The World Cup 2010

Decided to give my views on who I think is favourite to win the World Cup 2010 which is less than 2 weeks away now, I think England are going to win and that is who I plan on putting a bet on.I am going through the teams giving each odds and what I think of them.

England - 5/1 I think they have a great all round team and with Rooney up front and a bit of luck on their side they look destine for semi final or further, this is 1 of the best chances they will ever get.
Spain - 6/1 Very good attacking, have skillful players but only thing that goes against them is winning Euro but still will get far.
Brazil 7/1 The name speaks for itself, the passing and skill of these players will prove too much for most teams, shouldn't have problems until later stages.
Argentina 8/1 Very great team with Messi up front they are going to hurt teams, if they calm down their aggression they will do very well.
Portugal 10/1 This side is underated, they are a dark horse who could win, they have some very good players.
Italy 11/1 This side have a great defence, probably the best but if their strikers don't finish they could struggle in the knockouts.
France 13/1 Good side who play well but I just can't see them reaching the final, they don't have as good a team as they previously did.
Holland 14/1 Great midfield and I like watching them play, will reach the quarters but then fail to command games once there.
Germany 15/1 Hardworking team who have the ability to cause problems, I just don't see it happening this world cup.
Ivory Coast 35/1 Very skillful side, will get through group but then struggle afterwards.
Serbia 37/1 This side has became good recently, if only they had an outstanding player they would do really well.
Cameroon 42/1 This team is a joy to watch but sometimes great football doesn't get you anywhere.
Chile 50/1 Good enough side to get through group but they don't rate highly on my books.
Paraguay 60/1 Decent side which could cause a few upsets, not against Brazil though.
USA 65/1 Work hard, play as a team but something is lacking.
Ghana 70/1 They play pretty good football but will struggle against the top 10.
South Africa 72/1 Obviously the hosting helps but really I'm surprised if they scrape out the groups.
Uruguay 80/1 They like to win but doing it and wanting are 2 different things.
Nigeria 85/1 Some of the football is great, they lack defenders and that will be a problem.
Mexico 95/1 They are not good enough and I see them drawing to many games.
Denmark 100/1 They had a really good side at 1 point but things seem to be going downhill for the Danes.
Greece 130/1 Work to the maximum but skill and ability are lacking, they need more quality.
Korea Republic 150/1 They have a few attackers who are good but this team got lucky to be in this.
Australia 180/1 Have good attackers, they don't seem to rise to occasions though.
Switzerland 200/1 Just your average side, I don't recommend putting a bet on this team.
Japan 260/1 This team done well against England in a friendly but well all know friendlies are different from life changing matches.
Slovakia 350/1 How any1 could put a bet on this team is just being silly, well done on getting there though.
Honduras 500/1 This team I have heard of like once in my life so that probably speaks for itself, bottom in group I am guessing.
Slovenia 600/1 This team don't have any real top players in it so they will be in a for a real test.
Algeria 700/1 I guess they got very lucky, I see them losing every game.
Korea DPR 800/1 Never heard of this team and we all know why.
New Zealand 1200/1 Why the hell are New Zealand in the World Cup, no offence guys.

So that is all the teams and my odds predictions.Let me know if you disagree or have anything else to speak about on this topic.

How Warm Has It Been !

Yeah well I am so amazed by how warm it is, I reckon it must have been over 25 degrees today which for Scotland is pretty insane, I am still sitting in my room at home sweating basically lol, what ever happened to that thing called air condition, I need some of that.

My Putting Sessions throughout the weekdays have went pretty well, been doing as much as possible and I am finding my accuracy is improving a lot, I plan on going to driving range a lot over summer as it has been very warm lately.I prefer putting to driving but I want to improve on the other sides of my games as well, time will tell if I can bring down my handicap a little.

I have been listening to a lot of music lately and really enjoying some of the material produced at this moment in time.Not going to mention songs cause there are so many but if you are sitting at home and have Sky Tv, go to the music channel 'Starz' it is worth watching, great music, not a lot of adverts plus people text in so keeps the mind entertained.

