Friday 8th March
Not such a good day unfortunately, with Sportyy the main culprit, but certainly not alone in disappointing.
Only Northern Monkey involved on the horses with two each way selections, one of which placed.
A blank day for the Sports portfolio: The Football Analyst E3-E7 0/1, On The Oche 0/2, Football Elite 0/1 and Sportyy 0/3.
Northern Monkey: Staked 1.75pts, -0.597pts.
The Football Analyst E3-E7: Staked 0.5pts, -0.5pts.
On The Oche: Staked 0.4pts, -0.4pts.
Football Elite: Staked 0.5pts, -0.5pts.
Sportyy: Staked 5pts, -5pts.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Friday, 8 March 2013
Time to experiment.
I've had to post this early as I'm not going to be at home this evening. Can you believe that my wife thought that with the kids having a sleepover with their favourite auntie tonight, it was a good opportunity for her to meet me at work before going out for a bite to eat and then on to the pictures to see a film?!? I know! I know! Nearly twenty years together, fourteen as man and wife, and she still thinks we haven't progressed beyond the 'still talk to each other' phase (what's all that about!?!). She knows too, that Friday evenings are about putting bets on, and simply doesn't care. I just don't get women.
So, consequently, this weekend is going to be a bit experimental. I'm going to be putting on the Skeeve bets, plus the Football Elite selections, on the day the games are being played. I'm hopeful the prices on the picks will have bounced a little. We'll see. It's a tactic that has paid dividends on plenty of occasions for Football Elite and in fact I now deliberately wait until the last possible moment before placing my money on Matt's selections. Skeeve's picks though are in different markets that possess a different dynamic. I don't know what to expect.
And you know what? Sometimes it's good to live life right on the edge, and in the spirit of wild abandon and recklessness which only the greatest of experimental innovators can aspire to, I've only gone and decided to do the same with The Football Analyst selections! Just call me crazy.
Thursday 7th February
A semi-decent profit on the day, primarily thanks to On The Oche and Sportyy.
It's been a very quiet week on the horses. Just two bets yesterday - one from Northern Monkey (0/1) and an each way double from Winning Racing Tips in which both horses placed.
On The Oche weighed into the Premier League again with three selections. Just the one was a winner but it was enough at the odds to produce a nice profit (Adrian Lewis to bt Michael van Gerwen at 4.33). By the way, it's nice to see one of the proper bookies - 12bet - getting involved in the darts. Along with Pinnacle and 188bet, it means we now have the ability to get on the match outcome selections without too much trouble.
Finally, Sportyy had just the one selection (Nieminen to bt Sijsling at 1.485).
Northern Monkey: Staked 1pt, -1pt.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.4pts, +0.096pts.
On The Oche: Staked 1.5pts, +0.665pts.
Sportyy: Staked 3pts, +1.456pts.
Friday. Oh, yes!
So, consequently, this weekend is going to be a bit experimental. I'm going to be putting on the Skeeve bets, plus the Football Elite selections, on the day the games are being played. I'm hopeful the prices on the picks will have bounced a little. We'll see. It's a tactic that has paid dividends on plenty of occasions for Football Elite and in fact I now deliberately wait until the last possible moment before placing my money on Matt's selections. Skeeve's picks though are in different markets that possess a different dynamic. I don't know what to expect.
And you know what? Sometimes it's good to live life right on the edge, and in the spirit of wild abandon and recklessness which only the greatest of experimental innovators can aspire to, I've only gone and decided to do the same with The Football Analyst selections! Just call me crazy.
Thursday 7th February
A semi-decent profit on the day, primarily thanks to On The Oche and Sportyy.
It's been a very quiet week on the horses. Just two bets yesterday - one from Northern Monkey (0/1) and an each way double from Winning Racing Tips in which both horses placed.
On The Oche weighed into the Premier League again with three selections. Just the one was a winner but it was enough at the odds to produce a nice profit (Adrian Lewis to bt Michael van Gerwen at 4.33). By the way, it's nice to see one of the proper bookies - 12bet - getting involved in the darts. Along with Pinnacle and 188bet, it means we now have the ability to get on the match outcome selections without too much trouble.
Finally, Sportyy had just the one selection (Nieminen to bt Sijsling at 1.485).
