'Twas The Night Before Christmas
OK, so it's not quite Christmas, dear reader, but after a summer 'senza calcio', its great to have the diving, moaning, overpaid pipsqueaks back chasing a pigskin (and each other) in the interminable pursuit of 'sticking it in the tin', as I like to say.
Yes, its just 24 hours until Sunderland and Spurs kick the first ball in anger of the new football season, and millions of wives can expect to see less of millions of husbands (and, potentially, more of other people's husbands!) for the next nine months or so.
I've had a £2 bet with my non-betting friend that Darren Bent will start tomorrow. He's a Spurs fan (my mate, not Bent) and he reckons Jol loves Keane and will start him for sure. Given that Berbatov is a shoo in to start, and that the Dutch coach will not play three strikers in an away game, I may have done my dough.
But I see Bent making himself undroppable sooner rather than later, and he is my man for the season.
If you've been deliberating your team all week for the Fantasy Football, now's the time to get it entered. Procrastination is the thief of time, as they say, and most of us can ill afford temporal burglars (whatever that means!), so enter your team now.
A quick reminder of the prizes:
The winner of Nag3 FFL will receive a copy of 'Against The Crowd' by Alan Potts, a copy of 'Betting For A Living' by Nick Mordin, a copy of TrainerFlatStats 2008, a copy of TrainerTrackStats (jumps version) 2008/9, and a year's subscription to Laying System. That's a total value of over £400!
The runner up will receive copies of TFS 2008 and TTS 2008/9 (value £76).
And each monthly prize winner will receive a month's free subscription to Laying System, value £27. (Note that the August and September prize will be combined for the two months, as will the April / May prize. To be clear, that's no monthly prize for August or April. Instead, points gained in those months will be added to the following month's points to make for a 'manager of the month').
As well as all that, you'll receive the undoubted kudos and "can't put a price on that" value of being mentioned in the blog! ;o)
In total, that's over £700's worth of gear up for grabs, just for sticking a team in. Oh, and Premier League also put up some cash prizes as well, should you do so well in our league that you're also challenging for overall honours!
It's all free so get your team entered at:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
League entry code is 533724-97750
You can make as many changes to your squad prior to tomorrow's kick off as you like, though by now you should have a pretty good idea of who you're going to play.
Still on footy, and I promised a preview of the Championship today but, to be honest, I have a terrible history in that division. For the record, I fancy Sheffield United and Watford to bounce back up. I'm against Charlton (too many aged players) and Wolves (failed too many times before).
Horses. Let's talk about horses.
After being hit with 9/1 and now a 12/1 qualifier on the laying system, both of whom went on to win, I've reviewed the results data again. Ultimately, even though its been a shocker of a week on that front, overall the information shows that laying at these prices has been profitable.
However, most people (myself very much included) don't like to lay at big prices, for obvious reasons. To avoid nightmare liabilities, I will still publish all qualifiers in the subscription emails, but will counsel against laying at bigger than 6/1.
Indeed, on the results sheet, I also show the record if you'd only laid at 3/1 or shorter. Not surprisingly, this throws up more winners, but overall is slightly more profitable.
You can get the selections free for a fortnight, and paper trade with them, by clicking here.
You can view the results, for 3/1 or shorter and 6/1 or shorter here.
Not much to excite me from a punting perspective today (my mind is on football), but I hope that Snoqualmie Boy can get the win his consistency deserves tonight at Newmarket. He's short to do so (a shade of odds on), but has the form in the book, and David Elsworth is the quiet king of Newmarket.
Prepare yourselves for nine months of football frenzy! Good luck to your team and remember, whoever they are, they're probably better than Bournemouth!
Matt
Yes, its just 24 hours until Sunderland and Spurs kick the first ball in anger of the new football season, and millions of wives can expect to see less of millions of husbands (and, potentially, more of other people's husbands!) for the next nine months or so.
I've had a £2 bet with my non-betting friend that Darren Bent will start tomorrow. He's a Spurs fan (my mate, not Bent) and he reckons Jol loves Keane and will start him for sure. Given that Berbatov is a shoo in to start, and that the Dutch coach will not play three strikers in an away game, I may have done my dough.
But I see Bent making himself undroppable sooner rather than later, and he is my man for the season.
If you've been deliberating your team all week for the Fantasy Football, now's the time to get it entered. Procrastination is the thief of time, as they say, and most of us can ill afford temporal burglars (whatever that means!), so enter your team now.
A quick reminder of the prizes:
The winner of Nag3 FFL will receive a copy of 'Against The Crowd' by Alan Potts, a copy of 'Betting For A Living' by Nick Mordin, a copy of TrainerFlatStats 2008, a copy of TrainerTrackStats (jumps version) 2008/9, and a year's subscription to Laying System. That's a total value of over £400!
The runner up will receive copies of TFS 2008 and TTS 2008/9 (value £76).
And each monthly prize winner will receive a month's free subscription to Laying System, value £27. (Note that the August and September prize will be combined for the two months, as will the April / May prize. To be clear, that's no monthly prize for August or April. Instead, points gained in those months will be added to the following month's points to make for a 'manager of the month').
As well as all that, you'll receive the undoubted kudos and "can't put a price on that" value of being mentioned in the blog! ;o)
In total, that's over £700's worth of gear up for grabs, just for sticking a team in. Oh, and Premier League also put up some cash prizes as well, should you do so well in our league that you're also challenging for overall honours!
It's all free so get your team entered at:
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/
League entry code is 533724-97750
You can make as many changes to your squad prior to tomorrow's kick off as you like, though by now you should have a pretty good idea of who you're going to play.
Still on footy, and I promised a preview of the Championship today but, to be honest, I have a terrible history in that division. For the record, I fancy Sheffield United and Watford to bounce back up. I'm against Charlton (too many aged players) and Wolves (failed too many times before).
Horses. Let's talk about horses.
After being hit with 9/1 and now a 12/1 qualifier on the laying system, both of whom went on to win, I've reviewed the results data again. Ultimately, even though its been a shocker of a week on that front, overall the information shows that laying at these prices has been profitable.
However, most people (myself very much included) don't like to lay at big prices, for obvious reasons. To avoid nightmare liabilities, I will still publish all qualifiers in the subscription emails, but will counsel against laying at bigger than 6/1.
Indeed, on the results sheet, I also show the record if you'd only laid at 3/1 or shorter. Not surprisingly, this throws up more winners, but overall is slightly more profitable.
You can get the selections free for a fortnight, and paper trade with them, by clicking here.
You can view the results, for 3/1 or shorter and 6/1 or shorter here.
Not much to excite me from a punting perspective today (my mind is on football), but I hope that Snoqualmie Boy can get the win his consistency deserves tonight at Newmarket. He's short to do so (a shade of odds on), but has the form in the book, and David Elsworth is the quiet king of Newmarket.
Prepare yourselves for nine months of football frenzy! Good luck to your team and remember, whoever they are, they're probably better than Bournemouth!
Matt
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