League of Ireland betting.

Only seeing this now gents, apologises. Cork playing Drogheda on Thursday - hoping for -1.5 Asian!

Gavin shels wrote: »

Only seeing this now gents, apologises. Cork playing Drogheda on Thursday - hoping for -1.5 Asian!

Cork -1.5 asian is up now on 365 @1.675

Too tight of odds for me. I haven't gotten to check any other bookie yet so maybe better odds elsewhere.

Fizbo wrote: »

Ye, opened up @1.875 this morning and got smashed. Line is now -1.5,-2

Well smashed in at that rate. I had a look in the very early morning but no asian market at all then, was near lunch when got to have another look. Missed the boat hopefully something comes up in play.

Gavin shels wrote: »

Shels play St. Pats on Tuesday in Baldonnell (St. Francis's pitch) which was only confirmed yesterday - hoping for around -1.25 if odds go up in the morning!

its -1.25. sounds like shelbourne will be trying out new players also, could be an experimental team out

Pats 3-0 up after 15 mins Was no odds anywhere.

League of Ireland Outright Bets

Myself and the 3 lads I pick the Irish Bets with in our Facebook group (Aidan Morris, Alan Forristal and Graeme O Rourke) have all discussed the below bets and opinions. Aidan also done a good chunk of the write ups with myself! Been mulling over these for a good few weeks. Cork to win outright each way looks excellent value this year while the First Division on paper looks to be Limericks, UCD could challenge up there, unfortunately only Bet365 seems to be offering each way odds on the First Division at ¼ odds and with UCD being 6/1 it’s not much value!

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Cork City to Win the Premier Division @ 5/1 (William Hill) – MEDIUM (Each Way Top 2 1/3)
Cork City have made the most of the close season sign several useful and skilled players most notably Greg Bolger from St. Pats and the return of Gearóid Morrissey from Cambridge Utd. Kenny Browne (St. Pats), Ian Turner (Limerick), Sean Maguire (Dundalk) and Eoghan O’Connell (Celtic on loan till July) all come into the Cork side to replace the Dennehy brothers, John O’Flynn and a few others who have departed.
Cork have a successful pre-season with one upset seeing them knocked out of the Munster Senior Cup on penalties by Rockmount. Since that opening game, Cork have won their 5 pre-season friendlies and also beat Dundalk off in the Presidents Cup (winner of the League –v- winner of the FAI Cup) 2-0 in Turners Cross. Cork will be hoping they can go one place better that their 2nd place position in 2015!
Dundalk, St. Pats and Shamrock Rovers look to be their biggest and possibly only title contenders.
Dundalk losing Richie Towell will be a huge dent in the defence of their trophy!
St. Pats had a difficult enough League season last season, finishing 4th – 20 points off Dundalk. On paper it’s hard to see how they’ll fair losing Kenny Browne (Cork City), Greg Bolger (Cork City) and Killian Brennan (Shamrock Rovers) big losses for them but they’ve replacement them with 9 new players which will see much needed depth in the squad but we fail to see if they’ll be a stronger outfit in 2016.
Shamrock Rovers will hope to improve again this season, 4th in 2014 and 3rd in 2013 they’ve been progressively on the up, only 2 points off Cork in 2nd place in 2015 also. There’s been nothing major close season for Rovers, with a few comings and goings. Their pre-season trip to India to play in the Sait Nagjee Amarsee International Cup will have been a new eye opener for many of the players and will have most likely improved their fitness greatly!
On paper Cork and Dundalk look the strongest again this year but Dundalk could struggle with the loss of Richie Towell and the need for someone to replace his 11 League goals in 2014 and 25 League goals in 2015. Cork will have that added determination having finished 2nd in the past two seasons to Dundalk!

