The Gamble

With Euro 2008 around the corner, I have decided to go Las Vegas and bet on the potential winners of the tournament, it adds spice to a dish where Steve Mclarens appetiser had left all England fans with a bland and sour after taste. This also gives me a chance to blog my brains out as it always matters more when there is money on it. For the past two weeks i have pondered over the 16 teams competing and have my heart set on putting a bet down on Spain as one of my choices at 5/1. The Liverpool contingent makes La Roja my personal favourites as their speed, technical abilty and the fact that since they havent won anything for more than 40 years makes the Spaniards ideal replacements for England in terms of always hotly tipped but always failing. However, i was hoping this would not be the case as Fabregas,Torres and Co finally prove their worth.

I plan to choose another potential winner to make sure i dont put all eggs in one basket, plus, there are so many potential winners to choose from aswell, with Euro 2004's winners Greece shocking everybody with an unexpected victory to which blows all stereotypical views for this tournament, with Zenits victory in the UEFA CUP, Russias outside chance at 22/1 is in my view generous for a team with European experiance and a team full of young Russians ready to show the world that the Bear has re-awoken.

With 4 days to go i still have sometime to decide as i will probably go with my gut instincts and have some fun with it. Plus if it all goes well, an extra bit of lucre never hurt anyone did it?(Unless your a John Grisham fan). Ill blog daily when the tournament starts to go through the motions of a tournament with hopes of making money off Englands failure just like the FA.