Just over 3 hours until it gets underway, get the dog walked, get the missus took out for a cheeky nandos. In fact, get it delivered! Order the flowers for the 18th June, 22nd June and 28th June and promise her you’ll never do it again…

There she is, she’s off, she’s away, she’s a freak! 

Fucking put the kettle on…

Surrounding referees

A new rule being added to the tournament is that players that surround referees will be booked, and that only the captain may discuss decisions made on the pitch with the official. This is being done by UEFA in order to dissuade 'mobbing' officials and putting added pressure on their shoulders, creating a more tense atmosphere.

The announcement was made last month, and added that if a nation's captain is their goalkeeper, then a "teammate can be nominated to approach refs" but any other star looking to get a word in will be shown a yellow card.

Yellow card/Red card resets

Cautions from the qualifying stage, both the group stage and the play-offs, are expired going into the tournament, meaning every player will start on a clean slate. In the final tournament, players and team officials will be suspended for the next competition match after two cautions, as well as after the fourth caution.

Cautions from games played in the tournament that have not resulted in a suspension will expire on completion of the quarter-finals and will not therefore be carried forward to the semi-finals. If a player receives a red card, it'll mean a one match suspension for both two yellow cards and a straight red card.

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💰 Punt: Scotland Over 1 Card & Scotland Over 2 Cards
📗 Bookie: Bet365
🎲 Odds: 1.83 (5/6) & 3.75 (11/4)
⚽️ Game: Germany vs. Scotland

There’s been a lot of hype and speculation about the apparent new rule that referees will be enforcing to stop any dissent from the players. The bookmakers seem to be at odds with each other about how it’s going to pan out in reality.

• Bet365 - Over 1 Scotland card @ 1.83 (5/6) & Over 2 Scotland cards @ 3.75 (11/4)

• SkyBet - 20+ Scotland booking points @ 1.40 (2/5) & 30+ Scotland booking points @ 2.10 (11/10)

• Betfair/Paddy Power - Over 1.5 Scotland Cards @ 1.67 (4/6) & 3.20 (11/5)

Despite the uncertainty and understandable scepticism of how strictly the officials will enforce these new rules, I think the Scotland team cards market in particular is worth delving into at the odds on offer with Bet365.

The referee for the opening game of EURO 2024 at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena is Frenchman Clement Turpin otherwise known as the doppelgänger to Arsenal and Belgium forward Leandro Trossard. The card data from recent fixtures Turpin has took charge of can be seen below. He can be reluctant at times to dish the cards out, however, I feel the card line is too low to not get involved. Hindsight’s a wonderful thing though and by 10pm tonight we’ll be asking ourselves, why did we trust that French Frog eating fuck? At least his brother, Dick, wore a mask!

What we’re really here for: Player Card Punts!

• John McGinn to be carded @ 4.33 (10/3) - Betfair/Paddy Power

• Robert Andrich to be carded @ 6.00 (5/1) - Bet365 (9/2 with BF/PP)

• McGinn & Andrich both to be carded @ 24.00 (23/1) - Betfair/Paddy Power

There are similar prices available at most bookies for the bets above. When there isn’t much discrepancy in odds for your bets and even if it’s a touch shorter, I’d advise taking it with Betfair/Paddy Power/Poker Stars solely because of their ‘Super Sub’ rule which means your bet is in with a chance until the final whistle.

I also like the look of Anthony Ralston to be booked at odds of around 6.00 (5/1) or 5.50 (9/2). I’m not entirely sure if he’ll start as he’ll face competition from What’s the Story, Ross McCrorie! But, if he does, he’ll make a nice treble in theory with the 2 chemically imbalanced central midfielders aforementioned.

But you know what they say, God loves a trier…and, Denise Coates/Flutter Entertainment loves a degenerate gambler who’ll add to their millions upon millions in yearly salaries… VAMOS!!!