Can you pick 10 correct?

[monty]

Ok guys… I’ve been thinking about a winning bet from last weekend. Some of you might have read about it. The bet I’m talking about was posted on another forum, when guy called Trogdor successfully picked all 10 selections correct and he won over $23,000. :REDanceda
I’ve managed to pick 9 out of 10 correct twice before, but I’ve never managed to hit all ten...:ermmm
This will be a fun bet, so I’ll only be putting on my minimum stake on my 10 just incase I managed to get them all. :REGamblMo
What I would like you all to do? is pick your best 10 teams from the weekend’s fixtures. Your selections can be from any football league you want?
Now remember, you don’t have even place a bet on your teams, as I just want to see what the average amount of results that people will get right from their 10 selections.

So I would be grateful if you all posted up your 10 picks. I think you will all be surprised how low it will turn out. I’ll have a guess and say most people will get around 5 correct from 10

Don’t be chicken have go…:D

Monty’s 10

Werder Bremen v’s Eintracht Frankfurt … (Saturday)
Liverpool v’s Derby-C … (Saturday)
Arsenal v’s Portsmouth … (Sunday)
Nancy v’s St Etienne … (Saturday)
Ranger’s v’s Gretna … (Saturday)
Dundee Utd v’s Falkirk… (Saturday)
Morton v’s Queen of the South … (Saturday)
Ayr Utd v's Alloa Ath … (Saturday)
Roma v’s Siena … (Sunday)
Valenciennes v’s Metz … (Saturday)

[MattR]

Ok, I'll have a go.....

Az Alkmaar v Excelsior (Friday)
Liverpool v Derby (Saturday
APOEL v Doxa (Saturday)
Zilinia v Senec (Saturday)
Rangers v Gretna (Saturday)
Feyenoord v Willem (Saturday)
Basel v Thun (Sunday)
Ajax v Groningen (Sunday)
Brann v Sandefjord (Sunday)
Man Utd v Sunderland (Sunday)


As you say there's always 1 or 2 will let you down.

[monty]

Ok, I'll have a go.....

Az Alkmaar v Excelsior (Friday)
Liverpool v Derby (Saturday
APOEL v Doxa (Saturday)
Zilinia v Senec (Saturday)
Rangers v Gretna (Saturday)
Feyenoord v Willem (Saturday)
Basel v Thun (Sunday)
Ajax v Groningen (Sunday)
Brann v Sandefjord (Sunday)
Man Utd v Sunderland (Sunday)


As you say there's always 1 or 2 will let you down.


Thanks Mate,...:thumbs

Hopefully a few more people will have a go at this, after all it's just a bit of fun to prove how hard it is to do.

[mathare]

Y'know the biggest problem with bets like this (in my opinion) - people always underestimate the potential for a draw.

You've both gone for 10 winners and I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say that of those 20 games there will be 3 draws in there

[vegyjones]

Vegy's 10

Fulham V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR DRAW :cryer
LIVERPOOL V Derby County WON :D
MANCHESTER UNITED V Sunderland WON :D
COVENTRY CITY V Preston North End WON :D
Bristol Rovers V NOTTINGHAM FOREST DRAW :(
Ebbsfleet United v STEVENAGE BOROUGH WON :D
TORQUAY UNITED V Stafford Rangers WON :D
HIBERNIAN V Inverness Caledonian Thistle WON :D
GLASGOW RANGERS V Gretna WON :D
ARBROATH V Elgin WON :D

[monty]

Y'know the biggest problem with bets like this (in my opinion) - people always underestimate the potential for a draw.

You've both gone for 10 winners and I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say that of those 20 games there will be 3 draws in there


Your 100% right mate,

The reason I picked 10 home wins is I've always read that over a season home wins will account for around 50% of the games played, and the other 50% is shared between Aways and Draws, so going by thise figures there could be up to 5 matches drawn from the 20 matches picked already.

Mathare....I'll look forward to seeing your 10....:D

[monty]

Vegy's 10

Fulham V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
LIVERPOOL V Derby County
MANCHESTER UNITED V Sunderland
COVENTRY CITY V Preston North End
Bristol Rovers V NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Ebbsfleet United v STEVENAGE BOROUGH
TORQUAY UNITED V Stafford Rangers
HIBERNIAN V Inverness Caledonian Thistle
GLASGOW RANGERS V Gretna
ARBROATH V Elgin

Thank's Mate...:thumbs

[Merlin]

St Patricks V Waterford
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St Patricks V Waterford

All Home wins….

