Tips for Tikay

[Peter-27]

Fascinating stuff Peter the thread is very lucky to have you mate.

Thanks very much!

Not a good weekend for the bets though!

[doubleup]

Never heard Azinger talk before but sticking with BBC after listening to him for first 30 mins

The difference between the coverage on BBC and Sky Sports is chalk and cheese. Stuck to BBC tonight, far superior IMO.

Agreed, obviously Alliss wins overall, thought Azinger comment was really strong, actually had something to say rather than usual churning out of cliches - I find Nick Faldo the same for whatever US TV he works for, really good. The sky guys are just on repeat, and don't get me started on Livingstone, how he has that job is beyond me

I don't know why Sky waste money on commentators, the US guys are fine imo. 

[tikay]

Never heard Azinger talk before but sticking with BBC after listening to him for first 30 mins

The difference between the coverage on BBC and Sky Sports is chalk and cheese. Stuck to BBC tonight, far superior IMO.

Agreed, obviously Alliss wins overall, thought Azinger comment was really strong, actually had something to say rather than usual churning out of cliches - I find Nick Faldo the same for whatever US TV he works for, really good. The sky guys are just on repeat, and don't get me started on Livingstone, how he has that job is beyond me

I don't know why Sky waste money on commentators, the US guys are fine imo. 

Agreed, although I don't think the BBC used them either, they stuck to their in-house team, who were excellent. 

BBC showed 4.5 hours of uninterrupted coverage, in the same 4.5 hours Sky Sports, net of ad breaks, & the intros & outros to them, showed less than 3 hours. 

Really enjoyed it last night, & whilst I hope the young boy gets home, (what a talent he is), he might yet have a fight on his hands.

[tikay]

Fascinating stuff Peter the thread is very lucky to have you mate.

Thanks very much!

Not a good weekend for the bets though!

Don't worry about that Peter, variance will always weave it's magic, & there'll be no complaints from the lads here, who all understand that. 

An interesting race, I thought, rather than exciting.

Most of our season bets did OK too, I think. Our total McLaren points bet remains in excellent shape, especially.

[doubleup]

Never heard Azinger talk before but sticking with BBC after listening to him for first 30 mins

The difference between the coverage on BBC and Sky Sports is chalk and cheese. Stuck to BBC tonight, far superior IMO.

Agreed, obviously Alliss wins overall, thought Azinger comment was really strong, actually had something to say rather than usual churning out of cliches - I find Nick Faldo the same for whatever US TV he works for, really good. The sky guys are just on repeat, and don't get me started on Livingstone, how he has that job is beyond me

I don't know why Sky waste money on commentators, the US guys are fine imo. 

Agreed, although I don't think the BBC used them either, they stuck to their in-house team, who were excellent. 

BBC showed 4.5 hours of uninterrupted coverage, in the same 4.5 hours Sky Sports, net of ad breaks, & the intros & outros to them, showed less than 3 hours. 

Really enjoyed it last night, & whilst I hope the young boy gets home, (what a talent he is), he might yet have a fight on his hands.

I think some of the beeb guys work for the US golf channel when they do euro events.  The only standout in the Sky team is Wayne Riley, who actually says whether a shot is hard or easy before the club is swung, unlike the grating negative aftertiming of Mark Roe, for example.

[TightEnd]

Daily Report

Profit on Month £794.89

Tread profit since inception £6,085

Outstanding Bets £4206.21

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aia1Hxq-NDNWdFk3UmlTSXMzTjRBTVNfOWRndVFsZHc&usp=drive_web#gid=23

A profit of £615 yesterday

Many Clouds won the grand national, profit of £375 (at 33-1 e/w)

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David Robertson completed his 10th game in charge of Peterborough Nil. Profit of £280 (at 14-1)



By going over 40 points for the season, a profit of £90 on one of the Crystal Palace season bets

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Ericsson crept into the points in China, with Verstappen's late retirement +£10



losers

-£20 Luton's players, clearly affected by the momentous occasion that was the club's 10th anniversary, the players to a man being Luton supporters since kindergarden, lost 2-0 at home to Burton

-£20 Newport lost 2-0 at home to Bury meaning they cannot reach the top 3 this season, so an e/w bet loser

-£40 Shutthefrontdoor went off, rather scandalously i thought, at 6-1 in the national

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-£10 A Brendon McCullum hundred, very impressive as he was playing french cricket, saw CSK beat SRH by 40 runs in the IPL

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-£20 Mainz05 lost 3-2 at home to Leverkusen, meaning a top 4 finish in the Bndesliga became impossible

