Women's Field Hockey FIH World Cup 2018

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:36 AM, OlympicIRL said:

 

Which scoreline had the shortest odds?

 

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[dcro 10,210]

I had a dream tonight that Ireland was leading Netherlands 5:1 at the end of Q3.

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:37 AM, heywoodu said:

A1GP  Too bad Ireland won that right in the year when there were fewer and fewer teams and several rounds were cancelled due to a lack of interest, but still  

 

Although I wouldn't count that as a true team sport, just like snooker and golf  

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Yeah but all the best teams still competed, right? Or in other words, shut up

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:38 AM, heywoodu said:

 

 

 

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I don't understand betting. So does this suggest a Dutch win by 2.5 goals is the most likely?

 

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[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:43 AM, OlympicIRL said:

 

Yeah but all the best teams still competed, right? Or in other words, shut up

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Don't mind me, I am just sad it died a slow, painful death because I enjoyed it  

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:44 AM, heywoodu said:

Don't mind me, I am just sad it died a slow, painful death because I enjoyed it  

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It was amazing, my favourite Motorsport event and I am saying that even before we won. I loved it, even my Mam loved it too

 

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:44 AM, OlympicIRL said:

 

I do t understand betting. So does this suggest a Dutch win by 2.5 goals is the most likely?

 

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This says you get 2.28 times your stakes if the Netherlands win while taking the 'handicap' in account. This is usually a half number of goals, so in the case of a Dutch win with one or two goals difference (or of course an Irish win), Ireland +2.5 wins, whereas with a Dutch win by three or more goals, the Netherlands -2.5 wins  

 

Basically in this specific case the bookmakers are saying Ireland is more likely than not for Ireland to keep the difference in check (no more than three goals), but a two goal win for the Dutch team seems the most likely outcome.

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:41 AM, dcro said:

I had a dream tonight that Ireland was leading Netherlands 5:1 at the end of Q3.

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What kind of cheese were you eating last night??  

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:45 AM, OlympicIRL said:

 

It was amazing, my favourite Motorsport event and I am saying that even before we won. I loved it, even my Mam loved it too

 

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It made a lot of Dutch people, including me, hate Jos Verstappen: he was sort of a national hero due to his F1 podium many years before (as only Dutchman ever) and in the A1 he would finally race in Zandvoort. Around 110.000 people got tickets (considering Zandvoort is full to the limits when there's 90.000 people that's quite a lot)....and then the week before the event he was like "nah the team manager didn't pay my salary, I'm not driving"  Luckily his replacement (Jeroen Bleekemolen) had one of the best races of his career and more than made up for Verstappen's "fuck you" in terms of excitement.

 

Anyhow, this is getting a little off topic  

[OlympicIRL 5,543]

  On 8/5/2018 at 8:47 AM, heywoodu said:

This says you get 2.28 times your stakes if the Netherlands win while taking the 'handicap' in account. This is usually a half number of goals, so in the case of a Dutch win with one or two goals difference (or of course an Irish win), Ireland +2.5 wins, whereas with a Dutch win by three or more goals, the Netherlands -2.5 wins  

 

Basically in this specific case the bookmakers are saying Ireland is more likely than not for Ireland to keep the difference in check (no more than three goals), but a two goal win for the Dutch team seems the most likely outcome.

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Cool, thanks for the explanation. 

 

Awaiting a 10-0 drubbing now