[vegyjones]

I don't think it is generally underestimating the draw potential.

Normally people choose games in an acca where they think a team will dominate and the margin will be 2 goals plus.

A draw inclines you think the match will be close and your preferred result is not guaranteed until the whole of the 90+ minutes are up. Whereas the thinking behind mine is most of the games wil be over by HT and I can sit back and relax! :laugh

[MattR]

You're right Mat, that's why an acca is so hard to get up. Look at Man utd v Sunderland last time they were up. Who'd have picked 0-0 for that?

[monty]

St Patricks V Waterford
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All Home wins….


Hi M

I had thought you would have picked your teams from the Brazilian Divison 4 League?

[eastyorkshireracing]

Hi All,

OK lets have a go. Ten selections one bet easy hehe :doh

All Games to be played Saturday 1 September.....

(Prices based on William Hill odds)

Fulham v Tottenham (Away win) @ 6/5
Liverpool v Derby (Home win) @ 1/5
Man Utd v Sunderland (Home win) @ 1/5
Colchester v Burnley (Home win) @ Evens
Scunthorpe v Sheff Utd (Home win) @ 19/10
Coventry v Preston NE (Home win) @ 8/11
Gillingham v Walsall (Away win) @ 2/1
Leyton Orient v Northampton (Home win) @ 8/11
Yeovil v Tranmere (Home win) @ 11/10
Macclesfield v Darlington (Away win) @ 5/4

If it was to be correct the return for a £1 Acca would be.....

£ 777

Who knows.....

Gordon

[eastyorkshireracing]

.....I had thought you would have picked your teams from the Brazilian Divison 4 League?

Merlin knows about Brazilians? :yikes:

:laugh :laugh :laugh

Gordon

[Merlin]

Hi M

I had thought you would have picked your teams from the Brazilian Divison 4 League?

:laugh

I will have a go...

[mathare]

You're right Mat, that's why an acca is so hard to get up. Look at Man utd v Sunderland last time they were up. Who'd have picked 0-0 for that?Exactly.

This is what I meant maybe more than underestimating the draw potential. The more bets in the acca the greater the likelihood that one of the games won't go the way you expect. And as most people put perceived bankers in accas of this size it's more likely to be a draw that brings the bet crashing down rather than a win for the other team.

Trebles used to be my limit on the football. Now I stick to singles, and only rarely do those.

But out of interest, do we have to use win/draw/win markets here or can I get adventurous?

[buddhabee]

But out of interest, do we have to use win/draw/win markets here or can I get adventurous?

What? Like Postponed and Match Abandoned ? :yikes:

Now that would be worthy of 23K :thumbs :D :laugh

[monty]

But out of interest, do we have to use win/draw/win markets here or can I get adventurous?

Just to keep it easy I would prefer if everyone used the win/draw/win markets, but if you want to get adventurous you can use any market you want, after all its just a fun thing...:D

[Skittle]

Will study more later, but to begin with;

Bet 1, AZ @ 1.17.

[Mug OUFC]

i am still in shock, and slightly suspicious, that trogdor puts that sort of stake on a 10 fold acca to be honest

Liverpool
Man Utd
Arsenal
Oxford Utd
Torquay
Rangers
Roma
Lyon
Barcelona
AC Milan

[monty]

i am still in shock, and slightly suspicious, that trogdor puts that sort of stake on a 10 fold acca to be honest



Cheers Mate!

I must admit I was also a bit shocked at the amount Trogdor put on 10 teams, but I believe him, he got 10 results up once before but it was for a lesser stake. Some people just like to bet that way, I remember a couple of years back Ze Pelle also hit a big win, he does correct score combos, and I'm sure you must have seen his selections on G.G they look like some sort of secret binary coded message....:laugh

[monty]

Will study more later

That's what Merlin must be doing, he been studying his picks for the last 4 hours...:laugh


Cum'on Merlin where's your 10?...:D

[mathare]

Little thought has gone into this but I may as well have a crack:

Liverpool v Derby over 2.5 goals @ 8/11 (BlueSq)
Liverpool v Derby @ 1/5 (general)
Colchester v Burnley @ 5/4 (Boyle Sports)
Coventry v Preston @ 5/6 (Paddy Power)
Leyton Orient v Northampton @ 10/11 (Bet365)
Carlisle v Cheltenham @ 3/4 (Expekt)
Rangers v Gretna @ 1/6 (Coral)
St Mirren v Celtic @ 2/5 (Expekt)
East Fife v Forfar @ 1/2 (William Hill)
Arbroath v Elgin @ 4/9 (general)

[monty]

Cheers Mathare ...:thumbs

[Skittle]

Will study more later, but to begin with;

Bet 1, AZ @ 1.17.

