Timeout

Unfortunately this blog has become too time consuming, so I am going to stop posting tips.

I may write some occasional posts on long term analysis or if I spot a good bet.

If anyone has any queries then contact me at thebinocular@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers x

End of Cycle 6 Summary

We have come to the end of cycle 6 and thanks to some strong long term bets we have come back with a £1331.77 profit.

This gives total profit of £2360.27.

Cycle 1: +£765.07
Cycle 2: +£37.65
Cycle 3: -£317.97
Cycle 4: +£14.49
Cycle 5: +£529.26
Cycle 6: +£1331.77

Premiership Team of the Week 16

GK: Paul Robinson
DL: Leighton Baines
DC: Ryan Nelsen
DC: Phil Jones
DR: Nedum Onuoha
ML: Maxi Rodriguez
MR: Samir Nasri
MC: Chris Brunt
MC: Yaya Toure
ST: Peter Odemwingie
ST: Carlos Tevez

Coach: Roy Hodgson

Needs Must

Put your standard on the following today:
Chelsea at 2/1
Chelsea to keep a clean sheet at 9/4
Milan at evens
Bayern at 8/13
Real Madrid at 2/5

The bet of the day is over 2.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 7/19, put 10 times your standard on it.

Tricky

Just a reminder of the long term Champions League bets we have:
http://thebinocularguide.blogspot.com/2010/09/quest.html

Put your standard on the following:
Copenhagen at 8/15
Rangers to keep a clean sheet at 3/1
Copenhagen to keep a clean sheet at 11/10
Barcelona to keep a clean sheet at evens
Man Utd at 3/5
Spurs not to lose at 1/2

The bet of the day is Man Utd not to lose at 3/19, put 10 times your standard on it as always.

Clear the way

Put your standard on the following today:
Liverpool at 6/10
Over 2.5 goals in the Liverpool game at evens
Porto at 1/8

Bet of the day is Robertson to beat Higginson at 2/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

Hendry>White

Put your standard on the following today:
West Brom-Newcastle draw at 5/2
Sunderland at 10/11
Over 1.5 goals in the West Brom game at 2/7
Over 2.5 goals in the Sunderland game at 17/16
Borussia Dortmund not to lose at 2/11
Juventus not to lose at 3/10
Sampdoria at 4/5
Cesena not to lose at 2/7
Espanyol at 3/4
Almeria not to lose at 4/11
Malaga not to lose at 2/7
Villareal not to lose at 1/4
Fenerbahce at 4/11
Konyaspor not to lose at 4/9
Bursaspor not to lose at 8/11
SonderjyskE not to lose at 8/15
Djokovic at 3/14
Bears at 10/21
Chargers at 1/6
Colts at 4/9

The bet of the day is Hendry to beat Jimmy White at 4/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

One Game At A Time

Put your standard on the following today:
Fulham at 11/1
Birmingham at 14/5
Blackburn at 4/5
Chelsea-Everton draw at 15/4
Man City-Bolton draw at 10/3
Wigan-Stoke draw at 23/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 5/19
Over 2.5 goals in the Birmingham game at 17/16
Over 2.5 goals in the Blackburn game at evens
Over 2.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 11/14
Over 1.5 goals in the Man City game at 2/7
Over 1.5 goals in the Wigan game at 6/13
Over 1.5 goals in all Bundesliga games today at 3.298/1
AC Milan at 5/18
Osasuna not to lose at 10/3
Real Madrid to win at 2/5
Sturm Graz at 2/7
Mechelen not to lose at 10/21
Copenhagen at 7/19
PSV at 2/11
Excelsior not to lose at 1/2
Leiria not to lose at 4/6
Guimaraes not to lose at 1/6
Ankaragucu not to lose at 2/7
Bulls at 3/10
South Africa at 3/1 (rugby union)
Ding at 4/7
Neil Robertson at 2/9

Project Mourinho continues with 1/12 not to lose against Valencia.

The bet of the day is Leeds not to lose at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

Stack 5 times your standard on Neil Robertson to win the UK Championship at 8/1

Premiership Team of the Week 15

GK: Tim Krul
DL: Jose Enrique
DC: Paul Scharner
DC: Ryan Shawcross
DR: Micah Richards
ML: Nani
MR: Aaron Lennon
MC: Chris Brunt
MC: Scott Parker
ST: Dimitar Berbatov
ST: Marouane Chamakh

Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson

Cycle 6 Day 18 Summary

At the end of day 18 of the 6th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £560.47

This brings total profit over all cycles to £1588.97.

No Introduction Required

The World Tour Finals has served up (get it) a treat for us all to enjoy, as the two greatest tennis players of all time face up in the O2 Arena.

Put your standard on the following today:
Newcastle at 79/17
Spurs at 11/10
Under 2.5 goals in the Newcastle game at 19/17
Over 1.5 goals in the Spurs game at 1/3
Copenhagen not to lose at 3/20
Bologna not to lose at 5/12
Lazio not to lose at 1/7
Cagliari not to lose at 1/7
Bari not to lose at 1/4
Portimonense not to lose at 1/2
Beira-Mar not to lose at 7/5
A Bilbao not to lose at 2/11
Giants at 1/3
Chargers at 5/4
Bears at 8/5
Packers at 11/10
Lakers at 1/5

Now I know I shouldn't put more on Nadal when I already have him to win the tournament but I can't help it, above evens against a man who he has such a strong record against. The bet of the day is 10 times your standard on Nadal to beat Federer at 11/8.

Big Boxing

Plenty going on this weekend...

Put your standard on the following today:
Villa-Arsenal draw at 12/5
Over 1.5 goals in the Villa game at 6/19
Bolton at 8/13
Over 3.5 goals in the Bolton game at 16/11
West Brom at 6/1
Over 1.5 goals in the Everton game at 2/7
Fulham-Birmingham draw at 23/10
Over 2.5 goals in the Fulham game at 11/8
Man Utd-Blackburn draw at 5/1
Over 2.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 13/18
Stoke-Man City draw at 23/10
Under 2.5 goals in the Stoke game at 13/17
West Ham at 11/10
Over 3.5 goals in the West Ham game at 29/10
Sunderland at 19/10
Over 2.5 goals in the Wolves game at 11/10
Celtic at 2/7
Over 1.5 goals in all Bundesliga matches today at 4.034/1
Anderlecht at 1/5
Mechelen not to lose at 3/10 (Sunday)
Brest not to lose at 2/9
Valenciennes not to lose at 1/9
Caen not to lose at 1/3 (Sunday)
Leverkusen not to lose at 1/2
Hamburg not to lose at 3/10
Roda not to lose at 2/5
Pacos Ferreira not to lose at 3/10
Juventus not to lose at 1/7
Genclerbirligi not to lose at 3/10
Konyaspor not to lose at 2/5
Federer at 4/9
India at 8/15

Put 5 times your standard on the following:
Abraham to beat Froch at 8/11
Berto to beat Hernandez at 1/7
Ward to beat Bika at 1/9
Katsidis to beat Marquez at 9/4 (a long shot, but I'm a sucker for a gladiator)

The bet of the day is Nadal to beat Murray at 8/13, put 10 times your standard on it.

Get ready for Ashes fever!

Ok, to be honest the Ashes don't mean much to me. England's most recent success has come as the Australian side has needed to replace some of its stars, but anything that provides Test Cricket with the positive branding that this series gives it is something I am in favour of. If it's good cricket then I am interested. So let us indulge this mid-table battle.

Australia not to lose the series at 1/2, put 10 times your standard on this.

Australia haven't lost a test at the Gabba since 1988 so put 10 times your standard on the Aussies not to lose the opening test at 2/5.

Put 10 times your standard on the Aussies to win the series at 11/10.

Put 2 times your standard on the following:
Australia to win the series 3-1 at 9/1
Australia to win the opening test at 6/5
Shane Watson to be Player of the Series at 12/1
Michael Clarke to be top Run Scorer at 64/5
Graeme Swann to be top Wicket Taker at 3/1
Michael Clarke to be top Aussie Run Scorer at 5/1
Mitchell Johnson to be top Aussie Wicket Taker at 11/4
Kevin Pietersen to be top England Run Scorer at 9/2
Graeme Swann to be top England Wicket Taker at 5/4
England not to win a Test at 7/2


Something ridiculous to me is the 3/1 available on there to be a 10 wicket haul in the Ashes. That is 10 match wickets. Plow 10 times your standard on this.

Ronaldo 2 Messi ?

Ronaldo and Messi have been exchanging blows this season, Ronaldo bagged two last night so what will Messi come up with tonight?

Put your standard on the following today:
Berdych at 5/2
Kazan at evens
Benfica at 5/6
Inter at 7/10
Barcelona at 4/11
Messi to score anytime at 8/11
Man Utd at 7/10
Lyon at 23/10
Spurs at 1/2
Valencia at 1/4
Nadal at 11/10
Heat at 28/17

The bet of the day is Man Utd not to lose at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

I'll have some Ashes bets for you later.

Premiership Team of the Week 14

GK: Ben Foster
DL: Patrice Evra
DC: Scott Dann
DC: Ryan Nelsen
DR: Glen Johnson
ML: Lee Chung-Yong
MR: Morten Gamst Pedersen
MC: Tim Cahill
MC: Rafael Van Der Vaart
ST: Johan Elmander
ST: Carlos Tevez

Coach: Owen Coyle

And so it continues...

