Football Betting Intelligence 15/03/08

Our selections this weekend were as follows:

HULL CITY (Evs @ vcbet, 2.02 Betfair), SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (12/5 @ bet365, totesport & sporting bet, 3.65 Betfair), CARLISLE (8/5 @ william hill, 2.62 Betfair), SOUTHEND (7/4 @ bet direct, stan james & ladbrokes, 2.84 Betfair) & WYCOMBE (5/2 @ totesport, betfred & skybet, 3.5 Betfair).

How did we do? Hull and Southend won. Sheffield Wednesday and Carlisle drew. Wycombe lost. Backing our selections as singles at advised exchange proces produced a loss of 0.14 points. Combining our selections in 10 doubles at advised fixed odds prices produced a loss of 4.5 points.

Our Bottom Line as of 14/03/08

We went ‘public’ with our English portfolio on 15th December 2007. Our profit and loss figures up to and including 14th March 2008 are as follows:

• Win singles - if you’d backed all our selections as win singles you would now be 13.23 points in profit.

• Doubles – if you’d combined all our selections in doubles you would now be 43.65 points in profit.

Football Betting Intelligence 07/03/08

A disappointing week with no excuses and no mitigating circumstances. Our portfolio consisted of the following:

BRISTOL CITY (7/4 @ bet365, 2.62 Betfair), PLYMOUTH (19/7 @ Extrabet, 2.24 Betfair), NOTTS FOREST (6/5 generally, 2.18 Betfair), LINCOLN CITY (5/2 @ bet365, 3.65 Betfair), GRIMSBY (11/5 @ Vcbet, 3.6 Betfair) & STOCKPORT (Evs @ Vcbet, 2.06 Betfair).

Plymouth, Lincoln and Grimsby lost. Forest and Bristol City drew. Only Stockport won. Backing our selections as win singles on the exchanges produced a loss of 3.94 points. Combining our selections in 15 doubles at advised bet prices with fixed odds bookmakers produced a loss of 15 points.

Our Bottom Line as of 07/03/08

We went ‘public’ with our English portfolio on 15th December 2007. Our profit and loss figures up to and including 7th March 2008 are as follows:

• Win singles - if you’d backed all our selections as win singles you would now be 17.17 points in profit.

• Doubles – if you’d combined all our selections in doubles you would now be 58.65 points in profit.

Football Betting Intelligence 04/03/08

Our midweek portfolio looked like this:

BRISTOL CITY (3/1 @ bet365, 4.4 Betfair), QPR (15/8 @ bet365, 2.92 Betfair), DONCASTER (6/4 @ Expekt, 2.52 Betfair) & PETERBOROUGH (Evs @ Betfred, 2.00 Betfair).

How did we do? Doncaster and Peterborough both won. Bristol City and QPR both drew.

Backing our selections as singles at advised Betfair prices produced a small profit of .52 pts. Combining our selections in 6 doubles at the best fixed-odds prices available produced a small loss of 1pt.

Our Bottom Line as of 02/03/08

We went ‘public’ with our English portfolio on 15th December 2007. Our profit and loss figures up to and including 1st March 2008 are as follows:

• Win singles - if you’d backed all our selections as win singles you would now be 16.65 points in profit.

• Doubles – if you’d combined all our selections in doubles you would now be 59.65 points in profit.

Football Betting Intelligence 01/03/08

Back to winning ways and in some style too. It pays to keep the faith over the long term. Those of you who follow our advice and back in doubles will no doubt be nodding in unison given our success this weekend.

Our portfolio of bets looked like this: NORWICH CITY (Evs @ bet365, 2.2 Betfair), BRISTOL ROVERS (2/1 @ Skybet, bet365 & Ladbrokes, 3.05 Betfair), BRENTFORD (10/3 Stan James, 4.4 Betfair), STOCKPORT (11/4 @ Betfred, BetDirect & Stan James, 3.55 Betfair), GRIMSBY (11/5 @ bet365, 3.55 Betfair) & LINCOLN (8/5 @ VC bet, 2.78 Betfair).

 So how did we do? Bristol Rovers, Stockport, Grimsby & Lincoln won. Norwich and Brentford lost. Last week a last minute goal denied us profit and made us losers. This week the boot was on the other foot with Bristol Rovers scoring their winner at Millwall right at the very death. Swings and roundabouts friends.

 Backing our selections as win singles at advised Betfair prices produced a profit of 6.93 points. Combining our selections as 15 doubles at the best fixed odds available produced a whopping profit of 43.72 points.

