ENGLAND FANS DESERTING THREE LIONS

June 22, 2010

- Paddy Power England v Slovenia Preview -

England fans are deserting their national team like never before with Paddy Power reporting MORE bets on Slovenia to win the crunch World Cup Group C game.

As is stands 39% of match bets for the game have been on the England win (4/9) but amazingly 42% are on Slovenia (7/1) with the remainder on the draw.

Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: “The patriotic punt is drying up. It’s almost unheard of for England to have less bets on winning a match than their opponent - against Brazil maybe but not a lowly team like Slovenia.”

“The 7/1 for a Slovenia win is proving tempting, perhaps England fans are taking out some insurance against the worst happening. The dark cloud of an England exit would certainly have a silver lining for many punters with some winnings going into their pockets.”

However the good news for the under-fire England squad is that bookies still expect them to do the job in Port Elizabeth. Paddy Power offer 4/9 on England to still qualify for the last 16 and 11/10 to win the group, with odds of 13/8 for the unthinkable to happen and England crash out.

Roo Beauty!

England fans will be hoping cometh the hour cometh the man with a hitherto out of sorts Wayne Rooney finally showing up at the World Cup party. Paddy Power offer 7/2 Rooney grabs the first goal and 18/1 for a hat-trick. It’s 6/4 that Rooney has four or more shots on goal but having lost his cool at the end of the Algerian debacle the hot-headed striker could be ready to explode and is 22/1 to be sent off.

John Terry believes only Rooney and Joe Cole can unlock a defence and the bookie offers 8/1 that both these players score against the Slovenians.

“As It Stands”

With England’s group rivals USA and Algeria playing at the same time there could be many twists and turns for England fans through a nervous 90 minutes. Paddy Power’s latest commentary betting looks at how many times the BBC commentators say “As it stands” during the match, making three times or more the 5/4 favourite.

Will The Don Be Gone?

Paddy Power offer just 12/5 that Capello is still in charge for England’s friendly with Hungary on August 11th with Roy Hodgson the 4/1 favourite to be next manager.

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