Close call yesterday but Nadal came through and so it continues...

Put your standard on the following today:
Spartak Moscow not to lose at 1/2
Real Madrid not to lose at 1/3
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 109/50
Ronaldo to score at anytime at 6/5
AC Milan at 11/8
Basel-Cluj draw at 3/1
Arsenal at 18/19
Chelsea at 2/11
Chelsea to keep a clean sheet at 63/50
Shakhtar at 8/11
Bayern Munich at 3/1
Soderling at 8/15
Lakers at 4/17

The bet of the day is Federer to beat Murray at 4/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

I'll stop writing.

If Rafa Nadal loses tonight, I will stop writing this blog.

Put 10 times your standard on him to beat Roddick at 2/5.

Put your standard on the following today:
Sunderland at 28/17
Under 2.5 goals in the Sunderland game at 13/19
Chargers at 2/9
Hornets at 4/9

Rafa Rafa Rafa Rafa Rafa

Yes Five Rafa's, Rafa is on the march and he seems determined to have Tennis' 5 most valuable titles in his possession, put 5 times your standard on Rafa to win the ATP Finals at 3/1, and the bet of the day is 10 times your standard on Rafa to reach the Semis at 2/7.

Put your standard on the following today:
Blackburn-Villa draw at 23/10
Fulham-Man City draw at 23/10
Under 3.5 goals in the Blackburn game at 3/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Fulham game at 5/11
Murray at 13/18
Federer at 1/7
Celtics at 10/29
Bordeaux not to lose at 2/11
Copenhagen at 7/19
Brescia not to lose at 1/3
Catania not to lose at 2/13
Napoli not to lose at 1/10
Den Haag not to lose at 1/4
Groningen not to lose at 2/7
Heerenveen not to lose at 1/20
Levante not to lose at 4/11
Osasuna not to lose at 1/4
Antalyaspor not to lose at 3/10
Kayserispor not to lose at 4/11

Cycle 6 Day 8 Summary

At the end of Day 8 of the 6th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £295.00.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £1323.50.

Cold Season

Put your standard on the following today:
Arsenal-Spurs draw at 16/5
Birmingham-Chelsea draw at 11/4
Blackpool at 8/5
Bolton-Newcastle draw at 12/5
Man Utd-Wigan draw at 11/2
West Brom at 5/4
Liverpool-West Ham draw at 3/1
Over 2.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 13/19
Rangers at 8/15
Under 2.5 goals in the Birmingham game at 16/19
Over 2.5 goals in the Blackpool game at 8/11
Over 2.5 goals in the Bolton game at 42/41
Over 2.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 13/19
Under 2.5 goals in the West Brom game at 9/10
Over 2.5 goals in the West Ham game at evens
Over 1.5 goals in the every Bundesliga game today at 5.072/1
Celtic at 3/10
AC Milan at 4/7
Messi to score at anytime at 8/13
Villa to score at anytime at 11/12
Ronaldo to score at anytime at 3/5
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at evens
Paul Williams to beat Martinez at 7/8

The bet of the day is a Barcelona/Real Madrid double at 0.59/1, put 10 times your standard on it.

Project Mourinho continues with 1/33 at home to Bilbao.

Premiership Team of the Week 13

GK: Mark Schwarzer
DL: Jose Enrique
DC: Scott Dann
DC: Ryan Shawcross
DR: Nedum Onuoha
ML: Gareth Bale
MR: Stuart Downing (I know he doesn't play there, but he was too good to leave out)
MC: Lee Cattermole
MC: Charles N'Zogbia
ST: Johan Elmander
ST: Asamoah Gyan

Coach: Steve Bruce

Those where were you moments

Chris Gayle is unbeaten on 313 at tea on the second day of the Test match between West Indies and Sri Lanka in Galle.

He's already made history by becoming only the fourth player to hit 2 triple centuries.

Make sure you get yourself around a tv screen (live on Eurosport).

A-W-V-H

Alonso-Webber-Vettel-Hamilton, who's your man?

After yesterday's success, I'm tempted to just up and leave, £248.90 profit in one day is something to write home about. I'm already home, so I'm writing to you about it. The David Haye third round TKO makes my round prediction record 6-0. Which I can't believe myself, because I've just been guessing. If only I'd put money where my psychic mind is.

Put your standard on the following today:
Everton-Arsenal draw at 12/5
Chelsea at 1/4
Chelsea to keep a clean sheet at 4/5
Over 3.5 goals in the Everton game at 13/5
Over 3.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 33/19
Celtic at 1/3
Real Madrid at 2/7
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 99/100
C Ronaldo to score at anytime at 13/19
Inter at 13/8
Colts at 1/3
Bears at evens
Giants at 2/11
Vettel to win race with fastest lap at 4/1

Put 5 times your standard on the followng:
Webber to win the championship at 15/2
Vettel to win the championship at 9/2
Hamilton to finish in the points at 1/5
No Safety Car at evens

The bet of the day is the Lakers at 2/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Making Haye

Big Cycle, on to the next one...

Put your standard on the following:
Villa at 9/2
Under 2.5 goals in the Villa game at 4/5
Man City-Birmingham draw at 18/5
Newcastle-Fulham draw at 12/5
Spurs-Blackburn draw at 3/1
West Ham-Blackpool draw at 14/5
Wigan-West Brom draw at 12/5
Wolves-Bolton draw at 23/10
Stoke at 11/4
Under 2.5 goals in the Man City game at 19/17
Under 2.5 goals in the Newcastle game at 5/6
Over 1.5 goals in the Spurs game at 3/10
Over 2.5 goals in the West Ham game at 13/19
Under 2.5 goals in the Wigan game at 11/13
Under 3.5 goals in the Wolves game at 1/3
Under 2.5 goals in the Stoke game at 8/11
Rangers at 1/5
QPR not to lose at 11/20
Brest not to lose at 2/9
Over 1.5 goals in all the Bundesliga games today at 3.222/1
Messi to score at anytime at 4/6
Villa to score at anytime at 11/13
Federer at 1/5
Magic at 4/11
Jazz at 5/6
Celtics at 4/6
New Zealand/Australia/S Africa rugby union treble at 1.558/1


The bet of the day is Vettel to get pole at 11/10, put 10 times your standard on it.

Put 10 times your standard on Haye at 1/6 (round 3 prediction don't bet on it)
Put 10 times your standard on Pacquiao at 1/4

End of Cycle 5 Summary

We have come to the end of cycle 5 and we have come back with a £529.26 profit.

This gives total profit of £1028.50

Cycle 1: +£765.07
Cycle 2: +£37.65
Cycle 3: -£317.97
Cycle 4: +£14.49
Cycle 5: +£529.26

200

200th post and it also marks the last day of cycle 5...not a lot going down though.

Put your standard on the following today:
Thunder at 14/19
Jazz at 11/8

That is all.

Team of the Year so far 2

The team of the year so far based on most appearances in the team of the week:

GK: Joe Hart
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Kolo Toure
DC: Roger Johnson
DR: Branislav Ivanovic
ML: Florent Malouda
MR: Nani
MC: Alex Song
MC: Rafael Van Der Vaart
ST: Dimitar Berbatov
ST: Marouane Chamakh

Coach: Chris Houghton

Player of the year: Nani, 4 appearances in the team of the week. 11 games, 4 goals, 8 assists.

Premiership Team of the Week 12

GK: Mark Schwarzer
DL: Leighton Baines
DC: Branislav Ivanovic
DC: Gary Cahill
DR: Bacary Sagna
ML: Stewart Downing
MR: Ashley Young
MC: Alex Song
MC: Morten Gamst-Pedersen
ST: Marouane Chamakh
ST: Ricardo Fuller

Coach: Sam Allardyce

Murray Must

Put your standard on the following today:
Villa at 8/13
Chelsea at 1/4
Newcastle-Blackburn draw at 14/5
West Ham-West Brom draw at 12/5
Wigan-Liverpool draw at 11/4
Everton-Bolton draw at 14/5
Man City-Man Utd draw at 23/10
Wolves-Arsenal draw at 3/1
Under 2.5 goals in the Villa game at 39/29
Over 2.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 3/4
Over 1.5 goals in the Newcastle game at 4/11
Over 1.5 goals in the West Ham game at 10/29
Under 2.5 goals in the Wigan game at 10/13
Over 1.5 goals in the Everton game at 1/3
Under 3.5 goals in the Man City game at 6/19
Over 3.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 2/1
Celtic at 8/13
Rangers at 2/9
Eto'o to score at anytime at 17/11
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 8/11
Federer at 1/10

The bet of the day is Murray to win at 1/2, put 10 times your standard on it.

Midweek Kick

Put your standard on the following today:
Stoke-Birmingham draw at 23/10
Spurs-Sunderland draw at 16/5
Over 1.5 goals in the Stoke game at 11/21
Over 1.5 goals in the Spurs game at 2/7
Hornets at 1/4

The bet of the day is the Heat at 2/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Premiership Team of the Week 11

GK: Tim Krul
DL: Jose Enrique
DC: Martin Skrtel
DC: Jamie Carragher
DR: Nedum Onuoha
ML: Marc Albrighton
MR: Ji Sung Park
MC: Cheick Tiote
MC: Morten Gamst-Pedersen
ST: Fernando Torres
ST: Kevin Davies

Coach: Chris Houghton

Project Mourinho 5

Project Mourinho continues with 1/14.