Northern Monkey: Staked 1pt, -1pt.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.4pts, +0.096pts.
On The Oche: Staked 1.5pts, +0.665pts.
Sportyy: Staked 3pts, +1.456pts.
Friday. Oh, yes!
Thursday, 7 March 2013
February sports betting review.
Coral let me have £10 on Sprinter Sacre at Evens. Stingy bastards.
The total roi for February for the sports side of the portfolio finished at 5.48%. The year to date ROI for 2013 is 6.58%.
Football Elite: Staked 14pts, -2.677pts, roi -19.12%
(Staked 27pts, -1.108pts, roi -4.1%, ROC -2.21%)
I get the feeling that February 2013 will turn out to be a landmark month for Football Elite, one way or another. As mentioned when it happened, the bank was effectively doubled in size and selections have returned to being primarily simple win only with just the very occasional DNB thrown in if the team to be supported is at particularly long odds. Let's hope that the changes implemented help Matt rediscover a bit of his mojo. I'm aware the SBC dropped FE from their Hall of Fame last month but I want to give things a bit of time to bed in and see where that takes us.
The Football Analyst (7/22): Staked 11.5pts, +6.795pts, roi 59.09%
The Football Analyst (Euro): Staked 2.75pts, -0.095pts, roi -3.45%
The Football Analyst (Total): Staked 14.25pts, +6.7pts, roi 47.02%
(Staked 24.75pts, +5.997pts, roi 24.23%, ROC 29.98%
A superb month for 7/22. Mambers new this season to the service may be tempted to think not before time. Those of us who are a little longer in the tooth with Graeme were thinking that it was always a matter of when, not if. I've been thinking a lot about TFA recently, and have already reached some basic decisions about how I'm going to follow the systems next season. I don't have a clearly defined plan as yet - that can wait until the summer when Graeme can contribute his thoughts having reached a position where he can view the season as a whole - but one thing I can say I will be doing is following more TFA bets over 2013/14. 7/22 is a superb system, but the relatively low turnover it generates means that it is always going to be susceptible to variance in a way that higher turnover systems are not. It seems common sense to me that when we have a smorgasbord of excellent systems to choose from, putting myself in the situation where I'm so open to the possibility of suffering a bad season simply due to variance isn't perhaps best utilising Graeme's skills.
Summer Of Football: Staked 24pts, +1.487pts, roi 6.19%
(Staked: 46pts, +10.987pts, roi 23.88%, ROC 31.39%
Not much to say really other then the service has become a vital part of the portfolio and has taken less than a year to become so.
Skeeve (Asians): Staked 8pts, +6.38pts, roi 79.75%
Skeeve (Doubles): Staked 30pts, +21.321pts, roi 71.07%
Skeeve Total: Staked 38pts, +27.701pts, roi 72.89%
(Staked 75pts, +18.535pts, roi 24.71%, ROC 23.16%)
Well that's more like it! Fantastic to see a return to form for our non-league guru. The big hope now is that Skeeve can push on over the remaining couple of months or so of this season, repair as much of the damage previously done as possible, and then launch into a great 2013/14 season. Sounds like a plan.
The Sportsman: Staked 0.45pts, -0.15pts, roi -33.33%
(Staked 0.9pts, +0.117pts, roi 13%, ROC 2.92%
Exactly the same comments I made about The Sportsman Racing yesterday apply here.
On The Oche: Staked 7.75pts, +1.71pts, roi 22.06%
(Staked 11.583pts, +4.376pts, roi 37.77%, ROC 12.5%
A more than satisfactory start to the year for OTO. I know Matt has mentioned himself that he finds watching the darts incredibly stressful when he's got money on it, and I have to say I agree with him all the way on that one. I know I'd be better off not watching, but it's so damned compelling I just can't help myself. Taking years off me, it is.
Sportyy: Staked 49pts, -15.196pts, roi -31.01%
(Staked 112.4pts, -24.751pts, roi -22.02%, ROC -30.93%)
I don't want to write my thoughts about Sportyy tonight. Nothing sinister, it's just that I have a lot going through my mind with regard this service at the moment and how it fits into my portfolio (much of it very positive). It deserves a post in itself though, and I aim to write that post next week.
