179/1 Pre-season bet!!! - Thank me next May!!! SERIOUS THREAD

is it for luton to be promoted ?

Man City to be top two?

Another attention seeking moron

Morpteh, if only!

M i s a p r i c k well I've been around on here for OVER SEVEN YEARS - you might notice!
Where as I see you've been here ELEVEN DAYS!!!
Say no more!!!

I can't believe no one else has spotted this, will reveal all between 7am - 9am 

I won't be up then

Doubt I can sleep now

Is it a straight forecast by any chance?

Rochdale to win League 1 :-)

oh the suspense is too much

Nothing traded at 179/1 on that.  I like guessing games.

Alesi85 to post a bet he actually did?

If you've got something to say, say it.

Never understood this delay for dramatic effect nonsense. This isn't drama school although you would think it is judging by the amount of attention seeking threads.

Good luck whatever it is you've backed.

Betfair poker 2 to work properly by the end of 2011

Post the bet simples! like you say you have filled your boots with it

Hornets only posts that because he really wants to know the bet so he can waste his money on it.

seeing as ronaldos waiting game went down like a bag of cement he thought he could better him

liverpool to win CL after Braga failed a drugs test


HELLO HELLO!!!

possibly in the top goalscorer market

mauro boselli is 180s

TMO to make under 1000 posts in a month?

is it ALEX THE WRINKLED OLD CVNT laying mark hughes to be next fulham manager?

Coming up in 10 minutes, my 179/1 bet!  You'll have to get on quick as will probably go down to 30/1 !  [:o]   [;)]

thank god for that i am waiting by my keyboard and not moving for the next eleven minutes (honest)

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE - TOP GOALSCORER 2010-11  -  THEO WALCOTT !!!

i cant wait that long, im touching cloth already.

I think to win that bet the player needs to actually play a few games to score in doesn't he? Good luck though

wow £5 traded

Thought you said you had what you want on? You must be confident with your £6 bet

Only need £6 on him to win £1109 !!!  I took the 190 and some of 180 [;)]

I feel sorry for whoever layed this, but there we are.

to win that bet , he needs to be able to head the ball and kick with his left foot. oh and be  able to control a ball.

He won't even be arsenals top scorer. Van Persie, Chemack (sp), Bendtnar all likely to finish ahead of him.  Maybe Arshavin and Nasri as well

In short, as I have to go out, Theo, after his dissapointment of not being picked for England in the World Cup, he'll be up for this season, to show everyone what he can do. 

Already seen him score a decent goal in a friendly.  I think he's matured more now, and will make Wenger just have to pick him.

good luck anyway bobsy.

There's a difference to 'being up for it' and 'being any good'

goal in friendly does not equal the beater of Drog/Rooney/Adebayor/Whoever else im afraid.

but good luck!

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He'll always here when needed.

more chance of hell freezing over,

Oh man what a letdown.  Rather be the layer on that bet.

this is a joke right?

I think he's serious

Well lets say - serious enough to invest £6 on him @ silly odds. 

In previous years, yes, Theo has not been the player Wenger though he would be when he signed him from Southampton.
But I've noticed 'signs' of improvement recently.  And surely after being so dissapointed at not being picked for England in the World Cup I should imagine he will start 'all guns blazing' if Wenger shows faith in him.

Like when I tipped Anelka (at high odds) saying he would come good there were doubters, but he did come good.

Theo has the ability imo, he just needs to add a hungry, agressive touch to his game - rather like Anelka had to.

Anyway I, like I'm sure many of you, have a mixture of larger sure-fire pre-season bets (my main one is Luton Town to win the Blue Square Prem @ 3.5 e/w). And some long shot high price ones - this is my long shot!  [;)]

That Luton bet is very poor value in such a competitive division.

So you're expecting him to score more than double this season compared to his last 3 seasons?  Good luck.

turtleshead, regarding the Luton bet, its not as bad as it looks, firstly I'm a Luton supporter (although have not just backed them patriotically!) so I know all the in's and out's of the club, and the price of 3.5 two months or so ago looked good.  I have been proved right not to wait as the best price now on Luton is exactly 3.0 from just 2 or 3 bookies, with most others 2.75 or 2.88 ish.  Also being over 3 means you get a fair cover by going each way. So if Luton, by some fluke, slip up and finish in a place position I get a big chunk of my 'to win' part back.

As for the 'win' chance, Luton have got together a very strong squad, adding to what was a very strong one the second half of last season, where Luton were scoring goals for fun.  They have recruited Danny Crow (Cambridge) 19 last season, Dan Gleeson (Cambridge) , Andy Drury (Stevenage) and Adam Murray, the former Oxford captain.  3 is still value im humble)o and Luton's price probably wont go above this.

Grimsby and Darlington have to get over their 'losing' mentality from division 2.  Crawley are going mad recruiting players from everywhere (except Luton's!) and their players will take time to gel - maybe next season for them - if they dont make themselves bust!

Imo Luton's main threat is York, so I have covered them at 12/1

tony - at 179/1 I will of course need some luck, ie Drogba and Rooney getting injured part the way though season, but if Theo can find himself then he could hit a run of form.  And I wont lose much sleep if I lose my £6 !  [;)]

David Nggog is at 70's!! WHY?

Like I said, you don't know how other sides have recruited, other than Crawley. Your comment "Grimsby and Darlington have to get over their 'losing' mentality from division 2" is just total guesswork - you have no idea whether or not this is correct. I'd never back that price in what is always a tough division in a million years. The fact that the price is now 3.0 does not mean that 3.5 was a good price, simply the fact that lots of people like lumping on a short price selection where there seem to be few alternatives. That approach is a short cut to the poor house. Is the fact that Man City are now 5/1 to win the Prem proof that the 7/1 a month or two ago was a good price? No, it just means that mugs and lemmings are jumping on a bandwagon with no concept of value.

TheGoods, I would recon that David Nggog's price will go up further, some of the players near the bottom of a market can be a bit illiqid, ie the layers should be laying for alot more on him!  Best way is to check with the bookies, you can get 100/1 on him so that shows that he's too low on here. 
As with Theo, the best bookie price was also 100/1 so I was happy to take 180 on here!  Welcome to Betfair by the way, I see you joined today!  [;)]

turtlehead, When Luton cam down to the Conference they found it hard to suddenly chalk up win after win, this isn't easy when you have been relegated and lost some confidence with losing so many (although in Luton's case it was also down to the minus 20 points they had). Rather than call something 'total guesswork' it is more a case of 'educational guessing'! - which afterall is what we all do to work out where to put our money!  I'm sure even if Luton win the league at a canter some will still say their price was too low!

We shall just have to agree to disagree then, and see what happens!

turtlec0ck give it a rest pal, u have no idea wot u r on about

Ah, here comes the fantasist

Got any more 1.3 "certs" which make you thousands win they win and only cost you a couple of hundred when they lose

Great stuff, monopoly money - have you bought some more recently to go alongside your imaginary bank

biggest anti-climax since watching "Snatch"

Glad i was at work and missed this no chance