Giving us 1/50, 1/50, 1/50, 1/100, 1/14.

For those of you who don't know, these are the odds for each Real Madrid Home League game this season, win or draw. We started with 20 standards.

Does it count?

I predicted an 8th round stoppage for JuanMa last night, and Marquez retired in his corner at the end of the 8th. I think this goes down as an 8th round TKO, so I am taking it. 5 out of 5.

Put your standard on the following today:
Arsenal-Newcastle draw at 5/1
West Brom at 11/4
Liverpool-Chelsea draw at 12/5
Over 3.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 39/29
Over 1.5 goals in the West Brom game at 4/13
Over 2.5 goals in the Liverpool game at 6/5
Rangers at 1/3
Messi to score at anytime at 4/6
Villa to score at anytime at 11/10
C Ronaldo to score at anytime at 4/6
Federer at 8/15
Celtics at 11/10
S Africa 8/15 at (cricket)
Bears at 5/7
Patriots at 1/2
Colts at 7/5
Packers at 3/10
Chargers at 4/6

Put 5 times your standard on there to be a safety car in the Brazilian GP at 4/6.

The bet of the day is the Lakers at 3/10, put 10 times your standard on the greatest basketball team of my generation.

Cycle 5 Day 22 Summary

At the end of Day 22 of the 5th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £426.24.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £925.48.

JuanMa

Put your standard on the following today:
Bolton-Spurs draw at 12/5
Birmingham at evens
Blackburn-Wigan draw at 11/4
Blackpool-Everton draw at 13/5
Fulham at 6/5
Man Utd at 1/4
Sunderland at 11/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Bolton game at 4/11
Under 2.5 goals in the Birmingham game at 14/19
Over 2.5 goals in the Blackburn game at 11/9
Over 1.5 goals in the Blackpool game at 5/18
Under 2.5 goals in the Fulham game at 11/17
Over 2.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 9/13
Over 1.5 goals in the Sunderland game at 17/35
Celtic at 1/4
Over 1.5 goals in the all Bundesliga games today at 2.303/1
Inter at 2/7
Eto'o to score at anytime at evens
Djokovic and Federer both to win at 9/16
Australia at 8/11 (cricket)
New Zealand/Australia/South Africa treble at 2.563/1


The bet of the day is Juan Manuel Lopez at 2/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

This blog is a big supporter of JuanMa, and named his as one to watch in 2010 back in January. If he wins his next 3 fights, there won't be a boxing fan in the world who doesnt know his name.

JuanMa to win with an eight round stoppage, don't bet on it, it's just a new theory I am trying out and this is a means to record it. I've managed to guess, and I use that term in the truest sense, I am just guessing, the exact result of the last 4 boxing fights that I have watched.

Making Waves

This blog has managed to panic the bookies and throw out the Gareth Bale odds.

A job well done!

I admit it.

I love Jose Mourinho, I admit it.

Put your standard on the following today:
Real Madrid at 13/10
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 9/4
C Ronaldo to score at anytime at 5/4
Ajax to keep a clean sheet at 5/2
Over 1.5 goals in the Basel game at 1/4
Over 3.5 goals in the Cluj game at 27/11
Chelsea at 1/4
Arsenal at 7/4
Arsenal not to lose at 1/2
Marseille to keep a clean sheet at 11/9
Over 2.5 goals in the Partizan game at 23/18
Celtics at 2/7
Lakers at 5/11
Thunder at 1/4
Nuggets at 8/13

The bet of the day is Real Madrid not to lose at 4/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Premiership Team of the Week 10

GK: Rob Green
DL: Carlos Salcido
DC: Nemanja Vidic
DC: Roger Johnson
DR: Branislav Ivanovic
ML: Clint Dempsey
MR: Nani
MC: Alex Song
MC: Kevin Nolan
ST: Shola Ameobi
ST: Andy Carroll

Coach: Chris Houghton

Cash in on Bale-o-Mania

Sky Bet have Gareth Bale to be at Spurs at the start of the 2011/12 season at 1/2.

William Hill have Gareth Bale not to be at Spurs at the start of the 2011/12 season at 10/3.

Put a ratio of 9:26 standards on No:Yes (William Hill : Sky Bet) per 4 standards you want to win.

e.g. £90 a 10/3, and £260 at 1/2, wins you £40 guaranteed.

11.43% return. Absolute Steal.

This is the...

Champions League!

Put your standard on the following today:
Rubin to keep a clean sheet at 11/10
Lyon at 41/13
Man Utd at 10/13
Barcelona to keep a clean sheet at 6/5
Schalke to keep a clean sheet at 79/40
Over 2.5 goals in the Spurs game at 42/41
Valencia to keep a clean sheet at evens
Over 3.5 goals in the Bremen game at 48/29
Lakers at 2/9
Trail Blazers at 26/19
Celtics at 3/8


The bet of the day is Man Utd not to lose at 2/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Not a lot

Not a lot going on today,

Blackpool not to lose at 8/13, put 10 times your standard on it.

D-Fence!

Off to the NFL game at Wembley Stadium today. Both teams have been shocking so far this season so it should be tight.

Put your standard on the following today:
Villa at 10/11
Bolton at 5/2
Newcastle-Sunderland draw at 23/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Villa game at 7/18
Over 1.5 goals in the Bolton game at 3/8
Under 1.5 goals in the Newcastle game at 45/17
Over 1.5 goals in both Bundesliga games at 0.52/1
Under 3.5 goals in all Serie A games today at 3.451/1
Wozniacki at 15/13
Chiefs at 1/3
49ers at 4/5
Jets at 2/5
Chargers at 8/15
Lakers at 1/8
Jazz at 7/2

The bet of the day is the Heat to beat the Nets at 2/9, put 10 times your standard on it.

Strong Saturday

Put your standard on the following:
Arsenal at 1/5
Wigan at 15/4
Wolves at 9/2
Blackburn-Chelsea Draw at 7/2
Everton-Stoke Draw at 3/1
Man Utd-Spurs Draw at 16/5
Over 4.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 11/4
Under 3.5 goals in the Blackburn game at 5/11
Over 1.5 goals in the Everton game at 7/19
Under 3.5 goals in the Fulham game at 3/10
Under 3.5 goals in the Wolves game at 10/29
Over 2.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 13/18
Celtic at 4/9
Rangers at 2/9
Over 1.5 goals in all Bundesliga games today at 2.797/1
Roma at 2/5
Juventus not to lose at 20/21
C Ronaldo to score at anytime at 7/10
Excelsior at 45/17
Ajax at 2/5
Neil Robertson to win the Power Snooker at 6/1

The bet of the day is Galatasaray at 8/15, put 10 times your standard on it.

Premiership Team of the Week 9

GK: Petr Cech
DL: Leighton Baines
DC: Michael Turner
DC: Roger Johnson
DR: Jose Bosingwa
ML: Florent Malouda
MR: Samir Nasri
MC: Alex Song
MC: Steed Malbranque
ST: Javier Hernandez
ST: Marouane Chamakh

Coach: Arsene Wenger

B-Ball me again

Put your standard on the following today:
Villa at 3/5
Celtics at 8/13
Nets at 8/13
Knicks at 20/19
Grizzlies at 4/6
Thunder at 5/12
Bucks at 11/8
Timberwolves at 10/17
Mavericks at 10/29
Spurs at 1/4
Jazz at 6/4
Rockets at 8/5
Trail Blazers at 5/7
Pakistan at 8/5

The bet of the day is Arsenal at 5/6, put 10 times your standard on it.

Cycle 5 Day 11 Summary

At the end of Day 11 of the 5th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £104.26.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £603.50.

BASKETBALL!

The NBA is back, and it is set to be huge. Lebron, Kobe, Durant, Howard, Wade, Rondo it is time to impress me.

Put your standard on the following today:
Man Utd at 4/11
Heat at 22/23
Suns at 27/10
Lakers at 1/3

No bet of the day, but a series of season long bets for the NBA:

Put 10 times your standard on the following:
Lakers to win Pacific at 2/9
Thunder to win Northwest at 13/10
Celtics to win Atlantic at 1/3
Bulls to win Central at evens

Put 5 times your standard on the following:
Bryant to win MVP at 7/2
Griffin to win Rookie of the year at 5/2

Sundown

Big day in the F1 calender, and it's going to be an eventful one.

