[birdholmer]

think wigan scuppered a lot bets tonight

[Blueprint]

the best i did was getting £8.33 from a £10 stake and that was cos I had man u to get a clean sheet in it.

[SpireiteFitzy]

Right gents it's national time, hoping for a winner after an abysmal run of form in the football. My bet;

. Calgary Bay - 33/1

[Blueprint]

Calgary Bay Is currently in the form of his life and has really clicked for his jockey Dominic Elsworth, with impressive wins at both Cheltenham and in the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster beating Shakalakaboomboom in a tight finish. He now has a career high mark to contend with of 157 and his weight of 11st 6lb and hold up tactics will make it hard for him. Let's hope he goes better than last year when falling at the 4th fence.

£2.50 each way then

[Sheik Yerbooty]

I have a bit of a filter system in for the GN - you may find it intersting. Last year it falied though the reason why are mentioned..

Lets start with some abolutes:
Won a chase over at least 3 miles - 100% (and indeed, every winner since at least 1988)
Aged between 8 and 12 - 100% (and every winner since 1978: only 3 8yos, 4 12yos since 1978)
Ran 4-6 times in season - 100% (only Miinehoma since 1988 ran less than 4 times)
Carried 11-1 or less - 100% (only 2 carried 11-0 + in last 20 runnings)

Then whern you have filterd them ..

Had a run within last 50 days - 100% (18 ex last 20 ran within 36 days)
Had not finished out of the frame or pulled up in a previous GN - 100% (Amberleigh House was 3rd, and also brought down, 2 others fell previousl)
Managed at least a place in one of previous 3 runs - 100% (allows us to eliminate some woefully out of form old-timers)
Had won a maximum of one race that season - 90% (Exception was Lord Gyllene 10 years ago, and Ballabriggs last year)
(Had won a Class 1 or 2 Handicap Chase – 100%.
OR at least 136 – 100%.
At least 10 runs over fences – 100%.

This gives me one of these 6....
Shakalakaboomboom (IRE) 34
According To Pete 42
Rare Bob (IRE) 34
Sunnyhillboy (IRE) 30
Killyglen (IRE) 28
Swing Bill (FR) 30


as im going, i amy have all 6 on course, depending on how much has been drunk

[Town_Fan]

I had 2 horses last year and they came in 1 and 2.

This time around it's Shakalakaboomboom and On His Own

Might have a flutter on Calgary Bay as well.

[Westbars Spireite]

Obviously Barca are the better side but fancy Chelsea to get at least a draw tonight. Barca have generally been average away this season and Chelsea are on the up. Also a draw would be more than enough for Barca tonight.


Chelsea 3-1 @ 40/1
£1.00 Single 18/04/2012 19:19:25 1.00 0.00

Chelsea+0.5,+1.0 @ 2.05
£14.00 Single 18/04/2012 19:19:19 14.00 0.00

[SamosBlue]

Westbars Spireite, on 18 April 2012 - 06:22 PM, said:

Obviously Barca are the better side but fancy Chelsea to get at least a draw tonight. Barca have generally been average away this season and Chelsea are on the up. Also a draw would be more than enough for Barca tonight.


Chelsea 3-1 @ 40/1
£1.00 Single 18/04/2012 19:19:25 1.00 0.00

Chelsea+0.5,+1.0 @ 2.05
£14.00 Single 18/04/2012 19:19:19 14.00 0.00

Nice return there Westbars!

[Westbars Spireite]

SamosBlue, on 18 April 2012 - 09:12 PM, said:

Nice return there Westbars!

Wish I'd been braver but hindsight's a wonderful thing. Looked at 4/1 for the win and 8/1 to win to nil but no point wondering.

[birdholmer]

1 Didier Drogba (1st goal) Chelsea v Barcelona
(Next Goalscorer) 18/04/2012 None 17/2 Won
Stake: 5.00 To Win: 42.50 Returns: 47.50

1 Chelsea Chelsea v Barcelona
(Fulltime Result) 18/04/2012 None 4/1 Won
Stake: 10.00 To Win: 40.00 Returns: 50.00


up the BLUES?????????????????

[Blueprint]

I looked at this game and avoided it. not had much luck recently.

[Town_Fan]

I noticed something for those who might fancy a bet on the next England manager.

Harry Redknapp is 4/7
Roy Hodgson is 5/1

but to me the value is in the "next manager to leave his post" market

Harry Redknapp is 11/4
Roy Hodgson is 22/1

Now is it safe to assume the next manager that leaves will take up the England manager spot? £10 on Roy for me.

[Westbars Spireite]

Good spot.

[Blueprint]

unless it's someone like alex mcleish, or terry connor good if it works out though, i had 10 on hodgson to be next manager weeks ago, but odds were about same as now.

[Blueprint]

this could go one of two ways...

26.Apr 2012 10:32 Athletic Bilbao v Sporting Lisbon Both Teams To Score, Yes, 8/11 Open
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Valencia v Atletico Madrid Total Goals (U/O 2.5), Over 2.5, 4/6 Open
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Horsens v Hb Koge Match Betting, Horsens, 4/9 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Gazovik Orenburg v Khimki Match Betting, Gazovik Orenburg, 7/10 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Chernomorets v Volgar-Gazprom Astrahan Total Goals (U/O 2.5), Under 2.5, 8/13 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Torpedo Vladimir v Yenisei Total Goals (U/O 3.5), Under 3.5, 3/10 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Kamaz v Luch-Energia Total Goals (U/O 2.5), Under 2.5, 4/7 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Baltika v Fakel Total Goals (U/O 2.5), Under 2.5, 8/11 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Gefle v Aik Match Betting, Aik, 21/20 Won
26.Apr 2012 10:32 Elfsborg v Gais Gothenburg Match Betting, Elfsborg, 16/25 Won
Eight-folds £0.05, 45 bets, £2.25 (Pot.Ret. £113.16) Open

and it'd be nice if it's the better one.

[Blueprint]

Won £22.60

thought Madrid looked like getting 3 goals until their captain had a tantrum.

[Westbars Spireite]

Just a couple for me today.


Swansea @ 1/2
Sheff Utd0.0 @ 1.35
Macclesfield @ 1/2
Chesterfield0.0 @ 1.90
4 Folds, 1 bet * £5.04 28/04/2012 08:53:46 5.04 0.00

West Brom0.0 @ 1.55
Sheff Wed0.0 @ 1.425
West Ham @ 4/9
Swindon @ 1/2
Shrewsbury @ 2/5
Southampton-1.5 @ 1.725
6 Folds, 1 bet * £5.00 28/04/2012 08:48:44 5.00 0.00

[Blueprint]

Bet placed at 27/04/2012 12:29
Bet Type Single
Bet Channel Internet
Number of lines 1
Stake per line £1.00
Total stake £1.00
Settled N
Selection Details
Class/Sport Event Type Event Market Date Selection Notes
Football League 1 Yeovil v Chesterfield Goalcast 28/04/2012 15:00 Jordan Bowery &
Yeovil 3-2 @ 210/1

I think I meant to have us to win too!

[spireitetoo]

Blueprint, on 28 April 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

Bet placed at 27/04/2012 12:29
Bet Type Single
Bet Channel Internet
Number of lines 1
Stake per line £1.00
Total stake £1.00
Settled N
Selection Details
Class/Sport Event Type Event Market Date Selection Notes
Football League 1 Yeovil v Chesterfield Goalcast 28/04/2012 15:00 Jordan Bowery &
Yeovil 3-2 @ 210/1

I think I meant to have us to win too!

ah well a silver lining, watch us blow that for ya.

[Blueprint]

and get relegated next week, yep