully expect Casillas to lift the trophy at around 9.45 Sunday night.
Hope bloggers lumped on Spain (-1) yesterday at 7/2 - we think the same for the final, Other nice punts Cesc Fabregas to get Man Of The Match 9/1 - (he has to start), Spain to win 3-1 (18/1), and at last Fernando Torres to open the scoring at 5/1 (he has to)

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and you will entered in tonight's scorecast draw and Sunday's Final draw - surely someone will pick a winner!
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We have teamed up with Sean Grahams to giveaway 2 x £50 bets for the final on Sunday.
We have made it easier - all you have to do is predict the FIRST GOALSCORER in the FINAL on Sunday evening.

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Spain to win the game of Russian roulette

We have reached the semi-final stages of Euro 2008 and by the time you read this you will know one of the teams for Sunday’s final.
The Germans await the winners off tonight's other semi-final and whoever wins that one will must fancy themselves against this German side.
Spain will face the might of Russia who it has to be said completely played the Dutch off the park on Saturday night. Forget the the first game these two teams played when Spain ran out comfortable 4-1 winners – tonight's game will be a different ball game completely
This Russian team have flair and like to play ball to feet football and in Andrei Arshavin they have one of the best players on show. This guy was banned for the first two games and since he came back into the fold the Russians look a different team.
Spain beat a poor Italy team on penalties on Sunday night to at last break their penalty hoodoo.
Will coach Luis Aragones start with Cesc Fabregas tonight? The Arsenal man impressed on Sunday when he replaced Xavi, who could well miss out.
He will start with prolific duo Fernando Torres and top tournament goalscorer David Villa and I think that is where this semi-final could be won or lost.
If the those two strikers turn up against this Russian defence tonight then SPAIN (6/5) look too good to turn down.
Other bets that catch the eye are Spain (-1) 7/2, Torres to score first goal 9/2, or to score at anytime at 13/8.

GERMANS TO BOOK FINAL SPOT

Have to admit that I was devastated when Turkey knocked silky Croatia out on Friday - not because I backed the Croats, no because it did us out of an absolute cracking match tonight.
The Germans are unbackable at 2/5 - they are however 6/5 (-1) which looks a good punt. Turkey have 13 fit players to choose from and their luck is bound to run out. Are they Greece in disguise? You just get that feeling.
Selected bets for tonight:
Germany (-1) 6/5
First Goal Ballack 6/1
Germany to win 3-0 8/1
First Player Booked Hakan Balta at 10/1

SEAN GRAHAM BETS

Betting Available Upto 8pm Tonight (Wednesday)

Win Outright
11/8 Kathreya 25 Dale
4/1 Luke 25 Mohamed
8 Michael 33 Jennifer
8 Darnell 33 Mario
12 Rachel 80 Lisa
16 Rebbecca 80 Dennis
25 Rex 150 Sylvia
Top Male Top Female
13/8 Luke ½ Kathreya
7/2 Darnell 5 Rachel
4 Michael 5 Rebecca
10 Mohamed 8 Jennifer
10 Rex 33 Lisa
12 Dale 50 Sylvia
16 Mario
25 Dennis
All Win Only ; Others On Request


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Betting Available Upto 12:00pm Thursday Afternoon
Grand Blanc G&CC, Michigan Starts Thursday
11 Furyk 50 Glover 80 Chopra
11 Perry.K 66 Austin 80 Estes
16 Leonard 66 Armour.T 80 Gay
20 Slocum 66 DiMarco 80 Goydos
25 Verplank 66 Green.N 80 Howell.C
25 Snedeker 66 Goggin 80 Lehman
33 Crane 66 Hart 80 Taylor
40 Baird 66 Moore 90 Wilson.D
40 Quinney 66 Oberholser 100 Day
40 Pampling 66 Quigley 100 Duke
50 Mediate 66 Rollins 100 Funk
50 O’Hern 66 Watney 100 Lonard
50 Pernice 70 Cejka 100 Senden
50 Watson.B 70 Jacobson 125 Coles
Each Way ¼ Odds 1,2,3,4,5 ; Others On Request

72 Hole Groups
Group A Group B
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7/2 O’Hern 7/2 Armour.T
7/2 Pernice 7/2 Dimarco
7/2 Watson.B 7/2 Green.N
7/2 Glover 7/2 Moore.R

72 Hole Matches – All Ties = 16/1
9/10 Furyk v Perry.K 9/10
4/5 Slocum v Verplank Evs
9/10 Glover v Pernice 9/10
4/5 Leonard v Snedeker Evs
9/10 Rollins v Quigley 9/10