Put your standard on the following today:
Stoke at 5/1
Blackburn at 5/1
Man City at 6/4
Over 1.5 goals in the Stoke game at 1/3
Over 1.5 goals in the Liverpool game at 4/11
Under 3.5 goals in the Man City game at 7/18
Rangers at 5/2
Over 1.5 goals in all Bundesliga games today at 0.827/1
Eto'o to score anytime at 5/4
Inter at 4/7
Llanelli at 8/13
Excelsior at 14/1
PSV at 4/11
Federer at 1/10
Ravens at 1/6
Saints at 1/6
Dolphins at 23/17
Bears at 9/13
Chargers at 10/13
Raiders at 3/1
Jaguars at 39/11
Vikings at 5/4
Munroe at 23/10


Put 5 times your standard on Hamilton to finish on the podium at 4/9
Put 5 times your standard on Schumacher to finish in the points at 1/2
Put 5 times your standard on Webber to win the race at 11/5
Put 5 times your standard on Alonso to finish on the podium at 2/5

The bet of the day is for there to be a safety car at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

Project Mourinho is still on

Put your standard on the following today:

Spurs-Everton draw at 12/5 (in 3d baby!)
Birmingam-Blackpool draw at 13/5
Chelsea at 1/7
Sunderland at 6/4
West Brom-Fulham draw at 12/5
Bolton at 21/10
West Ham-Newcastle draw at 12/5
Over 2.5 goals in the Spurs game at 11/10
Under 1.5 goals in the Birmingham game at 33/10
Over 3.5 goals in the Sunderland game at 17/5
Under 2.5 goals in the West Brom game at 5/6
Under 2.5 goals in the Wigan game at 13/16
Over 1.5 goals in the West Ham game at 6/17
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 67/100
Valencia at 4/7
Over 1.5 goals in each Bundesliga game today at 2.227/1
Messi to score at anytime at 3/4
Federer at 1/6

Project Mourinho continues with 1/100. Giving us 1/50, 1/50, 1/50, 1/100.

The bet of the day is over 1.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 1/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

Premiership Team of the Week 8

GK: Paul Robinson
DL: Leighton Baines
DC: Phil Jagielka
DC: Sylvain Distin
DR: Paulo Ferreira
ML: Charles N'Zogbia
MR: David Silva
MC: Abou Diaby
MC: Chris Brunt
ST: Carlos Tevez
ST: Marouane Chamakh

Coach: Owen Coyle

Wednesday Shorts

Put your standard on the following today:
Barcelona at 1/7
Lyon at 11/10
Over 2.5 goals in the Twente game at 9/13
Messi to score at anytime at 3/5

The bet of the day is Man Utd to win at 3/10, put 10 times your standard on it.

BS

Bullshit, I brag about my 100% record and boom there it goes. On the brighter side my 0% record which I was strangely also bragging about went too and we made profit overall. Sunny side up bitches!

Put your standard on the following today:
Chelsea to keep a clean sheet at 13/8
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 27/20
Arsenal not to lose at 3/19
Ajax at 4/6
Bayern at 2/7
Leeds not to lose at 4/11
Ipswich not to lose at 4/6

The bet of the day is Real Madrid not to lose at 1/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

0%

9 Premiership games and I've got them all wrong.

But I've got a 100% in the Over/Under Goals, so it's evened itself out in a way.

Blackburn-Sunderland to draw at 23/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Blackburn game at 4/9

That's all, no bet of the day.

Only One Winner

Put your standard on the following today:
Everton-Liverpool draw at 9/4
Blackpool at 11/2
Over 1.5 goals in the Everton game at 3/7
Over 2.5 goals in the Man City game at 4/6
Celtic at 8/11
Inter at 20/19
PSV at 1/4
Galatasary at 1/2
Murray at 2/1
South Africa at 1/7 (cricket)
Patriots at 5/6
Giants at 2/9
Chargers at 1/4
Raiders at 13/5
Colts at 11/18
Bears at 7/19

The bet of the day is the Saints at 1/2, put 10 times your standard on it.

Barry was bad, very bad

Just a quick note on the England game in midweek, Gareth Barry was awful.

Put your standard on the following today:
Birmingham at 12/1
Man Utd at 1/3
Wigan at 7/2
Wolves at 13/10
Villa at 4/1
Bolton-Stoke draw at 23/10
Fulham-Spurs draw at 23/10
Over 1.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 1/6
Over 2.5 goals in the Bolton game at 11/9
Over 2.5 goals in the Fulham game at 22/19
Over 1.5 goals in the Newcastle game at 7/19
Under 2.5 goals in the Wolves game at 7/9
Rangers at 2/5
Over 1.5 goals in all Bundesliga matches at 3.015/1
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 5/4
Ajax at 1/5
Murray at 1/8
Federer at 8/11
Klitschko at 1/11

The bet of the day is Over 2.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 5/9, put 10 times your standard on it.

End of Cycle 4 Summary

We have come to the end of cycle 4 and we have come back with a £14.49 profit.

This gives total profit of £499.24

Cycle 1: +£765.07
Cycle 2: +£37.65
Cycle 3: -£317.97
Cycle 4: +£14.49

Last of the Quad

Put your standard on the following today:
Federer at 1/3
Over 2.5 goals in the Koln game at 22/23

The bet of the day is SA to beat Zimbabwe in the cricket at 1/8, put 10 times your standard on it.

Just In Case

Just in case anyone was wondering, I am back at Uni now so that is the reason for my less frequent posts

Put your standard on the following today:
Holland at 7/10
England at 1/4
Germany at 2/17
N Ireland at 1/3
Over 2.5 goals in the France game at 2/5
Over 2.5 goals in the Portugal game at evens
Italy not to lose at 2/11
Wales not to lose at 19/10
Ireland not to lose at 5/8

The bet of the day is Spain to beat Scotland at a ridiculous 2/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

Sprott on

Sprott won the prizefighter, but Phil Taylor let us down.

Put your standard on the following today:
Djokovic at 5/18
Wozniacki at 4/5
S Africa at 1/10 (cricket)
Bears at 23/17
Colts at 3/10
Giants at 7/5
Saints at 1/3
Chargers at 7/19

The bet of the day is the Packers to beat the Redskins at 10/13, put 10 times your standard on it.

Gone For A Solid Minute

Put your standard on the following today:
England U21 at 1/2
Netherlands at 1/4
Wales not to lose at 9/20
Spain at 1/10
Over 2.5 goals in the Spain game at 19/40
Wozniacki at 4/9
Murray at 1/6
Sprott to win Prizefighter at 5/2
South Africa at 1/10 (cricket)

The bet of the day is over 1.5 goals in the Moldova game at 1/4, put 10 times your standard on it.

Team of the Year so far

The team of the year so far based on most appearances in the team of the week:

GK: Joe Hart
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Kolo Toure
DC: John Terry
DR: Ahmed Elmohamady
ML: Florent Malouda
MR: Nani
MC: Michael Essien
MC: Rafael Van Der Vaart
ST: Dimitar Berbatov
ST: Didier Drogba

Coach: Ian Holloway
Player of the year: Ashley Cole, 4 appearances in the team of the week. 7 games, 5 clean sheets, 3 assists.

Premiership Team of the Week 7

GK: Edwin Van Der Saar
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Ryan Shawcross
DC: Alex
DR: Ahmed Elmohamady
ML: Matthew Etherington
MR: Rafael Van Der Vaart
MC: Michael Essien
MC: Charlie Adam
ST: Luke Varney
ST: Peter Crouch

Coach: Ian Holloway

WGPD

Phil Taylor to win the World Grand Prix Darts at 4/9, put 10 times your standard on it.

After the football over the weekend, the golf yesterday and the cricket this morning, there's just nothing else that exciting going on.

Get in the hole!...?

Just the two bets for today and that is for Europe to seal victory in the Ryder Cup at 1/10, put 10 times your standard on it.

And the Patriots to beat the Dolphins at evens.

Not a lot else going on. I refuse to bet on the India-Australia Test Match.

Cycle 4 Day 16 Summary

At the end of Day 16 of the 4th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £162.55.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £647.30.

Super Sunday?

What is the word for even more super?

Put your standard on the following today:
Man City at 1/2
Liverpool at 1/3
Chelsea-Arsenal draw at 14/5
Over 2.5 goals in the Man City game at 7/8
Over 2.5 goals in the Liverpool game at 4/7
Over 2.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 16/19
Over 2.5 goals in the Stuttgart game at 8/11
Over 2.5 goals in the Leverkusen game at 11/17
Over 2.5 goals in the Dortmund game at 8/11
Roma not to lose at 6/10
Barcelona/Real Madrid/Villareal all to win at 1.328/1
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 4/6
Over 2.5 goals in the Ajax and PSV game at 1.03/1
CSKA Moscow at 4/11
Steelers at 14/19
Eagles at 4/9
Chargers at 1/4
Bears at 28/17

The bet of the day is Inter not to lose at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

We also continue Project Mourinho.

Started with 20 standards, the odds have been as follows:
1/50, 1/50

Today's odds are once again 1/50.

If we incorrectly assume all 19 home league games will have odds of 1/50 and Real Madrid do not lost as home in the league all season then we can expect to have a return of roughly 45%, this relates to odds overall of 9/20. Pretty poor, but I expect that we will get much higher than this as the odds will not always be 1/50.

The Luck of the Draw

Put your standard on the following today:
Birmingham at 2/1
Wigan-Wolves Draw at 23/10
Stoke-Blackburn Draw at 23/10
Sunderland-Man Utd Draw at 11/4
Spurs-Villa Draw at 11/4
WBA-Bolton Draw at 5/2
West Ham-Fulham Draw at 23/10
Celtic and Rangers both to win at 32/33
Excelsior at 28/11
Fenerbahce at 1/3
USA Women -24.5 at 10/11

The bet of the day is no tie in the Ryder Cup at 1/9, put 10 times your standard on it.

