A look for value in the weekend market yields horse and football bets from our two pundits.
So the Cheltenham Festival is sadly over for another year, but the performance of Denman will live long in the memory - and for a considerable time longer in the purse of the crafty old Don! And with Snap Tie snaffling a bit of place money (and it has to be said – despite the performance of the winner – I feel sure our selection would have triumphed on different ground) and QPR obliging at short odds, we are in profit.
For the record, on completed transactions, the investment has been £625.00, the return £834.27 and therefore we have a credit of £209.27 – very satisfying. This weekend, at Molineux, the 2008/9 promotion contenders Queens Park Rangers are the visitors – and I have a sneaking suspicion that this one will finish in stalemate. Invest £10 in the DRAW at 23/10 with Bet365.
On Easter Monday, Fairyhouse (the racecourse, not the Cologne nightclub which, in hindsight, was not the ideal place to seek an early morning thrill during the 2006 World Cup) hosts the Irish Grand National. And I just can’t resist my old pal HOMER WELLS and I advise £10 each way at 20/1 with Paddy Power.
Finally, tomorrow is the Lincoln Handicap and I have an inkling that VERY WISE could be the one, so once again a £10 each way investment is suggested at odds of 16/1 with Stan James. Come on, join the bandwagon – I’ll make you rich.....
For the weekend:
Wolves v QPR – draw, 23/10 Bet365
Homer Wells, each way in the Irish National, £10 each way 20/1 Paddy Power
Very Wise in the Lincoln Handicap 16/1 Stan James, £10 each way.
Previously Advised:
Lucky 15 bet – remaining Bewley’s Berry in the Grand National Neil Robertson in the World Snooker Championship, and Adam Scott in the US Masters. (Note: John Part winning the PDC World Darts Championship already guarantees a profit – all four will return upwards of a third of a million pounds).
What a shame we don’t have a game on Easter Monday. The Easter period was always a make or break for some teams season and Easter Monday 1986 and our 6-0 win over our neighbours will rank as one of the best games I ever saw at HQ especially as they went into the period challenging fro the league . I also remember beating them 2-0 at their place on a Easter Monday on our way to the Championship in 83. However with International fixtures pencilled in for that week all Premiership and Championship clubs have a free bank holiday Monday. Was football better in the older days well watching the Big Match revisited on ITV4 last Sunday morning then I would say yes and no. It was good to see Old Trafford with terraces ,kits without the sponsorship, footballers with beards and Steve Foster and his headband and not the Alice bands they wear today .However the pitches look awful the standard of play was poor and the commentary was not a patch on what we have now (Motson and Lawrenson excluded). It was also strange to see Jim Rosenthal giving out news of other games as we take Sky Sports News and the other digital outlets for granted nowadays. But what confirmed it was a retro football show was the league table as Liverpool were top.
We head off to Wolves this week and hopefully we can turn around our away form however Wolves have put together a nice little run at the right time and they have to play WBA and Bristol City still and with all the teams at the top dropping points they might still be in for a shout at automatic promotion and I feel we will come away empty handed. My betting heart won’t allow me to back them so I will stick my tenner on the first goal scorer and lets go for a defender again after Damien’s effort a couple of weeks ago and Fitz Hall at a big price.
Enjoy the Bank Holidays and be lucky
For the weekend:
£10 1st scorer Fitz Hall 40/1 Bet365 but check hills and Ladbrokes as you may get 50/1
£1 Lucky 15:
2.50 Doncaster HohWotanite
3.25 Doncaster Hoh Hoh Hoh
5.00 Kempton Super Frank
5.15 N Abbot Baseball Ted
£1 trebles £1 Accum with Skybet:
Fulham 3/1 Watford 6/4 Wrexham 11/4 Bradford 11/4
£20 Bet365 accum pays £169.27
Middlesboro 2/5 Brighton 5/6 Chesterfield 10/11 Hereford 8/11