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Been putting bits on D.Villa for a while now.
Best team, attacking team, most active goalscorer, takes pens and freeuns and basically loves it. Can’t wait
I Love it when Big Bucks agrees with me!
Sorry Halfway,for confusing you with Nathan! Thanks Nathan for putting me right! You are like my Wingman,seen any suspicious characters lurking lately soldier? Flying under the radar so to speak!! :lol: Armchair Jockey could be the one.
You are the man Nath! 1/5 says you are correct yet again!
Just been through the top 32 in the betfair list. Will do the next 32 tomorrow, and the final batch on Wednesday.
Shortlist of three, none of whom I fancy, so they’re chucked as well!
Betfair [/color:2ux6tw0a] DOB Player
League appearances-goals 09-10
60 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 02-Jun-88 Sergio Aguero
31-12 Too young [/color:2ux6tw0a]
500 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 19-Dec-87 Karim Benzema
27-8 Too young [/color:2ux6tw0a]
23 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 10-Dec-87 Gonzalo Higuain
32-25 Too young [/color:2ux6tw0a]
11.5 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 24-Jun-87 Lionel Messi
35-34 Too young [/color:2ux6tw0a]
12 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 24-Oct-85 Wayne Rooney
32-26 Price too short [/color:2ux6tw0a]
160 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 10-Jul-85 Mario Gomez
29-10 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
75 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 04-Jun-85 Lukas Podolski
? Out of form? [/color:2ux6tw0a]
19.5 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 05-Feb-85 Cristiano Ronaldo
29-26 Price too short [/color:2ux6tw0a]
60 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 14-Jul-84 Nilmar
33-11 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
16.5 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 20-Mar-84 Fernando Torres
22-18 Price too short [/color:2ux6tw0a]
42 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 05-Feb-84 Carlos Tevez
33-23
55 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 25-Jan-84 Robinho
10-0 Out of form [/color:2ux6tw0a]
60 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 23-Jan-84 Arjen Robben
24-16
85 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 12-Aug-83 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
21-7 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
24 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 06-Aug-83 Robin Van Persie
16-9 Price too short [/color:2ux6tw0a]
170 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 07-Apr-83 Franck Ribery
19-4 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
90 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 07-Oct-82 Jermain Defoe
32-18
48 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 05-Jul-82 Alberto Gilardino
33-15 Not quite prolific enough [/color:2ux6tw0a]
60 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 22-Apr-82 Kaka
22-8 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
600 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 17-Feb-82 Adriano
13-13 (2010) Not in 23 man squad [/color:2ux6tw0a]
9.6 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 03-Dec-81 David Villa
32-22 Price too short [/color:2ux6tw0a]
70 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 30-Jan-81 Peter Crouch
32-7 Not prolific [/color:2ux6tw0a]
14.5 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 08-Nov-80 Luis Fabiano
22-15 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
140 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 22-Jul-80 Dirk Kuyt
37-9 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
280 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 21-Nov-79 Vincenzo Iaquinta
Injured Oct09-Mar10 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
70 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 19-May-79 Diego Forlan
33-18 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
75 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 14-Mar-79 Nicolas Anelka
33-11 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
85 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 20-Jun-78 Frank Lampard
36-22 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
42 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 09-Jun-78 Miroslav Klose
18-1 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
36 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 11-Mar-78 Didier Drogba
32-29 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
65 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 13-Oct-77 Antonio Di Natale
28 goals total Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
80 [/color:2ux6tw0a] 17-Aug-77 Thiery Henry
19-4 Too old [/color:2ux6tw0a]
Good to see a few more posts re the WC.
Ivory Coast
One team who has been written off by the majority of pundits is Ivory Coast. The main reason for this is that they have been drawn in the same group as Brazil and Portugal and most people can’t see past those 2 teams.However, while Brazil are almost 100% guaranteed a place in the 2nd round, Portugal are most definitely not. Struggled through qualifying (just got 2nd in group and then arguably drew the weakest team in the playoffs) I think they are very very beatable.
One statistic from all the World Cups to-date is that they have all been won by either a team from that continent or Brazil (1958, 1994, & 2002)
With all that in mind I can see the Ivory Coast doing a job on Portugal in their opener and finishing 2nd in this group.
With North Korea in their group it may also be worth having a look at a couple of Ivorians in the top scorer market.
And in terms of top scorers and Ivorians there is only one place to start and that’s Didier Drogba. Top scorer in this season’s Premier League, Drogba also has a phenomenal international record with 43 goals in 66 caps. At 33/1 (each way 1,2,3,4,5 with SkyBet) Drogba is well worth a bet IMO.
Another Ivorian who plays at Stamford Bridge is Saloman Kalou. Not renowned for his scoring prowess at Chelsea (despite a hat-trick on the last day of the season against Wigan), his record for Ivory Coast is a bit better however with 11 goals in 27 matches and at 320 on Betfair, he could be worth a couple of throwaway pounds/euros.