-£30 F1 losers from Vettel, Bottas, winning margin


ongoing positions

Palace up to 11th after their 4-1 victory at Sunderland, good news for a multitude of bets

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West Ham and Stoke remain top 10 after their draw

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Leicester won their second match in a row, scoring 8 goals in their last three games, winning 3-2 at West Brom who are still a result or two away from being clear of the relegation zone

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Arsenal's hopes of finishing second helped by their 8th league win on the trot, 1-0 at Burnley. We could do with a Manchester Derby draw today

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In La Liga the title race tightened with Real winning at Eibar and Barcelona held 2-2 from 2-0 up at Sevilla. Barca now lead Real by 2 points

Watford won 2-0 at Mllwall, 3rd in the Championship off the automatic promotion places on goal difference

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Bamford scored for Middlesborough, an almost certain winner for us now at 6-1 as he is 5 goals clear of Leadbitter with 4 games to play

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Peterborough lost at home, but Doncaster drew. The big match bet is poised. Peterborough are 3 points ahead of Doncaster, identical goal difference and Doncaster have a game in hand

Newport are two points off the play offs with 4 games to go, and we have a 7-1 promotion bet hoping for the play-offs

In the Masters disappointment as the GB player to surge in the back nine yesterday was Rose, to -12,  and Casey fell a shot behind McIlroy at -5

No chance of returns from Walker (+3) or Westwood (E) but half a squeak for Morgan Hoffman top debutant, one of five players seperated by two shots in that market going into the final round

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In the MLB the Chicago White Sox had lost their first four games of the season. After two innings against the Twins yesterday they were 4-0 down and on the way to another reverse with five poor pitching starts in a row. They rallied, went ahead on a pinch hit at the bottom of the 8th and won 5-4 to get off the mark

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The Boston Red Sox look impressive, smashing the Yankees 8-1 on their way to a 4-1 record and the top of the AL East division at this early stage

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In the NBA Chicago beat Philly 114-107

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the Raptors secured a home play off game beating Miami 107-104

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and in a big one for us the Clippers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 96-84. this was the Memphis game in hand over the Spurs, on whom we have £120 to win the division and with two games to go the Spurs are within a game of winning the division from 6 games back a month ago

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F1 season bets. No points for McLaren.  no points for Force India. vettel v ricciardo bet looks very well placed. ricciardo scored a couple of points in the bet v kvyat who retired. rosberg runner up to hamilton again and frankly not looking like beating him in a straight battle any time soon



in the NHL the Minnesota Wild lost 4-2 to St Louis, and the play off line up has been set. Starting on thursday Minnesota play st louis again

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=762688&navid=nhl:topheads 

[mickyp]

Just managed to drag myself out of bed, with a terrible hangover. Thanks to adz and Fred for many clouds

[hector62]

Morning Mr T.

Very interesting sport everywhere at the moment. Regarding Peter Allis and his commentary. Did you hear him call Dustin Johnson, Dustin Hoffman? He really has to go but at least he is not talking about all his dying friends, he is saving them up for the Open.

The Monte Carlo tennis starts today and this will be the first clay courter where the big guns are playing. I can't see an outright bet but I will look at the individual matches daily. Maybe Larry can find an outright.

In today's rugby league there is a fascinating match between Salford and Leeds. Had Rangi Chase been playing I would have backed Salford to win, and they may still do. I think it will be a low scorer and the drop goal at 7/2 is good. However the bet I will propose is to go again with Ben Jones Bishop as first try scorer. He is the leading try scorer on the pitch with 7 this season and he is playing against his old club. I thought he was treated very badly by Leeds as I think he is a far better player than Tom Briscoe. Also Ryan Hall, who would have marked him, is out and there is a very young replacement.

Suggest £10 BJB first try @ 11-1 with Ladbrokes.

[tikay]

Profit on Month £794.89

Thread profit since inception £6,085

A profit of £615 yesterday

Wowzer, well done everyone who contributed.

Yesterday's main profit came from 2 sports - horse racing & football, &, I think, at least 3 contributors - Adzy for the 33/1 shot in the National, one of our biggest ever wins, Chomps (I assume) for the Posh Manager bet, & either Ant or Doobs (sorry, I forget which) for the Palace stuff.

Even better, many of our season bets on Football & Basketball are in wonderful shape, big thanks to those who put them up, so a decent lump of profit is still in reserve.     

We have now topped £6,000 profit for the first time ever, & our ROI stands at 4.38%, over a 4,629 bet sample size. Not many can manage that at poker or punting.