So there we have it. Year to date performance for the portfolio as a whole lies at 7.12% and the ROC at 8.54% (of leveraged funds). We've had two profitable months, one producing what might be considered to be a par result, the other a little under par. Let's hope for a good one in March!
Wednesday 6th March
Not such a good day in the end.
A nice winner for Northern Monkey whose only selection for the day produced the goods (Robin Hoods Bay - Kempton - 5/2). That though, is where the winners began and ended though. On The Nose (0/2), Winning Racing Tips (0/1) and Sportyy (0/2) meant the day was a losing one.
On The Nose: Staked 0.5pts, -0.5pts.
Northern Monkey: Staked 1pt, +2.5pts.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.9pts, -0.9pts.
Sportyy: Staked 3.5pts, -3.5pts.
The total roi for February for the sports side of the portfolio finished at 5.48%. The year to date ROI for 2013 is 6.58%.
Football Elite: Staked 14pts, -2.677pts, roi -19.12%
(Staked 27pts, -1.108pts, roi -4.1%, ROC -2.21%)
I get the feeling that February 2013 will turn out to be a landmark month for Football Elite, one way or another. As mentioned when it happened, the bank was effectively doubled in size and selections have returned to being primarily simple win only with just the very occasional DNB thrown in if the team to be supported is at particularly long odds. Let's hope that the changes implemented help Matt rediscover a bit of his mojo. I'm aware the SBC dropped FE from their Hall of Fame last month but I want to give things a bit of time to bed in and see where that takes us.
The Football Analyst (7/22): Staked 11.5pts, +6.795pts, roi 59.09%
The Football Analyst (Euro): Staked 2.75pts, -0.095pts, roi -3.45%
The Football Analyst (Total): Staked 14.25pts, +6.7pts, roi 47.02%
(Staked 24.75pts, +5.997pts, roi 24.23%, ROC 29.98%
A superb month for 7/22. Mambers new this season to the service may be tempted to think not before time. Those of us who are a little longer in the tooth with Graeme were thinking that it was always a matter of when, not if. I've been thinking a lot about TFA recently, and have already reached some basic decisions about how I'm going to follow the systems next season. I don't have a clearly defined plan as yet - that can wait until the summer when Graeme can contribute his thoughts having reached a position where he can view the season as a whole - but one thing I can say I will be doing is following more TFA bets over 2013/14. 7/22 is a superb system, but the relatively low turnover it generates means that it is always going to be susceptible to variance in a way that higher turnover systems are not. It seems common sense to me that when we have a smorgasbord of excellent systems to choose from, putting myself in the situation where I'm so open to the possibility of suffering a bad season simply due to variance isn't perhaps best utilising Graeme's skills.
Summer Of Football: Staked 24pts, +1.487pts, roi 6.19%
(Staked: 46pts, +10.987pts, roi 23.88%, ROC 31.39%
Not much to say really other then the service has become a vital part of the portfolio and has taken less than a year to become so.
Skeeve (Asians): Staked 8pts, +6.38pts, roi 79.75%
Skeeve (Doubles): Staked 30pts, +21.321pts, roi 71.07%
Skeeve Total: Staked 38pts, +27.701pts, roi 72.89%
(Staked 75pts, +18.535pts, roi 24.71%, ROC 23.16%)
Well that's more like it! Fantastic to see a return to form for our non-league guru. The big hope now is that Skeeve can push on over the remaining couple of months or so of this season, repair as much of the damage previously done as possible, and then launch into a great 2013/14 season. Sounds like a plan.
The Sportsman: Staked 0.45pts, -0.15pts, roi -33.33%
(Staked 0.9pts, +0.117pts, roi 13%, ROC 2.92%
Exactly the same comments I made about The Sportsman Racing yesterday apply here.
On The Oche: Staked 7.75pts, +1.71pts, roi 22.06%
(Staked 11.583pts, +4.376pts, roi 37.77%, ROC 12.5%
A more than satisfactory start to the year for OTO. I know Matt has mentioned himself that he finds watching the darts incredibly stressful when he's got money on it, and I have to say I agree with him all the way on that one. I know I'd be better off not watching, but it's so damned compelling I just can't help myself. Taking years off me, it is.
