Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
Schmeichel is talking out of his big fat backside, the bookies decide who's favourite, not Schmeichel, and they have England long odds on.

Maybe I'm reading the wrong papers, but there does seem to be a lot of hot air emanating from the Danish camp, so much that it gives me the impression they're seriously windy about their prospects in this game. It's the quiet ones you need to worry about.
English bookies always slash the odds on anything English as they know lots of English folk will back them, but I'd bet the odds in bookies in other countries aren't the same. Similarly the English press big up English players like they're world beaters. When a foreigner who we've hardly heard of signs for an English club suddenly they're the mutz nutz.
I'm with you in thinking we'll win if we play well (not guaranteed) but I take anything the bookies are offering with a hefty pinch of salt. Same with the media.