Tips for Tikay

[Tonji]

Brilliant Hector 

[Marky147]

ROFL @ Hector!!

You might just be the greatest 

[redarmi]

Thought this was an interesting article which goes to show how there was literally free money out there for a while.  Hope linking is okay.  http://www.bettingexpert.com/blog/how-do-bookies-fail-lennie-service.  Is it a pseudonym?  Anyone Bad Beat, Dubai know who is it and which track?

[ForthThistle]

The Mission

It was a subdued team that gathered on the  Saturday morning. After Nandos they had returned to the Bet Cave to begin their mission. It had started so well. Tighty had tipped Samoa to beat the Welsh, Dubai had given a superb straight forecast on the dogs, and Eso even picked MK Dons to beat Tranmere. By midnight they were up to £15k and over halfway to the target.

Then things turned, as they so often do. It began with Tighty deciding that Bell to score a 50 in the first innings was a great spot of value. As usual Tikay followed him blindly and even bet more than Tighty had said, after all it was a batsmen's paradise. Bell's first ball dismissal stunned them all. Tighty let out a mighty bellow " You ********** idiot " and stomped off to bed. There followed a true horror story. Trying to get the money back before morning Tikay blindly followed Bad Beat's basketball tips. As the amount bet got bigger, the amount they lost by got smaller. But they all lost non the less.

" When will we ever win on basketball ?" Tikay mumbled to himself.

So there they were in the morning, only £ 300 left in the kitty. Even if it all went on the draw in the England Australia rugby match it would not be nearly enough to save Mere.

" I have an idea " said Millidonk.  " It's a bit out of left field but it's something I have discussed with superwomble. We have noticed that there are a disproportionate number of matches in Scotland that have both teams scoring. How about I come up with 9 game acca. That will pay 80-1 so for £300 and change we will get to £25k. "

The team agreed that this was their best chance, so Milli went to work.

" It works best if we come up with a name for the type of bet and a picture of what we want to get. I did it recently and got a dining table. Would anyone like to see the picture ? "

" How about goals in Scotland save Mere ? " sniggered Dubai.

" I like that. It's kind of catchy " said Milli.

So whilst they cleaned up Mere and Tikay took his picture, Milli studied the fixtures and came up with his choices.

At 3pm they were all nervously logged on to the BBC website on their laptops watching the videprinter.

Well it started with a trickle. Which became a stream which became a deluge. Goals everywhere in Scotland. By 4.40pm they were there in all bar 1 match which stood Dundee 3 Hibernian 0.  Minutes later the score was still  the same. All the team were thinking "one time. Please".

Tikay could stand it no more. He covered his eyes with his hands and was slowly moving them across, his particular version of the squeeze. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed they were all doing it. Bad Beat had his jumper over his face and was peering through thee fabric. Milli was behind the sofa looking over the top. Tighty's method was quite bizarre and involved a rapid blinking movement. Eso Kral had his back to his laptop and would suddenly twist round for a quick look at the screen, while Dubai was using a piece of paper with a hole cut in it.

Goal  Dundee 3 Hibernian 1 90mins Griffiths.

There was no uproar just silence as they were all emotionally drained. The reality of their achievement started to sink in.They had done it. They had achieved the unimaginable. Millidonk's GISSM was going to save Mere Novice after all.

A flight going to Colorado was booked for that very evening.

As the Airbus 380 taxied towards the runway the stewardess was intrigued by a pair of passengers halfway down the aisle. A bespectacled middle aged man with a half smile and a vacant look in his eye who was watching ladies tennis on the entertainment screen. And the other man, who she thought must be his father who was taking photos of planes out of the window. She wondered what the story was behind them. Well if she was told the truth she just wouldn't have believed it.

The End

Fantastic.
WP. 

[Bad Beat]

 I think Keith and I were there the night that Lennie lost his pitch at Reading dogs. Steve who has that site became a good bookie there. Quite a shrewd guy.

