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barney_chuckles · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2101

Here's a question for all the knowledgeable scribes out there. What is the best bet re the 2009/10 football season?

As regular readers of the Chuckle will know I am a novice when it comes to football punting (only had a handful of bets last season) and was totally amazed when I looked on Oddschecker earlier in the week and saw that there were about 50 markets up and running re the Premiership and about 25 for each and every other League in England and Scotland!

I did think about saying Hull City at 4/1 to finish bottom of the Prem, or Ipswich Town at 10/1 to win the Championship however in the end the best bet in the opinion of my good self is Torquay United to be promoted from League 2 at 7/1.

What is everyone else's choice???

Matttobin · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 532 Location: Southampton

Southampton 20/1 to win Champtionship1 or 8/1 to get promoted. Saints have had their problems but that division is awful from 5th posision onwards. If Bournemouth can survive with a higher deficit then Saints can get promotion, They've got a great lower league manager in Pardew as well now.

I'd be inclined to have a few quid on Arsene Wenger being the first to go...

barney_chuckles · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2101

OnlyOneArkle · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 555

I always like a 50P each way yankee on the 4 main divisions where each team gets handicapped.

I like:

· Fulham PLUS 38. Fantastic finish last season. Shrewd manager

· Derby PLUS 14. Cloughs magic to work?

· MK Dons PLUS 10. Destined to be in the premier. Close o promotion last season.

· Bournemouth Plus 7. I was there for a week earlier.

Matttobin · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 532 Location: Southampton

katchit · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 1974 Location: Exeter

May not be original or even the biggest price but Torres to be top goal scorer.
Must be buying money as there is know one else in the league that will get near him if he stays fit.
A good E/W Alternative is Syilvan Ebanks Blake of Wolves who has scored goals in the championship by the bag load for both Plymouth and Wolves.
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Benneth · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 258 Location: Back in Blighty!

Paddy Power have a the Torres bet advertised on the LFC website, 11-4 which is doubled if he scores 30 or more goals... 4-1 is the best price elsewhere.

barney_chuckles · Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 2101

OnlyOneArkle · Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 555

I think Torres to be the top goalscorer if he stays fit is great value.

On managers, Nigel Clough has a hell of a lot to live up to and I sincerely hope he manages to do well as i have always liked him and the pressure must be quite high. Having had a long time at Burton (surprised it was so long though) to gain experience may stand him in good stead.

Martin O'Neill, as referred to earlier, is going through an odd time by his standards. As a leicester lad ( albeit a hammer) you could not help but get caught up in the O'Neill infectious euphoria the majority of his time at the foxes brought. He lifted an underperforming championship team into a double league cup winning team and regular in the top ten of the premier.
His time at Celtic too brought almost universal support from all the neutrals as he guided them to the UEFA final. Celtic under him were entertaining to watch albeit in a 2 team "capable of winning title" league.

His time at Villa has been bizarre though and has cost me in the pocket. Twice I have backed Villa to win the handicap points league and twice from fantactic winning positions they have tailed off dramatically. His team selection for the UEFA cup game last year when the cup was surely theirs for the taking to concentrate on the 4th spot in the league......worked well didn't it?...was so unlike him. A UEFA cup win for the Villa would have been a massive achievement and fans were right to feel as they did when his team selection totally ruined any chance they had of victory. The Martin O'neill of Foxes days would have gone for it. I have to be honest and say that i wanted him to be England manager at the time he went for it for the battling qualities he would have instilled at that time.

Matttobin · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 532 Location: Southampton

But Barney,

Benitez has improved the Liverpool team dramatically.

I dont see any improvements at Arsenal thats all im saying, and thats where I think Wenger is in debt to his season undefeated