Total fucking disaster. No other words to describe todays 'work'.

Leceister 4-2 Huddersfield

Bournemouth 3-1 Wycombe
Wolves 1-2 Middlesboro
Blackpool 2-0 Birmingham

24 Jan 2009

New lays for this weekend:

Blackpool (vs Birmingham) @ 3.8
Huddersfield (vs Leicester) @ 6.6
Bournemouth (vs Wycombe) @ 3.6
Middlesboro (vs Wolves) @ 3.15

Exposure: £40.66

Comments: Not a lot of value in the Leicester game, if I hadn't seen them play some great stuff away ay Yeovil earlier in the week I wouldn't be attracted by the price but I'm quite confident of a Leicester win. I think Wycombe are value against Bournemouth but it won't be a walkover. I think Blackpool will struggle towards the second half of the season and I think Birmingham will be too strong for them - this fixture was postponed and I previously put money on it before it was refunded. Laying Boro in the FA Cup is interesting, I just think Wolves will be equal to them on the day and it could be a good game, and that's reflected in the price.

Evaluating the performance of the lays so far, I've decided maybe more diversification is required to balance the books and for steady growth. Currently I feel a bit guilty about the miserly 68p Save the Children will get, it might pay for a tin of powdered milk (not of the Chinese variety) for a baby but that's really not very giving of me.

Setback. Doncaster beat Southampton away meaning the exposure is all lost, but thats the high risk system. Wolves drew with Bristol City away which redeems the weekend's lays. Unfortunately the overall performance of the fund has gone down but is still positive.

Results:

Southampton 0-2 Doncaster
Bristol City 2-2 Wolves

Aftertiming

This isn't technically aftertiming, as I previously placed this bet but it got cancelled because of weather, and even more so because I didn't put any money on this time round because I forgot. I'm just bragging that I would have got the correct result. I originally laid Histon vs Swansea @ 5.2 and tonight Swansea beat them.

I didn't put any money on this time around which is annoying but in principle it is worth noting.

17 Jan 2009

I've identified some new lays for Saturday:

Bristol City (vs Wolves) @ 3.7
Doncaster (vs Southampton) @ 3.75

Exposure: £20.00

Comments: Wolves are a strong side despite being beaten last weekend I expect to see a response this weekend. Southampton seem to have some quality going forward and winning games despite being outplayed by better teams. I suspect playing Doncaster they can get a result.

MK Dons came back to draw 1-1, and then had a man sent off for a nervy last 20 minutes. As I'd laid Colchester, the bet won and it returned £2.02.

12 Jan 2009

Let's see if this lay will come in and not be snowed off!

Colchester (vs MK Dons)

Exposure: £10.01
Comments: MKDons are strong and even stronger at home, Colchester aren't a disgrace but it'd a be a huge result for them winning away so I'm betting against it.

P-P

Blackpool game postponed due to a frozen pitch. It's never normally this bad. Maybe it's a sign seeing as the only 2 games that went ahead last week came in. I knew giving the money to charity would give me the rub of the green with the man upstairs.

10 Jan 2009

Lays:

Blackpool (vs Birmingham)

Exposure: £10.02
Comments: Blackpool are in for a rough time since losing their manager and a few of their players. Birmingham have a good squad, are going well and although are playing away I expect at least a draw.

Results In:

Darlington 2-1 Bournemouth
Wycombe 2-1 Bury

Total exposure: £20.13
Total Returned: £25.16
ROI Perf: +24.9%
Total Perf: +5%
Comments: Having layed the opposition, I covered the draw and the win for the home teams which both came in.

Well, the magic of lower league football and the FA Cup : No undersoil heating at Histon and Hereford means those fixtures are postponed. It's this kind of news that's the last thing I want to hear...cramming in to midweek fixtures throws things up in the air, and the money is trapped in the market for a few weeks unless I trade it out. I'll keep an eye on the values and might trade out for a small profit in the meantime.

03 Jan 2009

First Lays:

Bury (vs Wycombe)
Hereford (vs Leeds)
Bournemouth (vs Darlington)
Histon (vs Swansea)

Total exposure: £40.13
Fund exposure: 40%
P/L: -
Comments: I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't a great success, just putting the feelers out there early on.