Tips for Tikay

[BigAdz]

"....Each of the 10 rounds in majors this year have been led by either Jordan Spieth or Dustin Johnson...."



That's an eye-opening stat.

That used to be Tiger's domain, he crushed every event, or it seemed that way. Absolutely owned everyone. They feared him, he dominated them.

Now he chunks it round at the back of the field, & misses the cut by a mile. Can't help wonder how he copes with that mentally, it must be brutally hard.

Self-inflicted? Yes, probably, not arguing with that, & I'm not giving him any sympathy, he's got more money than enough. But what a thing to see, watching him battle away, trying harder & harder, & getting worse & worse. Endlessly fascinating &, in a way, sad, or it is to me. Taking pleasure in a mans downfall, no matter who he is, is not for me.

What was lovely to see - something unique to golf, perhaps - was the warmth towards him on the course from the Gallery. They were willing him to hit good shots, applauding him at every chance, hoping he might rediscover that genius.

We've only had 2 rounds so far, but this Open has been wonderfully memorable in so many ways.

Did you see the outpouring of warmth towards Tom Watson & Sir Nick Faldo? Nick looked a bit of a chump in that 20 year old Pringle, & he knew it, but it did not matter. I welled up seeing him stand on the Bridge, so proud, with his Son. And when Tom Watson did the same thing it was so, so, emotional.

And St Andrews, did you ever see a more wonderfully peculiar Major course, with all those double greens & bizarre holes, such as the Road Hole? Is there any golf course (of significance) on earth where you come up the 18th with that view of the houses & shops smack bang on the side of the fairway?

Love The Open, love St Andrews.

Stayed at The St Andrews University digs overlooking the 18th during The Open. What a fantastic view looking down the course, beer in hand, only cost £25 a night.

Sadly it was the Carnoustie Open.

[The Camel]

isn't 4/7 just a huge price?

he's going to start 3 or less out of 38 league games?

course not, they'll rotate delph with the other midfielders all season, particularly during champions league participationl

Who's going 4-7? Just take as much as you can.

Cannot work out from the font which bookmakers that is.

Not Sky, Coral, Hills, 365, Ladbrokes or VC.

[exstream]

Betfair sports book

[Chompy]

Betfair sports book

Sigh. £14 might be pushing it then.

[The Camel]

Betfair sports book

Sigh. £14 might be pushing it then.

The thing is at least two odds compilers must have thought those odds were ok.

The guy who dreamed it up and the head of trading who okayed it to go onto the site.

How one firms could employ two such numbskulls is beyond me.

[arbboy]

i was offered 50p max at 4/7.  Nice offer from a firm i pay £5k+ a month in commission to risk free for them!  How bad do they treat guys they lose to?

[The Camel]

Betfair Sportsbook is currently hiring new odds compilers.

Lots of applications for the new jobs

[arbboy]

Betfair sports book

Sigh. £14 might be pushing it then.

The thing is at least two odds compilers must have thought those odds were ok.

The guy who dreamed it up and the head of trading who okayed it to go onto the site.

How one firms could employ two such numbskulls is beyond me.

What do you make the o/u on starts for delph next year in the EPL?  I wouldn't be in a rush to go much bigger than 9 or 10 tbh. 

[Tal]

2/5 now.

What price should it be? 1/5?

[The Camel]

Betfair sports book

Sigh. £14 might be pushing it then.

The thing is at least two odds compilers must have thought those odds were ok.

The guy who dreamed it up and the head of trading who okayed it to go onto the site.

How one firms could employ two such numbskulls is beyond me.

What do you make the o/u on starts for delph next year in the EPL?  I wouldn't be in a rush to go much bigger than 9 or 10 tbh. 

9 seems like a good number for this.

[The Camel]

2/5 now.

What price should it be? 1/5?

I'd probably play at 1/5.

More like 1/10 I'd say.

[Tal]

2/5 now.

What price should it be? 1/5?

I'd probably play at 1/5.

More like 1/10 I'd say.

I don't believe I have any restrictions with them and I can only get £50 on. Hardly seems worth it for £20.

[The Camel]

2/5 now.

What price should it be? 1/5?

I'd probably play at 1/5.

More like 1/10 I'd say.

I don't believe I have any restrictions with them and I can only get £50 on. Hardly seems worth it for £20.

That's ice cream talk Mr Tal.

Free money is free money.

[The Camel]

In fact you should have the bet, and when it cops buy a huge tub of ice cream to celebrate their idiot odds compilers!

[Doobs]

Not often I drop my jaw at an odds on favourite, but have a look at the 2:40 at Stratford tomorrow.

Penglai Pavilion. That's the same one that placed in the Arc, right?

In a Class 4 Novice Hurdle at Stratford?!

Turns out he ran at Hexham the other week, too!

Punctuation...everywhere..!

Be like rocking up at your local golf course and finding you're playing behind Tiger Woods Dustin Johnson.

Way too many exclamation marks. You only do it to annoy me. It works, too.

Penglai Pavilion @ 4/7? Think it can run unburdened by my money. Quite a fall from grace, though.

http://www.oddschecker.com/horse-racing/stratford/14:40/winner

Surely he has to start somewhere on his route to the top?  All the great horses start somewhere whether it is Huntingdon, Stratford or Hexham.  Very few are going to start at Cheltenham and stay there.

FWIW  The horse had already fallen from grace before going over hurdles, but I assume the current intention is to aim high.