Football Betting Intelligence 23/02/08

Okay. Someobody up there doesn’t like us very much at the moment. Another losing week – but one that we can take some encouragement from nevertheless.

Our portfolio of bets looked like this: STOKE CITY (Evs @ bet365, VC bet & Coral, 2.04 Betfair), PRESTON (9/2 @ Totesport, Bet Direct & Stan James, 5.6 Betfair), BOURNEMOUTH (5/4 @ Paddy Power, 2.16 Betfair), LINCOLN (11/4 @ bet365, Totesport & Paddy Power, 3.75 Betfair), BRENTFORD (21/10 @ bet365, 3.10 Betfair) & STOCKPORT (13/10 Paddy Power, 2.5 Betfair).

Stoke and Stockport won. Preston and Bournemouth drew. Lincoln and Brentford lost.

So what encouragement can we take? Well, Preston were a big price at Watford. We advised them on the basis of a rating that told us the price was too big. Securing a 0-0 draw with the promotion-chasing hornets suggest the ratings correctly identified a value bet. Preston’s subsequent win over table-toppers and form side Stoke also suggests the ratings were a sound guide. We can consider ourselves unlucky on the day.

We were unlucky too with Bournemouth – where Cheltenham scored in the closing minute to deny us a win. On such fine lines are a week’s profit and loss delineated. A trifle more good fortune and we’d be looking at a healthy profit rather than the losses indicated below.

However, we have to deal with reality as it stands. That’s the trouble with reality. Backing our selections as singles at exchange prices produced a loss of 1.46 points. Combining our selections in 15 doubles produced a loss of 10.4 points.

Football Betting Intelligence 16/02/08

Oh dear. It happens to us all at one point or another. And this weekend it happened to Football Betting Intelligence (FBI). Without doubt this last weekend was the WORST PERFORMANCE of our ratings since time, or at least the FBI service, began.

Our English portfolio looked like this:

LINCOLN (Evs Pinnacle, 2.04 Betfair), SWINDON (4/1 Generally, 5.4 Betfair), BOURNEMOUTH (50/13 Expekt, 4.9 Betfair), NORWICH (79/40 Pinnacle, 3.2 Betfair) & CHARLTON (10/7 Pinacle, 2.46 Betfair).

Only Lincoln won. Charlton drew. The rest lost. It was a bad day at Black Rock. Backed as singles on Betfair produced a 2.96 point deficit. Combining the selections in 10 doubles produced a 10 point loss.

Our European portfolio consisted of the following:

MONACO (6/4 Betfred, 2.54 Betfair), MARSEILLE (11/10 Pinnacle, 2.14 Betfair), DEPORTIVO (17/7 Pinnacle, 3.55 Betfair), & AC MILAN (11/10 Expekt, 2.16 Betfair).

Only Marseille did the business. Backing the selections as singles at Betfair prices produced a 1.86 point loss. Combining the selections in 6 doubles produced a 6 point loss.

 It doesn”t pay to get too downhearted. Losing weeks are part and parcel of the game. These losses follow a profitable period which makes it a little easier to take them on the chin.

Football Betting Intelligence 09/02/08

Football Betting Intelligence is based on unique ratings that measure underlying form. Revealing patterns and trends invisible to the wider market, Football Betting Intelligence gives you a serious edge. We provide subscribers with value bets (our selections are always odds against). We recommend backing our selections in win singles or combining them in doubles.

Selections for the weekend commencing 02/02/08 were as follows:

• ENGLISH PORTFOLIO

BLACKPOOL (10/3 generally, 4.5 Betfair), QPR (9/4  Expekt, 3.25 Betfair), BRISTOL ROVERS (4/1 generally, 5.2 Betfair), CHELTENHAM (19/12 Pinnacle, 2.74 Betfair), GRIMSBY (28/17 Pinnacle, 2.96 Betfair).

• EUROPEAN PORTFOLIO

ALMERIA (3/1 Stan James & Bet Direct, 4.1 Betfair), FIORENTINA (6/4  Ladbrokes, 2.5 Betfair), GENOA (31/12 Pinnacle, 3.75 Betfair), LILLE (62/17 Expekt, 4.7 Betfair.

 How did we do?

In our English portfolio QPR, Cheltenham and Grimsby won. Blackpool drew. Bristol Rovers lost.

• Backing our selections as win singles at Betfair produced a 3.95 profit.
• Combining our selections in 10 doubles produced a 13.54 point profit.

In our European portfolio all our selections drew their games – illustrating that they were definite value picks but ultimately profitless.

• Backing our selections as win singles at Betfair produced a 4 point loss.
• Combining our selections in 6 doubles produced a 6 point loss.

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