Reading V Newcastle United (29/09/12)

My Tips For Reading V The Toon

Please note, this blog is just a bit of fun to test myself and also to test the theory that you should never let your heart rule your head.  It's simply for my own benefit to keep a record of how well my predictions do, and not intended as advice to be taken by anyone else.  If other football fans want to view my tips out of curiosity then that's fine, but I'm in no way proclaiming myself to be an amazing football expert.

Anyway, throughout the season I'm going to make a few tips on Newcastle games and also a few tips on other games and see which set of tips perform best.  In theory as a Newcastle fan I should know more about our current form, etc, and therefore my tips on Newcastle should theoretically outperform my tips on football in general.  However, it's hard sometimes as a football fan to remain objective and not let your heart rule your head so that's what I plan to test with this blog.

Anyway, I'm going to give myself 100 points (in both categories) and place a few hypothetical bets using the odds available from OLBG.com and see how I do.

Bets on Newcastle...
Full Time Result:
50 points on Newcastle at 2.5
It should come as no surprise that I'm tipping us to beat bottom of the table Reading.  Obviously I'm biased but given that Reading have only earned two points from their five league games so far this season, odds of 2.5 for us to beat them seem a little generous in my opinion.

First Goalscorer:
20 points on Demba Ba at 7.5
Considering Demba's impressive goal-scoring start to the season I was surprised to see him at a higher price that Cisse for the first goal against Reading.  Even more surprising was to see him at the same price as Ameobi.  But whatever the odds on Cisse and Ameobi, 7.5 for Ba to get the first goal seems like a decent bet to me.

The Toon V Norwich City: Round-Up

My Tips For Newcastle United V Norwich City

Please note, this blog is just a bit of fun to test myself and also to test the theory that you should never let your heart rule your head.  It's simply for my own benefit to keep a record of how well my predictions do, and not intended as advice to be taken by anyone else.  If other football fans want to view my tips out of curiosity then that's fine, but I'm in no way proclaiming myself to be an amazing football expert.

Anyway, as explained when I made my tips, I gave myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on Newcastle and 100 points to place a few other hypothetical football bets using the odds available from OLBG.com and this is how I did...

Bets on Newcastle:
Full Time Result:
50 points on Newcastle at 1.8 - WIN 90 points

Newcastle United V Norwich City (23/09/12)

My Tips For The Toon V Norwich City

Please note, this blog is just a bit of fun to test myself and also to test the theory that you should never let your heart rule your head.  It's simply for my own benefit to keep a record of how well my predictions do, and not intended as advice to be taken by anyone else.  If other football fans want to view my tips out of curiosity then that's fine, but I'm in no way proclaiming myself to be an amazing football expert.

Anyway, throughout the season I'm going to make a few tips on Newcastle games and also a few tips on other games and see which set of tips perform best.  In theory as a Newcastle fan I should know more about our current form, etc, and therefore my tips on Newcastle should theoretically outperform my tips on football in general.  However, it's hard sometimes as a football fan to remain objective and not let your heart rule your head so that's what I plan to test with this blog.

Anyway, I'm going to give myself 100 points (in both categories) and place a few hypothetical bets using the odds available from OLBG.com and see how I do.

Bets on Newcastle...
Full Time Result:
50 points on Newcastle at 1.8 
So far this season Norwich have drawn three of their four league games and we've drawm two of our four league games, so statistically a draw looks a reasonably priced bet at 3.8.  However, we've obviously got to be beating teams like Norwich at home so I'm going for 50 points on newcastle at 1.8.

Half Time/Full Time: 
10 points on Draw-Newcastle at 4.75
Although I fancy us for the win, we seem to have started games slowly and quite negatively, then if we've gone behind our performance has then picked up as we've started to attack and got forward.  I'm therefore going to go for a draw at half-time and then as the match progresses I can see us starting to attack more and being the better team in the second half.  For that reason I'm going to go for a small 10 point bet on the draw at half time and for us to win at full time.

Half With Most Goals:
40 points on 2nd Half at 2.0
For similar reasons I'm going to have a 40 point bet on there being more goals in the second half based on the prediction that we may be more attacking as the game progresses and therefore the second half may be more open.


And to see how my predictions compare, here are a few tips on some of the other games being played over the weekend...

Man City V Arsenal - Full Time Result:
40 points on Arsenal at 5.0
The bookies have this one priced as a likely home win but I see it being closer than the odds suggest and therefore Arsenal represent the value bet.

Derby V Burnley - Full Time Result:
30 points on Derby at 2.1

Millwall V Brighton - Full Tiume Result:
30 points on Brighton at 2.63

I'll check back after the weekend to see how well my tips performed.


