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hope u had laid it off again bakko

Can't believe my luck cos I laid off ManU about 30secs before Norwich scored cos they were playing so crap. So as things stand I'm sitting on a profit. Will green up later.

What a cracking goal

now who was it earlier said that i was falling for fergies mind games lol

Greened up just before the second goal for a modest profit. Damn!!

i sense a 20 minute siege coming up

So much for my bankers! At least I did not lose - Backed Chelsea at 1.35. I have a stop/loss of 2%-5% of capital, so when they were drawing at half-time I layed them at 1.61. Same with ManU - backed them at 1.39 and at half-time layed them at1.6.

D.

Another goal shy performance by ManU! Well done Norwich.

At least I walked away with a small profit.

I'm finding that it's harder and harder to make a decent profit on football recently. Am I alone or are others experiencing the same?

The start and end a season are always more unpredictable than mid season. Also I think most of us know that those clubs with clear objectives will put more emphasis on some games and less on others.

I'll reexamine the cut off point for a loss in these situation if you wish. I haven't looked at this for a while and can't remember what I found. Cutting at half time intuitively makes more sense that not.

Bakko

i mentioned the same recently - having real probs making the football work, certainly in comparison to the horses. Had a good day today as the only side i backed was arsenal - and they made me sweat taking 73 minutes to score

Fundy,
With football I find that its quite haphazard. A lot of my wins recently have been more down to sheer luck rather than through a pre-planned strategy. Also, the "bankers" have been a let down. I do agree with Scrip that at this time of the season it does get unpredictable.

Will be watching the golf tonight. I'm quite tempted to lay off DiMarco. Although, he's 4 shots ahead the chasing pack consists of the usual formidable suspects. I just cant see him holding on for 2 more rounds. Now that I've said this he'll probably romp home!

bakko

watching the golf myself - amazed that when woods got within 4 shots he became favourite. in fairness to di marco hes playing superb though if he is anywhere around 2.0 starting the back nine tomorrow then ill be a layer - thats when the pressure really starts. its getting hard to see anyone else getting into it now

edit woods back within 4 and favourite again

Fundy

Have you noticed how the odds between them start to swing all over the show as soon as any of them hits a good or bad shot

The movement is way overdone - woods went from 3.9 to 3.1 for hitting it close on one hole - theres still 27 holes to go.

i see at the close of play they are both a shorter than they have been pretty much all day - the odds suggest a 2 horse race

Agree entirely about the unpredictability of the football at the moment. I think when there is an imbalance in the 'desire to win' stakes as you get towards the end of the season, it makes things difficult.

I didn't fancy Man Utd or Chelsea today on the basis that neither team really needed to win. Norwich on the other hand.....

anyone else finding betfair very slow this afternoon ?

Fine here, on the horses bagged 18 from 18 so far this pm.....

been a very good day eh chartist - missed a couple of opportunities due to pc being slow at my end but a good day so far

Afternoon All,

Well done Chartist and Fundy. Hoping the success continues!

I get back to find that DiMarco has played poorly to my benefit having layed him off last night. Just greened up so can enjoy the final round tonight.

Is this the season where Els blows up? I've noticed this pattern (Woods expected it appears) where you fly high for a few years then dissapear without a trace. I started laying Duval after he won the British Open. He is now ranked 574th in the world vs #2 back then.

Scrip
personally dont think so but you never know

bakko
well done on di marco - the frustration of a tournament like this being on the beeb - so often you miss some of the crucial action - effectively Woods has won the tournament this afternoon yet we'll see about 5 mins highlights of it before they go live with him well in front.


anyone back real madrid - 2-0 up after 20 mins vs barcelona