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World Cup 2006 Top Goalscorer
On this event, we are offering 4 places with 1/4 odds.  
    Odds
Adriano    11/1  
Ronaldo    11/1  
Ronaldinho    12/1  
Thierry Henry    14/1  
Michael Owen    14/1  
van Nistelrooy, Ruud    14/1  
Hernan Crespo    16/1  
Klose, Miroslav    16/1  
Toni, Luca    20/1  
Shevchenko, Andrei    22/1  
Gilardino, Alberto    25/1  
David Trezeguet    25/1  
Pauletta    28/1  
Torres, Fernando    28/1  
Ballack, Michael    33/1  
Baros, Milan    33/1  
Crouch, Peter    33/1  
Podolski, Lukas    33/1  
Gerrard, Steven    33/1  
David Villa     33/1  
Borgetti, Jared    40/1  
Kuyt, Dirk    40/1  
Lampard, Frank    40/1  
Henrik Larsson    40/1  
Messi, Lionel    40/1  
Tevez, Carlos    40/1  
Vincenzo Iaquinta    40/1  
Juan Riquelme    40/1  
Cisse, Djibril    50/1  
Drogba, Didier    50/1  
Ibrahimovic, Zlatan    50/1  
Kaka    50/1  
Raul    50/1  
Robinho    50/1  
Rooney, Wayne    50/1  
Francisco Totti    50/1  
Walcott, Theo    66/1  
Fonseca, Francisco     66/1  
Kezman, Mateja    80/1  
Zurawski, Maciej    80/1  
Javier Saviola    80/1  
Del Piero, Alessando    100/1  
Frei, Alexander    100/1  
Garcia, Luis    100/1  
Robben, Arjen    100/1  
Viduka, Mark    100/1  
Zidane, Zinedine    100/1  
Cristiano Ronaldo     100/1  
 van Klasnic     100/1  
David Beckham    100/1  
Prso, Dado    100/1  
Joe Cole    150/1  
Marek Heinz    150/1  
John Aloisi    200/1  
McBride, Brian    250/1  
Harry Kewell    250/1  
Matthew Amoah     250/1  
Xabi Alonso    250/1  
Yorke, Dwight    500/1

Henry looks a great bet, especially with France in a relatively easy group. I'd be tempted to put some money on Podolski as well

wow you replied to that wile I was still putting it up :D

Adriano at 11/1 looks very tasty and im gonna put £10 each way  :D  However i dunno if Brazil will play Kaka, Ronaldo, Adriano and Ronaldinho in the same team at the same time.

For longer odds,  Podolski, Lukas 33/1, Raul 50/1  and Torres, Fernando 28/1  arent badly priced

Crouch is 50/1 on b365.

Torres looks a good price because Spain have a pretty easy group.

Still Henry at 14/1 is very good odds

David Villa at 33/1  :thumbs:

Podolski or Ronaldinho both good bets...

well he usually scores a load in these top tournaments .. Milan Baros?

i be tempted by gilardino @ 25/1. italy will do well.

Italy will do well, and I think they've got goals in them. Not a bad bet, I'd be tempted myself.

i got ballack at 50/1 last week

How far do you think the team needs to progress in order for one of their players to have a realistic chance of winning the golden boot ?  Or better still, how many goals are needed to win the golden boot ?

For example, England have a resonably decent chance of getting to the quater finals or beyond.  Its feasable that someone like Crouch or Owen could score at least 3 goals against Trinidad, and could pick up a few goals in the remainder of the games

Holland on the other also have the cabaility of getting to the latter stages of the cup, but its more unlikely for one of their strikers to score shit loads of goals against  Argentina, Ivory Coast and Serbia.

Portugal are playing Angola and Iran, so there should be a resonable chance that Pauletta at 28/1 will bag a few goals

Alternatively you could go for a team who are likely to get to the finals (eg Brazil) and hope that the larger number of games they play will increase their chances of scoring more goals.

Spain have got to play Saudia Arabia,   big chance of scoring goals there

Im gonna stcik £10 on RoboCrouch.

6, 7 or 8 goals is normally golden boot sort of area.

Pauletta is a good shout, likewise Shevchenko or one of the Spanish strikers (Raul/Torres/Villa). Mexico/Portugal/Spain/Ukraine should piss their groups & score loads. Borgetti or Guillermo Franco of Mexico might be a long shot?

6 goals has been enough over the last few tournaments (apart from ronaldo in 2002), Salenko got 5 in one game in 1994, someone like Shevchenko could repeat that against Saudi Arabia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cup_Golden_Boot

I fancy Pauleta to get a few in the group stages and then it depends on how Portugal do from there. Tempted to stick a few quid on, and possibly Henry who should put a few in the group stages.

Crouchy may be worth a punt also, his confidence must be sky high and if he can nick a goal or 2 against Paraguay, I fancy him to net a bagful against T and T.

Can you have an each way on goalscorer?

Wouldn't mind seeing a few quid on Lampard finishing near the top.

Peter Crouch!  :D

Ball Ache is a bloody good shout!

i got a fiver on shevs and david villa both at 25/1

also got a fiver each way on USA to win it  :?

My World Cup gambling has started. Amongst some pretty safe accumulators, i've also predicted the top 2 of each group, and gone for Villa and Podolski for top scorers

Do you know what, I fancy Switzerland as a bit of a dark horse, should do south Korea and Toga with ease, and fancy them for at least a draw against the frogs, and on that basis I they win their group and then get Spain or Ukraine in the next round...fancy Marco Strellar to net a few goals.

 

im not having that one mate

Bet he gets more than David Villa!

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if crouch gets golden boot I will run around swindon naked!

I'll remind you when he does

It wont happen in a million years

But if it did...

My dad has done an accumulator

Poland-Ecuador  -   1             9/10  
Mexico-Iran  -          1            1/2    
Portugal-Angola  -   1            7/20    
Italy-Ghana  -         1             47/100

4 trebles worth £20 each and 1 4-fold accumulator bet for £20

£100 stake,  potential return of £408.89


I'm gonna figure out my accumulator tomorrow, but i'm tempted to bet on the following teams

Poland-Ecuador                             -  1  9/10  
Sweden-Trinidad & Tobago  -           1  1/4    
Japan-Australia  -                              2  6/4    
Tunisia-Saudi Arabia  -                      1  4/5


Not sure how much to stake or what format though.

Any suggestions, tips or comments would be useful.  May have a look at the group betting now actually

you've lost  :oops:

suprised no one has mentioned ronaldo(brazil obviously).i have 40 on him at 14/1 might have stopped scoring at madrid but never stopped for brazil tho

looking good for me so far bo  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

what were ur top 2 teams from each group then?

i have 2 going still. £2 on each.

Brazil   Croatia
Spain   Ukraine
Germany   Ecuador
England   Sweden
Argentina   Holland
Portugal   Mexico
Italy   Ghana

return of £185


Brazil   Croatia
Spain   Tunisia
Germany   Ecuador
England   Sweden
Argentina   Holland
Portugal   Mexico
Italy   czech rep

return of £90

both relying on croatia to beat australia though. tomorrow is D Day.

The mighty Ecuador ruined my bet :x