Disclaimer:  A small bet can make a football match more exciting but the unpredicatability of the sport mean that having a large bet is just stupid.  Gambling can be a risky business so never bet more than you can afford to lose.  The safest way to bet is with points rather than pounds, so if you'd like the chance to gamble risk-free with points for the chance to win cash prizes then a website worth visiting is OLBG.com.  It's free to sign up and they offer cash prizes for the most successful punters in various sporting categories.  If you'd like to check it out then click on the link below:
Bet with points for the chance to win cash prizes at OLBG.com

Maritimo V The Toon: Round-Up

My Tips For Maritimo V The Toon

Please note, this blog is just a bit of fun to test myself and also to test the theory that you should never let your heart rule your head.  It's simply for my own benefit to keep a record of how well my predictions do, and not intended as advice to be taken by anyone else.  If other football fans want to view my tips out of curiosity then that's fine, but I'm in no way proclaiming myself to be an amazing football expert.

Anyway, as explained when I made my tips, I gave myself 100 points to place a few hypothetical bets on newcastle and 100 points to place a few other hypothetical football bets using the odds available from OLBG.com and this is how I did...

Bets on Newcastle:
Half Time/Full Time: 
10 points on Maritimo-Draw at 17.0 = LOSE

Half With Most Goals:
30 points on 2nd Half at 2.1 = LOSE

Full Time Result:
30 points on Draw at 3.3 = WIN - 99 points

Asian Handicap:
30 points on Newcastle +0.25 at 2.02 = WIN - 45 points

My total performance on Newcastle was therefore an overall profit of 44 points.


This is how I did with my other football bets...
Bordeaux V Club Brugge - Asian Handicap:
40 points on Club Brugge +0.75 at 1.95 = LOSE

FC Copenhagen V Molde - Asian Handicap:
30 points on Molde +0.75 at 2.02 = LOSE+PUSH - 15 points

Genk V Videoton FC - Asian Handicap:
30 points on Videoton FC +0.75 at 2.02 = LOSE

My total preformance on other football bets was therefore an overall loss of 85 points.

So far my Newcastle bets are well in the lead but I'll see if this continues as the season progresses.


Disclaimer:  A small bet can make a football match more exciting but the unpredicatability of the sport mean that having a large bet is just stupid.  Gambling can be a risky business so never bet more than you can afford to lose.  The safest way to bet is with points rather than pounds, so if you'd like the chance to gamble risk-free with points for the chance to win cash prizes then a website worth visiting is OLBG.com.  It's free to sign up and they offer cash prizes for the most successful punters in various sporting categories.  If you'd like to check it out then click on the link below:
Bet with points for the chance to win cash prizes at OLBG.com

Europa League 20/09/12: Maritimo V Newcastle United

My Tips For Maritimo V The Toon

Please note, this blog is just a bit of fun to test myself and also to test the theory that you should never let your heart rule your head.  It's simply for my own benefit to keep a record of how well my predictions do, and not intended as advice to be taken by anyone else.  If other football fans want to view my tips out of curiosity then that's fine, but I'm in no way proclaiming myself to be an amazing football expert.

Anyway, throughout the season I'm going to make a few tips on Newcastle games and also a few tips on other games and see which set of tips perform best.  In theory as a Newcastle fan I should know more about our current form, etc, and therefore my tips on Newcastle should theoretically outperform my tips on football in general.  However, it's hard sometimes as a football fan to remain objective and not let your heart rule your head so that's what I plan to test with this blog.

Anyway, I'm going to give myself 100 points (in both categories) and place a few hypothetical bets using the odds available from OLBG.com and see how I do.

Half Time/Full Time: 
10 points on Maritimo-Draw at 17.0
So far this season our performance has looked encouraging whenever we've attacked and got forward but unfortunately too many times we seem to start too negatively and it's not until we go behind that we really start having a go and come back into the game.  For that reason I'm going to go for a small 10 point bet on Maritimo to be winning at half time and for us to come back and equalise in the second half.

Half With Most Goals:
30 points on 2nd Half at 2.1
For similar reasons I'm going to have a 30 point bet in their being more goals in the second half based on the prediction that we may be more attacking as the game progresses and therefore the second half may be more open.

Full Time Result:
30 points on Draw at 3.3 

Asian Handicap:
30 points on Newcastle +0.25 at 2.02

And to see how my predictions compare, here are a few tips on some of the other games being played tonight:

Bordeaux V Club Brugge - Asian Handicap:
40 points on Club Brugge +0.75 at 1.95

FC Copenhagen V Molde - Asian Handicap:
30 points on Molde +0.75 at 2.02

Genk V Videoton FC - Asian Handicap:
30 points on Videoton FC +0.75 at 2.02


Disclaimer:  A small bet can make a football match more exciting but the unpredicatability of the sport mean that having a large bet is just stupid.  Gambling can be a risky business so never bet more than you can afford to lose.  The safest way to bet is with points rather than pounds, so if you'd like the chance to gamble risk-free with points for the chance to win cash prizes then a website worth visiting is OLBG.com.  It's free to sign up and they offer cash prizes for the most successful punters in various sporting categories.  If you'd like to check it out then click on the link below:
Bet with points for the chance to win cash prizes at OLBG.com