2, Manure @ 1.22.
3, Liverpool @ 1.18.
4, Rangers @ 1.14

........more later.:D

[Merlin]

Liverpool v Derby = HOME
Leeds v Luton = HOME
Leyton Orient v Northampton = HOME
Swansea v Doncaster = HOME
Carlisle v Cheltenham = HOME
Oxford Utd v Halifax = HOME
Rangers v Gretna = HOME
Arbroath v Elgin = HOME
Besiktas v Kayserispor = HOME
São Paulo v Paraná = HOME

[Merlin]

That's what Merlin must be doing, he been studying his picks for the last 4 hours...:laugh


Cum'on Merlin where's your 10?...:D

SORRY...BEEN CELEBRATING.....:yikes:...........:laugh

[Healio]

Bolton v Everton - Draw @ 11/5
Fulham v Tottenham - Away @ 5/4
Liverpool v Derby - Home @ 1/6
Middlesbrough v Birmingham - Draw 9/4
Newcastle v Wigan Athletic - Home @ 8/11
Reading v West Ham - Away @ 21/10
Man Utd v Sunderland - Home @ 1/5
Arsenal v Portsmouth - Home @ 4/9
Blackburn v Man City - Draw @ 11/5
Aston Villa v Chelsea - Away 4/7

1273/1.

Just to make this more interesting, the first person/poster to get ten up in one bet, I will credit one of their betting accounts 50 euro/Sterling Equivalent or send them some sort of voucher/cash!!

[Skittle]

Nice gesture.

[monty]

Just to make this more interesting, the first person/poster to get ten up in one bet, I will credit one of their betting accounts 50 euro/Sterling Equivalent or send them some sort of voucher/cash!!


Cheers Mate....:thumbs

[monty]

I'm going to be away most of the day, so guys get your teams posted up before kick-off... :)

Good Luck Everyone.....:D

[paul183195]

i don't know much about football ( which probably gives me a slight advantage
:D ) but here goes

1. newcastle .....home
2. watford.........home
3. west brom.....draw
4. l.orient..........home
5. millwall..........draw
6. yeovil............home
7. dundee utd....home
8. morton..........home
9. ross county....home
10. east fife.......home

if this is going to be a regular saturday thing may be someone could do some sort of "tipping league" from now till the end of the season. something simple e.g.
after 3 weeks............paul183195........29/30
merlin...............08/30 :laugh

[Mattw07]

Liverpool v Debry County
Middlesborugh v Birmingham
Newcastle v Reading
Man Utd v Sunderland
Rangers v Gretna
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Arsenal v Portsmouth
Leeds v Luton
Notts County v Morcombe
Brighton v Southend

[Merlin]

i don't know much about football ( which probably gives me a slight advantage
:D ) but here goes

1. newcastle .....home
2. watford.........home
3. west brom.....draw
4. l.orient..........home
5. millwall..........draw
6. yeovil............home
7. dundee utd....home
8. morton..........home
9. ross county....home
10. east fife.......home

if this is going to be a regular saturday thing may be someone could do some sort of "tipping league" from now till the end of the season. something simple e.g.
after 3 weeks............paul183195........29/30
merlin...............08/30 :laugh

Oi......:laugh

[presto]

LIVERPOOL vs derby @ 1.19
MAN UTD vs sunderland @ 1.22
ARSENAL vs portsmouth 1.58
FEYENOORD vs willwm II @ 1.24
AJAX vs groningen @ 1.32 DRAW
W BREMEN vs frankfurt @ 1.66
empoli vs INTER @ 1.58
ROMA vs siena @ 1.25
AC MILAN vs fiorentina @ 1.68
RANGERS vs gretna @ 1.14
st mirren vs CELTIC @ 1.38
SP LISBON vs belenenses @ 1.4

[vegyjones]

Vegy's 10

Fulham V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR DRAW :cryer
LIVERPOOL V Derby County WON :D
MANCHESTER UNITED V Sunderland WON :D
COVENTRY CITY V Preston North End WON :D
Bristol Rovers V NOTTINGHAM FOREST DRAW :(
Ebbsfleet United v STEVENAGE BOROUGH WON :D
TORQUAY UNITED V Stafford Rangers WON :D
HIBERNIAN V Inverness Caledonian Thistle WON :D
GLASGOW RANGERS V Gretna WON :D
ARBROATH V Elgin WON :D
8 / 10 :( One a last minute equaliser!

