IN. Sent £25 via paypal, cheers

Thankyou to whoever dropped Son in the Draft league after week 1 when the poor lad was still in Korea.

16 points this week!

Draft Information
Draft Type: Live
Draft Date: Monday, Sep 2, 2019 at 3:00pm EDT
Draft Order: The draft order will be randomized before the draft.
Note that the Commissioner can alter the draft order prior to your draft time.

just waiting for hornsis to join now and i can randomize the divisions or should we just have 1 division (i prefer it with just 1)

Done

we still need 1 more player for the redraft league

I'll have a go Iron. Its a lot less time consuming than the dynasty. Cheers

cool beans same email addy as in your blonde forum profile?

yes plz

we still need 1 more player for the redraft league

I'll have a go Iron. Its a lot less time consuming than the dynasty. Cheers

3rd & 4th. Pretty solid.

I like Raymond Tusk too.  Serms to like the firm too.   Why do you need 8 places? Auarter first 5 or fifth first 7 are both very good.   I would much rather take quarter first 5 at 20/1 than 14/1 fifth first 7.   

If he benefits from best odds guaranteed i'd rather take 14s 7 places, as likely to go off 18s,20s.

Also like the horse. Have also backed Desert Skyline

due to reasons outside my control i will likely not be able to draft on tuesday evening so i am going to have to pull out of the draft leagues

really enjoyed the draft leagues infact was thinking of just play draft this year but that's life

good luck to all those taking part

Could I take Iron's place in draft league 1 if no one else has already baggsed it.

Sorry to jump in your grave Iron.

Hi Brent,

Sure no problem. Are you interested in Draft League II as well, or just the one for you?

Just the one please. I was worried II wouldn't fill so jumped in this one.

It’s a shame Horneris can’t make it this season

Thanks mate. It didn't feel fair ignoring peoples pms etc as I haven't really got time to keep up with the sport at the mo which is sad as its a sport I love.

Good luck for the season ahead!

due to reasons outside my control i will likely not be able to draft on tuesday evening so i am going to have to pull out of the draft leagues

really enjoyed the draft leagues infact was thinking of just play draft this year but that's life

good luck to all those taking part

Could I take Iron's place in draft league 1 if no one else has already baggsed it.

Sorry to jump in your grave Iron.

Please can I do 2,3,5,6,7,8

and Draft League 2. And Draft League 1 if someone drops out (saw this thead too late, damn).

Thanks guys

[Stephen]

Hi all, help me settle an argument with my father in law. I'm not confident to go back and say hes defo wrong so thought i'd ask first.

He understands that if the bet he wanted was for Top SERIES wicket taker and Australia to win the ashes than it would obviously be related, but the bet he wants is for top Australian Wicket taker in a double with Australia to win the Ashes.

Stephen:

Been trying to put on a bet for Aus to win the ashes, and Michel Starc to be top AUSTRALIA wicket taker of the series. None of the bookies allow this bet as a double (I can back each as a single)

Had my be been Austalia to win the Ashes and Michel Starc to be top SERIES wicket taker I could understand why a double was not allowed, as it Aus has the biggest wicket taker of the series then it would be more likely that they win the ashes- so the outcome of one bet affects the other. (I think the techical term for this is a related contingency- and quite logically bookemakers do not allow accumulators where this is concerned)

However the bet I desire to place, which is not allowed, does not have a related contingency. Michel Starc being the top AUSTRALIAN wicket taker has no bearing on the series, as, even if Australia were whitewashed re;aistically they would have taken some wickets, so the top Australia wicket taker is a bet the outcome of which has no bearing on the outcome of the series.

Clearly it's fallen in the "too difficult to think about" box, and the bookmakers IT systems cannot cope with it, so a perfectly reasonable (and fair) double is not allowed

Brent:

I suspect it's not going to be a popular theory but I think you could argue that despite it being the top team wicket taker market that it is still a related bet to a small degree. I'd have thought that a top player such as Starc being bang in form and winning that part of the bet makes it more likely that Australia win the ashes and therefore the double price wouldn't be fair. But as a counter I'm thinking that someone has to be the top Aussie wicket taker if they win it and it's not the same bet.

I'm trying to think of it in terms I'm more used to. Could you back Kane to be Top England goalscorer and England to win the Euros in a normal double? I'm not so sure I'd expect to be able to do so. Surely if he's our top scorer and not Harry Maguire we're more likely to win the tournament. But again, someone has to be our top scorer.

I'm sure you could email in asking for 'requestabets' if you wanted to go down that route.

Stephen:

Brent,

One event has absolutely no bearing on the other.  Australia will have a best bowler irrespective of whether they win lose or draw the series, and  they will win, lose or draw the series irrespective of who their best bowler is!

Cheers

I can't offer

Tough times ahead for Barnsley. You can't let players like Pinnock go and hope to make the step up.

I can't offer much hope for them in the shape of their new CB Aapo Halme either i'm afraid having watched him in the Under 23s a lot for Leeds last year.

Amazing in the air, positionally ok, average on the ball but very very slow and ponderous