Lets Be having You Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 city are 2/1 to go down,and the bookies dont get it wrong to often
SamL Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 city are 2/1 to go down,and the bookies dont get it wrong to often It's not really worth having a punt on it. I only usually bet £1 so I'd only win £1, I don't see the point. We must be the faviourites to go then?
Finchy Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 city are 2/1 to go down,and the bookies dont get it wrong to often Do you really think there is a person alive that can predict how this league is going? Do you think the bookies predicted West Brom 1-4 Leicester? Or maybe Watford 0-3 Barnsley? No, the fact is they don't have the foggiest about who's going down. We're just favourites because we're in the bottom 3 at this moment in time, by the end of the weekend someone else could be the favourties.
Darkzzz_ Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Do you really think there is a person alive that can predict how this league is going?Do you think the bookies predicted West Brom 1-4 Leicester? Or maybe Watford 0-3 Barnsley? No, the fact is they don't have the foggiest about who's going down. We're just favourites because we're in the bottom 3 at this moment in time, by the end of the weekend someone else could be the favourties. Spot on lad!! Fook the bookies
Fez of Mahrez Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 It's not really worth having a punt on it. I only usually bet £1 so I'd only win £1, I don't see the point. We must be the faviourites to go then? You'd win £2.
teblin Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 city are 2/1 to go down,and the bookies dont get it wrong to often What would hulls odds have been before the season to be near the top?
Thracian Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Bookies don't set their odds by random guesswork. Our position tells it's own story and having failed to win 11 of our last 13 away games the bookies have a point considering two or our last three games are away. Cos it's wins we need, and goals. But 12 or those 13 games have produced just 6 goals and we only scored five of them ourselves. How else could the bookies read it? It's time to defy the form book - but that's something I'd hope for rather than bet on us doing.
Magictv Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Before the start of the season we were fifth favourites for the league with the bookes, shows what they know. http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=41950
bigboy Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 city are 2/1 to go down,and the bookies dont get it wrong to often On talk sport they are saying we are '2/1 ON' to go down. I would wait till after the Barnsley game before you make any bet!!!!!
Finchy Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Bookies don't set their odds by random guesswork.Our position tells it's own story and having failed to win 11 of our last 13 away games the bookies have a point considering two or our last three games are away. Cos it's wins we need, and goals. But 12 or those 13 games have produced just 6 goals and we only scored five of them ourselves. How else could the bookies read it? It's time to defy the form book - but that's something I'd hope for rather than bet on us doing. I'm sorry but this season in this league, it is all guess work.
poynton blue Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 19 Apr 15:00 Barnsley vs Leicester 11/10 9/4 2/1 19 Apr 15:00 Blackpool vs Sheff Wed 5/4 9/4 7/4 Odds for saturday
Thracian Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Before the start of the season we were fifth favourites for the league with the bookes, shows what they know.http://www.foxestalk.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=41950 I think they know a lot more now given the statistics at their disposal and the pre-season myth having been replaced by reality.
Master Fox Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 We did this last year. Everyone whacked a load of cash on us going down. I guess this is a way of reclaiming our money back.
lavrentis Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 What are the odds for Leicester to stay up, they must be pretty good.
Thracian Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 19 Apr 15:00 Barnsley vs Leicester 11/10 9/4 2/1 19 Apr 15:00 Blackpool vs Sheff Wed 5/4 9/4 7/4 Odds for saturday Considering how tired Barnsley may be after the demands of their season and from playing midweek I'd say 2/1 against us winning was quite generous. It does reflect our inability to score though.
The People's Hero Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Bookies don't set their odds by random guesswork. Oh? Do they use their crystal balls? Of course it's not random guesswork, but only a complete buffoon would base their own judgement on those of an odds compiler or two stuck in a stuffy office in Macclesfield who has never seen us play. Bookies get it wrong all the time. If they didn't, about 10 clubs would have to get relegated and about 10 would have to win the league, that's how much the odds have changed since the start of the season. If you can't comprehend that, you're more of a buffoon than I realised.
davieG Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 I'd have thought it was also largely influenced by how much money was being laid on them. Anyone outside Leicester would logically see us as favourites and bet accordingly. But then I'm only guessing as I know next to FA about betting, clearly a mugs game for the punter in the longer term.
Thracian Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Oh? Do they use their crystal balls?Of course it's not random guesswork, but only a complete buffoon would base their own judgement on those of an odds compiler or two stuck in a stuffy office in Macclesfield who has never seen us play. Bookies get it wrong all the time. If they didn't, about 10 clubs would have to get relegated and about 10 would have to win the league, that's how much the odds have changed since the start of the season. If you can't comprehend that, you're more of a buffoon than I realised. Having had parents in law who owned their own bookies for years I'm well aware that bookies get it wrong - something has to lure the punter. But the odds reflect the current situation and the in-laws clearly got it right as much of the time as they needed to. If you doubt the bookies why not have a punt yourself and earn some of the money that you say so motivates you. After all you're a guy who likes people to back-up what they say, as Ultra would doubtless confirm.
Manwell Pablo Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 Can we do this without the personal swipes please. This is a football forum not a under 15's chat room.
Daggers Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 That explains my lack of success - can someone recommend a good U15's chat room then?
Manwell Pablo Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 That explains my lack of success - can someone recommend a good U15's chat room then? www.emcforum.co.uk
Sods Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 I think this is what we want, City have never been great when favourites to do something but when the odds are the other way, Leicester always come up with something.
Corky Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 The bookies always make us one of the favourites for promotion, even if we've had a dreadful season. Also, under O'Neill in the Premiership, we were favourites for relegation every year, so what do they know? We are much better with the odds stacked against us, almost as if the players know they have to perform, compared to when we are expected to win, then they don't.
Ultra Posted 16 April 2008 Posted 16 April 2008 www.emcforum.co.uk Have you seen it lately? By the way, congratulations on your magnificent, completely unbiased moderation of this thread. Have you thought of becoming a Football League referee when you grow up?
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