[redarmi]

Okay it was Reading thats why I didn't recognise the name.  His articles are always interesting.....just read one he wrote on the legend that is Johnny Lights.  When I used to go racing daily trying to grind it out as a punter I used to look on at him with awe, he was like this mythical Runyon-esque character.

[the sicilian]

NFL Today... My team New Orleans Saints up against the raiders... This one has the potential to be a points bloodbath..

After a ropey start the well oiled NO offense has clicked into gear in the last 5 games apart from a hiccup against the Broncos whose defense is mightly underated.. Saints even seem to be getting a little run game going as they are now deep at this position and starting to perform..raiders pass rush is woeful and given time Brees will slice this average secondary apart.
On the other side of the ball although their rush is improved NO secondary remains a huge weakness constantly given up big plays with pass defense 2nd worst in the league and total yards given up worst in the league..Carson Palmer at QB although not the man he was can still get the job done given the opportunity and with a couple of decent wideouts in Moore and Bey.

Raiders have givens up 97 points in the last 2 games against offenses not known for their explosiveness.. if Brees and co get in sync this could be really ugly for the raiders who could still put up 21+ the other way

With the raiders having pretty much no running game and the saints runners taking a major backseat to the passing game expect these two to be constantly throwing the ball up and down the field..

over quoted 54.5 @ 1.9

[Karabiner]

Okay it was Reading thats why I didn't recognise the name.  His articles are always interesting.....just read one he wrote on the legend that is Johnny Lights.  When I used to go racing daily trying to grind it out as a punter I used to look on at him with awe, he was like this mythical Runyon-esque character.

When I was about nineteen or twenty I used to frequent an upstairs snooker-hall on Windmill Street opposite the Windmill Theatre just off Shaftsbure Ave. Just as the theatre famously "never closed" the snooker hall was also open 24 hours and was a proper den of iniquity back then in the 1960's frequented by all sorts of Runyanesque characters including Johnny "lights"'s dad, "Lights".. He was a long thin beanpole of a man with grey hair a quick wit and glasses hence the name "lights" I've always assumed.

I remember him playing snooker one day on the front table in his usual dark suit and on his way around the table to take his shot he stumbled and almost went flying. Some wag who must have been one of his racing cronies, mimicking the old extel telegraph commentaries called out "there's one fallen can't quite make him out"...

[Ant040689]

Out opf interest what price would you back Palace at if the game was at Selhurst Ant?

3/4 lowest, definitely, we're making good teams look ordinary at Selhurst.

[tikay]

Barney most 180s v Hamilton @4/5
Barney averaging 1 just over 3 legs Hammer nearly 1 every 5 and a half.

Sorry Snowy, I missed that, I have only just got up.

Hope it won for you.

[tikay]

The Mission

It was a subdued team that gathered on the  Saturday morning. After Nandos they had returned to the Bet Cave to begin their mission. It had started so well. Tighty had tipped Samoa to beat the Welsh, Dubai had given a superb straight forecast on the dogs, and Eso even picked MK Dons to beat Tranmere. By midnight they were up to £15k and over halfway to the target.

Then things turned, as they so often do. It began with Tighty deciding that Bell to score a 50 in the first innings was a great spot of value. As usual Tikay followed him blindly and even bet more than Tighty had said, after all it was a batsmen's paradise. Bell's first ball dismissal stunned them all. Tighty let out a mighty bellow " You ********** idiot " and stomped off to bed. There followed a true horror story. Trying to get the money back before morning Tikay blindly followed Bad Beat's basketball tips. As the amount bet got bigger, the amount they lost by got smaller. But they all lost non the less.

" When will we ever win on basketball ?" Tikay mumbled to himself.

So there they were in the morning, only £ 300 left in the kitty. Even if it all went on the draw in the England Australia rugby match it would not be nearly enough to save Mere.

" I have an idea " said Millidonk.  " It's a bit out of left field but it's something I have discussed with superwomble. We have noticed that there are a disproportionate number of matches in Scotland that have both teams scoring. How about I come up with 9 game acca ? That will pay 80-1 so for £300 and change we will get to £25k. "

The team agreed that this was their best chance, so Milli went to work.