These are the domestic league stats for the previous season for Golden Boot winners:-
League Appearances-Goals
26-25 Klose
10-7 Ronaldo
29-10 Suker
47-23 Salenko
30-38 Stoichkov
30-15 Schillaci
41-30 Linekar
*3-1 Rossi
34-28 Kempes
? Lato
33-38 Muller* 3 year ban for match-fixing reduced to 12 months.
Don’t have any figures for Lato for 1973-74, but he was the league topscorer in 1972-73.
Suker had scored 24 goals in the season before this one.
Had a very rare bad day at work on Tuesday, and I’ve also done a lot of sleeping the past couple of days, so there was a bit of a hiatus.
Figures are domestic league appearances, 2009-10, and domestic league goals.
410 [/color:2eaya7r6] 02-Sep-89 Alexandre Pato
20-12 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
430 [/color:2eaya7r6] 16-Mar-89 Theo Walcott
23-3 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
620 [/color:2eaya7r6] 15-Oct-88 Mesut Ozil
31-9 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
140 [/color:2eaya7r6] 16-Jan-88 Nicklas Bendtner
23-6 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
130 [/color:2eaya7r6] 17-Dec-87 Liedson
27-13 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
300 [/color:2eaya7r6] 04-May-87 Cesc Fabregas
27-15 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 14-Feb-87 Edison Cavani
? Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
150 [/color:2eaya7r6] 24-Jan-87 Luis Suarez
33-35 Sod the age, look at those goal stats [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 13-Oct-86 Gabriel Agbonlahor
33-13 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
700 [/color:2eaya7r6] 11-Jul-86 Younn Gourcoff
28-6 Too young [/color:2eaya7r6]
290 [/color:2eaya7r6] 05-Dec-85 Andre-Pierre Gignac
31-8 Not prolific [/color:2eaya7r6]
420 [/color:2eaya7r6] 05-Aug-85 Salomon Kalou
23-5 Not prolific [/color:2eaya7r6]
240 [/color:2eaya7r6] 02-Aug-84 Giampaolo Pazzini
37-19 In 30 man squad. 23 man squad announced 1st June? [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 11-Jun-84 Vagner Love
3-3 (2010)
430 [/color:2eaya7r6] 04-Mar-82 Landon Donovan
?
130 [/color:2eaya7r6] 16-Aug-81 Roque Santa Cruz
19-3 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
75 [/color:2eaya7r6] 10-May-81 Humberto Suazo
39-17 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
260 [/color:2eaya7r6] 18-Apr-81 Milan Jovanovic
22-10 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
95 [/color:2eaya7r6] 10-Mar-81 Samuel Etoo
32-12 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
170 [/color:2eaya7r6] 25-Sep-80 Nikola Zigic
? Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 17-Aug-80 Daniel Guiza
33-11 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 05-Aug-80 Salvador Cabanas
Shot Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 03-Jun-80 Amauri
27-5 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
170 [/color:2eaya7r6] 30-May-80 Steven Gerrard
33-9 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
160 [/color:2eaya7r6] 23-May-80 Theofanis Gekas
? Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 14-Dec-79 Michael Owen
19-3 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
320 [/color:2eaya7r6] 15-Jul-79 Alexander Frei
19-15 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
440 [/color:2eaya7r6] 11-Jan-78 Emile Heskey
31-3 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:2eaya7r6] 26-May-77 Luca Toni
13-5 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
10 [/color:2eaya7r6] 26-Sep-76 Michael Ballack
32-4 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
670 [/color:2eaya7r6] 29-Aug-76 Jon Dahl Tomasson
17-8 Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
500 [/color:2eaya7r6] 07-Nov-73 Martin Palermo
? Too old [/color:2eaya7r6]
1000 [/color:4lbyl9mp] 05-Aug-80 Salvador Cabanas
Shot Too old [/color:4lbyl9mp]
I like the way that "Too Old" sealed the deal for you here Gerald!
Good work there Gerald. Have you come across Oscar Cardozo yet? I’m starting to worry about his well-being in the squad.
Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
I’m not doing anything special, just looking them up on Wikipaedia, Nathan. Every player so far has a page.
Cardozo born 20 May 1983, so he’s 27. 28 League games for Benfica last season, and 26 league goals.
What I haven’t been doing is checking whether they are in the squads, either provisional or official.
130 looks good. Have just chucked a tenner at it myself. With those number of goals for Benfica surely he must be playing, unless injured?
He was named in the provisional but wasn’t included in the squad for the friendly with Ireland the other day. Don’t know when the cut is for the final squad but Paraguay still have two warm up matches to play. If the manager rates Santa Cruz better than this guy he must be a lunatic.
Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
Okay, this is the final batch. Have done all 106 in the betfair market. Presumably there’ll be a few changes to the market next week, after the squads are announced.
580 [/color:2828p5cf] 06-Nov-89 Jozy Altidore
28-1 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
540 [/color:2828p5cf] 13-Sep-89 Thomas Muller
34-13 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 13-Mar-89 Marko Marin
32-4 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
200 [/color:2828p5cf] 01-Jun-88 Javier Hernandez
28-21 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
570 [/color:2828p5cf] 28-Apr-88 Juan Mata
34-9 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 16-Apr-87 Aaron Lennon
22-3 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 25-Mar-87 Victor Obinna
26-4 Too young [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 19-Dec-86 Ryan Babel
25-4 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
540 [/color:2828p5cf] 17-Nov-86 Nani
23-4 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 09-Nov-86 Prince Tagoe
11-2 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
550 [/color:2828p5cf] 22-Nov-85 Asamoah Gyan
? Not prolific for Club, but okay for Ghana [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 10-Jul-85 Park Chu-Young
20-8 Not picked? [/color:2828p5cf]
320 [/color:2828p5cf] 26-Feb-85 Fernando Llorente
37-14 Not quite prolific enough [/color:2828p5cf]
350 [/color:2828p5cf] 13-Nov-84 Lucas Barrios
33-19
570 [/color:2828p5cf] 28-Oct-84 Obafemi Martins
16-5
430 [/color:2828p5cf] 01-Aug-84 Bastian Schweinsteiger
33-2 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
270 [/color:2828p5cf] 09-Jun-84 Wesley Sneijder
22-4 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
510 [/color:2828p5cf] 06-Feb-84 Darren Bent
38-24
600 [/color:2828p5cf] 25-Jan-84 Stefan Kiessling
? Scored 16 goals in 14 games uptil end of Nov [/color:2828p5cf]
530 [/color:2828p5cf] 28-Nov-83 Nelson Valdez
? Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
130 [/color:2828p5cf] 20-May-83 Oscar Cardozo
28-26
660 [/color:2828p5cf] 09-Mar-83 Clint Dempsey
29-7 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
460 [/color:2828p5cf] 16-Dec-82 Stanislav Sestak
?
460 [/color:2828p5cf] 22-Nov-82 Yakubu
21-5 Not prolific [/color:2828p5cf]
520 [/color:2828p5cf] 18-Jun-82 Marco Borriello
26-14
300 [/color:2828p5cf] 12-Dec-81 Pedro
18-1 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 29-Sep-81 Shane Smeltz
25-19 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
740 [/color:2828p5cf] 06-Sep-81 Soren Larsen
7-5 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
300 [/color:2828p5cf] 27-Mar-81 Cacau
? Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
550 [/color:2828p5cf] 02-Jan-81 Maxi Rodriguez
31-3 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
550 [/color:2828p5cf] 26-Nov-80 Aruna Dindare
? (19-8 loan) Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
850 [/color:2828p5cf] 24-Oct-80 Matthew Amoah
? Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 11-Apr-80 Keiji Tamada
27-8 (2009) Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 21-Mar-80 Ronaldinho
36-12 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 08-Mar-80 Mohammdou Idrissou
? Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
510 [/color:2828p5cf] 06-Dec-79 Tim Cahill
33-8 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
40 [/color:2828p5cf] 12-Jun-79 Diego Milito
35-22 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
330 [/color:2828p5cf] 15-Sep-78 Marko Pantelic
25-16 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
770 [/color:2828p5cf] 12-Nov-77 Benni McCarthy
19-1 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
530 [/color:2828p5cf] 17-Oct-76 Sebastian Abreu
10-3 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
1000 [/color:2828p5cf] 07-Feb-75 Rafik Saifi
17-4 ? Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
850 [/color:2828p5cf] 09-Oct-73 Carlos Pavon
34-19 Too old [/color:2828p5cf]
There’s a few here that I’ll have a second look at.
Continuing the Paraguay topic, Lucas Barrios is ex-Argentine, and obtained Paraguayan citizenship in March, and scored recently against Ireland, on his international debut.
Cardozo was exceptional for Benfica all season long. It was just a shame he missed some crucial chances against Liverpool in the first leg of the Europa League tie, and even in that game he scored two penalties. Everything Benfica did relied upon him. He’s too good to be staying there imo.
And how can anyone mark Diego Milito down as too old after the Champions League final? We’re dealing with humans, not a Prix De l’Arc De Triomphe where a 3yo will win almost every year.
Sorry Halfway,for confusing you with Nathan! 
Thanks Nathan for putting me right! You are like my Wingman,seen any suspicious characters lurking lately soldier? Flying under the radar so to speak!! 
Armchair Jockey could be the one. 
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