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.