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Carling cup quarter-finals

Carling cup quarter-finals

I put this video up on You Tube yesterday and thought it was worth documenting on the blog as well for people that haven’t seen it. But basically there are a couple of nice set-ups in the quarter finals.

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Carling cup final – Please read the rules!

Carling cup final – Please read the rules!

Whenever the Carling Cup final comes around I am always reminded of the importance of reading the rules in a market. Certain positive positions, things that seem too good to be true can suddenly be exposed as your worst nightmare! But as always with betting exchanges there are two sides to the coin, you can profit from understanding the rules better than others.

Before we get to the main point, I can give you a more recent example; the next …

26/02/2012 | By More
Carling cup lessons

Carling cup lessons

Some interesting lessons from last nights Carling Cup.

First, the best bet of the night wasn’t on Man Utd or Crystal Palace but elsewhere, have a think about it. In the underlying match itself there was a in-play characteristic that really showed up Man Utd’s struggles. It made an outside bet on Palace a good option.

I have to thank an ‘expert’ for hihglighting this characteristic that I hadn’t looked at before. But rather bizarrely this academic was using it …

01/12/2011 | By More
Man City away

Man City away

I had a nose around the footy markets this evening and noted that Man City were around 2.30’s. Wasn’t completely sure that this was what I expected so checked back at recent Man City matches at these prices away from home. In fact I couldn’t find any this year but last year there were three. City won these 2-0, 4-1 and 3-1 respectively.

If we widen the net to include matches between 2.20-2.50 you capture a wider sample including City’s …

29/11/2011 | By More
Every action..

Every action..

Requires an equal and opposite reaction… said Issac Newton.

So my attention is drawn to the clash between Aldershot and Man Utd this evening.

Man Utd should win, but the odds are discounting a bit of uncertainty, which is probably a fair reflection of the likely team and how they will play. But can Fergie risk anything less than an emphatic victory? I’m on the look out for a reaction to the stunning result on Sunday. I imagine that will …

25/10/2011 | By More
Too hard

Too hard

There are many thousands of markets that will come under your eyes each year. So which ones should you do? The hard ones or the easy ones. Not a difficult question is it? So why do so many people pick situations that are likely to fall into the too hard category? I’ll explain on another post, but before that, let me explain how I approach each opportunity.

When I approach a market, I will label it easy, not sure or …

22/09/2010 | By More
Over / Under 10.5 goals

Over / Under 10.5 goals

You don’t see that market very often, but you did last night. What a remarkable match, Aston Villa 6 Blackburn 4! At 0-2 down Villa were matched in volume at 10’s, this match was a trading bonanza! The market was just slightly out on this one forecasting just 2.60 goals. Excluding specifics of the match itself, I can only find three 6-4’s in my recent detailed database of 10,189 matches. So its around at least a 3400-1 shot. Great entertainment …

21/01/2010 | By More
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