Consecutive Silence

I'm going to hold back from giving tips for a second day in a row and I am not sorry.

The weekend will be big though.

Not worth a buck

There's plenty of Europa League action going on, but it's not worth my money or time. Let's take a break today. We are not addicts, we don't need to bet each and everyday...

Don't make the mistake

Put your standard on the following tonight:
Inter at 4/7
Lyon not to lose at 1/3
Panathinaikos at evens
Rangers at 11/10
Spurs at 5/6
Benfica at 2/1
Man Utd at 21/10

The bet of the day is Man Utd not to lose at 1/2, put 10 times your standard on it.
Man United haven't been at their best but don't make the mistake that many seem to be doing, which is bet against them.

Premiership Team of the Week 6

GK: Robert Green
DL: Stephen Warnock
DC: Vincent Kompany
DC: Kolo Toure
DR: Michel Salgado
ML: Jerome Thomas
MR: Nani
MC: Nigel De Jong
MC: Martin Petrov
ST: Darren Bent
ST: Peter Odemwingie

Coach: Roberto Di Matteo

Cycle 4 Day 11 Summary

At the end of Day 11 of the 4th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £165.92.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £650.67.

Big Boy Steps

Put your standard on the following today:
Spartak Moscow at 4/9
Ajax at 6/4
Real Madrid to keep a clean sheet at 21/20
Basel not to lose at 10/11
Shakhtar not to lose at 4/7
Chelsea at 2/5
Arsenal at 10/11
Roma at 2/5
Leeds not to lose at 1/5

The bet of the day is Arsenal not to lose at 1/4, put 10 times your standard on it.

Del Potro's Return

Put your standard on the following today:
Villareal not to lose at 4/9
Del Potro at 4/7
Bears at 23/17

The bet of the day is Nadal to win Bangkok at 1/2, put 10 times your standard on it.

There's a race on

Put your standard on the following today:
Newcastle-Stoke draw at 5/2
Bolton at 15/2
Wolves at 15/8
Rangers at 8/13
A Madrid at 4/7
Over 2.5 goals in the Wolfsburg game at 17/35
Over 2.5 goals in the Kaiserslautern game at 9/11
Excelsior at 9/5
Simon at 1/5
Saints at 7/12
Chargers at 7/15
Warriors at 11/8

Put 5 times your standard on Schumacher to finish in the points at 7/10
Put 5 times your standard on Hamilton to finish in the top 3 at 8/11
Put 5 times your standard on Webber to finish in the top 6 at 4/11

The bet of the day is for there to be a safety car during the Singapore Grand Prix at 2/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

3D

Yes, I am going to watch my first live match on the new 3D TV today. It is going to be epic...hopefully.

Put your standard on the following today:
Man City-Chelsea draw at 12/5
Arsenal at 2/7
Birmingham at 5/6
Blackpool-Blackburn draw at 12/5
Fulham at 15/8
Liverpool-Sunderland draw at 7/2
West Ham-Spurs draw at 12/5
Celtic at 1/3
Over 2.5 goals in the Bayern game at 5/7
Over 2.5 goals in the Bremen game at 7/10
AC Milan at 4/6
Inter Milan at 13/10
Real Madrid and Barcelona both to win at 1.064/1
PSV at 2/5
Porto at 1/5
TNS at 2/5
Besiktas at 2/5
USA Women -19.5 to beat France Women at 4/9
Warriors at 6/5
Webber for pole position at 3/1
Over 3.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 25/19

The bet of the day is Real Madrid to keep a cleansheet at 11/12, put 10 times your standard on it.

You better believe it

So when I said the bet of the day would be a stretch, and named the post "One might do it", did I honestly think that one point might actually do it? Yes I did, and I got it right.

USA Women 108 Senegal Women 52.

Now for my next trick...

One might do it.

Put your standard on the following today:
Bangalore at 11/10

There's nothing else going on that interests me.

The bet of the day is a stretch too, put 10 times your standard on Senegal at +56.5 points vs USA Women at 17/20.

Women's basketball just got interesting

Put your standard on the following today:
Juventus not to lose at 2/11
Villareal not to lose at 1/6
Sevilla not to lose at 1/8
Cilic at 1/3
Ronnie O'Sullivan at 1/4

The bet of the day is to put 10 times your standard on the USA Women to win the Basketball World Championships at 1/4.

...as promised

Put your standard on the following this evening:
Chelsea to qualify at 2/13
Man Utd to qualify at 2/11
Liverpool to win at 1/5
Man City to qualify at 4/9
Celtic at 2/9
Inter at 4/9
Barcelona at 1/7

The bet of the day is over 2.5 goals in the PSV game at 6/17.

Weak

Once again I will be back later, but for now put your standard on:
Central Districts at 5/4
England at 4/7
Warriors at 13/8

..and the rest

Also put your standard on the following today:
Birmingham to qualify at 2/9
Everton to qualify at 2/7
Bolton to qualify at 11/10
Wolves to qualify at 1/4
Over 2.5 goals in the Spurs-Arsenal game at 8/11
Rangers to win at 1/5
Real Madrid to win at 1/6
Over 2.5 goals in the Hannover-Bremen game at 3/5
Over 2.5 goals in the Hoffenheim-Bayern game at 9/10

The bet of the day is over 1.5 goals in the Real Madrid game at 2/11 with 10 times your standard.

We shall also continue on our way with the start point of 20 standards, backing Real Madrid not to lose at home in the league. The first game was 1/50, and the second game tonight is 1/50 too. So it will be 20.4 standards tonight.

Premiership Team of the Week 5

GK: Joe Hart
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Mike Williamson
DC: Kolo Toure
DR: Alan Hutton
ML: Florent Malouda
MR: Rafael Van Der Vaart
MC: Nigel De Jong
MC: Hatem Ben Arfa
ST: Carlos Tevez
ST: Dimitar Berbatov

Coach: Chris Houghton

I'll be back

I'll be back later to complete today's selections, but for now put your standard on the following:

Guyana at 13/2
Lions at 7/4

Tactics

Put your standard on the following today:
New Orleans Saints at 3/7
Wayamba at 11/4
England at 4/9

The bet of the day is England to win the ODI series at 1/6, put 10 times your standard on it.

Cycle 4 Day 2 Summary

At the end of Day 2 of the 4th Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £92.14.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £576.89.

Packing Heat

Put your standard on the following today:
Man United at 3/4
Wigan-Man City draw at 11/4
Chelsea at 1/9
Over 4.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 7/4
Celtic at 4/9
Inter at 11/8
Roma at 1/2
A Madrid not to lose at 6/5
D Zagreb at 3/10
Bears at 3/1
Chargers at 1/3
Colts at 4/9
Raiders at 10/17
Guyana at 11/4
Bangalore at 11/10
Cavendish to win stage 21 at 1/2

The bet of the day is the Packers at 2/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Calm

Although the last cycle was poor, I think I have identified the problem and I am therefore calm going into the new cycle.

Put your standard on the following today:
Stoke at 10/11
Aston Villa-Bolton draw at 11/4
Blackburn at 20/19
Everton-Newcastle draw at 14/5
Wolves at 15/2
Birmingham at 13/5
Sunderland at 23/5
QPR not to lose at 8/15
MK Dons at 10/11
Rangers at 4/9
Bayern at 3/11
Milan at 1/3
Warwickshire at 13/10
Central Districts at 12/5
Victoria at 26/19
Mark Williams to win the World Open at 16/1

5 times your standard on:
Brook at 1/5
Cleverly at 4/11
Saul Alvarez at 2/17

The bet of the day is Degale to win at 1/8, put 10 times your standard on it as always.

End of Cycle 3 Summary

We have come to the end of cycle 3 and we have come back with a £317.97 loss.

This gives total profit of £484.75

Cycle 1: +£765.07
Cycle 2: +£37.65
Cycle 3: -£317.97

The Third

So today is the end of the third cycle, and it's been a bit of a disaster. Too many bets of the day not coming off, and I think we have fallen foul of frequency. So I will cut down frequency next cycle, as I was pushing for bets that just weren't there this cycle.

Put your standard on the following today:
Leeds at 23/10
TNS at 7/10
Llodra at 1/4
Pakistan at 23/10
S Australia at 8/5
Cavendish to win stage 18 at 5/2

The bet of the day is Djokovic at 1/8, put 10 times your standard on it

Summer's Last Sunset

Put your standard on the following today:
A Madrid at 18/19
AZ Alkmaar at 4/7
Juventus at 1/3
Man City at 3/4
Besiktas at 3/10
Porto at 3/10
Liverpool at 4/9
PSV at evens
Sevilla at 8/13
Mumbai at 1/12
Cavendish to win stage 18 at 4/7
Selby at 8/11 (Draw no bet)
Ding Junhui at 7/4 (Draw no bet)

The bet of the day is Somerset to be crowned County Champs at 1/4, put 10 times your standard on it.

