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- 27 Oct 2004 23:40

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Scripophilist
- 05 Apr 2005 21:10
- 2120 of 10502
I was about to post that I had laid them when they scored. Is been a volte face in the second half.
First half 12 vs 6 shots in favour of Liverpool.
Now, 13 vs 15. When Juve passed 10 my interest was raised significantly!!
Fundamentalist
- 05 Apr 2005 21:11
- 2121 of 10502
will juve settle for what theyve got or will they sense the chance is there for them tonight - tempted to back the draw but will watch for a few minutes
Scripophilist
- 05 Apr 2005 21:13
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My gut feel is that Juve will settle for a 1-0 deficit and an away goal.
BTW, Probability of goal after 15 shots = 79%
Fundamentalist
- 05 Apr 2005 21:24
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scrip
agree with you and they have certainly sat back since the goal
Scripophilist
- 06 Apr 2005 17:35
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Steve, Give us a call on Thursday morning if you are around and we can have a chat. I am struggling to respond to posts and emails at the moment.
Fundamentalist
- 06 Apr 2005 18:15
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Scrip
thanks for that - will do
been a tricky day on the horses today, wasnt very focussed and paid for it a couple of times
just about to look at tonights football - anyone any thoughts
Scripophilist
- 06 Apr 2005 20:08
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I did OK on the horses but just happy to end the day up to be honest. Bit late to comment on the footy now but Chelsea are priced to win.
Fundamentalist
- 06 Apr 2005 20:37
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Had a physio session which ran over till nearly half time - was planning on backing the two home teams - expensive physio lol
3.5 about no more goals in the chelsea game looks good value to me - has the game been tight?
Fundamentalist
- 06 Apr 2005 20:41
- 2128 of 10502
just seen the goal - how lucky are chelsea - a deflection and drogba offside
Fundamentalist
- 06 Apr 2005 21:03
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glad i didnt back no more goals lol
Fundamentalist
- 06 Apr 2005 22:02
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Fundamentalist - 06 Apr'05 - 20:37 - 2126 of 2128 edit
3.5 about no more goals in the chelsea game looks good value to me - has the game been tight?
Just goes to show how much i know - just the 5 more goals lol
kernow
- 07 Apr 2005 16:34
- 2131 of 10502
phew - fota island rescues a poor afternoon :-)
Fundamentalist
- 07 Apr 2005 17:59
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afternoon all
had a cracking afternoon on the horses after a ropey start
trading wise made nearly 60% of my max bet size, gambling at aintree had 3 winners out of 4 bets
:-)
Scripophilist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:22
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I find I need to modify my style with these big races. The market moves much slower than I am used to!!
Sporting look value for a goal at the moment IMO.
Fundamentalist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:25
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evening scrip
agree the big races - i find them impossible to trade based on volume of money - tend to find myself trading at leicester whilst gambling at aintree/cheltenham etc
hope your wrong on sporting - want to see newcastle keep a clean sheet either they have no chance in the second leg
edit: milner should have buried the tie - no composure at all
Fundamentalist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:33
- 2135 of 10502
how many chances do they want to put this tie away
Kayak
- 07 Apr 2005 21:35
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Much or most of the movement on many horses is traders trading in the direction of the movement (which is why it often comes back so quickly). Where there are a lot of traders and low liquidity the price moves a lot, on the bigger races with high liquidity the traders don't manage to move it much.
Scripophilist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:42
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Thats what we were discussing Kayak.
Scripophilist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:43
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Have any of the new financial markets taken off yet? Haven't drifted into them recently as the liquidity was so poor.
Fundamentalist
- 07 Apr 2005 21:44
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kayak
the big races, such as aintree, have very high liquidity (not low as you say) hence it takes a lot more than a few traders to move a market - there is often 10k+ on each side of the book on the favourite