HOLLAND ARE A BANK JOB

overs for me mate

10 for drink long few hours

they look strong an Robben will play well so think ill be on them also

had 40 on colombia

alos had the double with colombia to qualify , bit gutted about that

hows your luck been mate

unlucky with chile mate

decent one last nite so hoping it continues 2day

Will be tough for the Dutchies in Fortaleza with a 1pm kick off.

Games there so far:

Brazil 0 Mexico 0
Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1
Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3
Germany 2 Ghana 2

In at least two of those games the conditions have (in my opinion) have largely contributed to the final result, with the Europeans (and Uruguay in their first game after doing all their prep at home in the cold) really struggling.

Mexico will have a lot of support too. I can see a shock here.

That was in Sao Paolo. Fortaleza is 3,000km nearer the equator and has been much hotter and much more humid. Conditions will really favour Mexico, believe me.

fair does marychain but still confident that holland get the job done in 90min allbeit in less than ideal conditions

@pug There is only one forumite who makes the big headlines!! LOL! How you pal.....Same as COL, massive bet on HOLL coming up

lol TBB i am good mate.

Just bn playing the koream matches this morning. Waiting patiently for holland match. Glad to see you ase backing them too

i did ansan police,crazy pre game odds movement...almost fixed IMO considering D Cit 1st. Now I took o2.5 in Suwon and Gangwon. 0-0 at the min

I was very impressed with Mexico last time, they toyed with Croatia and wore them out, then went for the jugular and won easily. In this heat i can see them playing a tight game for 60 mins and they going for it.

Evens is a great price for a Dutch win.

LVG says they've fine tuned their strategy to defend against Mexico based on lessons learned against Chile (whom he says are not a lot different in how they play - with better players) and he recced the venue last year so knows what to expect and "that is the reason we tried to get the players to be as fit as possible."

I don't see the Dutch having anything to worry them other than conditions which will also affect the Mexicans (to a lesser extent).

I'm still not convinced about Holland. Why are they suddenly so good?

LvG had 6 months to study the teams in their group and get his tactics spot on. Hence the demolition of Spain.

To be fair Spain could have been 2-0 up and coasting if the wee guy hadn't weirdly tried to chip the goalie inside the box just before RVP made it 1-1.

Spain go 2 up they're in the 2nd round imo - such is football.

In fact if Spain don't play Casillas and Costa they win every game in the group, again just my opinion. It's no fun playing with only 9 men and 2 liabilities.

Are Holland really this good? Personally I doubt it but we shall find out in due course.

The Dutch don't have to adopt the same strategy that the Croats had to employ.

A better side .....?

think the dutch have been put in very short...the mexicans play like a real unit and as much as i see a very close game i fancy mexico to qualify...mexico have only conceded one goal so far this tourney and the goal they gave away was a touch of class...36 on the outright is also insulting...not sure i'd bet them in the 90 but fancy them to get through...shame these 2 teams had to meet so early tbf

croatia a better team than the dutch ffs

i dont think its as good a bet as colombia, but ive had 500 on holland to win in 90 minutes and 200 on the draw. the 200 gets me my money back. so its like a draw no bet bet. the trouble holland may have is will mexico attack them enough for the dutch to tear them apart on the break like they have other teams. maybe not. youd expect mexico to play defensively and try to sneak a 1-0. i really dont buy all this love mexico are getting. wouldnt back em at 200/1 to win the cup myself. theyre ok at what they do, but the only way theyre beating any of the top sides is on penalties or a flukey 1-0 win.

not sure holland are a top side, i backed them for the cup pre-tournie cos i thought 42.0 was a decent shot with the players they have. and theyve looked really good so far. but then theyve done this in some previous tournaments, then totally capitulated out of nowhere. think theyll win comfortably, but as its holland you never quite know for sure. id guess 2-0 or 3-1.

you ruined it with kuyt

Right, I've laid Holland to qualify at 1.54. I'm also doing a dutched lay of all the prominent Dutch players as first goalscorer.

1pm kick off in 36 degree heat
holland will melt in 2nd half imo
extra time and penalties imo