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Bohs +22 Points Premier Division Season Handicap @ 9/1 (Paddy Power) – SMALL/MEDIUM
Last year seen Keith Long have Bohs reach there highest position in a few years when finishing 5th, not too far off Pats in 4th.
Keith Long has managed to retain the majority of their key players from 2015, getting rid of their dead weight and strengthen exactly where needed by bringing in Aymen Ben Mohammed (Longford Town), Kurtis Byrne (Dundalk), James Kavanagh (UCD) and Mark Quigley (Derry City). Bohs captain Derek Pender missed most of last season, having him back this season fully fit will be a huge plus. Jake Kelly and Ismahil Akinade joined Bohs midseason last year and played a big part in their solid 5th place finish, having them from the start this season will make a big difference.
We debated doing Sligo + 32 but their weakness will be a good few of their 20 man squad are loanees who will be returning to the UK over the summer months!

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Ismahil Akinade Premier Division Top Goalscorer @ 16/1 (Paddy Power) – SMALL (Each Way Top 4 1/4)
Akinade joined Bohs half way through the season last year and really cemented his spot as Bohs main striker. He only played 19 games last season but netted 10 goals in this short space of time. The Bohs team set up to play to suit his style which led to him settling in very fast banging in goals. He is a player who has been improving every game. Akinade has torn apart the top defences in the league so he isn't just a player who will score against bad teams. With a full season at Bohs ahead of him he should make a very good run at being top scorer.

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Rory Patterson Premier Division Top Goalscorer @ 20/1 (Paddy Power) – SMALL (Each Way Top 4 1/4)
Patterson returns to Derry after his departure to Austrailian side Cockburn City in January 2015 where he scored 20 goals in 19 games! He returned back to Europe and signed for FC United in October 2015 hoping to add to his 99 goals with FC United which stands as the record goalscorer at the club but failed to score. Patterson returns to Derry City hoping to bulid on his 2 year stint at the club where he scored 54 times! Patterson signs for Derry in what is a very young strike force they have including locals Ryan Doherty and Nathan Boyle and their Scottish 20 year old Jordan Allen. Being the experienced veteran it would be hard to see Patterson not being a big part to this Derry side in 2016 and most likely their penalty taker!

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Mick Cooke - Premier Division Sack Race @ 7/1 (Paddy Power) – Novelty Bet Stake
“Applies to next manager to leave his position by any means whether it's by resigning or getting sacked”
At first look, it’s hard to see where the first manager casualty will come from with Tony Cousins favourite at 3/1. Cousins has been with Longford since 2009 and has brought them promotion along with a good mid table finish in 2015. Ollie Horgan gained Harps Premier Division status! Shane Keegan, Dave Robertson, Kenny Shields, Tommy Dunne are all signed on 2 year deals. You’d expect Liam Buckley and Pat Fenlon to be ok once they challenge for the League, likewise Caulfield and Kenny. Tommy Dunne should have no problems at Galway this season with some much poorer teams coming into the Division, while Keith Long will look to maintain a midtable position with Bohs.
Mick Cooke will be expected to deliver early on with Bray, he was the 4th manager of the club last season with the Board falling out with Alan Mathews and Trevor Croly publicly. There seems to be heavy investment in Bray this season and any failings of Mick Cooke to establish a comfortable 5th or 6th position early on could see him leaving the Carlisle Grounds.

St Pats and Shels wtf ? I had Boro to win Btts and Roma win btts and Cork City - 1 . Disgusted . I did the hard part . It's gonna be a long season .

Gavin shels wrote: »

Over 2.5 Goals @ 4/5 (Boyles) - MEDIUM STAKE

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Cabinteely Draw No Bet or 0 Asian @ 11/10 (GENERAL) - SMALL STAKE

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2 WINNERS including our medium stake!!:pac:

Start as you mean to go on!!! :cool::cool:

darklordsbane wrote: »

Does anyone know a bookies that are offering each way on the Irish first division, they all did last year but I can't seem to find it this year
Thanks
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Only place I found when doing out Outright preview was Bet365.

crustyjuggler wrote: »

St Pats and Shels wtf ? I had Boro to win Btts and Roma win btts and Cork City - 1 . Disgusted . I did the hard part . It's gonna be a long season .