Sportyy: Staked 49pts, -15.196pts, roi -31.01%
(Staked 112.4pts, -24.751pts, roi -22.02%, ROC -30.93%)
I don't want to write my thoughts about Sportyy tonight. Nothing sinister, it's just that I have a lot going through my mind with regard this service at the moment and how it fits into my portfolio (much of it very positive). It deserves a post in itself though, and I aim to write that post next week.
So there we have it. Year to date performance for the portfolio as a whole lies at 7.12% and the ROC at 8.54% (of leveraged funds). We've had two profitable months, one producing what might be considered to be a par result, the other a little under par. Let's hope for a good one in March!
Wednesday 6th March
Not such a good day in the end.
A nice winner for Northern Monkey whose only selection for the day produced the goods (Robin Hoods Bay - Kempton - 5/2). That though, is where the winners began and ended though. On The Nose (0/2), Winning Racing Tips (0/1) and Sportyy (0/2) meant the day was a losing one.
On The Nose: Staked 0.5pts, -0.5pts.
Northern Monkey: Staked 1pt, +2.5pts.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.9pts, -0.9pts.
Sportyy: Staked 3.5pts, -3.5pts.
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
February racing review.
I knew it. I just knew it. If Van Per$i€ wanted a longer run in Europe, he should have stayed put last summer.
So, February. In black and white terms, the month can only be described as underwhelming, the final roi settling at 3.55%. Turnover was 118% of that of January, the reason being the racing and football was less affected by bad weather.
I shall cover the racing today, and the sports portfolio tomorrow.
Horse Racing
Total ROI across the racing portfolio was -2.6%. This places the ROI on the racing for 2013 to date at 8.62% and the ROC at 6.83%.
Northern Monkey: Staked 25.25pts, +10.142pts, roi 40.16%
(Staked: 52.25pts, +16.96pts, roi 32.45%, ROC 26.09%)
An excellent performance from Wayne who obviously didn't allow his team's glorious run to Wembley distract him from the task of turning a good profit on the month, and it's been a very strong start to the year. I'm pleased with the service on a couple of issues.
Firstly, I'm glad that last Autumn, Wayne soon brought an end the experiment in utilising a sytematic approach to finding selections on the all weather. Nothing against using a system per se, it just didn't feel right with such bets coming from Wayne. One of the strengths of the service, to my mind anyway, is the rationale provided for each selection and the understanding of the form book the write up often reveals.
Secondly, Northern Monkey has introduced a scheme that I would like to see other tipping services embrace, and that is provide a discounted rate of subscription for long term members who have over time, demonstrated their loyalty. I've touched on this before on the blog, but I do find a company's attempts to attract new customers by offering all sorts of incentives often appear to be made at the cost of existing customers, who rarely if ever receive discounts or other special concessions. Sky is a prime example of this. Concessions and discounts in return for loyalty from a customer is something I would like to see a lot more of.
On The Nose: Staked: 26.5pts, -3.75pts, roi -14.15%
(Staked 48.75pts, -13.875pts, roi -28.46%, ROC -13.875%)
From reading a recent email The Judge sent out to his subscribers, it would appear that there may be one or two things happening behind the scenes at OTN that will hopefully have a positive knock on effect on the service. It's been a relatively lean time over the last 12-14 months all told and it's been unfortunate that the beginning of 2013 hasn't seen the service push on from what looked like very promising signs of a return to form during the back end of last year. The fallow period has proven to be too lengthy for the SBC, who recently dropped On The Nose from their Hall of Fame, but I'm sticking with it for the moment.
The Judge has acted very honourably, professing to feeling "awkward" at charging his customers during periods of loss, and that is an admirable approach to take; he has extended the subscription periods for those who paid until the end of March until the end of April, and that sort of offer encourages patience. Personally, I feel that the service just needs the rub of the green and given it, has the potential to fly again. I certainly want to give it every chance to do so. Ultimately though, a line has to be drawn somewhere, at some time. Let's hope that time can be avoided.
