UEFA - Europa League Qualifiers

Slim · 07-02-09, 09:21 AM

What are these exactly?

jayc88 · 07-02-09, 09:23 AM

paver is sharp , he knows his stuff

pavyracer · 07-02-09, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by Slim

What are these exactly?

Soccer games. The small country teams of Europe play qualifiers for the first couple rounds until the big teams of Europe join them later.

mariomonte · 07-02-09, 10:32 AM

You should handle those matches with care, though.
Those early UEFA rounds show about as many "surprising" results as Singapore's soccer league.

Wilforth · 07-02-09, 10:59 AM

Pavy,

My problem with these Europa games is that they involve so many unfamiliar teams, which makes it difficult to cap them.

Karayilan9 · 07-02-09, 11:02 AM

Ok, I have some late info that Trans Narva @ +1000 could get something from this game, try a Win/Draw +0.5 @ +400 or +1 @ +250, the game starts right now.

There already loosing lol forget them.

Phillth · 07-02-09, 11:05 AM

what else are you looking at today Kara?

Karayilan9 · 07-02-09, 11:32 AM

To be honest I don't really like these games, the odds don't reflect the risk, these are bad teams playing worse teams. If anything Rosenburg and Helsingborgs should win by a margin, their opponents are verging on amateur football levels.

Phillth · 07-02-09, 11:58 AM

Yeah insane chalk on those two. My book doesnt offer goal lines on these matches. I ended up taking:

New Saints +350
Haladas -280

My method here was checking out the fifa ranking of the national team for the respective club and trying to find value. I think there was a 100 rank difference between Hungary and Kazakhstan. With hungary being a top 50 nation and Haladas at home i thought id take a shot. Wales is ranked 26 spots higher than iceland and the new saints kicked ass domesticaly with a +52 GD. We'll see what happens

yisman · 07-02-09, 12:36 PM

Zimbru down 2-1 late.

They'll lose, and Keflavik got pummeled.

Wilforth · 07-02-09, 02:28 PM

Originally posted by Phillth

My method here was checking out the fifa ranking of the national team for the respective club and trying to find value. I think there was a 100 rank difference between Hungary and Kazakhstan. With hungary being a top 50 nation and Haladas at home i thought id take a shot. Wales is ranked 26 spots higher than iceland and the new saints kicked ass domesticaly with a +52 GD. We'll see what happens

That's not a bad idea, but capping inter-club games based on national FIFA rankings isn't such a smart idea, IMHO. In the case of TNS, they're actually the better team, but we're getting a generous line on them today simply because
1) they have a poor record in European games and
2) they're on the road.

BOL on your picks.

yisman · 07-02-09, 02:29 PM

The distillery is getting pummeled, so pavy gets one back.

4-0 at the half. Goals at 11, 21, 34, and 38.

Looks like 1-3, though, as Sligo is headed for a loss.

Wilforth · 07-02-09, 02:40 PM

LLanelli currently has the lead over Motherwell. I'll be pissed off if Llanelli either wins (+1000) or draws. It was one of the upsets I was eyeing today but eventually passed on it.

Phillth · 07-02-09, 04:02 PM

Yeah i was think of laying down 1u on anything better than +550 for this first round of play. unfortunately i didnt have the ball to pull the trigger. not really my style

sportscapper · 07-02-09, 04:23 PM

So far I've picked 19 different categories. I could've added poker, but it's pointless to pick poker