Footy

[Jerry_Atrick]

Yeah... theHawks came good when they weren't supposed too.. and there were others that also flipped their form in the second half of the season.

 

In the end, it only cost me £50, but if I measure the losses like trading desks do, it cost me over £350 as it was around there that my peak profit was.

 

I am never sure I will bet one season to the next. I don't have time to follow the form of all clubs, so I wait ans see for the first 3 or 4 rounds before I make my mind up. If I can't see clear patterns (no matter how unreliable they can be), I just enjoy the game.

[Litespeed]

A sucker and his money are easily departed...

 

A smart sucker has a system to loose his 💰 

 

A sophisticated sucker tells all his forum mates, then looses his 💰.

 

A addicted sucker will modify his system this year and loose more money than last year.

[spacesailor]

A sucker with a conscience!,

Will, win " houses with cars & bullion, " while thinking he's donating to charity. .

Or , a nice new aeroplane , 

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

Most gamblers only tell of their winnings. THE LOSERS GAMBLE MORE TO TRY TO RECOVER THEIR LOSSES.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

All power to the Anti Football League!

[facthunter]

 Didn't a Melb. Dunstan run that?  Nev

[pmccarthy]

Yes he did, sadly I haven’t heard of it since he passed away.

[rgmwa]

6 hours ago, facthunter said:

 Didn't a Melb. Dunstan run that?  Nev

Keith Dunstan started it in 1967

[facthunter]

2 years after I moved to VIC.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Well, it's the beginning of round 3 of the AFL season, and this is another seaosn I will be sitting out of the betting.. There are two teams I would consistently bet against, but so far, none I would consistently bet for. If I see odds that are clearly misaligned to the teams playing, I may go for a single £5 bet, but thus far, I am just going to enjoiy the game.

[facthunter]

I'm a Foundation Member of the AFL. (ANTI Football League). It's like a Cult Religion. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

That's fair enough.. I am in the same organisation with respect to the English Premier League over here.

 

Well, I did see what I thought was a mispriced game today. My beloved Hawks were at £1.53 and Greater Western Sydney were at £2.40. Yes, the game was to be played in Tassie, which is sort of a cauldron for the Hawks. But, GWS was at full strength with their list, and it is an ominous one. The Hawks have only one key position forward - Marbor Chol, who is at best, B grade - otherwise they only had smalls. So, down two key position forwards due to injury. a key midfielder out also due to injury., and a running defender out on a suspension, on paper, GWS had the firepower to beat the Hawks.

 

However, I was stuck on this refurb (more about the room I am working on later, suffice to say there is barely a patch of the walls that doesnt have filler, and there was an emergency plastering job required), and combined with not really caring too much about the betting this year, decided I had better things to do with my time.

 

Well, at the end of the first quarter, GWS up by 30 something points, with the Hawks having only scored a solitary point. I got the score of the AFL website.. and I have to say, at that time, I was kicking myself for not putting a bet on. As it turned out, there was a hooley of a wind blowing straight to one goal.. The Hawks ended up winning by 2 goals in the end, and with a lot of wayward shorts at goal, it probably should have been a lot more.

 

Thankfully I didn't put the bet on.

[old man emu]

There's more to betting on football than analysing the player list, especially in a game like Rules where ball movement is through the air most of the time.