Can anyone top that?

[monty]

[QUOTE=monty;435403]
Werder Bremen v’s Eintracht Frankfurt … (Saturday) won :D
Liverpool v’s Derby-C … (Saturday) won :D
Arsenal v’s Portsmouth … (Sunday) STILL TO PLAY
Nancy v’s St Etienne … (Saturday) won :D
Ranger’s v’s Gretna … (Saturday) won :D
Dundee Utd v’s Falkirk… (Saturday) won :D
Morton v’s Queen of the South … (Saturday) lost :ermmm
Ayr Utd v's Alloa Ath … (Saturday) won :D
Roma v’s Siena … (Sunday) STILL TO PLAY
Valenciennes v’s Metz … (Saturday) draw :ermmm

Well, I managed to get 6 teams correct today with 2 games still to play tomorrow. It would be interesting to see how many weeks it would take before one of us hit all 10
Thanks Guys for trying this out. From what I've noticed it turned out ok, but I'll let you all mark your scores once all the games have finished....:thumbs

[presto]

well the first 6 have come in - the rest still to play, but i can't count and picked 12 :laugh

to see if i can pick 10, i will take out LISBON and MILAN. will keep the origional list up though.

[Skittle]

Shouldn't take long to get all ten. I haven't finished yet. :D

[MattR]

Ok, I'll have a go.....

Az Alkmaar v Excelsior (Friday) WON 3-0
Liverpool v Derby (Saturday WON 6-0
Zilinia v Senec (Saturday) WON 2-0
Rangers v Gretna (Saturday) WON 4-0
Feyenoord v Willem (Saturday) WON 2-0
Man Utd v Sunderland (Satruday) WON 1-0
Basel v Thun (Sunday)
Ajax v Groningen (Sunday)
Brann v Sandefjord (Sunday)
APOEL v Doxa (Sunday)

As you say there's always 1 or 2 will let you down.


6 down, 4 to go! No goals conceded yet :yikes: Someone will blow it though :laugh

[Skittle]

Too early in the day. I've not long got up. Can't get my head round todays games. There are the 'obvious' one's like; Ajax,Celtic, Arsenal, Zenit, Roma and Barcelona, but I'll pass and wait for now.

[Skittle]

Bet 6, Zenit St Petersburg @ 1.29. They go joint top if they win this game and Kuban don't look anything special.

[mathare]

Liverpool v Derby over 2.5 goals @ 8/11 (BlueSq) :thumbs
Liverpool v Derby @ 1/5 (general) :thumbs
Colchester v Burnley @ 5/4 (Boyle Sports) :ermmm
Coventry v Preston @ 5/6 (Paddy Power) :thumbs
Leyton Orient v Northampton @ 10/11 (Bet365) :ermmm
Carlisle v Cheltenham @ 3/4 (Expekt) :thumbs
Rangers v Gretna @ 1/6 (Coral) :thumbs
St Mirren v Celtic @ 2/5 (Expekt) :thumbs
East Fife v Forfar @ 1/2 (William Hill) :thumbs
Arbroath v Elgin @ 4/9 (general) :thumbsNot too bad I guess...

[presto]

arsenal, roma and celtic winning but ajax are 2-1 down after 60 mins :anger

[Skittle]

Bet 7, Basel @ 1.28.
Bet 8, IFK Gothenburg @ 1.37.
Bet 9, Barcelona @ 1.2.

[presto]

LIVERPOOL vs derby @ 1.19
MAN UTD vs sunderland @ 1.22
ARSENAL vs portsmouth 1.58
FEYENOORD vs willwm II @ 1.24
AJAX vs groningen @ 1.32 DRAW
W BREMEN vs frankfurt @ 1.66
empoli vs INTER @ 1.58
ROMA vs siena @ 1.25
AC MILAN vs fiorentina @ 1.68
RANGERS vs gretna @ 1.14
st mirren vs CELTIC @ 1.38
SP LISBON vs belenenses @ 1.4

9/10 - watch lisbon and milan win now :rolleyes:

[monty]

