Results for tag: stuart pearce
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 29, 2012 at 02:59:09 PM
[b]This match has plenty of interesting angles, including whether this is the first of many matches for Stuart Pearce as manager and who will be given the captain's armband on the night. Here's how to profit from a not so meaningless friendly...[/b]
As far as friendlies go, this is one of the more intriguing ones.
[b]The job interview[/b]
Irrespective of the result itself, if Stuart Pearce looks the part as England manager, the players respond to him and the Three Lions play a good brand of football, we may have found the man to lead England at Euro 2012, if not for the World Cup qualifying campaign after that. There are good reasons why Harry Redknapp may turn down the chance to manage England this summer or even for the foreseeable future and though the 5-2 defeat on Sunday...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 28, 2012 at 07:30:50 AM
Looking at the results of their first game in charge, the last ten permanent England managers have a combined record of W8 D2 L0, For 22, Against 3.
The last two caretaker bosses have a record of W0 D0 L2, For 0, Against 3.
So it stands to reason that how you view national team coach Stuart Pearce - candidate for the permanent job or mere bench warmer? - will determine your betting strategy for the upcoming England match against Holland.
If nothing else, it will add some interest to what would otherwise be another meaningless international friendly. England might meet Holland at this summer's European Championships but, in the mean time, can we use this logic to come up with some meaningful bets for the Wembley showdown?
The widely held view is that friendlies aren't usually...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jun 15, 2011 at 12:07:34 PM
[u]Ukraine[/u]
Taras Stepanenko, Ukraine's captain, has been ruled out of the tournament by the groin injury he aggravated in his country's defeat to the Czech Republic on Sunday. The right-back Yaroslav Rakitskiy could take Stepanenko's armband and his place as a deep-lying midfielder.
Despite a free-flowing first half with the Czechs, Ukraine's most touted attackers, Yevhen Konoplyanka and Andriy Yarmolenko, were disappointing. Maxym Biliy came off the bench, looked creative and scored. He should start this time.
[u]England[/u]
England's defensive unit kept its shape well against Spain and the individuals within it should now keep their places against Ukraine. The rest of the team cannot be so confident of getting another chance.
Stuart Pearce withdrew his captain, Michael...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jun 10, 2011 at 09:28:34 AM
The Czech Republic (7.0 in the Winner market) are the only nation among the eight now in Scandinavia to have won a Euro U21 tournament since 2000, when the competition was switched to an eight-team format.
England (5.6) reached the last four in 2009 and 2007 and join the Czechs in the tougher of the two groups that comprise this year's competition. Spain, the 3.0 tournament favourites, are also in Group B, which is made up by Ukraine (12.5).
Only two of the four can go through to the semi-finals, where they will play the top pair from Denmark (10.0), Switzerland (11.0), Iceland (12.5) and Belarus (38.0).
[b]Group A[/b]
The hosts are in the easier group, but how much of their edge did they lose by not having to qualify? Friendly football is not usually the right diet for professional...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jun 6, 2011 at 11:11:51 AM
[b]Arise Sir Stuart of Pearce! Psycho's knighthood is in the bag according to the Betfair Contrarian who is backing England to win a tournament in the sport known as soccer, is he off his rocker?!!! Judge for yourself by reading these four finely crafted arguments...[/b]
England's Under-21s haven't won the European Under-21 Championship since 1984, when incidentally they overcame the country perceived to be standing in their way on this occasion, Spain, in the final. However, after missing out on glory so narrowly in Sweden in 2009, the Contrarian is confident of a successful return to Scandinavia as they head to Denmark. Here's why he recommends that you should snap up the 5.3 on Stuart Pearce putting himself in contention for a knighthood...
[i]England came so close last time
[/i]It's...