The Joker's Bet of the Day: Monday August 3

The Joker's bet of the day / The Joker / 03 August 2009 / Leave a Comment

A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way...

There haven't been too many beautiful games of football recently, and there aren't too many on the horizon either. Monday's fixture list is clogged up with Scandinavian matches, a German cup game and the start of the Coppa Italia. The Joker's sensitive aesthetic palate must be catered for in other ways, and he looks to Silvio Berlusconi for his lead.

The Italian PM advised against Scandinavia a couple of years ago when Finland was suggested as the base for EU Food Standards Agency, 'The Finns don't even know what prosciutto is. I've been through the Finnish diet and I know what it means.'

'In Italy I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Work, work, work - I am almost German." Signor Berlusconi might be able to empathise, but the Joker won't be going there this summer.

Nobody really cares about the Coppa Italia, but that's what he's left watching today. If Spezia v Verona isn't any good - it should be, because seven of Spezia's last nine home games have gone Over 2.5 Goals - at least there will be other distractions: 'Italy is now a great country to invest in... Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries... superb girls.'

Recommendation: Back Over 2.5 Goals at [2.30] in Spezia v Verona