[QUOTE=monty;435403]
Werder Bremen v’s Eintracht Frankfurt … (Saturday) won :D
Liverpool v’s Derby-C … (Saturday) won :D
Arsenal v’s Portsmouth … (Sunday) won :D
Nancy v’s St Etienne … (Saturday) won :D
Ranger’s v’s Gretna … (Saturday) won :D
Dundee Utd v’s Falkirk… (Saturday) won :D
Morton v’s Queen of the South … (Saturday) lost :ermmm
Ayr Utd v's Alloa Ath … (Saturday) won :D
Roma v’s Siena … (Sunday) won :D
Valenciennes v’s Metz … (Saturday) draw :ermmm

8/10 Suppose I didn't do that bad with 8 winners 1 draw and 1 defeat. By looking at everyones selcetions, I now believe it's possible that someone from this forum could go the whole way and pick 10 correct at some point. Would you guys be interested in doing this each week? as it's just a bit of fun.

:clp:clp:clp....Thanks again to everyone who gave it a go....:REDanceda

At level stakes i would have been in profit with those eight results, not much profit, but any profit is better than losing.....:laugh

[Mattw07]

Liverpool v Debry County :)
Middlesborugh v Birmingham :)
Newcastle v Reading :)
Man Utd v Sunderland :)
Rangers v Gretna :)
Aston Villa v Chelsea :(
Arsenal v Portsmouth :)
Leeds v Luton :)
Notts County v Morcombe :(
Brighton v Southend :)

Its lookin like 8/10 for me

[vegyjones]

My 8 out of 10 weren't anything special afterall! :laugh

[MattR]

Az Alkmaar v Excelsior (Friday) WON 3-0
Liverpool v Derby (Saturday WON 6-0
Zilinia v Senec (Saturday) WON 2-0
Rangers v Gretna (Saturday) WON 4-0
Feyenoord v Willem (Saturday) WON 2-0
Man Utd v Sunderland (Satruday) WON 1-0
Basel v Thun (Sunday) WON 2-1
Ajax v Groningen (Sunday) DREW 2-2 ;fire
Brann v Sandefjord (Sunday) WON 1-0
APOEL v Doxa (Sunday) WON 3-2


9/10 There's always one!

[monty]

Well Done MattR

Excellent effort mate, very unlucky.

[MattR]

Thanks Monty, good effort from everyone, but it just shows again how hard it is. There's always at least one unexpected result.

We should do one for the internationals next weekend.

[scoobydoo]

Well done Matt.....same again next week but can you do maybe a little better....youre letting the side down a bit!! :peeky Maybe just do the 9 next week.....:laugh

[MattR]

Yeah and I'd still have had Ajax :laugh

[monty]

We should do one for the internationals next weekend.

:Helooo... I'm up for that, if everyone else is?

[Merlin]

Very well done , Matt…unlucky…….def worth more plays….although I only had 7/10….

Nice idea …M`y…..

[Merlin]

Well done also , Presto...see u had 9....nice one...or not so nice one....:laugh

[presto]

yup ajax let me down too :splapme

i still got 10 winners though :thumbs (but picked 12 - 1 still to play)

[monty]

although I only had 7/10….

Nice idea …M`y…..


I must admit Mate, I was glad to see you only got 7, i would have been a little bit worried for your health if you had hit the big 10.

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[Merlin]

:laughI have a different celebratory activity....I aint a W.anker anymore...:laugh

[Skittle]

IFK blew me out and I hadn't even picked my 10th yet. I can't list 10 straight off. I prefer to look around ~{ but that sort of time isn't available to me at week ends }~. I've got 7/7 running on a Betfair challenge at the moment.

Good fun though, would have another go.

[Skittle]

Scrub the 7/7. I've just checked the thread and I put IFK in there as well. Pillock.

[MattR]

I've often wondered about doing a kind of accumulator but step by step where you try to start with one that is pretty much a cert (as much as they can be anyway!) and then you bank half the profit and put your original stake plus the other half of the profit on the next pick, and so on.

[monty]

I've often wondered about doing a kind of accumulator but step by step where you try to start with one that is pretty much a cert (as much as they can be anyway!) and then you bank half the profit and put your original stake plus the other half of the profit on the next pick, and so on.

Try your accumulator on this thread MattR. It would be interesting to see how far any forum member can go before slipping up....:thumbs

[MattR]

Try your accumulator on this thread MattR. It would be interesting to see how far any forum member can go before slipping up....:thumbs


Yeah, why not :) Ok, to keep it more interesting I'll try and get one or more a day to keep it going quickly. I think I might try to not go too odds on with the first selection to get things moving as well.


