Archive for October, 2009

Peter Crouch and David Beckham are set for the World Cup

Everyone awaits Fabio Capello’s finalised decision of who he thinks will give England a chance of winning the World Cup in 2010. It appears that England’s 3-0 win over Belarus has helped him on his way as there were several players that really shined through and bookies are becoming more certain that they know who is going to be in the line up.

In particular, after England’s last game, Sky Bet decided it was necessary to re think their odds. One player in particular who benefited from this was Peter Crouch who had his odds shortened dramatically from 4/6 to 1/3 after scoring 2 goals for his country.

A spokesperson from Sky Bet explained, “Crouch’s impressive display last night now probably puts him ahead of the likes of Gabby Agbonlahor and Carlton Cole. As for Beckham, we were already a short price about him making the squad and barring injury it seems very unlikely that he will miss out.”

Although David Beckham has always been at the top of the picking list, there was worry that in the recent years he has strayed to other clubs and may not be ‘fit’ for England, but after being awarded man-of-the-match he is now priced at 2/7.

Odds for the use of sin bins during the world cup


Jack Warner, Vice President of Fifa, has warned that the football governing body will clamp down on those players who dive and fake injuries during the 2010 World cup finals In South Africa. With this is mind sky bet is offering 5/1 that rugby style sin bins are used during the games.

It has been revealed by Warner that Fifa have formed a task force to discuss the introduction of sin bins for offending players. However, sky bet are backing the revolutionary moved not to be made in time for the world cup at 1/9.

The Vice President was not very complimentary with regards to England’s bid for the 2018 World cup, claiming that at the moment England would be a runner up for the world cup hosting race.

However England still remain as Sky bet’s favourite to host the 208 event with odds in at 11/10 with Portugal and Spain coming in as second favourites at 3/1.