Premiership Team of the Week 4

GK: Matthew Gilks
DL: Gareth Bale
DC: Roger Johnson
DC: Dekel Keinan
DR: Paulo Ferreira
ML: Charlie Adam
MR: Nani
MC: Michael Essien
MC: Cesc Fabregas
ST: Moussa Dembele
ST: Dimitar Berbatov

Coach: Ian Holloway

Arsenal by that much

Put your standard on the following today:
Victoria at 4/6
Wayamba at 15/8
AC Milan at 4/9
Roma not to lose at 5/4
Chelsea at 3/10
Shakhtar Donetsk at 4/9
Marseille not to lose at 1/6

The bet of the day is Arsenal to win at 1/3, put 10 times your standard on it.

Put 20 times your standard on Mark Cavendish to win the points classification at 1/4.

Points Comparison

I took a look at this seasons results so far and compared it with the corresponding fixture from last season. For Newcastle, West Brom, and Blackpool, I used Burnley, Hull, and Portsmouth respectively.

Chelsea +5 points
Newcastle +4
West Brom +4
Blackpool +3
Man Utd +2
Birmingham +2
Villa +2
Arsenal +1
Blackburn +1
Stoke +1
Man City 0
Liverpool 0
Wolves -1
Fulham -2
Sunderland -2
Bolton -2
West Ham -2
Wigan -3
Everton -6
Spurs -7

So the people who have said nobody can stop Chelsea this year have been promptly reminded that Chelsea's games have not been tough, but they can come back with the fact that they are 5 points better off from these fixtures compared to last year. On the other end, West Ham and Wigan ought to be worried about relegation, and Everton and Spurs might want to think about top10 before they think about Europe.

The Quest

The Champions League begins today and so the quest to be crowned Europe's elite.

It's knockout football at it's finest.

Put your standard on the following tonight:
Barcelona at 1/7
Benfica at 4/9
Valencia not to lose at 2/5
Lyon at evens
Twente not to lose at 20/23
Spurs not to lose at 8/11
Ipswich not to lose at 2/5
S Australia at 6/4 (T20)

Man United to win at 1/5 is the bet of the day, put 10 times your standard on it.

Here are the long term Champions League bets:
5 times your standard on all English Teams to qualify at a ridiculous 13/1 with Betfair.
5 times your standard on 3 English Team to qualify at an equally ridiculous 41/10 with Betfair.
5 times your standard on Man Utd to win their group at 3/10
5 times your standard on Chelsea to win their group at 3/10
5 times your standard on Arsenal to win their group at 1/2
10 times your standard on Tel-Aviv, Cluj, and Zilina not to qualify at 1/3
10 times your standard on Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal all to qualify at 0.473/1

Late to Work

Apologies, the service was down this morning for some reason.

Put your standard on the following today:
Stoke-Villa draw at 23/10
Jets at 13/15

The bet of the day is the Chargers at 5/11, with 10 times your standard.

The Bull

Put your standard on the following today:
Birmingham at 14/5
Nadal to win 3-0 at 23/12
Steelers at 11/10
Giants at 7/19
Patriots at 7/15
Broncos at 7/5
Bears at 4/11
Colts at 13/15
Dolphins at 8/13
Packers at 5/7
49ers at 9/13
Cowboys at 8/15
Pakistan at 14/5
Guyana at 5/2
S Australia at evens

5 times your standard on Hamilton to finish in top 6 at 2/9
5 times your standard on Webber to finish in top 10 at 1/5

The bet of the day is Nadal to win at 4/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Welcome to the Weekend

Big loss on Wozniacki has set up way back.

We welcome back some league football today and I am glad to see it.

Put your standard on the following today:
Everton at 7/2
Arsenal at 1/4
Fulham at 13/15
Man City at 2/5
West Ham at 10/1
Wigan-Sunderland draw at 12/5
Newcastle-Blackpool draw at 13/4
West Brom-Spurs draw at 5/2
Celtic and Rangers to win at 10/11
Lyon at 8/15
Bayern at 3/5
Inter and AC Milan to win at 6/5
Barcelona and Real Madrid games both over 2.5 goals at 1.07/1
Messi to score at anytime at 1/2
David Villa to score at anytime at 8/15
Nadal to win 3-0 at 4/5
Federer to win 3-0 at 31/16
Zvonareva at 11/5
USA to win at 1/8 (basketball)
Morales at 1/8
Klitschko at 2/17
Wayamba at 6/5 (T20)
Central Districts at 5/2
Alonso for pole position at 3/1
New Zealand at 1/2 (Rugby Union)

The bet of the day is Federer to win at 1/3, put 10 times your standard on it.

And finally, we'll start with 20 standards and put it on Real Madrid not to lose a home league game each time this season. Today Home to Osasuna, Real not to lose is 1/50.

The Pretty Wall

Put your standard on the following today:
Clijsters at 8/15
Wozniacki to win 2-0 at 16/19
Bryan/Bryan at 1/5
Tyson Fury at 1/12
Pakistan to win at 12/5
Cavendish to win stage 13 at 11/13
Selby at 4/11
Lions at 11/5 (T20)

The bet of the day is Wozniacki at 3/10, put 10 times your standard on it.

America's Game

Start of the NFL Season, hurray!

Put your standard on the following today:
Wawrinka at 5/4
Nadal to win 3-0 at 8/11
Over 13.5 points in the fourth quarter in the Saints game at 4/5
Cavendish to win stage 12 at evens
Ding Junhui at 3/5

The bet of the day is Nadal to win at 1/10, put 10 times your standard on it.

Here are a few NFL Season Bets:
Green Bay to make the playoffs at 1/2 (10 standards)
SF 49ers to make the playoffs at 4/6 (5 standards)
Colts to make the playoffs at 4/9 (10 standards)
Adrian Peterson most rushing yards at 11/2 (2 standards)
Cowboys to make the playoffs at 4/7 (10 standards)

Bry Me A River

Put your standard on the following today:
Monfils at 10/3
Zvonareva at 1/3
Federer to win 3-0 at 32/21
Wozniacki to win 2-0 at 6/17
Spain and Turkey both to win at 13/15 (basketball)


The bet of the day is as follows:
Bryan Brothers are 1/4 at Bet365, Granollers/Robredo are 24/5 at BWin.
So put 58:12.5 your standard on BryanBryan:GranollersRobredo to win 2 standards.

Yep Bry Me A River...

One last bet, put 20 times your standard on Wozniacki to reach the final at 6/17.

Eurotrash

Put your standard on the following today:
Phil Taylor to win all his group matches today at 2.24/1
England u21 at 2/17
Over 4.5 goals in the Sweden game at 11/21
Over 3.5 goals in the Holland game at 11/8
Over 4.5 goals in the Ireland game at 17/10
Over 4.5 goals in the Italy game at 13/8
Over 4.5 goals in the Scotland game at 3/1
Spain not to lose at 8/13
France to win at 19/10
England to win at 18/19
Over 5.5 goals in the Germany game at 5/2
Belgium not to lose at 13/10
Nadal to win 3-0 at 1/2
Clijsters at 1/4
V Williams at 4/9
Verdasco at 8/11
Wawrinka at 11/10
China at 49/4 (basketball)
England to win the T20 at 1/2

The bet of the day is England to keep a clean sheet at 15/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

Murray Blues

I am still hurting this morning, what on earth was that performance from Murray last night. Out of nowhere. I don't buy an injury, he always looks like that when he's about to lose. The good thing is that he isn't using the injury as as excuse, he says Wawrinka was just better than him. The thing that cuts these players from the rest is their ability to adapt, that is what was missing last night.

Anyway, put your standard on the following today:
Monfils at 11/10
Over 3.5 sets in the Djokovic-Fish match at 8/11
Federer to win 3-0 at 4/7
Over 3.5 sets in the Soderling-Montanes at 6/4
Russia at 1/3 (basketball)
Sharapova at evens

The bet of the day is a Nadal-Federer final at 13/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

England to clean up

Put your standard on the following today:
Nigeria at 2/13
Haase at 4/11
Nadal to win 3-0 at 13/17
Murray to win 3-0 at 6/7
Ferrer at 1/6
Verdasco at 6/4
Querrey at 4/9
Stakhovsky at evens
Llodra at 4/6
Isner at 6/5
Clijsters at 2/7
V Williams at 1/5
Pavlyuchenkova at 8/11
Stosur at 13/10

The bet of the day is England to win the T20 at 8/15, put 10 times your standard on it. I know it's T20 cricket but with Pakistan one batsman and two class bowlers less you'd favour England strongly. It's a risk as it is such a short game but it's good value.

Cycle 3, Day 15 Summary

At the end of Day 15 of the 3rd Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £370.31.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £1173.03

Roman Emperor

Put your standard on the following today:
Ivory Coast at 2/13
Monfils at 6/5
Montanes at 5/4
Federer to win 3-0 at 2/5
Djokovic to win 3-0 at evens
Spain at 3/8 (basketball)

The bet of the day is Roman Martinez at 2/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

Ready to be hurt again

Competitive National Football is back on our agenda tonight and after the confusion and heartbreak of the World Cup there are still some bitter fans who will need a lot more time. I am not going to go into my beliefs on what happened at the world cup but I will simply say that England remain one of the top sides in the world.