So as it's a mythical bank we'll start with a £100 stake. If it wins, half the profit (I'll remove 5% as a standard commission as I'll use betfair prices) and the original stake will go onto the next selection. If it loses then it'll be a short accumulator :laugh

Going to go with one that could be a tight one as Fiorentina are a decent side.

AC Milan to beat Fiorentina @ 1.59

If this wins then 100+ profit (56.05) will go onto Drogheda to beat UCD later @ 1.49 (will use that price as I won't be about at that time to check price then) Of course if Milan don't win it's irrelevant :laugh

[Skittle]

Last two posts are nearly spot on. The idea of an 'ongoing' accumulator is a very simple and effective way of making larger profit. As was said, you can take out profit along the way thus reducing the pressure. The 'pressure' angle is one that a lot of the 'mug' punters tend to ignore, but I believe it is one of the vital ingredients to making a profit. It's this 'pressure' angle that MattR is already creating for himself by doing bets immediately, two in fact. It's fine if you sincerely believe that they are 'good things', but I'm not convinced this is the case here. You don't have to 'move things along quickly'. Who says that you do ? You are in total control, so you should be the one who decides when and where. If you set parameters, you then feel obliged to stick to them.................so don't. In doing so, you create needless pressure. It's so easy for anyone to 'spout' about how to do things, and we've all done and said something similar during our betting 'careers', but the bottom line here is DISCIPLINE.

Falling down early is not the end of the world. As long as you know the bet was 'the right one', get back on the horse and start again.

I will have a go at this myself and see if I can put into practice that which I preach.

[Skittle]

Bet 1, Drogs @ 1.46.

[monty]

I agree Skittle..:happyboun

That's why you will find my Monty Bets could be anything from 3 days to 10 apart, you've got to be confident that your picking the right selections before placing a bet, mind you they don't always win, but it's they way I like to do things...:D

[monty]

My main bet on Drogs tonight and I've placed a small fun bet on Stephen Hughes @ 6/1 to score anytime for Motherwell, he signed for them on the last day before the transfer deadline.

[MattR]

It's this 'pressure' angle that MattR is already creating for himself by doing bets immediately, two in fact. It's fine if you sincerely believe that they are 'good things', but I'm not convinced this is the case here. You don't have to 'move things along quickly'. Who says that you do ?

Totally agree Skittle, the only reason I did that was just for the sake of making the thread move along quicker as I wasn't doing it with real money. But on reflection it isn't worth doing that way for two reasons. One, as you say, picking them for the sake of it rather than because you actually think they are the right pick, and two if it's not done with real money (even £2 start) you won't get an accurate test as you'll tend to go with the pick if it's mythical even if you are not 100% sure you would with real money on it.


As it turns out AC Milan did draw so I'll start again when the right game comes along and I'll start with a £2 bet and proceed from there.

[Skittle]

................and it's called 'sod's law' that we go down as well. C'est la vie. Onwards.

[Skittle]

Try again........

Bet 1, Finn Harps @ 1.33.

[Skittle]

Bet 2, Cobh Ramblers @ 1.4.

[Skittle]

Have people forgotten about this one ?

Bet 3, Germany Women @ 1.33.

[monty]

Have people forgotten about this one ?

Bet 3, Germany Women @ 1.33.

Skittle.... I knew absolutley nothing about this game and it's a good job. It must go down as good result for the England if the bookies had the Germans priced @ 1.33

Full-Time Score:

England wifeee's 0 Germany wifeee's 0

[Skittle]

They may have forgotten now though. Poor game throughout.

[Mattw07]

Second Attempt

Portsmouth v Liverpool
Tottenham v Arsenal
Chelsea v Blackburn
Hearts v Rangers
B Munich v Schalke
Celtic v Inverness
Benfica v Naval
West Brom v Ipswich
Mansfield v Chesterfield
Yeovil v Leyton Oriont

[Skittle]

Bet 1, Juve @ 1.42.

[Skittle]

Behave.

[Skittle]

Bet 1, England over 3.5 IP @ 1.45.

[Skittle]

Bet 1, England over 3.5 IP @ 1.45. :D

[Skittle]

Bet 2, Milan @ 1.35.

Bet 3, Stevenage @ 1.4.

[Skittle]

Bet 4, Hamilton @ 1.59.

[Skittle]

Bitch, and they were leading 1-0 before throwing away their 100% record.

[Skittle]

Bet 1, Oz + 32.5 IP @1,28.

