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International football friendlies

International football friendlies

I wont be actively trading the international friendlies this evening. There are many things I can predict about how a football match will pan out but doing this on friendlies is much harder and a bit more random. Basically I don’t know if I have an edge.

I also have this issue that I don’t have enough data to these types of matches to make a confident judgement. So I will pass on the opportunity to do so.

This is …

29/02/2012 | By More
International friendlies part 2

International friendlies part 2

If you want evidence to back up my previous post, have a look at the following chart from Albania vs Macedonia. It would be easy to assume you could tell what was going on in this match. But this graph was actually taken at 53 mins into the match at 0-0. The match ended 0-0, go figure!

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17/11/2010 | By More
International friendlies

International friendlies

I can’t offer dramatic insight into these matches this evening.

They are often difficult to price and have a lot of variables that you just can’t take account of. So if you are playing in these matches I would recommend some specualtive plays opposing the obvious. When you look at the teams, the incentive to win is a bit dulled and the underlying players will probably be jumbled around and mixed up. So it’s difficult to get a real handle …

17/11/2010 | By More
Friendlies

Friendlies

Just a short note while watching the England vs Holland friendly, I don’t do friendlies! I like teams to have a specific imperative to win or to score. If such a condition doesn’t exist, I think it makes it much harder to read how the match is likley to play out given any particular scenario.

I am currently a little late preparing the ground for this season proper so you may have to wait a little while before seeing some …

12/08/2009 | By More
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