Put your standard on the following today:
Benneteau at 8/11
Isner at 1/5
Ivanovic at 1/4
Kohlschreiber at 11/10
Clijsters to win 2-0 at 5/18
V Williams to win 2-0 at 5/19
Nadal to win 3-0 at 3/5
Murray to win 3-0 at 2/7
Ireland to beat Armenia at 8/11
Wales not to lose at 10/11
Belgium not to lose at 6/4
Over 6.5 goals in the Netherlands game at 5/2
Over 4.5 goals in the Portugal game at 5/1

Put 5 times your standard on England to keep a clean sheet at 8/9.

The bet of the day is as follows, Under 4.5 Goals in the Spain game is evens at bet365, Over 4.5 goals is 6/4 at VictorChandler. Put a ratio of 4:5 standards on Over:Under per 1 standard you want to win. We shall stake 24:30 to win 6 standards.

That Federer Guy Looks Good

Put your standard on the following today:
de Bakker at 1/4
Gasquet at 12/5
Fish at 2/17
Radwanska at 4/5
Djokovic at 1/6
Tunisia +46.5 to beat the USA at 17/20
Cavendish to win stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana at 17/2

The bet of the day is Federer to win 3-0 at 5/19, put 10 times your standard on it.

KP50

Put your standard on the following today:
de Bakker at 1/4
Yen-Hsun Lu at 6/5
Azarenka at 1/6
Ivanovic at 4/9
Bartoli at 2/9
Roddick at 1/5
Iran +40.5 at 9/10 against the USA

Put 5 times your standard on KP to make a 50 for Surrey today at 6/4.

The bet of the day is Murray to win 3-0 at 7/18, put 10 times your standard on it.

The Match Fixing Scandal

This is where I stand.

The allegations seem to have real power behind them, but of course until those involved are found guilty they are innocent.

The fix is simple enough, just 3 balls in an entire Test Match where a bowler will bowl a no-ball at specified time. There is no way of telling what the overall effects of these no-balls are on the match, those who enjoy chaos theory can explain this. But to the main the actual events within the match seem harmless to the result. A "victim-less crime" of sorts. But it goes deeper than that for many.

The best way to explain it is being cheated on in a relationship in a minor fashion. It doesn't matter if it was just one kiss that meant nothing, it doesn't matter that the involvement was never extreme, the betrayal was there and the trust is now gone.

Now some will say if it really was just one kiss, if it really didn't mean anything then maybe they could take it on the chin. If it was just a handful of no-balls and nothing else, and nothing else in any other match then I could probably take it on the chin. The problem is we don't know what else has been fixed. The allegations claim that entire matches have and can be fixed. In which case this is unforgivable.

The obvious case that causes the most heartbreak is the young superstar Amir. The best young cricketer for a long while could now be looking at a life time ban.

It is quite a simple situation though, and if the players were being paid more then this probably wouldn't happen. If there were caps on the bets being placed then this could also help. This would limit the cases to illegal bookies.

Money isn't always the solution though, with all of it flying around in the IPL I am suspicious of the entire league and its integrity.

Premiership Team of the Week 3

GK: Brad Friedel
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: John Terry
DC: Titus Bramble
DR: Luke Young
ML: Florent Malouda
MR: Nani
MC: Alex Song
MC: Andrei Arshavin
ST: Dimitar Berbatov
ST: Hugo Rodallega

Coach: Roberto Martinez

Just Tennis

Put your standard on the following today:
Baghdatis at 1/8
Gulbis at 10/21
Kohlschreiber at 2/9
Djokovic at 1/7
Sharapova at 1/8
Na Li at 1/4

The bet of the day is Wawrinka at 1/4, put 10 times your standard on it.

Cycle 3, Day 10 Summary

At the end of Day 10 of the 3rd Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £332.14.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £1134.86.

Open for Business

The US Open begins today, and it's going to be huge. There are 3 genuinely strong contenders along with 4 others who could provide an upset in the men's side.

Put 5 times your standard on Sharapova to lift the title at 11/2
Put 5 times your standard on Clijsters to win her quarter at 4/5
Put 5 times your standard on V Williams to win her quarter at 9/4
Put 5 times your standard on Murray to lift the title at 7/2
Put 5 times your standard on Murray/Nadal/Federer all to make the Semis at 4/1
Put 5 times your standard on Fish to win his quarter at 8/1

Put your standard on the following:
Cilic at 1/5
de Bakker at 2/7
Dent at 9/10
Hewitt at 3/10
Ivanovic at 4/9

The bet of the day is Federer to win 3-0 at 2/9, put 10 times your standard on it.

The Dream Team

Put your standard on the following today:
Liverpool at 1/3
Sunderland at 5/1
Bolton-Birmingham draw at 12/5
Aston Villa-Everton draw at 23/10
Real Madrid at 2/5
Barcelona at 2/9
Webber to win the race at 23/10

Put 5 times your standard on Hamilton to finish in the top 3 at 4/7
Put 5 times your standard on Alonso to finish in the points at 2/9

The bet of the day is to put 20 times your standard on the USA to win the Men's Basketball World Championships at 8/13.

Tried and Tested

Put your standard on the following today:
Blackburn at 5/1
Chelsea at 1/8
Spurs at 1/4
Man Utd at 1/6
Blackpool-Fulham draw at 12/5
Wolves-Newcastle draw at 23/10
Over 3.5 goals in the Chelsea game at 39/40
Over 3.5 goals in the Spurs game at 17/13
Over 3.5 goals in the Man Utd game at 13/11
India at 6/5 (cricket)
Vettel for Pole Position at 7/4

The bet of the day is Roma at 1/3, put 10 times your standard on it.

Magic3

Put your standard on the following today:
Inter to win at evens (in 90 mins)
Bayern to win at 8/15

The bet of the day is Mahut at 2/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

Fighting Talk 21/08/10

Who looks like a canny bit of business?

There are plenty of good value transfers flying around this summer, Cole to Liverpool, Gallas to Spurs, Bellamy to Cardiff and Chamakh to Arsenal. But the signing that has edged it for me is Javier Hernandez to Manchester United. From what we’ve seen and that isn’t a whole lot. He is composed, quick, and very active during the whole game. He is built for the Premiership and he’ll thrive under Sir Alex.

Who is the greatest ever Herefordian?

I haven’t a clue. After a bit of google, Terry Jenkins.

Who are sport’s bad apples?

Andrew Symonds, Joey Barton, even Michael Schumacher. But for me the baddest of the bad has to be Mike Tyson. He was convicted of rape and he bit someone’s ear off. He’s not the baddest man on the planet, he’s the baddest apple on the planet.

Behind Andy Murray, who has the second most boring voice in sport?

Mark Lawrenson. My message to Andy Murray is don’t become a commentator.

What is your sporting legacy?

A winning try against our rival school, possibly. But the most memorable moment was during an U-11 cricket tournament. We had made it through the county qualifiers and had somehow got to the regional qualifiers. We were certainly going to be demolished but it rained the whole day, so it came to a mega bowl out. The three teams lined up in adjacent nets and each member of the team got 2 balls each. It was 6 a-side and after the first round it was 2 hits each, I had hit the stumps for our team. It came to the final round, and it was still 2 hits each, and I was going last for my team. I had a funny action, the ball would loop metres in the air and just drop down on a length. So I bowled, the ball hit the top of the net but was riding along it, and the ball dropped right at the base of the stumps. It counted, we qualified for the nationals where we promptly finished last.

What would be the hardest sport to play blind?

F1 would be the most dangerous, but I would say squash.

What are the other instances where sportsmen are punching below their weight?

Right now and for the last 3-4 years it has been Mark Ramprakash, he has been far too good for county bowling line ups and has been putting on some Bradman style performances.

Who currently holds the title of the biggest muppet in sport?

Sepp Blatter, no argument.

Keeping it Clean

We are going to back all the teams who managed to win at home with a clean sheet in the 1st leg of the Europa League ties.

Put your standard on the following today:
PSG to qualify at 1/12
Feyenoord to qualify at 4/9
Debrecen to qualify at 2/9
Aris to qualify at 11/17
Napoli to qualify at 1/5
Steaua Bucharest to qualify at 5/11
Celtic to qualify at 1/5
Getafe to qualify at 3/10
Sibir Novosibirsk at qualify at 23/10
PAOK to qualify at 11/10
Birmingham to qualify at 1/5

Put 5 times your standard on England to win the final Test Match at 18/19.

The bet of the day is Liverpool to qualify at 1/4, put 10 times your standard on it.

The Green Stuff

Put your standard on the following today:
Copenhagen to qualify at 11/10
An accumulator for Ajax, Zenit, Zilina, Everton, Newcastle and Fulham all to qualify at 2.484/1
Baghdatis at 2/9
Mahut at 2/5

The bet of the day is Spurs to qualify at 3/10, put 10 times your standard on it. They are back at home and on some proper grass this time.

Cycle 3, Day 4 Summary

At the end of Day 4 of the 3rd Cycle, we have profit for the cycle of £261.92.

This brings total profit over all cycles to £1064.64.

Premiership Team of the Week 2

GK: Jussi Jaaskelainen
DL: Ashley Cole
DC: Marek Cech
DC: Kolo Toure
DR: Bacary Sagna
ML: Gareth Bale
MR: Theo Walcott
MC: Abou Diaby
MC: Kevin Nolan
ST: Andy Carroll
ST: Didier Drogba

Coach: Roberto Mancini

KO Football

There's a lot of it today.

