PROPER football's back with a bang tonight with the first of the World Cup play-offs – as well as Scotland v Holland which might not be for the fainthearted.
First-leg ties are notoriously tight and there could be a shortage of goals in Belfast and Zagreb. I've posted a separate preview of the games and also one on the Scotland match.
Malky Mackay is caretaker boss for this one and has been dealt a major blow with the absence of Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths. Mackay is set to start the likes of Aberdeen stars Ryan Christie and Kenny McLean at Pittodrie as well as Rangers defender Ryan Jack and Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor. Looks like Matt Phillips will be a makeshift striker and that doesn't fill many with confidence.
So it will be a young and inexperienced side that face the Dutch who have won six out of seven under Dick Advocaat who will quit after a double header of friendlies.
The tips are on separate posts but I reckon the Dutch will win, Croatia may edge out Greece at a short price and Ireland v Switzerland could be a draw.
From tonight's main games I've decided to put up a Super Single double on Switzerland not to lose and Holland draw no bet..
Wednesday was a non-be day for me but well done to all the winners including Hullshaker on Bury v Stoke City Under-21s.
Remember to check welovebetting for their tips and video chat.
2.5pts Super Single
- Holland draw no bet
- Switzerland not to lose
- (9-10, McBookie)
November Super Singles Total
- Profit: 9.5pts (8 bets, 6 winners)
November Advised Accas Total
- Profit: -8.4pt (10 bets, 1 winner)
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Thursday goals tip
Croatia v Greece u3.5mgs
Nireland v Switzerland u2.5mgs
Germany 21s o2.5 tgs
France 21s o1.5 tgs
41/25 bet 365
November total -17.5 pts
Half time tip
Germany 21s
Spain 21s
France 21s
Belgium 21s
All to be leading at ht
82/25 bet 365
Croatia v Greece
Ultra defensive way Greece playing is boring , Croatia probably can get a narrow win in this first leg. May be 1-0 or couple of goals something..
Croatia to win & under 2.5 goals
Croatia not to lose & under 2.5 goals
Correct score 1-0
Northern Ireland v Switzerland
Switzerland arguably having their best squad of all of time and favourite to qualify but they didn’t get a real test yet. There were plenty weak teams in their group, dissapointing Hungary ,Faroe Islands ,Latvia, Andorra..
Northern Ireland is coming from a tough group where they face with Germany ,Czech Republic , Norway etc.
They were generally dominant at home games and in many away parts of the group. Draw first option here I think N.Ireland are capable eof drawing at home with a well organised defensive play and Switzerland will do the job in the second leg.
Draw & under 2.5 goals
Croatia
Holand
Peru (Saturday)
All to win 4.59/1. bet365
2 points
N Ireland v Switzerland
HT correct score 0-0 23/20
CROATIA v GREECE
HT correct score 0-0 11/8
BOL
All four european Play offs
Under 2.5 goals at 4/1
All four games to be drawn 169/1
correct scores for tonights games
Croatia v Greece
1-1 at 15/2
Northern Ireland v Switzerland
0-0 at 9/2
Also fancy a late red card in the Croatia game
Early morning/afternoon acca (all over 2.5mgls):
Sporting Goa v Dempo
Bin Duong v Song Lam
Kokand v Bunyakdor
Cambodia v Myanmar
Bayer Leverkusen v Duisberg
Austria Lustenau v Will
Chievo v Mantova
Torino v Chieri
Pays 35/1 (Bet365)
Good luck all!
20 shots + on/off target for Sporting de Goa and only one goal to show!!!!! Gotta love the Indian league! Amateur hour at the zoo
* Germany u21 to win by 2 or more..
> ger u21 2:0 handicap…
just gonna give this 2 more attemts
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Bet 6: €20 returns €49.89
pot €-40
azerbaijan u21 game over 1.5 fhg
sao paulo game over 0.5 fhg
nite owls
recife btts 4/5 WON late recife goal
double with Vitoria btts 2/1 WON
shoe in……………
add santos dg & sud America overs 7/1 WON
full hoose last nite need to go away for a couple of days more often…………….
Nice 1 crane, followed the dbl cheers ??
very well done crane
Superb stuff Crane
Looks official:
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/658781/New-Rangers-manager-Derek-McInnes-wages-playing-budget?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Whoops, didn’t read that properly
TBH I’ll be glad when they have actually employed someone and the speculation is ended!
