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September 9, 2008 by Ben Filed under: Football 

Patriotic Punters Not Convinced By Capello’s England
Are days of patriotic mega-punts over? I hope not. Backing against England has been a gold mine in recent times.

WILLIAM HILL say that there has been a reduction in the level of patriotic punting for England since Fabio Capello took over. ‘At the weekend we were expecting to see a flood of bets for England to hammer Andorra by 5, 6 or 7-0. But it didn’t happen, and the majority of money was for the 2-0 win.

It seems to us that punters have lowered their sights since the McClaren era ended and Capello’s reign began, and that theory is supported by the fact that the biggest bet we have taken for England to beat Croatia is just £500 – whereas the biggest for Croatia to win the match is £572.Obviously, we expect to take far more as the game approaches, but all the signs are that the days of unquestioning England support are over – and the biggest bet so far for England to win the World Cup is just £200 from a punter in Hove, while our total liability for them so far is a mere £45,000.’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, adding: ‘However, expect all that to change big time if they go and win in Croatia!’

WHO’LL PLAY WHOLE GAME?

WILLIAM HILL are betting on whether several named players will play the whole game against Croatia if they start:

Yes-No
Beckham 5/6-5/6
Heskey 1/1-8/11
Lampard 1/8-9/2
Brown 1/6-7/2
Rooney 2/7-5/2

ENGLAND TO DO DOUBLE OVER CROATIA?

ENGLAND are 11/2 with William Hill to beat Croatia twice in World Cup qualifying – but 13/2 to lose both games against them.

Hills are betting on how many points England will take from the two games and also offer 3/1 FOUR points; 11/4 THREE points; 7/1 TWO points; 10/3 ONE point.

HILLS have opened a book on which of the home nations will score most / concede most in Wednesday’s games:

WHO WILL SCORE MOST?
SCOTLAND 2/1
REP OF IRELAND 9/4
ENGLAND 5/2
NORTHERN IRELAND 9/2
WALES 10/1

WHO WILL CONCEDE MOST?
WALES 11/10
NORTHERN IRELAND 5/2
SCOTLAND 11/2
ENGLAND 6/1
REP OF IRELAND 6/1
WILLIAM HILL make Joe Cole 3/1 joint favourite along with Jermain Defoe to top score during England’s World Cup qualifying campaign following his two goals against Andorra.
Hills also offer 10/3 Rooney; 8/1 Lampard; Owen; 10 Gerard; Heskey; 12 Walcott; 20 Beckham; Barry (Others on request).

MICHAEL OWEN is 7/4 with Hills to start in England’s third qualifier against Kazakhstan, 2/5 not to.
ENGLAND are 9/5 to beat Croatia with Hills, who make Slaven Bilic’s side 11/8 favourites with the draw at 15/8.

England are 7/2 to remain undefeated in all their qualifying games with Hills who offer 1/ 4 that they will qualify for the final stages, 11/4 that they will not; 10/11 that they win their qualifying Group and 12/1 that they win the World Cup.

HOW MANY POINTS will England get in qualifying?:
9 or less 125/1
10-14 80/1

15-19 11/2

20-24 8/11

25-29 11/8

30 22/1
Hills are also betting on which England player will be the first carded during the game v Croatia:

No Booking 9/2 ;Ashley Cole 10/1; Wes Brown 12/1; David Beckham 12/1; Wayne Rooney 12/1; John Terry 14/1; Rio Ferdinand 14/1; David Bentley 14/1; Glen Johnson 14/1; Joe Cole 16/1; Gareth Barry 16/1; Frank Lampard 16/1 ;Stewart Downing 20/1; Joleon Lescott 20/1; Wayne Bridge 20/1; Jermaine Jenas 20/1; Jermain Defoe 25/1 ;Theo Walcott 25/1 ;Emile Heskey 25/1; Matthew Upson 25/1 ;Jimmy Bullard 25/1 ;David James 40/1 ;Robert Green 50/1 ;Paul Robinson 50/1
(Bets void on players not starting or coming on after player has been carded)

BURLEY ODDS ON FOR SCOTLAND BOOT

GEORGE BURLEY is 8/11 with William Hill NOT to be Scotland manager when the World Cup finals get underway. Hills offer Evens that he will survive. ‘Scotland’s poor start to their qualifying campaign has put Burley’s long term future in jeopardy’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.

SCOTLAND are now 5/2 to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup with Hills who offer 2/7 that they will fail to do so. They are 6/5 to win in Iceland, where the home side are 9/5 and the draw 11/5.

WALES are now 8/1 to qualify for the final stages of the World Cup with Hills who make them 1/20 not to.

Northern Ireland are 7/1 to qualify, 1/16 not to and Republic of Ireland are 11/4 to make it through, 1/4 not to.

LATEST WORLD CUP ODDS….5/1 Argentina; Brazil; 13/2 Spain; 10 Italy; Germany; 11 Holland; 12 England; 18 France; Portugal; 25 Russia; 28 Ivory Coast; 40 Croatia; 50 Cameroon.

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