paper-jam world cup gambling challenge: day 11 or something like that
Sport // Jim // 20th June 2006
Hmmmm. My dream of leaving the daily grind for an exotic life of professional gambling is fading faster than the chances of Wembley stadium being finished sometime before the London Olympics Since we last spoke, money has been thrown away on:
- The open goal spurning Podolski getting one for Germany against Poland (oh how I swore at the TV that night)
- Advertising starlet Joe Cole scoring against T&T
- Freak legged brazilian full-back Carlos scoring first against the might of Australia (did you see the state of that free kick, shocking)
All dead losses unfortunately. So now it is up to England to recoup some cash for me. I'm going for moody, moody Michael Owen (5/1) to bang in the first goal against the Swedes, plus I reckon that we will triumph 2-1 against our managers country of origin (at 8/1) despite the fact that we haven't beaten them since 1968 and Sven is putting out a suspiciously weakened side.
My ongoing bet on hulking Italian striker Luca Toni to be the golden boot is looking completely laughable, he looks like he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.
Comments
oh dear. it seems your owen bet has actually caused him to limp off. SATANSATANSATANSATANSATAN.
stevepaperjam : 20/06/2006 22:19:28