Hopefully all will be revealed in the next couple of days but I’ve read nothing to put me off believing it’s not McInnes.
There was a suggestion no announcement would be made until the Scotland game at Aberdeen was over.
Unlike others I have no inside info – they’re not my club and I’m not over interested apart from a betting viewpoint.
Yeah that’s literally the only interest I have in it, from a betting stance.
You have no interest in it?? Could have fooled me. Nothing put you off McInnes? You just ignoring the Compensation and the poor financial results last week. That’s just a start.
What’s your problem? Really, what is it?
No issues but to say you have no interest who gets the job is clearly nonsense. You certainly have not came across like that.
There has been a betting debate on McInnes – that’s my only interest. I don’t support Rangers or Celtic as you should know.
@sand – erm, what ?
Maybe heart over head but I’ll be taking the 16/5 about NI this evening. They’re always up for the big game and if they approach this game with the same attitude as they did in the Euros then I fancy them sneaking a 1-0 victory. Plus I don’t think the Swiss are all that!
Mr F, you need to pop an ‘N’ in front of ‘Ireland’ in your preview. Just saying like, have heard some people get a touch tetchy over such matters ?
In-play:
Tanta v Haras el Hedoud:
Tanta second goal 20/21
Tanta to qfy 9/4
Good luck!
Treble
Croatia v Greece – Ht draw
Finland v Estonia – No btts
Real Madrid basket
@5.18
Add
Romania v Turkey – Ht/Ft – draw/draw
@23.33
UEFA Champions League Women 17:30
LSK Women vs Man City Women – Man City Women -1.0 Asian handicap
International Match 18:15
Romania vs Turkey – over 1.5 MG’s
International Match 19:45
Scotland vs Holland – over 4.5 first half Asian corners
Treble 4.14/1 Bet365 **NAP**
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UEFA Champions League Women 18:00
Stjarnan Women vs Slavia Prague Women – over 2.5 MG’s
Europe – World Cup Qualifying 19:45
Croatia vs Greece – Greece team performance under 5 pts
Double 11/5 Bet365 **NB**
Good luck all
thanks man.. @bullseye took your tip on man city W 1:0 handicap
got on it just in time @2.45..
if only we knew it would become a mauling (0:5)
Cheers Crane , Was on your Nap, 3 quick corners in Scotland game set it up well. in by 30 min.
Sorry Bullseye I meant you!
Long shot: Paradou AC U21 to win @ 13/2.
Safer bet: Paradou AC U21 double chance @ 6/5
**Lost**
Poor showing from Paradou who have peppered the oppositions goal!
Uruguay Double for Tonight
Rampla Juniors over 2.5mgs
Altetico Fenix btts
Double Returns 21/10
Slovenia U21s btts & overs 3.5mgs 5/2
Away to Belfast in morning for a drunken weekend so probably wont be on
Good luck everyone
Liking the viewpoint on the Croatia v Greece game.
Afternoon gents,
It’s been a cracker of a week and looking to carry that on into Thursday’s games – it won’t be on the WCQ games though…prices tighter than a camel’s arse in a sandstorm so will be leaving well alone.
ATLETICO MINEIRO VS. ATLETICO GO (2200 KO):
OK, so GO are pretty damn poor but they have managed to net in just under 80% of their last 9 games!
A look at the last 6 H2H’s looks magic at first glance but the majority are historic with only the July fixture being within what I’d class as a meaningful timescale…that said, it still means that 5 of the last 6 H2Hs saw both teams netting and it does paint a historic picture which varies little in the top Brasilian divisions.
BTTS…EVENS
???
Best of luck.
Atletico Go scored after 5 minutes. Great start mate
Early morning/afternoon acca (all over 2.5mgls):
Sporting Goa v Dempo ❌??
Bin Duong v Song Lam ??✔
Kokand v Bunyakdor ??✔
Cambodia v Myanmar ??✔
Bayer Leverkusen v Duisberg ??✔.
Austria Lustenau v Will ❌??
Chievo v Mantova ??✔
Torino v Chieri ??✔.
Pays 35/1 (Bet365)
6 out of 8 (couple of goals short) ❌??
