Tips for Tikay

[TightEnd]

remember that Oldham team well

Neil Pointon
Earl Barratt
Rick Holden down the wing
Mike Milligan
Ian Marshall up top

two cup semi finals against Man U iirc

Was that the great chest and volley goal by Mark Hughes?

that's it

Live on BBC1 a midweek night at Maine Road, iirc

[tikay]

Joe Roy.....

Bugger.

[bobby1]

remember that Oldham team well

Neil Pointon
Earl Barratt
Rick Holden down the wing
Mike Milligan
Ian Marshall up top

two cup semi finals against Man U iirc

Was that the great chest and volley goal by Mark Hughes?

that's it

Live on BBC1 a midweek night at Maine Road, iirc

brilliant.

[DungBeetle]

"Was that the great chest and volley goal by Mark Hughes?"

Wasn't this the semi at wembley?  First batch of semis at Maine Road was 3-3 followed by 4-1 or something in the replay?

[Tal]

Bit worrying when the bloke from On the Buses is waltzing past your defence.

[AndrewT]

Oscars voting for the final awards has only just begun - voting papers are going out now and don't have to be back until Feb 19th.

Mea culpa. Andrew, do you see Lincoln getting only a couple of Oscars this year (the kind of Slumdog surprise? Seriously, who watched Benjamin Button and thought "this is one of the all-time great films"?)? Motion Picture could well be a good one to oppose. 

The wheels do appear to be falling off Lincoln - it doesn't win the Golden Globe or the Producer's Guild Award and yet is still 1/2 for the Oscar. Certainly worth opposing. The Screen Actor's Guild awards are today and the Director's Guild on Saturday. Lincoln does seem to be a good 'actor's film' (Daniel Day Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field) which would be a good shout for the SAG's best ensemble cast award (its Best Film) but in recent years this award has simply gone to the film with the biggest cast, and Harvey Weinstein has run a recent ad campaign for Silver Lining's Playbook showing 13 cast members. It is also nominated in every acting category at the Oscars so if it wins tonight then that's another spanner in the works. Les Mis also ticks the 'big cast' box.

The black mark for me against Argo is that it's not going to win any of the other big six Oscars - the only other nomination is Alan Arkin for Supporting and he's not going to win that. The only other recent film to scoop Best Picture and nothing else was Crash and that was almost immediately touted as a serious misstep by the Academy.

Add in the fact that the Academy members are not allowed to publicly discuss who they're going to vote for and, in summary, no one knows anything.

[horseplayer]

i hate you paul butler


(very very obscure leeds reference circa 2005ish)

[AndrewT]

Oscars voting for the final awards has only just begun - voting papers are going out now and don't have to be back until Feb 19th.

I was told ( by someone that bets these markets for a firm) that the voting dates were different, if it is Feb 19th does that mean all the other main awards nights are over by that date?

If it does then I have got it totally wrong or totally misunderstood and obv the previous awards are deffo a good indicator. Argo could well be a decent bet to turn the fav over then.

cheers

Don't know how someone who bets these things for a firm can get this wrong when it's clearly stated on the Oscars website.

Final ballots are mailed to voting members in late-January and are due back to PricewaterhouseCoopers the Tuesday prior to Oscar Sunday for final tabulation.

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/voting.html

[Tal]

i hate you paul butler


(very very obscure leeds reference circa 2005ish)

I got there.

Wouldnt mind if we got off the coach and replaced this imitation team ASAP

[bobby1]

"Was that the great chest and volley goal by Mark Hughes?"

Wasn't this the semi at wembley?  First batch of semis at Maine Road was 3-3 followed by 4-1 or something in the replay?

getting some sweats with Watford mate, how do you see it now?

[bobby1]

Oscars voting for the final awards has only just begun - voting papers are going out now and don't have to be back until Feb 19th.

Mea culpa. Andrew, do you see Lincoln getting only a couple of Oscars this year (the kind of Slumdog surprise? Seriously, who watched Benjamin Button and thought "this is one of the all-time great films"?)? Motion Picture could well be a good one to oppose. 

The wheels do appear to be falling off Lincoln - it doesn't win the Golden Globe or the Producer's Guild Award and yet is still 1/2 for the Oscar. Certainly worth opposing. The Screen Actor's Guild awards are today and the Director's Guild on Saturday. Lincoln does seem to be a good 'actor's film' (Daniel Day Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field) which would be a good shout for the SAG's best ensemble cast award (its Best Film) but in recent years this award has simply gone to the film with the biggest cast, and Harvey Weinstein has run a recent ad campaign for Silver Lining's Playbook showing 13 cast members. It is also nominated in every acting category at the Oscars so if it wins tonight then that's another spanner in the works. Les Mis also ticks the 'big cast' box.

The black mark for me against Argo is that it's not going to win any of the other big six Oscars - the only other nomination is Alan Arkin for Supporting and he's not going to win that. The only other recent film to scoop Best Picture and nothing else was Crash and that was almost immediately touted as a serious misstep by the Academy.

Add in the fact that the Academy members are not allowed to publicly discuss who they're going to vote for and, in summary, no one knows anything.

should it just be a lay of Lincoln?

[horseplayer]

i hate you paul butler


(very very obscure leeds reference circa 2005ish)

I got there.

Wouldnt mind if we got off the coach and replaced this imitation team ASAP

i was quite happy with it

to say it would be the highlight of my weekend would sound sad

i lost a fair whack yesterday all in all and have spent most of the morning unblocking a toilet so does not have a great deal of opposition

[TightEnd]

Nottingham v Bedford, RU Championship at 2.45pm

Both sides have scored over 420 points in 13 games this season

Both sides average 4 tries a game

Six of the last seven games between the two have seen point aggregates over 50. Earlier in the season Bedford won 27-25.

Today's quote is 5/6 over/under 44.5

Bedford's manager Mike Rayer in my local paper states

"We have got a good official and both sides are keen to show what they can do, so the flow of the game should be good and we have a responsibility to produce a good product"

The pitch is fine

Recommend £24 on the overs.

[tikay]

Nottingham v Bedford, RU Championship at 2.45pm

Both sides have scored over 420 points in 13 games this season

Both sides average 4 tries a game

Six of the last seven games between the two have seen point aggregates over 50. Earlier in the season Bedford won 27-25.

Today's quote is 5/6 over/under 44.5

Bedford's manager Mike Rayer in my local paper states

"We have got a good official and both sides are keen to show what they can do, so the flow of the game should be good and we have a responsibility to produce a good product"

The pitch is fine

Recommend £24 on the overs.

Thanks Rich, perfect timing, I was about to go & mow the lawn. Hopefully when I return, I'll see there has been a 50 point game. 

We have £24 @ 5/6, BetVictor, OVER 44.5 Points.

ON

Nottingham v Bedford
Over 44.5
(Total Points U/O)
Odds:  5/6
Stake:  24.00
Possible Return:  44.00

[Tal]

i hate you paul butler


(very very obscure leeds reference circa 2005ish)

I got there.

Wouldnt mind if we got off the coach and replaced this imitation team ASAP

i was quite happy with it

to say it would be the highlight of my weekend would sound sad

i lost a fair whack yesterday all in all and have spent most of the morning unblocking a toilet so does not have a great deal of opposition

I'm with you there. Washing machine has broken afer just 13 months (one outside warranty). Ordered a new one and found my credit card blocked because of suspicious activity (aka booking Vegas for June - balla brag etc yes yes...) so used debit card instead. Now I'm waiting for a call back from my bank's fraud team to reactivate my card.

Plus yesterday's racing was a car crash and I'm now watching Neil blinking Warnock's smug face.

Sigh...