[Skittle]

Bet 2, Newcastle under 4.5 goals IP @ 1.3.

[Skittle]

Bet 1, Oz + 32.5 IP @1,28.

:D

[Skittle]

Bet 2, Newcastle under 4.5 goals IP @ 1.3.

:D

[Skittle]

Bet 3, Under 2.5 IP Manure @ 1.24.

[Skittle]

Bet 3, Under 2.5 IP Manure @ 1.24.

:D

Should do this more often.

[Skittle]

May do another IP on the cricket 20/20 final on Monday.

[Skittle]

Bet 4, India @ 1.24 IP.

[Merlin]

BET 1 to 5

FC Lahti v Tampere AWAY @ 2.00
Helsinki v FC Inter Turku HOME @ 1.70
Turku PS v Viikingit HOME @ 1.57
Elfsborg v Hammarby HOME @ 1.80
BK Hacken v Degerfors IF home @ 1.50

[Skittle]

Bet 4, India @ 1.24 IP.

:D

[monty]

Skittle is that cricket your betting?

[Skittle]

Sorry for the delay, yes it was cricket. Sorry to see it end. Did very well on the In Play markets watching the game unfold. Mainly short prices, but winners anyway.

[Skittle]

Bet 5, under 4.5 goals USA v Brazil IP @ 1.31.

[Skittle]

Tight finish in the end, but a winner still.

[monty]

Hamburg v’s Wolfsburg 8/13 (German)

Hibernian v’s Kilmarnock 8/11 (SPL)

Ross County v’s Alloa Athletic 1/2 (Scots 2nd)

Stranraer v’s Elgin City 4/9 (Scot’s 3rd)

East Fife v’s Stenhousemuir 1/2 (Scot’s 3rd)

Montrose v’s Dumbarton 8/13 (Scot’s 3rd )

Swanseav’s Brighton 4/5 (Eng 1st)

Ayr Utd v’s Peterhead 8/13 (Scots 1st)

Crawleyv’s Altrincham 4/7 (Eng Non League)

Torquay v’s Droylsden 2/7 (Eng Non League)


Might as well have another go...:D

[Skittle]

Thought I was having this page all to myself.

[Skittle]

Bet 6, NZ -56.5 @ 1.22.

[Skittle]

Bet 7, Australia -29.5 @ 1.21.

[Skittle]

Bet 8, West Brom @ 1.48.

[Skittle]

Couldn't choose between Watford and Lyon, so I didn't bother, phew. It's taking a while, but I hope to get there.

[monty]

What I would like you all to do? is pick your best 10 teams from the weekend’s fixtures. Your selections can be from any football league you want?




Skittle.... I hope you get you're 10 bets correct, but I had said I wanted 10 teams from the weekend's fixtures? ... Cricket is not allowed, start again...lol...:laugh

[Skittle]

Adaptability :ooo. I like the idea of 10 in a row, or more, but limiting yourself to having to do it on footy alone and on one weekend is a bookies delight. Anyway, someone has to keep the thread going :D.

[Mug OUFC]

Feeling lucky tonight

BENFICA v shakhtar
LIVERPOOL v marseille
VALENCIA v chelsea
MILAN at celtic
WERDER GAYMEN v olympiakos
COLCHESTER v qpr
WEST BROM v stoke
SCHALKE at rosenborg
WOKING v farsley (TOMORROW)
and whatever merlin picks in the nautico game tonight

[monty]

Adaptability :ooo. I like the idea of 10 in a row, or more, but limiting yourself to having to do it on footy alone and on one weekend is a bookies delight. Anyway, someone has to keep the thread going :D.


I'm only joking mate....:laugh you can do anything you want, and take as long as you want, as it's just a fun thread anyway.....:D

But I still don't like the idea of Cricket in it, you know Skittle Mate? Cricket is about as popular in Scotland, as some c~~t that farts in an elavator. :splapme

[Skittle]

Feeling lucky tonight

BENFICA v shakhtar
LIVERPOOL v marseille
VALENCIA v chelsea
MILAN at celtic
WERDER GAYMEN v olympiakos
COLCHESTER v qpr
WEST BROM v stoke
SCHALKE at rosenborg
WOKING v farsley (TOMORROW)
and whatever merlin picks in the nautico game tonight

I would hate to be around you when you are not feeling lucky :splapme :D

[Skittle]

I'm only joking mate....:laugh you can do anything you want, and take as long as you want, as it's just a fun thread anyway.....:D

But I still don't like the idea of Cricket in it, you know Skittle Mate? Cricket is about as popular in Scotland, as some c~~t that farts in an elavator. :splapme


Elavator...............................:doh. We have lifts here in good 'ol England.

