L13 Spring 2008 : Week 9 – BotW

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Bet of the Week goes off-piste (and why not, football is obviously not our thang!). Vegetarians and people who love animals look away now, Clare Nevin is looking to the turf…

The name of the horse defines how little we have all won on the PAS Bets of the Week: ’Slim Pickings’ in The Grand National.

£2.50 E/W and should get around 10/1 ante-post.

Have a great weekend

Result: WIN! 4th Place -£3.75

Cheers!
Pab

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 8 – Review

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2-0 down, 3-2 up!:
A pretty random week again (see Mr 2-0 for confirmation) predicting-wise and it went to the wire for the weekly prize. Thanks to her beloved local team winning 4-0, Clare Nevin 32(5) just about edged out the other Hogwood from turning into a family thing and Anthony Y from bragging from here to kingdom come despite his team getting walloped by the only team that Derby have beat. So, £20 to spend in a Belfast cocktail bar Clare – bottoms up!
That Brum City penalty:
A bit like the Arse, his has gone as well – Will Oppong 14 (1) limps in with his first bad week of the season
Correct Score of the Week :
Scant. Clare N and Anthony Y got the Man Yoo masterclass and Julian F took time off getting 0-0’s to land Coventry 3 Plymouth 1. However this weeks award and now best of the season, goes to Barrie Riding for his Charlton 2 Wolves 3 prediction. I’m not happy…
Bet of the Week:
Grrrr! Only ’that brilliant team at home’, Ipswich let our Norwich friend down this week – we are now £10 down – time for some luck o’ the Irish Clare!
Table News:
Will O is still there but his lead has been drastically cut to 5 points – highest climbers are the Marks J Brown and Seels (+8) and the furthest fallers mark McD/Steve T (yes, he actually sent some scores in!)/Dan R (-9). Mr. 2-0 (booooo! He’s still there dammit!) is where you’ve got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement and Martin S is now a long long 14 points from wooden spoon avoidance.

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 8 – BotW

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Bet of the Week is going as it always does and we’re currently £5 down – Nick Hogwood gets another go…

Bet is Arsenal, Ipswich, West Brom, Man U and Chelsea (not great odds I would think)

Not bad odds actually – 7/1 on Paddy Power – c’mon!

Cheers!
Pab

Result: LOSE! -£10

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 7 – Review

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Mustard:
Norfolk in way! He’s racking up the money and weekly wins – Nick Hogwood 40 (7) collects his third prize of the season and crashes into the Top 5 to boot. And obviously hacks off his brother at the same time. And Ben A and Neil M cos they were pretty close too.
Tractor:
Ahhh, bless! Our fave girl from Cymru (after Charlotte, natch) always asks for a mention and she’s ended up here again… nevermind, Lisa Grey 10(0) has got the memory of the grand slam to soften the blow…
Correct Score of the Week :
10 got a feeble Celtic score, the nil all tip continues apace – Julian F & Gareth M got Bolton v Man City, 4 got Southampton v Coventry (inc. Julian F again!) and Martin S got Hearts v Falkirk. Quite unbelievably, Jazz S got Wolves 3 QPR 3 but so did John W! That left Ben Alder to take this week’s best correct score with Blackburn 3 Wigan 1
Bet of the Week:
Both Nick H & Wayne C (unluckily) failed in their quest and the PAS betting forum finds itself back in familiar territory – the red. By £5. Nick H can make amends this week though…
Table News:
Will O stays top and keeps his 14 point lead. Ben A is up up up and Lisa G is very much on a downer (again) Mr. 2-0 (booooo! don’t let it happen!) is where you’ve got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement and Martin S swaps places with Anthony Y again at the bottom.

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 7 – BotW

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From scratch then this week on ’Bet of the Week’ – 2 punters, 2 bets @ £2.50 each.

First up – Nick Hogwood…

My five to win are: Aston villa, Hull City, Stoke City, Rangers and Celtic – not sure what odds this gives you….

Just about 10/1 Nick… next, Wayne Connolly…

Bet is 5 Homes – Man Utd, Chelsea Barnsley, Tottenham and Rangers – approx 22/1 (Skybet)’, I got 23/1 on Paddy Power but I’m hoping Chelsea let me down naturally…

Have an eggciting weekend!
Pab

Result: LOSE! -£5

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 6 – Review

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“There Was Something In The Air That Night”:
You can tell it was another bizarre week (or was it?) cos Mr 2-0 scored exactly the same as some people who actually bothered to submit scores (i.e. me! Grrrrr!) – so, top of the bizarros this week were another pairing – stand up Nick Hogwood & Wayne Connolly 37 (6) – you is winners! Of £10 each! A lite bite @ Delia’s and a Roman stab vest the priority purchases then?
RVP:
Ahhh, bless! Our fave girl from Cymru (after Charlotte, natch) always asks for a mention and it always ends up here – nevermind, Lisa Grey 12(0) has got the grand slam to soften the blow…
Correct Score of the Week :
9 got QPR, 8 got Aberdeen, 2 groups of 3 continued in the invigorated thrill of getting a 0-0, the Fernandez brothers & Jon A got Dundee Utd and Rich L got a very commendable Darlo 3 Grimsby 2. However, top dog Will Oppong has this week’s best score with Fulham 1 Everton 0
Bet of the Week:
Dave N has officially wiped out our profit – starting from scratch in Week 7 will be Nick & Wayne…
Table News:
Will O stays top and doubles his lead to a Jazz-esque 14 point lead. Unsurprisingly, Nick H climbs highest and Lisa G falls furthest. Mr. 2-0 (ahem) is where you’ve got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement and Anthony Y swaps places with Martin S at the bottom (albeit alphabetical!)

