FA CUP final
Is it just me or does the FA Cup feel like it’s losing is significance? Maybe it’s the dominance by big teams, maybe it’s the fact that this season the premiership and the champions league have pushed...
View ArticleShocking news
That’s what the lower league clubs will be hoping for today when they step out for the FA Cup third round today. I quite like the FA CUP as it means more to teams. This means motivation is at a high...
View ArticleIn the wrong Kompany!
There are many cases for backing or laying at 1.02. But last Sunday we had a great example of why you just wouldn’t back at such short odds. First off lets look at the odds: - At 1.02 you would return...
View ArticleFA Cup – Round four winners
Rather than a prediction this is a glance back. A look if the ‘romance’ of the FA Cup is still alive. At the start of the third round, premier league teams made up 93.69% of the market. They now make...
View ArticleFA Cup Fifth round
Rather predictably we reach the fifth round of the FA Cup today with 99% of the market made up from Premiership teams. In round three that figure was 94.7% and round four 96.10%. What’s the betting we...
View ArticleTonights football opportunties
I like the look of the champions league tonight, but I can’t trade it as I’ll be out watching the football instead. I’ve been doing a lot more of that this year and really enjoyed it. What’s life if...
View ArticleWhich match?
I’m looking at three different matches this evening. First you have Barcelona vs Leverkusen, Barca 1.17 to win and 3-1 up from the away leg, a formality. But there is little incentive for Barcelona to...
View ArticleHas the FA Cup lost its appeal?
Took some time out last Saturday to trade the FA CUP final pre-off. I was expecting a vibrant, lively market but ended up with the opposite and traded out for a small loss. The racing was yielding much...
View ArticlePicking an FA Cup shock
Ah, the romance of the FA Cup! The romance bit comes from a non league team coming up against a major club and beating them. But the evidence for regular giant killings is a little thin on the ground....
View ArticleFA Cup fifth round
So the FA Cup trundles on. No real surprises so far in terms of how the tournament is playing out. I’ve pointed out in previous blog posts that from a tournament trading perspective it’s dominated by...
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