Hi all, We're convinced Muller (unsurprisingly) is going to win but as a little more of an edgier prediction, look for Marc Janko of Austria who is a huge price (decimal odds 17) to place in the top 4 for goldenboot. The FC Basel man averages a goal every other game at International level and will be ably supported by the likes of David Alaba and Marko Arnautovic. The strange quirk in this section is that, if all the other groups go to form, the runner-up looks likely to have a more favourable draw than the winners http://blog.betminds.com/euro-2016-golden-boot-market-analysis/
Higher than people think. He is an underrated player and can cause great damage. It depends on how far Ukraine go I suppose.
Estonia is a team substantially lower in level than any team Portugal will face in the EURO. Just saying.
Scoring has been down thus far. We have played most first day matches and only Bale has scored of all those mentioned in the poll. It may just be a lucky player who scores a wayward and unexpected hat-trick to win this whole thing unless scoring markedly improves.
I could see Germany scoring a bunch against No. Ireland and likewise France against Albania. So still think Mueller is the favorite, and a French player is also a good bet at this point. Lewa and Ibra probably out of the running already though. If they were going to win the golden boot, they surely had to get a couple against the easiest opponent they'll face.
Actually Lewy plays better when he has more room on the field and that's gonna be the case with stronger teams. Northern Ireland had like 2-3 guys on him all the time. That's why Milik had so many chances to score in this game. And Ibra? hmmm I did not expect Sweden to be so weak. One guy team, really. If he has a good day they can win but other than that...
Yeah, I'm looking forward to see Lewa against that German defense. He'll create some problems I think.
BTW, we finally have a scorer of more than 1 goal. Romanian Stancu has now scored 2 goals. Both from the spot.
Best players of Round 1. Some others were left...Italians who blocked Belgium completely. At least one defender should be there. This UEFA squad achieved a lot of critical tones.
This is the best round 1 squad: -Bale-Szalai- -Hoolahan- -Alba-Modric-Kroos-Payet- -Chiellini-Bonucci-Sivok- -Halldorsson-
Yea I don't get it. Bonucci surely had a better round 1 then all those other defenders and not sure how Ronaldo makes it either
This is all about Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid Champions League fame. They think that people observe those teams only, so they wanted to highlight once again who plays at UEFA competition. So that we don't ask ourselves, why is this competition weaker than the Champions League. Some players are completely forgotten here: Chiriches, Skrtel, Hamsik, Weiss, Darida, Nainggolan, Barzagli, Chiellini, Bonucci, Robbie Brady, Luka Modric, Danilo, Joao Mario, Ricardo Quaresma, Danny Rose. Ricardo Quaresma showed more dynamics than Ronaldo. Even though Belgium was completely stopped, Nainggolan was the main threat for Buffon, he was motivated, because he plays in Italy. Nainggolan made what Hazard, Witsel should do. Bonucci assisted to Giaccherini with precision and ball softness, it was around 40 meters. Weiss and Hamsik mixed with their attacks often. Gareth Bale showed his free kick quality, I don't see his rugby style running like in Real Madrid. People will say, that his Welsh players are weaker than in Real Madrid, so Bale doesn't have such freedom...sacrifice the beauty for defence. Free kicks were amazing in technical sense, especially the first one. Hart could prevent the last one. My top 11: 4-2-3-1, Round 1 Hannes Þór Halldórsson / Ramos, Bonucci, Pique, Alba / Modric, Nainggolan / David Silva, Nani, Payet / Pelle Round 2, players which could participate among better ones: Chiriches, Sapunaru, Rami, Payet, Weiss, Hamsik, Skrtel, Walker.