Scottish Cup First Round - Superbigal?

Dont Panic Alex The Judge Will be Live on Air This Evening Big Following This Lads Got Puts up Some nice Winners

Should be around later.  It is the lamest match betting markets ever.  Owen (Nocko) the Hills compiler got his genuine odds posted by the firm on Monday. The percentages he uses on Scottish non-league stuff are hideous. What has then happened is not one of the other firms has taken a view about any fixture. They have all virtually copied and pasted and maybe allowed an extra fraction due to their better percentages.
Only Stan James (In the last couple of hours) have actually offered any more markets than match betting. As it happens far too many markets for me to digest yet.
The fixtures themselves are horrible. Lots of nasty shortish odds on aways that could easily kill the Acca hunters.
No major ricks because someone with knowledge has led the market.
Particularly galling is that McBookie cannot even display their own odds as they have to share the VC platform.
McBookie had taken a substantially different view on at least 3 of the games. Dont expect VC traders to let Mcbbookie compiler change the odds.

I am moaning like hell but still expect to win

Best day of the year in seasons past.

Not now unfortunately books won't even price up let alone take a bet , no huge ricks ,still some decent bets though

yeah they take bets over the counter  , not very big ones though , the odds are on hills website under Scottish Cup

Hills are shop only for Junior SC , PP have a few online ,

that went quick I got the PP bet thats enough for me  got banned from Mcbookie

How much did you get on.

Was locked but probably computer just shortening. Now 21/20 so calculators required. Still huge arb

Post when wifes in bed

best shortie - cove to beat banks'o dee - big local derby, both were bigshot junior teams before cove went to highland league

best outsider - hawick ra at home to beat huntly, because huntly are desperately poor this year (and indeed past few) and living off past glories

When were Cove a Junior Club?  Must have been years ago.

Tomorrow  I like the look of West Calder away to Ardeer imo they should be favs.

Sorry guys real lack of time and have to go out early tomorrow to pick up a shiny new car.
For now i'm not going to make any comments on the handicaps, win to 0, score both halfs etc. Some of my comments will lead to have a go yourself.
The games I am very confident which can at least land us a reasonable acca are as follows.

Banks of Dee (North Juniors) v Cove Rangers (HL)  Cove 2/5 best price.  Cove are flying in the highland league with 9 wins from 9 games played. That includes a 3-0 drubbing of high spending Brora. They have played both the qualifying rounds including smashing St Cuthberts 7-2 in the last round. Banks of Dee are from the North region Juniors and only get in due to having a qualifying license !! They started the season with a bang and I have backed them to win the title. However North Juniors are frankly of a poor standard. They have also lost their last 2 matches. In the league last week and significantly a 4-1 midweek defeat in a local area cup tie against a highland league team Inverurie.  Cove had actually just won at Inverurie in the league the saturday before. Dees previous ties against decent HL opposition have seen a 5-0 dumping last season at Brora, and a 5-1 defeat at Inverurie.  Comfortable Cove win for me. Possibly to nil.

Lothian Thistle (EOS) v Kelty Hearts (East Juniors)  Kelty 1/2 best price. Lothian from the weak East of Scotland league defeated a moderate Junior team Girvan after a replay in the preliminary round. They suffered a 4-1 hammering in their league last week. Kelty are the East Junior champs and are an outfit full of senior experience. Their 1st excursion in the prelim so them winning easily 4-0 at Civil Service who are in the same league albeit weaker than Lothian. Kelty have had to play all of their games this season so far away from home, as a 4G surface is being installed. Only 1 defeat on opening day sees them topping the table and looking capable of defending their title. I expect them to win by a couple although they have conceded a few this season.

Gala Fairydean Rovers (LL) v Linlithgow Rose (East Juniors)  Linlithgow 8/15 best price.  Gala play in the lowland league and are on a poor run with only 1 win in 6 and that against the bottom team Threave. They have faced a junior team twice in the Scottish and been well beaten both times. Classy Linlithgow only get in from the juniors this season via the licensing. They are unbeaten in the superleague this season and hitting form at the right time. Last season they held championship Raith Rovers for a long time after demolishing LL Dalbeatie in an earlier round. Dalbeatie are a better outfit than Gala. Another comfortable win for me although again may concede 1.

Threave (LL) v Stirling Uni (LL)  Stirling 4/9 best price. This is fairly easy to summarise. Struggling Threave have 1 win in their last 23 matches. 8 straight losses. Last week they lost 4-1 to YES Stirling Uni ! The tax dodgers are on a 5 game unbeaten run including beating last seasons champs Edinburgh City. Critically Threave have been playing a lot of trialist who are not eligible for this tie. I expect a similar result to last week.

Formartine (HL) v Gretna (LL)  Formartine 2/5 best price.   So after a run of 4 kiss of death odds on away shots, a change of policy. Formartine top the Highland League with 8 wins in a row, including a 2-0 victory at Brora. Gretna are no mugs in the Lowland League but they do tend to struggle on the road with only 1 win in last 9 away games. Lets face it this is a long trip. I expect at least a 2 goal victory.

Spartans (LL) v Coldstream (EOS)  Spartans 1/4 best price.  Surely a safe banker for the line. Spartans suddenly hitting top form in the LL with 3 wins in a row against a moderate team from a poor league. Spartans who beat Morton in last years competition should win this tie easily. Coldstream have not won a tie for many years and have taken part in the glorious -4 handicap bets of previous years. They actually denied me a 9-0 correct score in a 9-1 defeat in the famous 100k year.

Now thats where I believe the acca ends for now.
I have heard from that reliable source above wickerman that Dalbeatie travel without a back four !!! to Fraserburgh. The broch are a reasonable bet at 4/6 and are in better form than the visitors. Wicker could maybe post if a good thing.

Maybe back tomorrow with any news.
Also Cumbernauld Colts (LL) play Glasgow Uni (Amateurs) on sunday and my nerves would not allow 24 hours of potential waiting. The home team should win easily at 1/4

Cheers SBA.

I did laugh that my mate thought i was waiting on tips from a Super Bi Gal though lol

Interested on why you have the punt on BBC Wickerman.

I have to head out now. Will let you know about that shop in Arbroath Road Owen.
It is also Junior cup 1st round day and that trip to Hills counter is to place the following.
Kennoway Star Hearts 1/2  at Vale of Leven
Yoker 1/4 at Sunnybank
Newmains 21/20 home to Fraserburgh
Jeanfield 1/2 home to Blairgowrie
Parkvale 1/2 at Fochabers

Cumbernauld 1/3 with Hills, worth the wait hopefully.

yep, here usually the best place
Cheers Al, best of luck

I can't find the markets on the PP website? Any ideas chaps?