The Sportsman Racing: Staked 1.5pts, +0.41pts, roi 27.38%
(Staked 5.5pts, +1.061pts, roi 19.29%, ROC 4.24%)
A very quiet month from Scott, but I have no issue with this. My own nature is a fairly cautious one and I'd much prefer a tipster tip only when confident that the circumstances are right to do so, and not simply to meet some spurious expectation that he be tipping more days than not. One tweak I might well make though, is to reduce the size of the bank. I currently devote 25 points to it and I'm not convinced I need that many. I know there is a whole different debate about whether or not a high turnover is preferable to a more selective approach, and a large part of me thinks that in many ways it is, but that's not to say that there isn't a very valuable place in any portfolio for a highly selective service such as The Sportsman/The Sportsman Racing.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 9.4pts, -2.976pts, roi -31.65%
(Staked: 17pts, +6.658pts, roi 39.16%, ROC 22.19%)
Despite the figures for February, it's been a very strong beginning to 2013 for WRT, following on from an excellent 2012. Had the winning double that was landed on Sunday been three days earlier, February would have been a profitable month for the service, which may be an almost worthless fact in itself, but does kind of highlight the ridiculousness of judging betting performance on a monthly basis.
4PA: Staked 14.5pts, -5.172pts, roi -35.67%
(Staked: 31pts, -17.122pts, roi -55.23%, ROC -21.4%)
I think it's more a case of looking forward with this service as opposed to getting knickers in a twist about these last couple of months. With Cheltenham firmly in our sights, Aintree following not long after and then the Guineas meeting, there's a lot of action ahead at meetings that could very easily see the service excel. Fingers crossed for a profitable Cheltenham.
As for yesterday's betting...
Tuesday 5th February
Not that there was much of it. Just the one bet, Summer Of Football coming up with a "half" winner (Watford -0.75 vs Sheff Wednesday at 1.9).
Summer Of Football: Staked 1pt, +0.45pts.
Finally, a thank you to the Secret Betting Club for providing some interesting and stimulating bedtime reading for tonight by releasing it's Cheltenham Festival Special. Honestly, I'm like adog with two dic kid at Christmas in these last few days prior to the big meeting. Bring it on!
And finally, finally...and at risk of this evening's post sounding like a stick-Northern-Monkey-on-a-pedastal piece - I much appreciated Wayne's emailing to his subscribers details on Cheltenham related offers that certain bookmakers are providing from tomorrow. Perhaps I should be more vigilant to these things myself, but I'm not. So this sort of stuff is, like I say, appreciated.
So, February. In black and white terms, the month can only be described as underwhelming, the final roi settling at 3.55%. Turnover was 118% of that of January, the reason being the racing and football was less affected by bad weather.
I shall cover the racing today, and the sports portfolio tomorrow.
Horse Racing
Total ROI across the racing portfolio was -2.6%. This places the ROI on the racing for 2013 to date at 8.62% and the ROC at 6.83%.
Northern Monkey: Staked 25.25pts, +10.142pts, roi 40.16%
(Staked: 52.25pts, +16.96pts, roi 32.45%, ROC 26.09%)
An excellent performance from Wayne who obviously didn't allow his team's glorious run to Wembley distract him from the task of turning a good profit on the month, and it's been a very strong start to the year. I'm pleased with the service on a couple of issues.
Firstly, I'm glad that last Autumn, Wayne soon brought an end the experiment in utilising a sytematic approach to finding selections on the all weather. Nothing against using a system per se, it just didn't feel right with such bets coming from Wayne. One of the strengths of the service, to my mind anyway, is the rationale provided for each selection and the understanding of the form book the write up often reveals.
Secondly, Northern Monkey has introduced a scheme that I would like to see other tipping services embrace, and that is provide a discounted rate of subscription for long term members who have over time, demonstrated their loyalty. I've touched on this before on the blog, but I do find a company's attempts to attract new customers by offering all sorts of incentives often appear to be made at the cost of existing customers, who rarely if ever receive discounts or other special concessions. Sky is a prime example of this. Concessions and discounts in return for loyalty from a customer is something I would like to see a lot more of.
On The Nose: Staked: 26.5pts, -3.75pts, roi -14.15%
(Staked 48.75pts, -13.875pts, roi -28.46%, ROC -13.875%)
From reading a recent email The Judge sent out to his subscribers, it would appear that there may be one or two things happening behind the scenes at OTN that will hopefully have a positive knock on effect on the service. It's been a relatively lean time over the last 12-14 months all told and it's been unfortunate that the beginning of 2013 hasn't seen the service push on from what looked like very promising signs of a return to form during the back end of last year. The fallow period has proven to be too lengthy for the SBC, who recently dropped On The Nose from their Hall of Fame, but I'm sticking with it for the moment.
