Month: August 2013

So the Bundesliga is underway, it has felt like a long time coming. Although it is the third most important league in Europe, it is not exactly one of the most exciting ones in terms of betting on outright winners. In reality it is about as predictable as the Premier League and currently it is dominated by just two clubs: Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Over the last four seasons they have each won two of them and over the last fifteen Bayern Munich has completely dominated.

So the Bundesliga is underway, it has felt like a long time coming. Although it is the third most important league in Europe, it is not exactly one of the most exciting ones in terms of betting on outright winners. In reality it is about as predictable as the Premier League and currently it is dominated by just two clubs: Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Over the last four seasons they have each won two of them and over the last fifteen Bayern Munich has completely dominated.

As you might anticipate the betting odds on these teams are not very attractive. The best odds available currently on Borussia Dortmund are around 15/4, and odds on Bayern Munich are even shorter at 2/5. Odds on all the other teams are longer that 25/1, so if you are happy to make a casino style bet then you might be consider picking one of them. Bayer Leverkusen is priced at 28/1 and from there the odds increase right up to Braunschweig which is priced at 1500/1. Naturally there is always a chance of an upset so you might like to risk your hand.

While you are enjoying the halcyon days of the Bundesliga, an alternative way of spending a little time and hopefully winning a little money is on a fun video slot called “Game On” which is available at every Playtech powered online casino. It is a fruit machine or is it a football themed slot? We can’t decide, but it is certainly a whole lot of fun.

Spin a football boot and you can trigger a footballer themed bonus, spin the World Cup Trophy and win the jackpot, though most of the symbols are retro fruit machine: oranges and cherries, that sort of thing. These retro three reeled slots are certainly making a comeback and this is one of the best.

Australia experienced a poor run of form in the recently concluded East Asian Cup. The team finished with just one point from a possible nine, and there has been a lot of criticism of the manager Holger Osieck.

However, he has said that he can take several positives from this tournament. Australia were defeated 4-3 by China in their final match of the tournament. They began the tournament with a 0-0 draw against South Korea. They were expected to improve as the tournament progressed, but their form only nosedived since the opening match.

Australia experienced a poor run of form in the recently concluded East Asian Cup. The team finished with just one point from a possible nine, and there has been a lot of criticism of the manager Holger Osieck.

However, he has said that he can take several positives from this tournament. Australia were defeated 4-3 by China in their final match of the tournament. They began the tournament with a 0-0 draw against South Korea. They were expected to improve as the tournament progressed, but their form only nosedived since the opening match.

China could have easily won the match by a significant margin had it not been for the goals from Adam Taggart and Mitchell Duke late in the match. Despite this poor showing, Holger Osieck is confident that the team can recover quickly. Osieck resorted to using a number of inexperienced players for the tournament. It is thought that this was one of the reasons for their poor performance, but the manager has said that this international experience will prove invaluable to the less experienced members of the squad.

Osieck also has said that he is extremely impressed with China, who were fully deserving of their victory. Fu Bo has been a caretaker manager for the Chinese national team following the sacking of José Antonio Camacho recently.

“Well, we came to this tournament with a developmental team so if you see the line-up today, one player, [Matt] McKay, has more caps than the rest of the team together. We lacked experience as a group but [to come here and gain experience] was the plan. [We played against] Asian teams that are in full swing, in the middle of their season. Many [of our] players never played at this level with the national team,” said the Australian national team manager.