Both tonights WC play-off games to be U2.5 @evens seems quite generous but I’m going to bank on these games being even more boring.
Both WC play-offs to have U2.5 mg and U10 corners @5.17/1 (1pt double)
Add
Seattle Seahawks v Arizona Cardinals U43 points for a 9.49/1 treble (1pt).
Gl all
Have chanced a point on the u21 game in Sweden, kicking off in 5 mins;
Djurgardens u21 v Elfsborg u21
Over 1.5 FHGls
EVENS
1 POINT
*Lost* 1 goal only
cheers chaps, needed a nice lift after having a poor weekend…………….
Well done Craneguy ???
Has anybody opened an account with an online bookmakers called bookee which is only used through the apps? I’ve put money in to place a bet which lost, and they matched my stake with a free bet, I done a acca on a few teams which all have come in and waiting on Man City’s next game. Now all of a sudden they want me to send them a photo ID and a letter with my name on it by tomorrow otherwise they will close my account! Can they do that if I don’t respond or is it some kind of scam?
No direct experience of them, but looking at reviews online and on the app store they seem legit – asking for the photo ID and letter is becoming standard procedure for most bookies now, the forced closure of account by tomorrow seems very extreme though, not exactly a lot of notice is it… could be a way of them trying to avoid a pay out for your acca. Sounds legitimate but also rather tight.
They can do whatever they want,didn’t like their setup which I found poor,before I ever deposit money I always send my details first&get confirmation as peace of mind,just send them your details,you should have them as most online bookies need them apart from a few(royal panda,toals never ask),hope you sort it
It’s standard practise now – they have to make sure you are who you say you are.
In-play Poland U20 v Portugal U20 – Poland to win 3/1 Bet 365
Not touching the Netherlands game. This is the worst Dutch squad I have seen in my lifetime.
It’s under 2 asian goals in the WC play-off games for me, 2 singles and the double.
With the squad Scotland have picked mr o, Holland should win about 8-0
Haha. The papers here are talking about a game between “de lamme en de blinde”, which means something like a game between the cripple and the blind.
Haha ?
Over here even fellow pros from the spfl are slating some of selections for the squad
Started well though and should be 2-0 up.
No sure we should be taking much notice of what Kris Boyd says though!
I tend to agree with a lot of it sand. Jack McLean Christie shinnie Berra Paterson Cummings Hanlon are all decentish at Spfl level but nowhere near good enough for international standard at the moment
It can’t help that below Celtic, teams are championship standard or below.
Players like Louis moult score regularly up there and I saw him struggle to hold down a place at wrexham in the conference.
As for the rangers job why would anyone want it, they are where they should be, challenging for 2nd 3rd or 4th.
sacking managers because they lag behind Celtic is ridiculous as considering what’s happened to rangers in recent history they are many years away from challenging Celtic on a regular basis.
If I was McInnis I would stay put and not get involved with the circus at ibrox.
If you think no one wants the Rangers job you don’t know Scottish football.
As for Moult you’ve said it before – but can players not improve?
Wait and see how he does when he moves in January – probably back to England.
MY MEANING IS THE RANGERS JOB IS A POISON CHALICE.
NEVER SAID NO ONE WANTED THE JOB.
Rangers job just now is a difficult but it’s certainly not a “poisoned chalice”.
Some of players you mention I agree but on the other hand how do you find out if they are international worth if they don’t get an opportunity? Felt one or two of them did ok tonight. Strachan picked too many championship players just cus they played there. Also found it hilarious Boyd was saying what he did as he was never good enough for Scotland!
The big mistake was playing Phillips up top – once Griffiths was out he should have called up Martin or even started Cummings.
We’ll be better with the likes of Griffiths, Brown, Armstrong, Morrison and Darren Fletcher in there.
bit late on tonite and one game ko’d and 0-1 stjarnen w at ht
NI & Croatia unders just over evens
added stjarnen w overs 2/1
not going daft as got completely mugged last month on WCQ’s
GL all with a bet on…………………..
Evening,
Croatia v Greece k.o 7.45
Ivan Perisic booking in 90mins.
3/1 skybet Goodluck.
MINT…
Evening,
Croatia v Greece k.o 7.45
Ivan Perisic booking in 90mins.
