QuoteThat's mainly why I did back them, coz I was so impressed with them against us last week! oh well..Originally Posted by Longfordian
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Never back UCD. They can't be relied upon!. Except if they're playing us, the feckers.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
That's mainly why I did back them, coz I was so impressed with them against us last week! oh well..
That'll do nicely.
Longfordian, I'd always put a team's consistency ahead of possible fears that they won't win. For the top team(s) in a division, they're simply always more likely to win than not.
Fair enough, it's just a personal decision because any time I've backed them they've let me down, usually against the poorer teams.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Why were so many people that confident or was it just the 11/1 that attracted so many people?
Who Cares?!
Handicap betting on us is silly though. Longford are the only team we've scored more than one against since the middle of June.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
Everyone was confident that Davy O'Connor and Andrei Georgescu would bring on the team a lot. On top of that our last two games against them we lost just 1-0 on both occasions and we were over ran in midfield in both those.
Our midfield Friday night was much more experienced than we last played them and we have the physical presence of Austin Skelly up front now as well.
There are tremendous things happening within the club under Brendan Place and the talk in the pubs are now about Athlone in a positive light whether we win, lose or draw.
Cork City -V- Shamrock Rovers
Just clicked on odds checker to see if there is any value on tomorrow night’s games and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I seen the price on the away win. 11/5 for Rovers to win with VC is massive value in my opinion. I wouldn’t have the Hoops any bigger than 13/8 - 7/4 to be honest. The Hoops are a massive 13 games unbeaten in the league now and are real title contenders at this stage. They have a huge amount of momentum behind them and any side in this league will find it hard to stop them. Cork City, meanwhile, have been in turmoil in recent months off the pitch and things will get worse soon enough when they will have to shed their wage bill even further. If the rest of the players are feeling just as half as angry as Joe Gamble then this could be a doddle for Rovers, from today’s Sun:
"I didnt just wake up one morning and think ah sure i'll give this a lash, if we go part time i'll have to leave it,s as simple as that. Maybe if i was 30 or 31 it world be different but im 27 so i should have four or five good years left. If i didnt have a daughter, a missus and a house then maybe id stay but i have commitments. I owe it to them to do the best i can for them, just like any other family man would . I signed a contract last year for three years and four weeks later its gone wrong. It's not worth the paper its written on. I WAS DUE SIX WEEKS WAGES ON THURSDAY AND I ONLY GOT 20 PER CENT OF A MONTH'S WAGES - WHAT F***ING LOYALTY IS THAT, THEY CAN F*** OFF AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED. You tell me anyone who will work for six weeks and get 20 per cent for a months wages"
Cork can be difficult place to go for the 3 points and this season the games there have been tight affairs, there’s been 11 league games there so far with City scoring just 8 and conceding only 6. However, Rovers are 6 points clear of them, they are the better side. Rovers are going forward while Cork are going back. The 11/5 is unbelievable value and I’m 100% certain you won’t get any price close to that tomorrow evening. Max bet for me. Rovers to win 2-0.
Backing Shamrock Rovers @ 11/5 (Victor Chandler) - 7.5 pts.
Who Cares?!
Good spot.
The 2/1 with PP even looks too high to me - would be interested to hear JC_GUFC's views!
You spotted the odds but not my new midweek thread, RR? For shame.
I'm gonna be on Rovers like a fly on manure very shortly, those odds are insanely good. Won't be going with such high stakes as you, though.
RR has basically said all that needs to be said on this. The gut says Shamrock Rovers will win this one, and that's what I'm going with.
Backing Shamrock Rovers @ 3.2 (Betfair) - 2 pts.
Just UCD let me down. 5.38pts profit.
Rovers too.Just UCD let me down. 5.38pts profit.
However, you had to bet 13 points to get that. That gives you odds of 1.41. You could've just stuck it all on Fingal -1 at 1.4 without so much risk.
Rovers too.
He had Dundalk to beat Sligo.
He'd increase his risk by following your suggestion.
He'd only be waiting on one result instead of 7. That's reducing risk in my book.
It'd be increasing his risk - all or nothing versus spread risk. You can work out expected results which would show the seven bets have a higher average expected outcome than the one bet.
Fair enough. Just pointing out that 5 pts profit is nothing to boast about when you risked 13.
He didnt risk 13 as such due to them being spread out. Not to mention the fact that you could only say after the event that Fingal -1 was safer. You'd swear they won 8-0, rather than 2-0Fair enough. Just pointing out that 5 pts profit is nothing to boast about when you risked 13.
I place dozens of bets each week and if I can get a consistent yield of 20% I'm delighted and would be considered an excellent gambler. He got returns of 18 pts for stake of 13 pts which is a lot better than that.
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