We were very poor on front of goal, to be honest CObh could have won 5-0. Greg Murray saved a peno, saved 2 one on ones and Cobh hit the post also.

darklordsbane wrote: »

Only place I found when doing out Outright preview was Bet365.


Thanks for that I looked all week and it was win only just had a small ew on Waterford @50/1 I think Roddy might get them playing and surprise a few people this year

Pishing away money ha!

Have noticed in the last year or so that many teams trying to play abit more of an attacking brand of football, which is leading to more goals for many sides. Im sure the stats would back this up.

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***

We started off last week with 2 wins from 3, including our MEDIUM stake bet! 4 bets for Friday which may seem a lot but the bets and value is there! We’re posting up a day early as most likely the odds won’t stay around, Dundalk odds have already shifted in slightly and will continue to go in. Write ups written by the 4 of us this week Myself, Graeme O Rourke, Aidan Morris and Alan Forristal.

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Dundalk –v- Finn Harps 7.45 Friday
Dundalk got off to the perfect defence of their league title last week against a Bray side fancied to do well this year. (3-1) Finn Harps overcame Derry City by 2 goals to 1 in their first game back in the premier division. We feel that result for harps was more a result fitting of the occasion and feel Dundalk will bring them back down to earth this week with a comfortable victory.
Dundalk -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 1.70 (GENERAL) - LARGE STAKE

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Derry City –v- Cork City 7.45 Friday
Cork City travel to the Brandywell with the same squad as the back to back wins over Dundalk and Bohs, City are much stronger this year than they were last season. They showed that with the dominant win over Dundalk and a very good second half performance last week. Derry by all accounts were shocking last week losing to new boys Finn Harps. They've a manager and quite a few players new to the league which will take a few weeks to gel. The long Journey won't come into effect as Cork are travelling up today ahead of the game tomorrow. Based on the past 2 weeks performances we can't see past a Cork win here.
Cork Win @ 3/4 (GENERAL) – MEDIUM STAKE

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Bohemians vs Sligo Rovers 7.45 Friday
Both teams going into this game of the back of a defeat from the first round of games. Sligo losing 2-0 at home to Rovers while also getting 2 men sent off, while Bohs lost 2-0 away to Cork and also got a man sent off. Sligo seem to have quite a small squad this year with a lot of new players to the league who are unproven. The Sligo team that played last Saturday had 9 debutants for Sligo.Sligo may come good later in the season but we feel that this squad could take a while to gel, but in their first game they were very poor at home to Rovers. Bohs on the other hand have kept their main players from last season and strengthened in positions that they needed too. In the Cork game which Bohs were not expected to win, Bohs done very well up untill a bad defensive error after 50 minutes in which caused to fall apart to a superior Cork team. The team Bohs have is extremely solid and will be chasing a European spot this year. Last Season H2H Bohs v Sligo. Bohs won 2 and Drew 1. This will be Bohs first home game this season in a packed out Dalymount and we really feel that Bohs should pick up the 3 points here against an unproven Sligo team
Bohemians Win @ 21/20 (GENERAL) – SMALL STAKE

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Shamrock Rovers –v- Wexford Youths 8.00 Friday
Newly promoted Wexford travel to Tallaght on the back of their 2-0 loss to Longford while Shamrock Rovers started off with a 2-0 win away to Sligo. On paper Shamrock Rovers look strong, add in their trip to India that should have their fitness at its peak! Talk is/was that Wexford are staying mainly Amateur which will cause them issues. Long of the short is, this should be a handy win for Rovers in their first home League game of the season!
Shamrock Rovers -1.5 @ 1.95 (GENERAL) – SMALL STAKE

I am conscious that it’s mug stuff at times, but I kind of fancy both Dundalk and Rovers to easily cover the Asian lines tonight