The Premiership circus hits our screens on Saturday and all the clubs will be contributing to making another post-World Cup season the biggest ever from a media perspective.
The World Cup Finals generate great excitement the following season, and with even the best managers under heavy pressure this season for one reason or another, no Premier League job is entirely secure this time around.
Should Martin O’Neill be at Old Trafford instead of Sir Alex? Will Chelsea fans tire of another season of ‘pointless’ Premiership victories if European glory once again slips through the blue fingers?
‘Harry’ has been busy on the south coast, while Charlton have to learn to live without ‘Curbs’ who might have jumped in before being potentially pushed, as the Addicks face a potential nightmare season.
Agatha Christie would have struggled to write a more convincing start to a new term, while websites offer advice to potential punters on how supporters can add to their enjoyment by placing bets of all kinds related to matches that jeopardize the stronger marital relationships.
Football bettors are becoming more important to bookmakers realizing that horse racing has shot itself too often to attract new customers, although Italian football is under scrutiny after some activity. unreliable lately.
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar was charged with match-fixing in this country several years ago, but Brucie’s whole blog seemed to get punters to increase their bets on soccer, as opposed to the potentially terminal diagnosis in the horse racing industry. The ‘story’ (Bruce won substantial damages from a major newspaper) simply fueled interest in fixed odds football betting!
Too many punters have their heads in the clouds when betting on soccer, their hearts racing through their veins as betting slips are filled in at breakneck speed while supporters root for their team to achieve unrealistic goals.
Thierry Henry was a short-term favorite to score the first goal of the game in Arsenal’s games last year, but the Golden Boot winner has only managed the feat five times.
By contrast, Darren Bent offered rewarding odds in comparison and the Charlton striker opened the scoring in eight games. ‘Sven’ made the mistake of ignoring Darren’s ability for this year’s World Cup, and the lesson for punters should be in front of them.
Bettors should dig into the information that is available these days and get rid of the laziness that will inevitably cost them money during the winter campaign. James Beattie scored the first goal of the game seven times in matches involving Everton, but James scored all those goals at Goodison Park.
Ignoring the potential of opposing teams for this example, the realistic odds of James scoring the first goal at home this year should be around the 5/2 mark, with 12/1 freely available in games away from Goodison Park. However, those odds will not be reflected by the bookies, and punters should take advantage of either betting or playing the markets this season.
The scenario is repeated in the ‘correct score’ sector, with supporters of the popular teams running to their side to slaughter the opposition on a weekly basis.
While cynics suggest that ‘anoraks’ like me can interpret the numbers to their advantage, the facts suggest that the numbers never lie, and adopting this positive attitude can pay off.
Okay, so Arsenal beat Middlesbrough 7-0 last year, but how many people would have suggested that Boro would have been the team that would have gone into hiding? Arsenal only managed to score a single goal at home against Birmingham, before beating Cardiff (2-1) in a Highbury draw against Cardiff in the FA Cup, which emphasizes the point I’m trying to make.
If you consider that the home team is the favorite in most matches, the sobering thought to keep in mind when playing the correct scoring market is that a statistic of 310 against 70 emerged from home teams scoring a maximum of two goals. in the Premiership. last season. To nail the point, also consider that 219 of those home teams scored fewer than two goals!
Splitting the two halves of a game offers more insight into how managers ‘finish’ their players. Chelsea only ‘won’ sixteen ‘games’ in the first half, but had twenty-seven ‘wins’ in the second half of their games.
Hopefully this type of information will lead you to bet wisely this season and lock in a profit instead of annual losses.
And finally to the bet of the year! The main spread bet this season will be the market for the number of cards Mrs (Graham) Poll will receive on her birthday. My margin would be around the 11/12 mark, with three dice for her husband! Luck.