THE BETTING THREAD

[The Rouge]

It seems you are talking to yourself on here so I thought I would join in as I love watching sport/a bet and you seem to be doing ok. Do you do footie spread betting? I do every year (had a bad year last year) and I am formulating my opinions for the new season (gonna place some now and wait for more transfers on others). Would be interested in thoughts....:

Man.Utd....81+/83+ Chelsea....80+/82+ Liverpool....79/81
Arsenal....73/75 Man.C....62/64 Spurs....57/59 Everton....56/58
A.Villa....55/57 West.Ham....45/47 Fulham....45/47
Blackburn....43/45 Portsmouth....41+/43+ Sunderland....43+/45+
Wigan....40/42 Bolton....40/42 Stoke....38+/40+ Wolves....35/37
Birmingham....34/36 Hull....33/35 Burnley....31+/33+

Newcastle....72+/74+ Middlesboro....70+/72+ W.B.A....72/74
Ipswich....72/74 Sheff.utd....70/72 Reading....68/70
Cardiff....68/70 Q.P.R....67/69 Preston.....64/66
Swansea....61/63 Leicester....63/65 Derby....61/63
Bristol.C....60/62 Notts.F.....60/62 C.Palace......58+/60+
Sheff.Wed.....58+/60+ Peterboro....58/60 Coventry.....56/58
Doncaster....55/57 Watford....54/56 Blackpool....52/54
Plymouth....52/54 Barnsley....51/53 Scunthorpe.....49+/51+

[RG30]

I've just opened up a Sporting Index account though I haven't given it much thought as to my ante post handicap betting for the season ahead, more likely I'll be using it on the bookings/shirt numbers/time of 1st goal markets besides other sports.

As to ante post ahead of the new season, I can't imagine I'll get as good a season as I done last year round with backing S.Cox @ 40's to be top scorer League 1, Burnley on the Handicap in the Championshop, and flutters on various teams in cup competitions. I'm potentially liking Blackburn on the handicap if they sign a decent striker in, Allardyce has a good pedigree of getting constant top 10 finishes and there is no reason to suggest they can't achieve it. But mainly, I'll leave it till the last possible opportunity, wait for the Racing Post to publish their in-depth preview (Should be Wed 5th/Thurs 6th).

Price watch, Notts County have shifted heavily in League 2, they've just been taken over by a new consourtium to they could be someone to look out for.

[bobbybottler]

One for tonight:
Lay LA Galaxy away to Chivas.

A heavy loss for me on that one, my bf bank has yet to recover

Currently green on the draw for the England / Aus test.
Currently laying the draw for Windies / Bangladesh test.

One for tonight in MLS:
Laid San Jose Earthquakes away to Chicago Fire.

[bobbybottler]

One for tonight:
Lay LA Galaxy away to Chivas.

A heavy loss for me on that one, my bf bank has yet to recover

Currently green on the draw for the England / Aus test.
Currently laying the draw for Windies / Bangladesh test.

One for tonight in MLS:
Laid San Jose Earthquakes away to Chicago Fire.

Eng /Aus - OK, had greened in any case.
WI / Bangs - yay!
San JOMFGse - yay!

Have laid DaLOLLOLas in tonight's MLS match.

[bobbybottler]

Have laid DaLOLLOLas in tonight's MLS match.

Yay!

Another round of MLS matches tonight, have laid New York who are away to Colorado.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

going to stick £20 on pompey to go down

they are royally screwed

[Skin]

Anyone know the odds for Newcastle not to be promoted?

[bobbybottler]

Anyone know the odds for Newcastle not to be promoted?

If you fancy laying Newcastle promotion it's 3.9 on betfair but there isn't much money around for it.

[bobbybottler]

have laid New York who are away to Colorado.

for those of you following my blog (ie this thread) that was a YAY as well

today - backing Bangladesh to beat West Indies in today's ODI cricket.

[rotherwick_royal]

going to stick £20 on pompey to go down

they are royally screwed

I lost money on betting they'd go down last year. This year I'm betting they'll stay UP. I reckon they'll be near the bottom by Christmas, and buy their way out of trouble in Jan just like Sunderland did. So I'm going to wait until the end of the year and if I'm right put some money on then.

[bobbybottler]

today - backing Bangladesh to beat West Indies in today's ODI cricket.

Yay!

Odds of 4-5 on a team which has won every match on tour, what a gift. It would have been value at 2/5 IMVHO.

Anyway, I'm leaving the MLS alone this weekend, and allowing heart to rule head with a small punt on Feyenoord to beat Nijmigen on Sunday afternoon.

[bobbybottler]

Anyway, I'm leaving the MLS alone this weekend, and allowing heart to rule
head with a small punt on Feyenoord to beat Nijmigen on Sunday afternoon.

Yay!

Tonight - laying Red Bull Salzburg away to Dinamo Zagreb, a bit nervous about it though.

[bobbybottler]

Anyway, I'm leaving the MLS alone this weekend, and allowing heart to rule
head with a small punt on Feyenoord to beat Nijmigen on Sunday afternoon.

Yay!

Tonight - laying Red Bull Salzburg away to Dinamo Zagreb, a bit nervous about it though.

Boo!

Tonight - laying Celtic to qualify from their tie with Dinamo Moscow

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

I may well lump on West Brom to beat Newcastle at 13/10 this weekend. Bury to beat Bournemouth at 11/10 is also a great bet imo.

[chilipepper91]

It begins...

small stakes each (£2)

Reading, Cardiff, Derby @ 4.8/1
Leeds, Brighton, Charlton @ 3.4/1
Chelsea + a few random tennis bets

[RG30]

Got my weekend and ante post bets on;

Weekend

Boro/Sheff Utd to draw (ended 0-0 @ 11/5)
Doncaster to beat Watford
Darlington to beat Aldershot
Torquay to beat Chesterfield

£3 Lucky 15, returns over £700 if the remaining 3 win

Ante Post

Reading to win Championship @ 16's
Wolves on the Prem handicap at +43 points @ 18's
Sheff Wed on the Championship handicap at +33 points @ 18's
E/W top scorer bets on Walcott & Defoe in the Premiership

[bobbybottler]

No trebles for me this season.

I'm going to stay with singles, and try to lay more and back less.

As a consequnce, laying Stockport away to Oldham.

[cmonurz]

Cardiff the best single of the day for me, £10 @ 1.82.

[cmonurz]

Newcastle might be having a whole heap of problems, but 4.10 is a crazy price.

[Tredder]

Notts County @ evens with Corals, seems a great bet on paper, hopefully that will convert to grass.