Fred is a wonderful Freeroll for everyone thanks to the hard work of so many, so it behoves us all to look after it.

[BigAdz]

Just managed to drag myself out of bed, with a terrible hangover. Thanks to adz and Fred for many clouds

Cheers Mick and to everyone else that was very kind yesterday.

I can't drink to excess myself anymore, but I'm glad I can help someone else too!

[tikay]

Morning Mr T.

Very interesting sport everywhere at the moment. Regarding Peter Allis and his commentary. Did you hear him call Dustin Johnson, Dustin Hoffman? He really has to go but at least he is not talking about all his dying friends, he is saving them up for the Open.

The Monte Carlo tennis starts today and this will be the first clay courter where the big guns are playing. I can't see an outright bet but I will look at the individual matches daily. Maybe Larry can find an outright.

In today's rugby league there is a fascinating match between Salford and Leeds. Had Rangi Chase been playing I would have backed Salford to win, and they may still do. I think it will be a low scorer and the drop goal at 7/2 is good. However the bet I will propose is to go again with Ben Jones Bishop as first try scorer. He is the leading try scorer on the pitch with 7 this season and he is playing against his old club. I thought he was treated very badly by Leeds as I think he is a far better player than Tom Briscoe. Also Ryan Hall, who would have marked him, is out and there is a very young replacement.

Suggest £10 BJB first try @ 11-1 with Ladbrokes.

Ha, yes, I did.

He looked positively rebellious against The Masters hierarchy yesterday, being dressed in short sleeves, no jacket, & cheerfully inappropriate red braces. I think he expects to be made redundant by the Beeb very soon, so is having a bit of sport with them.

He certainly divides attention, as he gets more & more quirky in his old age. I can understand why he grates on some, but I thoroughly enjoy his musings. ETHO & all that, eh?

[TightEnd]

Morning Mr T.

Very interesting sport everywhere at the moment. Regarding Peter Allis and his commentary. Did you hear him call Dustin Johnson, Dustin Hoffman? He really has to go but at least he is not talking about all his dying friends, he is saving them up for the Open.

The Monte Carlo tennis starts today and this will be the first clay courter where the big guns are playing. I can't see an outright bet but I will look at the individual matches daily. Maybe Larry can find an outright.

In today's rugby league there is a fascinating match between Salford and Leeds. Had Rangi Chase been playing I would have backed Salford to win, and they may still do. I think it will be a low scorer and the drop goal at 7/2 is good. However the bet I will propose is to go again with Ben Jones Bishop as first try scorer. He is the leading try scorer on the pitch with 7 this season and he is playing against his old club. I thought he was treated very badly by Leeds as I think he is a far better player than Tom Briscoe. Also Ryan Hall, who would have marked him, is out and there is a very young replacement.

Suggest £10 BJB first try @ 11-1 with Ladbrokes.

Single - Salford Red Devils v Leeds Rhinos

Ben Jones-Bishop (Salford Red Devils) - |First Try Scorer|

Odds: 11/1

1 lines at £10.00 per line

Total Stake for this bet: £10.00

Potential Return:£120.00

Time : 12/4/2015-10:37

Receipt No:O/142640973/0000911

[Tal]

Anyone who hasn't seen this, this morning, really should:

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One guy knows he's been beaten all weekend by a better driver who has exploited fairly obvious tactics to lock up a win from grid to flag, but hates it. The other guy is revelling in both his victory and the other's visible toysoutofprammery.

Reminded me of this:

[BigAdz]

Back to work chaps.

Liking Trustan Times in the Scottish version of the National next weekend. Ran third in it last year, and has been aimed at it again all year, with the usual red herring runs along the way.

Everything in the race that has a chance with recent form with him, he is better off at the weights against.

I suggest we have a few bob on now as Mr Nutting from SL will no doubt do so at some point, and the price will drop. He started 10-1 last year. ( If he has done already, I apologise for any plagerism, but I couldn't find that he had, and in any case, I fancy it anyway! )

General 16-1. Lets keep it sensible for Fred and have £10 ew


I also think we should have a very speculative £5 on biggest price we can find on Edmund Keane. Looked to be running into form last time, and little birdies tell me Mr Bowen is quite keen to get him into the race. The really big prices have gone but a fiver at 33s or the small amount betty has at slightly bigger, won't harm. Then we hope he gets in!! GL

[tikay]

I suggest we have a few bob on now as Mr Nutting from SL

Who is Mr Nutting please?