The Judge has acted very honourably, professing to feeling "awkward" at charging his customers during periods of loss, and that is an admirable approach to take; he has extended the subscription periods for those who paid until the end of March until the end of April, and that sort of offer encourages patience. Personally, I feel that the service just needs the rub of the green and given it, has the potential to fly again. I certainly want to give it every chance to do so. Ultimately though, a line has to be drawn somewhere, at some time. Let's hope that time can be avoided.
The Sportsman Racing: Staked 1.5pts, +0.41pts, roi 27.38%
(Staked 5.5pts, +1.061pts, roi 19.29%, ROC 4.24%)
A very quiet month from Scott, but I have no issue with this. My own nature is a fairly cautious one and I'd much prefer a tipster tip only when confident that the circumstances are right to do so, and not simply to meet some spurious expectation that he be tipping more days than not. One tweak I might well make though, is to reduce the size of the bank. I currently devote 25 points to it and I'm not convinced I need that many. I know there is a whole different debate about whether or not a high turnover is preferable to a more selective approach, and a large part of me thinks that in many ways it is, but that's not to say that there isn't a very valuable place in any portfolio for a highly selective service such as The Sportsman/The Sportsman Racing.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 9.4pts, -2.976pts, roi -31.65%
(Staked: 17pts, +6.658pts, roi 39.16%, ROC 22.19%)
Despite the figures for February, it's been a very strong beginning to 2013 for WRT, following on from an excellent 2012. Had the winning double that was landed on Sunday been three days earlier, February would have been a profitable month for the service, which may be an almost worthless fact in itself, but does kind of highlight the ridiculousness of judging betting performance on a monthly basis.
4PA: Staked 14.5pts, -5.172pts, roi -35.67%
(Staked: 31pts, -17.122pts, roi -55.23%, ROC -21.4%)
I think it's more a case of looking forward with this service as opposed to getting knickers in a twist about these last couple of months. With Cheltenham firmly in our sights, Aintree following not long after and then the Guineas meeting, there's a lot of action ahead at meetings that could very easily see the service excel. Fingers crossed for a profitable Cheltenham.
As for yesterday's betting...
Tuesday 5th February
Not that there was much of it. Just the one bet, Summer Of Football coming up with a "half" winner (Watford -0.75 vs Sheff Wednesday at 1.9).
Summer Of Football: Staked 1pt, +0.45pts.
Finally, a thank you to the Secret Betting Club for providing some interesting and stimulating bedtime reading for tonight by releasing it's Cheltenham Festival Special. Honestly, I'm like a
And finally, finally...and at risk of this evening's post sounding like a stick-Northern-Monkey-on-a-pedastal piece - I much appreciated Wayne's emailing to his subscribers details on Cheltenham related offers that certain bookmakers are providing from tomorrow. Perhaps I should be more vigilant to these things myself, but I'm not. So this sort of stuff is, like I say, appreciated.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Doubles here, doubles there...
It really was the weirdest thing. I'd not long finished a sumptuous home-cooked lasagna, washed down with a lovely bottle of Italian Red, and was sitting on the sofa with the kids watching an old 'Only Fools And Horses', when Bang! Within five minutes I'd gone from that post-dinner satisfied contentment to being a dizzy, shivery, achy wreck of a man. Literally five minutes. It put me in bed for the best part of two days. Not good.
Anyway, it put me behind my blogging schedule, and apologies for that. Let's take a look at the weekend's action...
The weekend as a whole was a profitable one, thanks in the main to Winning Racing Tips who scored with a magnificent 16/1 double on Sunday (Walkabout Creek - Sedgefield - 9/2 and Shernando - Huntingdon - 2/1), Skeeve who picked up 10+ points via two winning doubles (Kidderminster/Mansfield at 1.75 and Eastleigh/Welling at 2.1) plus a winning Asian bet (Newport to bt Hyde at 1.92). 4PA chipped in too on Saturday with two winners (Quentin Collonges - Doncaster - 10/1 and Aaim To Prosper - Doncaster - 5/2).