Put your standard on the following today:
Braga to qualify at 3/10
Basel to qualify at 7/5
Bremen to qualify at 5/18
Hapoel to qualify at 1/10
Anderlecht to qualify at 2/9
Over 1.5 goals in the Sevilla game at 2/7
Hartlepool to qualify at 6/4
Leyton Orient to qualify at 2/1
Mk Dons to qualify at 6/5
Southampton to qualify at 6/5

The bet of the day is Baghdatis at 4/11, put 10 times your standard on it.

You know the deal

First Round of a tennis tournament, let's back the outsider.

Put your standard on the following today:
Chiudinelli at 6/4
Kubot at evens
Hajek at 11/8
Luczak at 2/1
Clement at 11/8
Gonzalez at 11/5
Cuevas at 15/8
Nieminen at evens
Beck at 7/5
Gruel at 8/5
Serra at 6/4
Riba at 5/2
Schwank at 47/23
Liverpool to keep a clean sheet at 5/2

The bet of the day is Shamrock at 2/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

A Grand Century

Today I am posting my 100th post and it is quite fitting that we went over the £1000 profit mark yesterday too.

Put your standard on the following today:
Newcastle-Villa Draw at 12/5
Fulham to win at 11/2
Rangers to win at 4/5
Federer at 2/7
Azarenka at 8/15
India at evens(cricket)

The bet of the day is Celtic to win at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

99 posts

Put your standard on the following today:
Arsenal at 2/11
Birmingham at 13/10
Wolves at 7/1
Stoke-Spurs Draw at 12/5
West Brom-Sunderland Draw at 23/10
West Ham-Bolton Draw at 12/5
Wigan at 14/1
Over 3.5 goals in the Arsenal game at 19/17
Over 1.5 goals in the Wigan game at 3/13

The bet of the day is Ajax at 1/5, put 10 times your standard on it.

End of Cycle 2 Summary

We have come to the end of cycle 2 and we have come back with £47.65 profit.

This gives total profit of £802.72

Cycle 1: +£765.07
Cycle 2: +£37.65

We are still waiting for results from the England-Pakistan Test as well as the Tri-Nations and the Robinho transfer but this will go under the next cycle.

Cycle End

This is the final day of cycle 2, so we want to finish strong.

Put your standard on the following:
Murray at 8/13
Djokovic at 1/2
Nadal at 5/18
Bartoli at 9/4

The bet of the day is Federer at 3/10, put 10 times your standard on it as always.

Fighting Talk 14/08/2010

I'm not sure this will be a weekly occurence but I thought I'd try it out for a few weeks.

It’s been 1847 hours and 8 minutes since we last sat around this FT table to debate the latest sporting talking points. So what’s been the best minute/minutes of sports we’ve missed the chance to fight over?

Plain and simple it is goal line technology, one the great football debates that divide football opinion between a few old men at FIFA and the rest of the world. It was over the line! I am not bitter.

If it was there to win over the summer, Spain won it. So I want to know the second greatest sporting nation right now.

Where were Spain during the Winter Olympics? Alonso needed a Brazilian to move aside in the F1, they hosted the European Athletics Championships and finished a poor 6th. Let’s talk about Australia, World Snooker Champion Neil Robertson. World Hockey Champions. One Day Cricket World Number 1’s. Mark Webber leading the F1 Championship. Simon Whitlock Darts World Championship runner-up, Australia runners-up of the T20 World Cup, Sam Stosur French Open runner-up and as Mark Webber himself said, “Not bad for a number 2...”

Who now takes Beckham’s place as England’s number 1 international treasure?

We’re looking at the MVP of English Sport, and that has to be the entire English cricket team. They are some way off the top of the rankings but they are heading that way. Forget the fact that half of them are South African.

Who will be in a better position in 5 years time, Martin O’Neill or Aston Villa? (One-Liner)

Martin O’Neill, he’s guaranteed to get another job and retire rich, Aston Villa are not guaranteed success.

Which event of your own sporting life have you wanted to boo yourself?

For about 2 years from the ages of 9-11, I had this urge just to handball everything in the playground. I don’t know why. I would have bullied myself.

The Premier League starts today, but what state is it in?

It is still the best league in the world. La Liga has pulled it back last year, and probably a touch more this year in terms of the best teams, but no real depth. You could argue there is a big two in England now but I won’t go that far yet, we can call it a big two if nobody else wins it in the next 2 seasons. The depth is what really impresses me, up to a point. Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs, Man City, Everton, Aston Villa and now Fulham have some sort of European pedigree. On the other side there are a lot of just rubbish sounding teams. Bolton, Stoke, West Brom, Blackpool, Wolves, Wigan, Birmingham. Not to say that all those teams are rubbish, they just don’t have that glamour. I think opinion is heading towards Chelsea, but I am not so sure. Arsenal for me.

Who’s the Naomi Campbell of sport?

Successful, mouthy, tall, likes a bit of a scrap, David Haye.

Who would we expect to turn into a cue ball (bald) in the next 6 months?

It has to be Glen Johnson, it is just a matter of time before he shaves that head.

A line to Sir Alex after his welcoming back of the BBC...

How’s Jason?

Those nights in Europe

Put your standard on the following today:
Leverkusen to keep a clean sheet at 8/11
Dortmund to keep a clean sheet at 4/7
Murray/Nadal/Federer/Djokovic to all win at 1.558/1
Azarenka at 8/15

The bet of the day is Liverpool to win at 2/7, put 10 times your standard on it.

Put 5 times your standard on Robinho to join Besiktas at 2/1.

2 Deals, 2 Winners, 2 Losers

Man City have been involved in two deals over the past 24 hours. Bellamy to Cardiff, and Milner to Man City.

Bellamy has gone to Cardiff on loan for 6-months, with Man City paying a very large part of his wage.

I have no idea why any of the other 19 premiership clubs weren't busting a gut to buy this player. OK, maybe Chelsea and Man Utd wouldn't need him, but the other 17 clubs certainly could use him. Possible reasons are money, Man City wouldn't have offered anywhere near the same deal to a Premiership club. But the right offer comes in and he could have moved anywhere. Bellamy and Torres? Bellamy and Defoe? Bellamy and C Cole? Bellamy and Agbonlahor? Bellamy and Saha? Bellamy and anyone? I think Wenger would have thought seriously about it if it wasn't for Bellamy's age and history of bad behaviour.

His bad behaviour is not that malicious, he's just a speaks his mind character. Cardiff are no doubt the big winners in this deal, and Man City are the losers. Bellamy is probably neither, he's out of the big time but seems genuinely happy with being back in Wales. Cardiff can push for promotion with the other players they have brought in. Man City have lost their second best player from last season (Tevez was number 1) and are still paying most of his wages.

On to the Milner deal. Milner is a loser in this deal, he is a great professional so if that counts for anything in Mancini's mind then he'll get plenty of games, but he could have reached a road block in his development. If he is truly world class then this move could just about work for him.

When Barry went to Man City, Dunne went the other way and there was only one winner in that competition last year. Dunne was magnificent. Now Ireland, Man City's player of the year 2009, has gone the other way and it is a very similar feel. Milner is about 6 months older than Ireland so no real difference there. The money isn't a confusing factor for me. Yes Man City have paid about 10 million too much for Milner but they don't care. As long as they aren't paying 200-300% the price they aren't bothered, the money they have is ridiculous.

Ireland will play a major role for Villa, who's first team looks as strong as any of other big teams. I understand the money Man City have paid, they can afford almost anything, but I don't understand the players they have brought in. I don't know which players they have genuinely approached and what the response was, but either they have very poor scouting or they just can't attract the major talent. For me, and this is personal, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Kolarov are average 6-7 out of 10 players. Balotelli has potential and that is fine, and Milner has Premiership experience so that is fine in isolation. I am undecided on Boateng, he seems to be as good as De Jong and Kompany in his talent and versatility.

Just to make it clear, Man City have lost Bellamy and Ireland, two of their best players in the last 2 years, they've paid out money for it too. Aston Villa have lost their most influential player and also lost their coach, but have brought in another influential player. Cardiff are in dream land. Milner is happy for now, Bellamy is too. I've not heard from Ireland, but he's got the payout he wanted and he'll be playing football on a weekly basis, so I assume he's not unhappy.

Go hard, or go home...

And if you go hard, also go home...Back the 5 home teams tonight with one standard each:
Basel at 2/5
Braga at 21/10
Partizan at 7/4
Salzburg at 13/15
Bremen at 4/5

Put 10 times your standard on the bet of the day a 4-fold accumulator on Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Federer at 0.534/1.

Put your standard on the following:
Benneteau at 2/1
Berrer at 15/8
Ferrer at 11/10
Falla at 2/1
Melzer at 11/10
Verdasco at 5/4
Isner at 13/8
Ginepri at 9/4
de Bakker at 3/1
Hewitt at 2/1
Azarenka at 2/7
Bartoli at 1/7
Yousuf to be Pakistan's Top Batsman at 11/2
Cook to be England's Top Batsman at 25/1
Ireland to beat Holland in the cricket at 2/7

Also put 5 times your standard on England to win the third test at 8/13