The Netherlands might not have the standout stars they had at the 2014 World Cup, but Louis van Gaal thinks the overall quality of his squad in Qatar is better.
Van Gaal, who was in typically good humour as he previewed the Netherlands game against Ecuador, led the Dutch to the semi-finals eight years ago.
Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and Stefan de Vrij are the only players who featured in Van Gaal s squad in 2014, with the rest of the Oranje s selection in Qatar being World Cup debutants.
Although their squad lacks the leading lights of Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben that Van Gaal had at his disposal in Brazil, the Netherlands coach thinks his squad of 2022 has more to offer across the board.
With Germany and Argentina losing their firs…
The New Orleans Saints roll into a soggy Lumen Field to face the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football in Week 7.
Seattle is still sorting out life without QB Russell Wilson while New Orleans is off a bye week and anxious to find some consistency after splitting wins and loses in their first five games.
Oddsmakers are giving the Seahawks the points at home but if you’re not interested in the spread or total, luckily bookies have a massive menu of Monday Night Football prop bets.
Here are our top prop picks for Saints at Seahawks on October 25.
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After all that grumbling, Aaron Rodgers is back with the Green Bay Packers in 2022. But what did it cost him? Not $150.8 million, that’s for sure.
The Cheeseheads did send top target Davante Adams to Las Vegas, leaving the NFL MVP to truly earn his money this season. Luckily for Packers backers, a dominant run game and promising defense can help carry the weight in Rodgers’ golden years.
Green Bay’s NFL odds still hold this franchise to a high standard and there’s major pressure on this team to get over its postseason problems and add to A-Rod’s legacy before he’s fed up. The Packers will once again be good but may go about their business in a different way in 2022.
Find out how in our Green Bay Packers NFL bett…
The second week of the preseason kicks off Thursday night as the Cleveland Browns visit Lincoln Financial Field as 3.5-point road dogs vs. the Philadelphia Eagles with a total of 37.5.
With sharp money moving the Eagles’ spread across the -3 to -3.5, is there still room to back the Eagles at home despite the regular starters likely watching from the sidelines?
Find out in my NFL preseason best bets for Browns vs. Eagles on Thursday, August 17.
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Sharp betting syndicates released the Eagles -2.5 and moved that line through the 3 to -3.5. That was on the backs of the Eagles having the much better defense and being much deeper on the defensive line. …
NFL Week 10 odds ring in the second half of the 2023 season.
If this were a movie (and we all know the NFL is scripted, right?), this would be the point at which all that storytelling and character development through the first nine weeks gets flipped on its ear by some crucial conflict that sets the stage for Act 2.
If the NFL odds were “The Dark Knight”, Batman would have just thrown the Joker in jail after that crazy semi truck chase.
If Week 10 was “Titanic”, Jack and Rose would have just fogged up the windows in the back of that old-timey car.
And if this point in the schedule was “The Empire Strikes Back”, Han would be dapping up Lando on the landing platform in Cloud City.
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No matter what you feel about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, it’s safe to say his performance in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Packers last week didn’t change that opinion. The bottom line is Purdy gutted out a must-win game without stud wideout and offensive dynamo Deebo Samuel, who’s still listed as questionable Sunday against the Detroit Lions. His Niners are 7.5-point NFL odds favorites in Sunday’s NFC Championship, as San Fran looks to make their eighth Super Bowl trip, and first since 2020 when they lost to the Ravens. For our purposes, though, I’m sorting through the Brock Purdy odds for the best free NFL picks and predictions, starting with his ability to protect the football.
And if you…
It was another profitable TD week as Roschon Johnson hit (+215), pushing the year’s TD bankroll to 5-7 SU for +3.75 units, and now it’s time to stack some Week 5 TDs.
This week I’m going back to Johnson thanks to his red-zone role and the matchup, betting on the favorite for offensive rookie of the year, and putting my money behind my favorite offensive player through four weeks.
Read more as I break down my favorite NFL picks for touchdowns in Week 5.
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Mikel Arteta pointed to Arsenal’s growing maturity as a key factor in driving their Premier League title challenge ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Brighton.
Victory at the Amex Stadium will see the Gunners finish Saturday back on top of the table with leaders Liverpool not in action until Sunday, as they chase a first league crown since 2004.
At 20 years it is the club’s longest streak without winning the top flight since they were first champions in 1930-31.
Mikel has provided a fitness update on Saka
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The last two decades have seen Arsenal consistently written off as being psychologically lacking when it comes to the title-race home straight.
There have been a number of significant collapses in form, partic…
The new LaLiga season starts this weekend but Barcelona and Real Madrid still have work to do in the transfer market before the big kick-off.
Barca and Madrid have lost much-loved club icons, with Cristiano Ronaldo departing the capital after a hugely successful nine-year spell and Andres Iniesta leaving the Catalan giants for a new chapter in his career in Japan.
Ernesto Valverde s side won the double last season and, on paper, seem to have strengthened more than Madrid, who have strenuously denied they will move for either of Paris Saint-Germain s superstars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
The deadline may be just over two weeks away, but how are Barca and Madrid shaping up in terms of transfers ahead of the new season?
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This is a really interesting match up betseen perhaps the two teams mosat likely to fight it out for that crucial fourth placed spot which of course secures Champions League qualification.
Man City will be delighted with Mancini s start to his career as Manchester City coach, but as was noted early in his tenure, the fixtures list was very kind to him. With nine or ten eminently winnable games to kick off his new job, it was always likely that the blues would march up the league. However, the last cople of results could have been better and there is now talk of just how important it is for Mancini to make fourth spot by the end of the season. Word has it that the board will accept nothing less, and this sort of pressure may just begin to tell on Mancini. Of course they have an …