Football Elite put up an inspired pick in France (Reims (DNB) to bt PSG at 5.0). A winning bet on Sunday though, shocked me to the core. In fact, looking back, I can't help thinking that it was probably this shock to my system that led directly to my falling ill. It wasn't a virus my body was being attacked by. No, it was a perfectly natural physical reaction to the horrible experience that I suffered earlier in the day backing Tottenham to beat Arsenal (2.44)! Truth be told, and call me pathetic, but I actually got my wife to stick the bet on. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Matt - you see what you did to me!?!
Here are the figures from Friday to Sunday...
Northern Monkey: Staked 3pts, -0.938pts.
On The Nose: Staked 6.5pts, -6.5pts.
4PA: Staked 5.5pts, +3.25pts.
The Sportsman Racing: Staked 0.55pts, -0.55pts.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.4pts, +3.432pts.
Summer Of Football: Staked 9pts, -2.9pts.
Sportyy: Staked 9pts, -2.92pts.
The Football Analyst: Staked 3.25pts, -0.55pts.
Skeeve: Staked 17pts, +10.08pts.
The Sportsman: Staked 0.15pts, N/A.
Football Elite: Staked 3pts, +0.72pts.
Now, I need to do a review of February as a betting month. Let's see if we can stick that up tomorrow.
Anyway, it put me behind my blogging schedule, and apologies for that. Let's take a look at the weekend's action...
The weekend as a whole was a profitable one, thanks in the main to Winning Racing Tips who scored with a magnificent 16/1 double on Sunday (Walkabout Creek - Sedgefield - 9/2 and Shernando - Huntingdon - 2/1), Skeeve who picked up 10+ points via two winning doubles (Kidderminster/Mansfield at 1.75 and Eastleigh/Welling at 2.1) plus a winning Asian bet (Newport to bt Hyde at 1.92). 4PA chipped in too on Saturday with two winners (Quentin Collonges - Doncaster - 10/1 and Aaim To Prosper - Doncaster - 5/2).
Football Elite put up an inspired pick in France (Reims (DNB) to bt PSG at 5.0). A winning bet on Sunday though, shocked me to the core. In fact, looking back, I can't help thinking that it was probably this shock to my system that led directly to my falling ill. It wasn't a virus my body was being attacked by. No, it was a perfectly natural physical reaction to the horrible experience that I suffered earlier in the day backing Tottenham to beat Arsenal (2.44)! Truth be told, and call me pathetic, but I actually got my wife to stick the bet on. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Matt - you see what you did to me!?!
Here are the figures from Friday to Sunday...
Northern Monkey: Staked 3pts, -0.938pts.
On The Nose: Staked 6.5pts, -6.5pts.
4PA: Staked 5.5pts, +3.25pts.
The Sportsman Racing: Staked 0.55pts, -0.55pts.
Winning Racing Tips: Staked 0.4pts, +3.432pts.
Summer Of Football: Staked 9pts, -2.9pts.
Sportyy: Staked 9pts, -2.92pts.
The Football Analyst: Staked 3.25pts, -0.55pts.
Skeeve: Staked 17pts, +10.08pts.
The Sportsman: Staked 0.15pts, N/A.
Football Elite: Staked 3pts, +0.72pts.
Now, I need to do a review of February as a betting month. Let's see if we can stick that up tomorrow.
Friday, 1 March 2013
Northern Monkey - take a bow, Son.
Haven't really much time tonight, but I couldn't let yesterday's performance from Northern Monkey go without comment. Two bets, two winners (Mufarrh - Meydan - 14/1 and 12/1, and Thecornishcockney - Kempton - 2/1). Fabulous tipping, especially as he went a larger than average 0.75pts each way on Mufarrh. What a great way to end the month!
Elsewhere, On The Oche hit one winner from three, and a loser overnight for Sportyy.
Northern Monkey: Staked 2.5pts, +14.166pts.
On The Oche: Staked 1.5pts, -0.42pts.
Sportyy: Staked 1.5pts, -1.5pts.
Have a good weekend, folks. Back Monday.
Elsewhere, On The Oche hit one winner from three, and a loser overnight for Sportyy.
Northern Monkey: Staked 2.5pts, +14.166pts.
On The Oche: Staked 1.5pts, -0.42pts.
Sportyy: Staked 1.5pts, -1.5pts.
Have a good weekend, folks. Back Monday.
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