" It works best if we come up with a name for the type of bet and a picture of what we want to get. I did it recently and got a dining table. Would anyone like to see the picture ? "

" How about goals in Scotland save Mere ? " sniggered Dubai.

" I like that. It's kind of catchy " said Milli.

So whilst they cleaned up Mere and Tikay took his picture, Milli studied the fixtures and came up with his choices.

At 3pm they were all nervously logged on to the BBC website on their laptops watching the videprinter.

Well it started with a trickle. Which became a stream which became a deluge. Goals everywhere in Scotland. By 4.40pm they were there in all bar 1 match which stood Dundee 3 Hibernian 0.  Minutes later the score was still  the same. All the team were thinking "one time. Please".

Tikay could stand it no more. He covered his eyes with his hands and was slowly moving them across, his particular version of the squeeze. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed they were all doing it. Bad Beat had his jumper over his face and was peering through the fabric. Milli was behind the sofa looking over the top. Tighty's method was quite bizarre and involved a rapid blinking movement. Eso Kral had his back to his laptop and would suddenly twist round for a quick look at the screen, while Dubai was using a piece of paper with a hole cut in it.

Goal  Dundee 3 Hibernian 1 90mins Griffiths.

There was no uproar just silence as they were all emotionally drained. The reality of their achievement started to sink in.They had done it. They had achieved the unimaginable. Millidonk's GISSM was going to save Mere Novice after all.

A flight going to Colorado was booked for that very evening.

As the Airbus 380 taxied towards the runway the stewardess was intrigued by a pair of passengers halfway down the aisle. A bespectacled middle aged man with a half smile and a vacant look in his eye who was watching ladies tennis on the entertainment screen. And the other man, who she thought must be his father who was taking photos of planes out of the window. She wondered what the story was behind them. Well if she was told the truth she just wouldn't have believed it.

The End

Incredible, thanks h.

I shall forever visualise them like this now........



Bad Beat had his jumper over his face and was peering through the fabric. Milli was behind the sofa looking over the top. Tighty's method was quite bizarre and involved a rapid blinking movement. Eso Kral had his back to his laptop and would suddenly twist round for a quick look at the screen, while Dubai was using a piece of paper with a hole cut in it.

[tikay]

NFL Today... My team New Orleans Saints up against the raiders... This one has the potential to be a points bloodbath..

After a ropey start the well oiled NO offense has clicked into gear in the last 5 games apart from a hiccup against the Broncos whose defense is mightly underated.. Saints even seem to be getting a little run game going as they are now deep at this position and starting to perform..raiders pass rush is woeful and given time Brees will slice this average secondary apart.
On the other side of the ball although their rush is improved NO secondary remains a huge weakness constantly given up big plays with pass defense 2nd worst in the league and total yards given up worst in the league..Carson Palmer at QB although not the man he was can still get the job done given the opportunity and with a couple of decent wideouts in Moore and Bey.

Raiders have givens up 97 points in the last 2 games against offenses not known for their explosiveness.. if Brees and co get in sync this could be really ugly for the raiders who could still put up 21+ the other way

With the raiders having pretty much no running game and the saints runners taking a major backseat to the passing game expect these two to be constantly throwing the ball up and down the field..

over quoted 54.5 @ 1.9

Thanks Dean.

Anyone got any views on this, please?

[Tonji]

Laura Trott wins the Omnium in the World Cup at Glasgow. She will be one of the alltime greats, aggressive, with natural talent, so rare. Can't wait to see how she performs on the roads next year.

[tikay]

Thought this was an interesting article which goes to show how there was literally free money out there for a while.  Hope linking is okay.  http://www.bettingexpert.com/blog/how-do-bookies-fail-lennie-service.  Is it a pseudonym?  Anyone Bad Beat, Dubai know who is it and which track?

Lovely tale - more like that please.

[tikay]

OK, I think we are up to date for the moment. Views on the NFL bet would be appreciated.

Gotta dash, nirvana has asked to come round my place for dinner. He's a fanboy.