3/1 skybet Goodluck.
MINT…?lost
stuck these 2 lucky 15 punts on in shop today, mite be no far away an get a turn aff them……………
all 4 WCQs 1st legs draw £15 returns approx. £338.80
all 4 1st legs u1.5mgs £30 returns approx. £314.00
time will tell……………….
Delay ags 11/4
Delay ags 11/4
I’m on wee RAB double, £2.30 for £63
Goal & 4+ corners each half at Scotland Holland
Croatia to score 2+ & take 9+ corners
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Got Croatia Holland Swiss & Sau Paulo in a line in shop tae plus longshot 3-1 for Holland/Swiss £1 singles 50p double
Decent start for RAB double but goals probably let me down as usual
Good to see KT, future captian for the next 10+ yrs getting the band plus McGinn & Mcgregor starting together tae. So far so good but the Dutch don’t look bothered their arse, either that or they’re as bad as their results the last few years ?
They don’t look interested and fair enough. Friendlies are a waste of time.
Can’t see what all the fuss about McGinn is about tbh. Seen him about half a dozen times this year so far and the clamour to get him in a Scotland shirt is way over the top atm. Bout 7th or 8th choice imo.
Experimental squad the nite but for a fair few of them it should be their first and or last taste of international football. Nowhere near good enough
This new Nations League carry on maybe no a bad thing even if I hardly understand it, at least the friendlies won’t be pish for betting…yi hope ?
He’s young and is seen as the man to take over from Scott Brown but has a long way to go, Hibs will be for 3M I think
I am on my 4th bottle of Heineken, but I made it to half time without switching the channel
I like McGinn but he’s still young – a Clydebank boy too.
He has promise but needs a move sharpish to fulfil that promise.
Two good picks tonight Mr F.
Cheers, could have taken both to win but played it safe.
bit late on tonite and one game ko’d and 0-1 stjarnen w at ht
NI & Croatia unders just over evens LOST
added stjarnen w overs 2/1 LOST
FFS no even ht either…………….. sakes……………
Croatia going for it, plenty of time on the clock
Going for;
Over 5.5 mgls
2.10
3 POINTS
Could be a good shout Alex as look like Croatia wanna finish this tie in 1st leg & Greece need goals too
Hopefully both will nick a goal or two DC. Good luck if you follow
Depay ags 11/4 **WON**
Nice ?? ??
Anyone who has got all sports channels on sky or BT must be mad. IPTV is tge way to go £70 a year
Boxing on last week plus fitba in FHD, no that I’ve got a tele that gid but still a better picture than HD
Is it a smart box u buy online alves ?
Im interested also Alves,what kind of box would i need to buy??
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Haha no a smart box, I had a android box but even modbro was hit and miss on that, if you have a firestick the guy just took the code after installing IPTV on it and after wee trial it was on £70 a year and I watch the PPV without any cuts, maybe 30 seconds behind or so but for £70 a year can’t complain. That’s less than a month on sky ?
yeah i have it as well, class value for money, insane ammount even bien sports etc for obscure stuff
It’s ideal and for £70, a bargain. Anyone wants one I can pass details on. Message on fb or if Paul can give my details
Craig
Only problem with that is,you need a phone line & wifi for a firestick,so still need to pay for that every month.
Thursday goals tip
Croatia v Greece u3.5mgs
Nireland v Switzerland u2.5mgs
Germany 21s o2.5 tgs
France 21s o1.5 tgs
41/25 bet 365
LOST ❌✅✅✅
Horrendous run on the goals tips continues ?
Bad run will come to an end soon, have been a few unlucky results past few days. How many points for each tip usually Sean?
2.5 pts per tip mate
Cool just wondered. Things will improve, maybe try knock it down to doubles/trebles for a bit if you can get around evens.
11/4 btts in NI game, not watching it though, watching scotland game
??
Needing 3 corners and a goal in sheepland and 3 Croatia corners for longshot
Getting played like a friendly now though after a half decent 1st half, if I never had a bet on this tge NI would be on
I’m totally bias but if that was your team playing Switzerland then why aren’t they down to ten men after 10 mins and if that was a penalty then we should be doing over 2.5 goals for every match I’ve never been so angry since St Terry Henry’s hand ball against the Republic!
