Betting.Betfair

December 2, deadline day approaches. The decision on whether football is 'coming home again' looms. England have slipped from their position as favourites - you can back them at 2.2 to stage the [b]2018 World Cup[/b]. The Shrewdies - perhaps influenced by the Betfair Contrarian (insert link) - have switched to the perception that Russia are home and hosed. A miniscule 2.0 now on the finals being played out in the 'giant continent' that is the old Soviet Union. Ambramovich-style billionaires - led by spokesman Viacheslav Koloskov - have seemingly been successful in painting England's bid as 'primitive and comical'. I'm instantly reminded of [b]Michael Palin's[/b] classic Ripping Yarn - Golden Gordon -which paints the extreme portrait of an English Alpha male whose life is totally centred...