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Euro 2016 on Betting Emporium

We were going to do Euro 2016 as a separate package as we did with the 2014 World Cup at the same £100 cost. However we thought that we would do things a little differently to reward regular members and to give new users flexibility. The Euro 2016 package is going to be incorporated into our Brodders section.

Ian 'Brodders' covers European football for us and does regular write ups that have shown a good long term profit over three years. The cost is £50 per calendar month.

By signing up to Brodders you will get all his match analysis on the Euro 2016 games, plus the write ups on any other matches that he does including regular European league games as well. On top of that you will get an extensive outright preview and ante-post write up as well (this is written by Richard Prew with input from Brodders and other Betting Emporium experts).

Normal subscription is £50 monthly and there is no term, so it can be cancelled whenever you like, even after just one month. To sign up to the 'Euro 2016 / Brodders' write ups Sign up here Whatever day you sign up then your payments will be on that date monthly (unless you cancel).

If you are an existing Brodders subscriber you don't need to do (or pay) anything differently. The Euros are just included for you on the usual links.

The Euros 2016 in Paris runs from June 10th - July 10th 2016. Expanded to 24 teams for 2016 the tournament has an extra knock-out round with only 8 teams eliminated in the group stages. The implications of this will be analysed in the outright preview which will be published around Friday June 3^rd.

The markets covered in the preview will include the views of the Betting Emporium team on

• The outright market

• Group markets (Winner and To Qualify)

• Top Goal Scorer

• Player of the tournament

• Team Markets

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We started off looking at the outright market by looking at the two favourites, France and Germany who if they win their groups as most will forecast would be expected to meet at the semi-final stage.

France as hosts begin the tournament with a strong chance, with a group of players maturing rapidly and in form. As a precocious side their run to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in 2014, beaten by winners Germany, was widely seen as preparation for and a precursor to this tournament. The problem is that at 7/2 favourite all of this is known, as is the comparatively “soft” looking path to the latter stages which would involve winning one of the less competitive groups, playing a third placed team in the last sixteen and one of two runners up in the quarters.

As for Germany, notwithstanding their usual ability to turn up at a major tournament and perform irrespective of form in the year beforehand (which this time round has four defeats in their last six and five in the last ten games), they look a little short of the side of two years ago, particularly in their form up front and that of Thomas Muller in particular

We think Spain is better value at 11/2 generally. We expect them to win Group D and thus be in the opposite half to France and Germany. Their path to the latter stages would then go through the winners of the England and Portugal groups. To us, this looks the much easier of the two halves of the draw

Having won this event in 2008 and 2012 there was a strong sense that their great generation of players was in gradual decline when the team underperformed so poorly at the 2014 World Cup. However since then Spain looked very good in qualifying and didn't concede a goal in their last 8 games and only 3 in total. They have huge amounts of major tournament experience and the spine of the team that compares favourably to any other in the tournament in De Gea (we hope, rather than Casillas), Pique, Ramos, Busquets and Iniesta. In front of them the talents of Silva, Pedro and Fabregas will supply Morata or Aduriz.

We would make a strong case that they might be a better side than France, albeit without home advantage, but are priced two points longer. Winning the group would see them avoid many of the big guns in the tournament and gives an each-way angle too

6 points each way Spain to win Euro2016 11/2 (1/2 1,2) This price is widely available