Think I’ll book myself in for the snip next time there’s international friendlies on. Has to be less painful than watching 30 guys playing at 20% trying not to get injured
WD nice shout on dutch scorer dc, enjoy Belfast………….
Cheers crane. Will do pal
UEFA Champions League Women 17:30
LSK Women vs Man City Women – Man City Women -1.0 Asian handicap (won)
International Match 18:15
Romania vs Turkey – over 1.5 MG’s (won)
International Match 19:45
Scotland vs Holland – over 4.5 first half Asian corners (won)
Treble 4.14/1 Bet365 **NAP** WON
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UEFA Champions League Women 18:00
Stjarnan Women vs Slavia Prague Women – over 2.5 MG’s (won)
Europe – World Cup Qualifying 19:45
Croatia vs Greece – Greece team performance under 5 pts (lost 9pts)
Double 11/5 Bet365 **NB** LOST
Greece scoring a goal tonight killed the under team performance tally but the main bet landed so happy days. Well done all winners
kin stinker thenite never did a see 5 in Croatia…………. onwards though
fluminense & club nacional btts 5/2
add sao Paulo o1.5mgs, ath mg overs 7/1
Croatia going for it, plenty of time on the clock
Going for;
Over 5.5 mgls
2.10
3 POINTS
*Lost*
Goal short – 5th goal scored nice n early in the second half on 49mins then nothin more for the rest of the game.
Well done all winners.
ooooft ffs craig, that you tryin tae punt barras gear on here……..?
An Atletico GO goal was always going to be the speculative side of tonight’s pick – they’ve just done it in 6 minutes…cover available at 7/1 for no Mineiro goal ?
HULLSHAKER yer some man GO hav actually scored first and early lol let me first to congratulate u as the other goal is a formality.
superb again.
There the equaliser – nice one Hull !! Was in cheers for another cracker
17th minute…1-1 ?
It’s been a cracker of a week and looking to carry that on into Thursday’s games – it won’t be on the WCQ games though…prices tighter than a camel’s arse in a sandstorm so will be leaving well alone.
ATLETICO MINEIRO VS. ATLETICO GO (2200 KO):
OK, so GO are pretty damn poor but they have managed to net in just under 80% of their last 9 games!
A look at the last 6 H2H’s looks magic at first glance but the majority are historic with only the July fixture being within what I’d class as a meaningful timescale…that said, it still means that 5 of the last 6 H2Hs saw both teams netting and it does paint a historic picture which varies little in the top Brasilian divisions.
BTTS…EVENS
???
***WON***
??
??????
Nice Hull Nice.?????
Cheers Guys!! MR F took your SS :) Hullshaker, you freak :) took yours too all together, lovely
Hullshaker,
Well played sir ?
MINT…
Well done Hull
Been a good day………
Cheers Hull, Doubled this with Kelly’s over 0.5 fhg in the Sao Paulo game for 2/1+
Shall take one more in play, given the profits;
Rubio Nu v Libertad Asuncion – Over 3.5 mgls
Athletico Miniero v Athletico GO – Over 4.5 mgls
7/5
2 POINTS
**WON** ✅
Looks good Alex, I’m on double your stake in-play bet – Nu ov 2.5mgls and Mineiro ov 3.5mgls which I’d be surprised if it didn’t land now!
Looks good Alex, I’m on double your stake in-play bet – Nu ov 2.5mgls ?? and Mineiro ov 3.5mgls?? which I’d be surprised if it didn’t land now!
?? LANDED ??
????
VIETNAM – V.LEAGUE 1 – 10am
Quang Nam FC v Than Quang Ninh
2-3 Match Goals
2.05 (Bet Stars)
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SPAIN – SEGUNDA DIVISION – 8pm
Cordoba v Osasuna
2-3 Match Goals
2.025 (Sporting Bet)
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Double 4.10 (Bet Stars)
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Profit/Loss since 18 July: -10.2pts
Good Luck!
National game ov 5.5mgls
Fluminese game ov 0.5mgls
Pays 1.2/1…..
Honduras Progreso v Juticalpa game in-play:
Both teams score/concede plenty!
Ov 2.5mgls 4/7
Ov 3 goal line. 1.925
Good luck!