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Week 2:

Marky wrote:

GSC wrote:*on a side note, I might have to start playing Assombalonga

Don't. His five Championship goals will mean sod all.

Much like Grabban,he's a beast (and yes I know assombalonga is better)

TheSecondComing wrote:12 years no claims, £340 a year for my insurance.

Couple of years No Claims, 6 points and a six week ban still on my licence, got a quote this morning of £308 for the year. You should shop around!

Anyone want to buy Badstuber?

He's going to be out for a while so I'd be interested in a trade but bear in mind his value is dropping/has dropped.

Marky any tips on accas? I've never ever won, I'm thinking of going for teams that dominate the weaker leagues.

If you follow a sport like cycling or nfl properly you can win serious money off companies that just follow media reports

Won 110 quid in the recent vuelta cycling race. Easy money

I think you do too long a long list to expect to win regularly.

Bookies odds are a pretty good indicator of your chances.

This week you had £1 to win around £150. That suggests that bet will win once in every 150 times. Put it this way, if you do one a week, you'll win once every 3 years on average.

I would set your sights on winning less.

If you pick a 5-6 teams with average odds of 1/2, you can still get odds of around 7/1 to 10/1, which I think is a good return.

Also I rarely win myself so no point asking for my advice

One tip is stop backing teams to win and start backing something like Both Teams to Score or Over/Under 2.5 goals.

I've just started watching the NFL this season (Congratulations on the win against us) so need to pick up a lot more before I put any money. 

I'll try your approach this week Afro, you're right on me expecting to win regularly.

Marky wrote:Also I rarely win myself so no point asking for my advice

One tip is stop backing teams to win and start backing something like Both Teams to Score or Over/Under 2.5 goals.

I thought you won regularly. 

5 teams to win at 1/2 gives me £7.59 with William Hill.

The bookies just use the vegas lines for the NFL

Wish TM would give Blackett a price, played every game so far for Utd and still valued at £0.

You can sign him for 500k though right?

I signed him before the season started!

Also the sod's law (I don't think it is our Sod, but if it is, I need to have a word with him) of longlist betting is that you nearly always have 1 match that kills your bet.

I took to doing multples to cover myself. I like to try and pick 4 draws, but always go with any 3 draws from the 4. If you get 3, you get a reasonable return of around 6 or 7 to 1, and if you get all 4, it then jumps up to around 25/1

I usually bet on NFL stuff. I usually lose all my money on NFL stuff too.

The only acca I can remember coming in was an international football one, and it bagged like £50 or so.

I met some real Americans yesterday and played golf with them. They were shocked I knew about American football.

sodhat wrote:I usually bet on NFL stuff. I usually lose all my money on NFL stuff too.

The only acca I can remember coming in was an international football one, and it bagged like £50 or so.

I met some real Americans yesterday and played golf with them. They were shocked I knew about American football.

What's a real American?

Hulk Hogan.

Does anyone else rate Raphael Varane as much as I do?

If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

Holymiky wrote:Does anyone else rate Raphael Varane as much as I do?

I don't know. How much do you rate him?

I'll judge each of you based on which question you choose to answer.

sodhat wrote:If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

What size is this duck?

A normal sized duck, with an anticipated life span of 8-10 years.

I said 5 years in case it contracted duck aids or something.

Seems an inherent thing Ducks would know.

Plus they float. So yes.

Very highly Afro.

Miky - then yes, I rate Varane about the same as you.

Soddy - I'm going to say yes as the saying is that you take to something "like a duck to water". This implies they would pick it up very quickly.

Love that finish by Assombalonga

Yeah but they also grow up with their mummy ducks telling and showing them how to swim. Without that and no concept of water, do they know what to do?

Humans are supposed to float as well. I do not float.

Yeah but a guy missing half of his original bones on his face isn't the best example of a human being with balance.

I'm still going with the saying implying they pick it up quickly.

The saying isn't "takes to it like a duck to water when it is shown by it's Mum".

Whenever I've seen a duck hop in the water for the first time (which isn't as regularly as I make it sound), they seem to just hop in and swim. There's no teaching, or support from Mum whilst they used to it. They just hop in and they're off.

In fact, the mummy duck tends to jump in and swim away from the baby ducks, and they are just expected to jump in and follow

Touche. Although I didn't have balance issues when I got stick faced.

Back to hockey on Saturday too. I have an expensive gum shield made and moulded to my face to wear. I don't know if it will really help much.

How does a fish learn to swim?

Also there are fish who can navigate their way to places they've never been as they grow up. Its an inherent thing.

sodhat wrote:If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

If it doesn't know what water is what does it drink?

Koba wrote:

sodhat wrote:If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

If it doesn't know what water is what does it drink?

Ribena

Koba wrote:

sodhat wrote:If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

If it doesn't know what water is what does it drink?

I'd inject it with water through the bum.

NickisBHAFC wrote:Lads want something to listen to at work or on you're lunch break? Please check out the latest football podcast including a preview to the Madrid derby!

I've been polite to you I've even defended you against the managers here and you still had the nerve to question me on my experience on Football. Listen here son, I've probably forgot more about Football today then you ever have known about the game. Falcao injury prone Pearce for the England job   you didn't get back to me on that. Just because you've got a microphone and wear glasses doesn't make you a journo.

Afro wrote:

Koba wrote:

sodhat wrote:If you had a duck from birth, and for 5 years or so kept it on dry land so it didn't even know what water was, would it know how to swim if you threw it in a pond?

If it doesn't know what water is what does it drink?

Ribena

I'd say yes the Duck would be able to swim.

Hero wrote:Wish TM would give Blackett a price, played every game so far for Utd and still valued at £0.

That's because they've seen him play

Marky wrote:

Hero wrote:Wish TM would give Blackett a price, played every game so far for Utd and still valued at £0.

That's because they've seen him play

Still better then Di Maria Such an average player Even Sanogo has a price £2m

Marky wrote:

Hero wrote:Wish TM would give Blackett a price, played every game so far for Utd and still valued at £0.

That's because they've seen him play

Conceded 1 goal in past 3 games and 2nd best defence in Premier League at present. I think he's done really well so far, sure when the injuries to others heal up he'll be on the bench but I certainly don't think he's done himself any harm with his performances.

*ignores Swansea game where Blackett was awful*

GSC can I run a weekly predo with the winner receiving £1m?

Don't think I'll do more then a starting Xi for tactics I'm too tired and I'd rather play Tomb Raider.

yeah sure

I'll have the fixtures up tomorrow for the premier League. 

Tactics are in.

Olly wrote:*ignores Swansea game where Blackett was awful*

His very first competitive game in the league in which the whole team was awful tbh.

Tactics are in, Good Luck Viva (think im playing you can't remember so gone by the OP lol gone basic this week rather tired)

Fernando wrote:Tactics are in, Good Luck Viva (think im playing you can't remember so gone by the OP lol gone basic this week rather tired)

Yeah we're playing each other, same basic tactics and tired. Good luck.

Koba wrote:

Fernando wrote:Tactics are in, Good Luck Viva (think im playing you can't remember so gone by the OP lol gone basic this week rather tired)

Yeah we're playing each other, same basic tactics and tired. Good luck.

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