Well I hoped we might go out with a bang but it was more a whimper. Again, I called the winner but got my bets mixed up and it has been a dissapointing tournament.
3 win / 13 bets / 10.5 points staked :: -3.9
That's a pretty big hit so apologies if anyone did follow me. The antepost bets did not [...]

The final is here and a large gap has been filled in the summer. Hopefully the tournament will go out with a decent match as much of the football has been good.
Again I called the semi-final right but made the wrong bet as Spain cruised through.
3 win / 11 bets / 9.5 points staked :: -2.9
I can only see Spain [...]

Well the Germans are through and on a positive note at least we can oppose them in the final. They didn't impress in the group games and have done well in the knockout stages but looked in trouble in both of them. Their defence is not all that and goalie errors in both games have [...]

We have the first semi-final tonight and it's an odd one in that Germany are such a clear favourite to go through, especially in 90 mins. If Harry Redknapp was the Turks manager the phrase 'bare bones' would have been bandied about all week as they are stretched to the limit. I don't think Germany [...]

The semi-finals are just around the corner and it's time to take stock. Sadly things seem to have fallen apart a bit, despite being on the right track.
In the quarters got the winners right in Spain and Russia but sadly neither was a 90 min winner so one was void and the other a loser.
3 win [...]

The bets have been few and far between which is mainly because I have a newborn in the house, lots of visitors and not getting to watch as much football as I would need to make better judgements. We did have another winner, with Italy, although the top goalscorer bets look to be dead in [...]

Another half point collected as Austria managed one point so the saver part of the bet won.
2 win / 4 bets / 3.5 points staked :: +0.6
Today the Holland game looks one to avoid but I like the Italy v France game and I think Italy are worth a bet. They have been unlucky as opposed to France who have [...]

A very small profit yesterday and without that late penalty the Austria 0 points bet would have looked very strong indeed. Oh well. I am tempted by France on draw no bet today but with the defence creaking with Thuramn in the middle cannot be sure enough.
1 win / 2 bets / 2 points staked :: +0.1
Hopefully [...]

All the teams have now played and I'll try to have a few bets. Today in Group B I'm happy to back Poland against Austria as I just think Austria are terrible. Poland qualified above Portugal getting to this tournament and didn't disgrace themselves against Germany. Their left winger seemed to have a terrible game and [...]

It's been a crazy week for me and not had as much time to look at this as I would have liked.
My bets so far would be
++ Austria Total Points Betting Odds - Zero points @ 6 on Boyles/Blue Sq/Skybet (1pt)

++ Austria Total Points Betting Odds - Exactly 1 point @ 4 on Boyles/Betfred/Skybet (1/2pt)
I think Austria are terrible. I [...]