Tips for Tikay

[DungBeetle]

we already have this, to bear in mind when sizing bets

football   championship 2014-15 promotion   watford   8/1   25

Oh! Didn't realise we snuck that on when Vydra signed.

Scrap that - think £25 at is sufficient.  Consider my post as a reaffirmation!

[Rubbish2407]

Ross McCormack is now the 8th most expensive British striker in history

Name the 7 more expensive. No googling!

Shearer, Carroll, Sutton, Owen?  Struggling.....
[/carroll (most expensive)

shearer (4th)

are correct

5 more required

I know six (or think I do)

Carroll
Rooney
Bent
Shearer
Fowler
Sturridge

Not sure who else?

Will have a cuppa and a think.

[tikay]

Longer term position - think West Brom might be value for relegation at 3/1.  Their transfer activity has showed a distinct lack of ambition so far.  Yes they signed Lescott but also this week went for championship veteren Chris Baird.  The other signing was Craig Gardner also on a free.  Barahino apart, the squad has a distinctly "old" feeling, and it's possible many of their tried and tested performers are now past their peak.  They also have made an uninspiring managerial appointment in Alan Irvine.  His latest venture was being sacked at Sheffield Weds.

Just feels from the manager and the signings that the chairman wants to do things on a budget this season.  I think we should get on now though it people agree - I think Leicester, Hull and QPR will have bolstered their squads to a greater degree than WBA by next month so the baggies will go off shorter.

Recommend £50 at 3/1 on WBA to go down.  (generally available)

Thanks.

As you note, lets get some talk going about this, & hopefully make a decision later today. They must surely be jollies to take the drop, though I have no idea what price reps value.

As it happens, I was thinking about Premier League betting recently.

I'm absolutely convinced that players who featured in the World Cup, especially those that went deep, will come back with adrenelin hangovers, plus the physical effect in many cases of playing in that energy-sapping heat.

As such, I think we can expect below par performances from many of them.

Are there any edges or Markets we can look at in these cases?

One example that sprngs to mind is RvP, but I'm sure there are plenty of others.

this is a brilliant article illustrating how peripheral the premier league is to the world cup

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jul/07/brazil-2014-premier-league-world-cup

the major teams of course have some exposure. Comparatively few premier league players have played through to this stage though

Man C, with Fernandinho, DeMichelis, Aguero and Zabaleta in the semis and Kompany in the quarters have the most exposure but presumably their strength of squad allows for these players to have their summer holiday during our pre-season, and presumably miss no more than a few games at the beginning of the season?

Chelsea have Schurrle, Willian, Oscar and Ramires in the semis, and had Hazard in the quarters, but Ramires and Wllian have barely featured and Oscar and Hazard have underperformed relative to domestic form. do chelsea have a strong enough midfield squad to cope with these guys being knackered in august and september?

Man U RVP and then who?

Arsenal mertesacker and ozil, maybe might be rested early season

beyond that its the odd player who has got to the quarter finals or beyond in each premier league squad. after all the english and spanish players have been home for 10-14 days already

i couldn't see a team in the premier league that will be really affected by the world cup, unless of course early season form is affected by the absence of a summer break.

the closest i got was Villa, where Ron Vlaar has played 6 games (or will have on wednesday), where Lambert can't strengthen his squad and where they were a far less effective team in terms of results when he was missing last season

i doubt blistering early season form is expected anyway though

Thanks Rich, guess it all makes sense.

I claim no football knowledge, but it just seemed something where there might just be an edge to exploit.

As noted, the PL Teams players never really featured too much, or long.

[Rubbish2407]

Not sure why my last post came out in quotes?

Carroll
Rooney
Bent
Shearer
Fowler
Sturridge

[TightEnd]

Not sure why my last post came out in quotes?

Carroll
Rooney
Bent
Shearer
Fowler
Sturridge

these are 6 of the 7

the 7th is a tough one. i didn't get it.

[Rubbish2407]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

[TightEnd]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

No

striker who's a striker...

[Rubbish2407]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

Skip that, Craig Bellamy

[DungBeetle]

Had to google it.  Goodness me.

[TightEnd]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

Skip that, Craig Bellamy

nope.

[peejaytwo]

Is is Bentley to Spurs?

[Rubbish2407]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

Skip that, Craig Bellamy

nope.

This can't be right? Rooney signed for Man Utd for £25 million ish. Bellamy has signed for at least 6 clubs for over 6 million a pop? Definitely £14 million for Man City, £6 million for Liverpool and £6 million for Newcastle?

[Rubbish2407]

Is Bale being included as a Striker?

Skip that, Craig Bellamy

nope.

This can't be right? Rooney signed for Man Utd for £25 million ish. Bellamy has signed for at least 6 clubs for over 6 million a pop? Definitely £14 million for Man City, £6 million for Liverpool and £6 million for Newcastle?

Plus Blackburn, Coventry, West Ham and possibly Cardiff although they might have been a free?

[Rubbish2407]

Sorry, I've read your question wrong but I'm still right that Bellamy has signed for more than £11 million?

[Nico29]

Pretty sure Bellamy never cost £14 million for Man City.

Think the question is most expensive as in one off transfer fee.

Edit-Weirdly wiki says it was 14 Million indeed.

I think it's best never to always take that site as gospel though, they even say the fee was not officially disclosed and there were disagreements over the amount, some even claiming it was £19 million, I gen thought it was under 11.

Overall he prob should be included just on overall fees!