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12 Westwood 50 Kjeldsen 70 Erlandsson
12 Karlsson 50 Dredge 70 Lynn
14 Cabrera.A 50 Schwartzel 70 Randhawa
18 Kaymer 55 Monty 70 Strange
22 Hansen.A 60 Derksen 75 Forsyth
22 Hansen.S 66 Bickerton 80 Bjorn
25 Jimenez 66 Fisher.R 80 Delamontagne
28 Poulter 66 Jacquelin 80 Edfors
33 Clarke.D 66 Khan 80 Hanson.Pr
33 Wilson.O 66 Molinari.F 80 Havret
36 Dougherty 66 McDowell 80 Howell.D
40 Green.R 66 Noren 80 Ilonen
40 Levet 66 O’Malley 80 McIlroy
40 Singh.Jm 66 Sterne 80 Webster.St
50 Storm 70 McGinley 100 Aguilar
Each Way 1/4 Odds 1,2,3,4,5 Others On Request

72 Hole Groups
Group A Group B
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7/2 Hansen.S 7/2 Kjeldsen
7/2 Clarke.D 7/2 Dredge
7/2 Wilson.O 7/2 Schwartzel
7/2 Dougherty 7/2 Monty

72 Hole Matches – All Ties = 16/1
4/5 Westwood v Karlsson Evs
9/10 Hansen.S v Hansen.A 9/10
9/10 Wilson.O v Clarke.D 9/10
9/10 Derksen v Fisher.R 9/10
9/10 Levet v Green.R 9/10

Spain and Germans put in at 6/4

transfer talk & Latest betting..
We start with the latest betting as the first semi-final is nearly upon us - Sean Graham can't split Germany or Spain and they are both 6/4 joint favourites. Russia remain a live outside bet at 7/2 and the Turks are as big as 8/1 with the same firm.
Click on the right hand side of the blog to view both semi-final coupons.
Start emailing the PG and you could win free bets on the semi-finals and the final - the all-important email is now g.mulhern@belfastmediagroup.com

On to the latest transfer mumblings and it looks like Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor will stay (thank god for that) after being courted by AC Milan and Barca - staying in North London and Arsenal have signed £13.3million wonderkid Samir Nasri from Marseille. One for the Yid Army - Lukas Podolski has issued a ‘come and get me’ plea to Spurs - good player!.
Gary Megson is set to smash Bolton’s transfer record with a £12million swoop for Sweden hitman Johan Elmander - Bolton to go down looks a good punt next season. Liverpool fans be prepared for triple swoop as Rafael Benitez will demand £50million in big-name transfers. On his shopping list are David Villa, Daniel Alves, David Silva and Gareth Barry - Villa and Alves would greatly improve the team. West Ham have slapped a massive £8million price tag on Aston Villa target Anton Ferdinand -would swap him for Pascal Cygan.. Villa are also lining up a bid for Andy Johnson. Old Blues boss Jose Mourinho has cut short his holiday to take charge of Inter Milan’s pursuit of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.
Poland midfielder Mariusz Lewandowski says he would love to play for Celtic while the Parkhead club face a double heartache in their moves for Roman Pavlyuchenko and Darren Bent.
Shola Ameobi is closing in on a £3million move to West Brom - crazy money for a guy who spends more time on the treatment table. Even more crazy is that Michael Dawson is a £4million target for Newcastle - easy 4 million for Spurs.

Transfer News..
Good riddance seems to be the message from most local Man U fans as Ronaldo looks all set to fly the Old Trafford nest to join Real Madrid. The Spainish club will 'pay whatever it takes' - £70 million looks the likely bid.
Toffees boss David Moyes is making a shock move for Tottenham misfit Darren Bent as he gets ready to sell Andy Johnson - strange one that. Now this is a bit of a shock Portsmouth are linked with a £2million for Tottenham’s Younes Kabou - shocking!
Rangers have the rest of Europe shaking in their boots after signing Kyle Lafferty and Kenny Miller - striker Jean-Claude Darcheville has vowed to fight for his place at Ibrox.
Celtic will not consider making another move for James McFadden unless they receive an offer they can’t refuse for Aiden McGeady or Shunsuke Nakamura
Zenit St Petersburg want £10million for Russia star Andrei Arshavin, who has made himself one of the most sought-after players at Euro 2008 - Arsenal are favourites to land him.