Tips for Tikay

[arbboy]

i was of the understanding that Foster was the clear 2nd choice keeper.  Tighty seems to think it's Forster.  I was reading the other day that Foster might even be challenging Hart for the starting spot in some people's opinion.  I am going to smash into Foster tomorrow at 1/2 given his link with Roy at WBA it must literally be backing 1/2 he doesn't get injured between now and the WC.

Didn't RoyH talk Foster out of international retirement and get him back in the fold?

1/2 looks a steal.

Not that it means much in an very illiquid market on bf but £400 has been done at 1/10 on foster making the squad.

[TightEnd]

Crystal Palace: How Tony Pulis achieved Premier League survival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27253266


Beat Liverpool sir, and you can have freedom of the thread

[Marky147]

Crystal Palace: How Tony Pulis achieved Premier League survival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27253266


Beat Liverpool sir, and you can have freedom of the thread

Never realised that he lived down here, you learn something every day.

[arbboy]

NBA update - Brooklyn Nets win game 6 to send yet another 1st round play off series to a weekend game 7.  They are on the road for the win or go home decider to the Raptors though.

Spurs are down 6 at half time in their game 6 on the road in Dallas.  Should Dallas hold on tonight the Spurs will be at home on Sunday in yet another game 7.  Historically home teams have an 80% strike rate all time in NBA game 7's.

[Marky147]

Miami nice and fresh for their next match, while the other teams are all putting in double long shifts!

[arbboy]

Miami could easily go 4-0 4-0 4-0 to the nba finals.  It wouldn't be a shock given how poor the East is this year and how much rest they are going to have.

[McGlashan]

What are the NBA free throw conversion rates like?

Woulda guessed 80% before watching a game. It looks more like 60-66%.

[arbboy]

80% for a whole team is very high.  65% is very low for a whole team.  The vast majority of TEAM averages are in the mid 70%'s.  The super elite players at the FT line shoot in excess of 90%.  The worst FT shooters in the league individually will shoot around the 50% mark.  Dwight Howard for the Rockets and D Jordan for the clippers are two off the top of my head.

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/team/_/stat/offense-per-game/sort/freeThrowPct/seasontype/2

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/free-throws/sort/freeThrowPct/seasontype/2

[McGlashan]

80% for a whole team is very high.  65% is very low for a whole team.  The vast majority of TEAM averages are in the mid 70%'s.  The super elite players at the FT line shoot in excess of 90%.  The worst FT shooters in the league individually will shoot around the 50% mark.  Dwight Howard for the Rockets and D Jordan for the clippers are two off the top of my head.

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/team/_/stat/offense-per-game/sort/freeThrowPct/seasontype/2

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/player/_/stat/free-throws/sort/freeThrowPct/seasontype/2

Cheers Arbboy.

Come on you Tottenham White San Antonio Spurs!

[arbboy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/englands-rising-stars-shaw-barkley-3489450

Very interesting article for the england squad.  Would be amazed if this isn't massively significant.

On the back of this and other discussion recommend £100 on Foster 1/2 to make the england world cup squad with ladbrokes.

Ruddy and Defoe worth discussion in the morning as well given their relatively large prices.

[arbboy]

NBA update:  Spurs must win game 7 after Dallas won a crazy game 6 tonight. 

[cheapwetsuit]

- In cycling after 3 of 5 stages of the Tour of Romandie there is no sign of Rohan Dennis in the top 10. cheapwetsuit to update

I'll have to put my hand up here. I got this one horribly wrong. After an impressive 2nd place in the opening prologue (12sec ahead of his team-mate Andrew Talansky), and 16th in the lumpy Stage 1 (same time as Froome, Spilak, Nibali, Intxausti and Fuglsang (who cleaned up yesterday)), albeit 4sec behind Talansky, I thought Rohan Dennis would be primed to contest the podium with a strong performance on the Queen stage. I thought he could climb a bit. Apparently not, or maybe it was never his intention. He approached the base of the day's final climb together with Talansky (in a reduced peloton), but from there it was clear who Garmin-Sharp had chosen to represent them, and he went backwards. In the end, Dennis finished 17min behind Froome.

The last time I felt this cheated, Caruso was overlooked in place of Moreno in La Fleche Wallonne. What happened? Caruso got the nod in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and lost it on the line (finishing 4th). I'm hoping that Dennis saves himself for tomorrow's time-trial, and shows Garmin-Sharp (and Talansky) just what he thinks of their team tactics.

PS. This is not a Fred recommend by the way, as I'm running so bad on the cycling at the moment, I need the Scoop6 to bail me out.

[horseplayer]

To me Milner looks the best value of whats left

Cant see a way he is not picked barring of course injury

2/5 should surely be 1/8 or even shorter

[pleno1]

should the newcastle protest effect the price?

what protest? what price? the outright for tomorrow yes?

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/newcastle-v-cardiff-city/winner

you fancy Cardiff to get a result?

Newcastle fans will leave the stadium at 60 minutes to let them play alone. I've no idea what will happen

[pleno1]

Henderson at 1/2? He's a cert to go IMO,