What's wrong with cricket? Even Scotland has a team. It was only while the 20/20 stuff was on. I was finding it very profitable, same with the WC Rugby at the moment on the handicaps.

[Skittle]

Bet 9, Shels @ 1.45.

[Skittle]

:headbange :splapme :icon_tong :xxviolent-smiley-01 :thechop

:bnk :brickfall

.......................and loads of others as well..................

[Skittle]

Bet 1, Manure @ 1.21.

Bet 2, Ross County @ 1.59.

[Skittle]

Bet 3, Australia @ 1.21.

[Skittle]

Bet 4, East Fife @ 1.32.

[Skittle]

**** about face;
Bet 1 Ross, bet 2 East Fife, money went on, carry on.

Bet 3, Arsenal @ 1.22.

[Skittle]

Bet 4, Bayern @ 1.24.

[Skittle]

Thought Bayern was a 3pm kick off.

Bet 4, Celtic @ 1.24.
Bet 5, Bayern.

[Skittle]

Close shave with the hoops.:yikes:

...............and Munchen are 3 up.

[Skittle]

Bet 6, Argentina @ 1.3.

[Skittle]

Building it up again.

[Skittle]

Bet 7, Dundalk @ 1.34.

[Skittle]

Bet 7, Dundalk @ 1.34.

:D

[Merlin]

Lucky there with an 89th minute goal...S...but they all count

[Skittle]

Bet 8, Harps @ 1.4.

[Skittle]

Bet 8, Harps @ 1.4.

:D

[Skittle]

Bet 9, lay any unquoted @ 4.5 Argy game IP.

[Skittle]

Bet 9, lay any unquoted @ 4.5 Argy game IP.

:D

Just the big one to go now.

[Skittle]

Bet 10, under 2.5 @ 1.1 Ireland IP.

[Skittle]

Job done. Will take out a chunk of profit and carry on.

[Skittle]

Bet 11, Argentina +11.5 @ 1.12 IP.

[Skittle]

Bet 11, Argentina +11.5 @ 1.12 IP.

Short price, but it can't be ignored :D.

[Skittle]

Bet 12, South Africa +5.5 @ 1.24.

[Skittle]

Happy days :D.

[Skittle]

I'm going to miss the rugby, but it was a good final to go out on with SA beating the handicap, albeit only just.

[Skittle]

As a bit of fun I started with just a tenner. At bet 10 I had got to £ 123.63. Took out £50 and have continued from bet 10 with £ 73.63. After the last winner at bet 12 I'm on £ 100.74 and will continue. Will take a bit more profit along the way and see how it goes.

[monty]

Skittle

How did you work out your stakes for each bet? not that it really matters as long as long as you keep winning mate.

Well Done...:thumbs

[Skittle]

It was done on an accumulator basis, all in every bet and on to the next one. That's the way I am carrying it on still.

[Skittle]

Feel like there's a bet out there tonight somewhere.

[Skittle]

Inter 2-1 IP @ 1.1.

[Skittle]

Bet 13 BTW.

[Skittle]

There was just too much going on tonight with live games all over the show. Felt under pressure.

[Skittle]

Bet 14, Real Madrid @ 1.33.

[Skittle]

Bet 14, Real Madrid @ 1.33.

:D

[Skittle]

Bet 15, Finn Harps @ 1.3.

[Skittle]

Bet 16, Manure @ 1.23.

[Skittle]

Another £50 taken out. Next bet will be £177.

[Skittle]

Bet 17, Feyenoord @ 1.46.

[MattR]

Well done with this Skittle :thumbs Could be a tough one Feyenoord, not sure how seriously they take the cup over there and I saw them play on setanta last week and they didn't look too clever.

[Skittle]

Bet 17, Feyenoord @ 1.46.

:D



It was more the combination of Feyenoord's home form against Groningen's poor away form that decided it for me.

[MattR]

3-0 ht never looked in doubt, nice one Skittle

[Skittle]

Thanks Matt. Total is at £295.55 now. Will take out £60, to make it £100 profit . Next bet will be £235.55.

[Skittle]

Bet 18, Finn Harps @ 1.25.

[Skittle]

C'est la vie. It was a good run while it lasted, and was still quite profitable.