Been very busy the last couple of weeks so not been playing my xbox or watching tv, I have so many stuff to catch up on.Glee, High Stakes Poker, Dvd's I ain't watched yet so I plan on getting through it soon.People are saying about this new game called 'Red Dead Redemption 2' from what I hear it is suppose to be a wild wild west version of GTA which for me would be awesome so I will need to check that game out and possibly buy it

Okay if your on twitter let me know what you have been doing lately, I ordered a film called 'Starstruck' so look forward to seeing that for 3rd time.I am enjoying the summer weather and the way girls dress in the summer makes me happy too !

The Wonderful Life

Yeah so was in Newcastle for a few days, I love it down there, the people are great, lots of things to do and I love how the signs are all in green.As much as I love the colour blue, I still like that little change.The bus down was really good, very quiet on the way there and way back I would say half full, it stops off at Edinburgh then Newcastle and then goes to Hull.So I enjoyed walking around the town, going to the football ground which is a lor bigger than I thought and also going this massive shopping centre.It was a great trip.I also got the chance to see a film called 'Date Night' I would recommend buying it as it is funny and has good actors in it.So back home now enjoying the weekend.

Yeah so yesterday just had a fairly quiet day, caught up on my tv, well not quite as I had other stuff to do a little, but I got to play a few games of Pes, I played poker which I lost my buy in.I have to admit I played poorly, when you are buzzed up and just back a trip maybe poker wasn't a good idea, I was not zoned in and no excuses I played poorly.I also got another round of putting in, a 30 min session this time, I need to start getting into again, I was doing a lot of sessions but then cause of trip I had to miss a few days, I look to play every weekday though and then maybe try going down the driving range to work on the other parts of my game, my putting has improved but could still get a hell of a lot better.At night I watched Britain's Got Talent and then my friend came over for a while which was a laugh.I had planned on watching Amir Khan fight, now I only knew he was fighting at the last min through a magazine interview, I am glad I bought NUTS lol.Basically I thought I would get rest and wake up, my alarm has been not working lately and that didn't happen, so I had to settle for the repeat on itv 1, well least I got 9 hours sleep plus the fight wasn't the best I have seen.

So over the rest of the month will be playing the odd bit of poker but not that much as I am quite busy, going to start this whole new diet.Been working on something for a little while and look ready to start tomorrow.Tonight I will need to check it all out using this cool website, if you want the website just ask me for it through email or something like that.I look to be working on my putting as much as possible to.

Well down to my competition winner Kirsty Malone, I enjoyed chatting with her, very sweet girl and funny.I have sorted out how to use my Blackberry now so if you want to text me or chat dm me and if you are nice enough about asking me I will give you mu number.I need to start doing these blogs more often !

Who Is Elky

Okay a lot of people have been clueless to who this guy is so let me take time to share this wonderful man or should be say robotic lol.Well on Tuesday May I was playing with Hearts on my xbox Pes game when I realized the striker called David Witeveen was up front and had totally blonde hair and really looked like this poker player called Elky.So I decided to call him Elky and I have never looked back.I play with Hearts everyday since that special day and I have actually made a little real life human being out of a computer generated guy.Elky is amazing and I hope you support him in every single possible way

Okay so apart from that oh yes the youtube is back in action here is my link www.youtube.com?RitchieEssOfficial I hope you all like my videos I love making them and thank you all for the nice comments

Yeah so Twitter acted up today due to a hacker, all people went down to 0 so for a short time I had the same amount as Justin Bieber, just remember folks only a follow away www.twitter.com/RitchieEss

My Fone Competition

Okay guys this is your chance to chat to me on the fone, simply dm me on twitter at www.twitter.com/RitchieEss and state why you should be chosen.Everyone has until 12th May to dm me about it and I will choose 1 lucky winner who will be notified on May 12th.So start sending me dm's with a good reason of why I should choose you

Good Luck everyone and I look forward to chatting to my winner

Ritchie
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