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 6 – BotW

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Bet of the Week comes from the North East for the 2nd week in a row – over to you Mr Nicklin…

Man Ure, Arsenal, Liverpool, West Brom, Ross County, Leeds, Peterborough – this is a bit rushed, and all betting sites are banned from work so I have no idea what the return would be on these, fingers crossed… about as likely as a Newcastle win…

Have a good weekend

I can tell you that little lot will come in at around 15/1

Bon chance!
Pab

Result: LOSE! £0

Spring 2008 : Cup QF & L13 Week 5 – Review

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The Romance Of The Cup:
Well well well, he’s the first to get a “double” this season – Dave Nicklin 28(5) just edged out Mr 2-0 and his 9 mates to take another £20. Well done Dave, but that’s 3 out of 5 weeks won by the PAS board – people will start to talk…
One Wheeled Bike:
He’s employing a maverick scoring system and it’s not paying off! Anthony Yearwood 7(0) completes his own double at the other end – he doesn’t care though, Spurs are good again apparantly!
Correct Score of the Week:
Bleak week. 10 of you got the only real one that was predictable (Liverpool 3 Toon 0) and everyone missed out on the W Ham banker again! Dave N gets this week’s props for his Blackpool 2 Southampton 2…
Bet of the Week:
…and despite his winning week, he can’t deliver us a winning bet! Nevermind, he gets another go and hopefully he’ll put some effort in to improve on our £5 in the black.
Table News:
Will O stays top opening up a 7 point lead. Steve T is this week’s biggest improver on the back of Mr 2-0 and Lisa G is where you got to be for automatic Euro 2008 involvement. Julian F couldn’t care less falling furthest as his kness have gone all trembly cos he’s on his way to Wemberlee, and one of our two Wiganers is now bottom. Yes, that’s you Martin S!
Cup Results:
Would you Adam & believe it! Two players went through courtesy of the increasingly annoying Mr 2-0 and one player got through on 14 points! Big up Mark McD though who smoothed an impressive path through with 14 “Joker” points – that’s the way to do it!
Cup Draw :
Mark McDowell (8) v Mark J Brown (6)
Neil Meredith (27) v Matt Davies (11)
Semi-finalists please note everyone gets to play a “Joker” in this round

Cheers,
Pab.

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 5 – BotW

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£10 up – we hand over to Dave Nicklin who gets the full fiver as Will hasn’t got back to me yet…

Can’t think of a decent BotW, so I’ll go for my standard “banker” list: Man Ure, Loonypool, Chelsea, Rangers, Swansea – All to win, more money down the drain, probably…

Ahhhh, that Geordie optimism!

Cheers!
Pab

Result: LOSE! +£5

L13 Spring 2008 : Week 4 – Review

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European Glory:
You already know dontcha! Gretna was called off again (thanks Neil T/Jazz S) so the spoils are shared between Will Oppong & Dave Nicklin 39 (6). Will will probably put the tenner towards a girdle for his “dodgy” back and Dave will probably start the “Kelvin Koogan Out Now – We Will Pay Money!” campaign…
Another Potless Season:
Mr 2-0 had an Elm Street (at last – ha!) but even worse, John Williamson 9 (0) managed to score the same but actually submitted scores. Like his team, after the Lord Mayors show…
Correct Score of the Week:
A bumper week had by most – 5 got the Arse, 9 got Man Yoo, 5 got the Baggies, 6 got the Teddy Bears, 4 got the Scousers and 4 more got the other Scousers. Will O and Jamie S got a commendable Falkirk 0 Motherwell 0, Neil T and Dave N got a jammy Darlo 3 Brentford 1 and Julian F kept up his speciality 0-0 spotting with Man City-Wigan. (drum roll please) As you probably noticed and groaned when it came in, I had West Ham 0 Chelsea 4 and therefore am best in show. Never underestimate a wounded animal even if it’s fat…
Bet of the Week:
…unfortunately I couldn’t deliver on the money front – both bets were well short so I hand over to Will & Gra, Dave, to improve on our showing profit of £10.
Table News:
Will O goes clear at the top closely followed by Danny A and Mark F. Dave N makes a spectacular splash into the Top Ten and Ben H benchmarks where you have to be to be invited into the European Championships. Neil T, Andy C and Tony B make great strides up and Jon T, Neil M and Greg E go impressively the other way. Anthony Y hauls his carcass off the bottom only to be replaced by another of his ilk in John W. Mr 2-0 and his cronies fell way more than any other. So there.

Cheers,
Pab.