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CrabieCrawford

Gonna keep a log of my selections, mostly english football and maybe the odd darts bet. Ill try and put up reasoning or thoughts for each selection and start with a pot of 100pts

Bolton vs Fulham

Gonna go for bolton on this one. Petrov is a great signing for them and is going to play a major part of bolton's attacking play and set pieces, bringing him in on a free transfer is a great bit of business. His delivery into the box is pretty good and is going to suit the two big men up front.
Hodgson is the main reason Fulham did so well last season and is a big loss, although I think Hughes is a decent manager. Duff, schwarzer and Koncheskey all doubts and i can see this being a tough fixture for them especially when you look at there away form from last season ( one win against portsmouth.

Selection: 5pts Bolton win @ 6/5



Aston Villa vs West Ham

Collins and cuellar (who were a major factor in villa defensive performances last year) are both out for this and milner prob wont play so would imagine the team would line up something like

Freiedel
Young, Dunne, Davies, Warnock
Young, Petrov, reo coker, Downing
Carew, Agbonlahor


Doesnt look great at all for them, davies only played 180 mins in the league last year and think hes recovering from a knee injury at the min so I dont expect him to be near sharp enough. Young is also pretty weak defensively. Agbonlahor is also doubtful so if he doesnt play itll probably be carew and heskey/Delfouneso,leaving them a bit one dimensional up top.
Added to that the loss of Martin O Niell and the possibility taht young could be leaving soon too, morale may be a bit low.

Fully expect West ham to get something from this match and slightly relying on the new manager factor. Made some decent signings through the summer and When Cole was fit and in form last season he was awesome.

Selection: 5pts West ham double chance at 8/11

CrabieCrawford

Arsenal vs Blackpool

The result last week flattered blackpool a bit, ran rings round a poor, disorganised wigan team. Fabregas and van persie should be back today and Arsenal should win comfortably.

Selection: Arsenal -1 @ 4/9


Wigan vs Chelsea

Chelsea all the way for this one, should have too much quality and win by a few. Wigan lost 3 of their four starting defenders from last season so arent looking great.

Selection: Chelsea -1 @ 8/11


Everton vs Wolves

Everton won 10 of their last 11 home games last season and I can see them doing the same today, have been slow starters the past few seasons but have a pretty much full squad to choose from. Can see arteta scoring in this too

Selection: Everton @ 4/9


5 pts treble

CrabieCrawford

Birmingham vs Blackburn

Two battling teams with two decent results last weekend, Birmingham got two scrappy goals against ten men and I expect Blackburn to be a little more organised than Sunderland. cant see many goals in the birmingham team so Blackburn to edge this one (although they look a bit light up front themselves)

Selection: 5pts Blackburn @ 12/5

West Ham vs Bolton

Bad result last week for West Ham last week and looked poor all over the pitch, Bolton should be solid enough at the back and hopefully they can put away a chance ( which they struggled to do last week).

Selection: 5pts Bolton @12/5

CrabieCrawford

Been without the internet for a while but now that I have it back ill start up again. Not the greatest of starts so hopefully start to turn it around.
Balance: 92pts (-8)

Man City v Chelsea
Chelsea of to a flyer this season with 5 wins from 5 with malouda and Drogba in great form, scoring 21 and conceding just one along the way. City’s form reads 2w 2d 1l, scoring 6 and conceding 2. Mancini has them set up very defensively and I can’t see them trying to win the game today, more of a “don’t lose” mentality. Think Chelsea will have too much going forward, even without the injured Lampard.

Selection: 5pts Chelsea win @ 6/5, 2pts Chelsea (-1.5) @ 14/5


Arsenal v West Brom
Arssenal should have far too much for West Brom and I can see them scoring a few. West Brom are really poor away from home and it will just be a case of being outclassed

Selection: 5 pts Arsenal (-1.5) @ 9/10


Birmingham vs Wigan
Relying on Birmingham’s home record here, never seem to give many goals away at home and with Hleb and Zigic both in decent form in the Carling cup midweek hopefully they’ll manage to nick 1 or 2. Think Hleb will we key to going forward and seems like a fantastic signing, Rodallega seems to be playing on the wing of a 4-5-1 this season which is taking goals out of his game.

Selection: 5pts Birmingham win@ 4/5

CrabieCrawford

Three loses, not a good day at all, ah well onwards and upwards. Balance: 75pts (-25)

Newcastle v Stoke

Newcastle have had 15 yellows in 5 games and include players like barton, smith, nolan, perch, coloccini and carroll. Should be a physical game with plenty of tackles flying in.

Selection: 10pts newcastle over 1.5 cards @ 5/6 (cant believe the odds)

CrabieCrawford

Bank: 65
Gonna try this again, hopefully having some form to go on will make things a bit easier. A good few picks for tomorrow:

Arsenal v West Ham: Arsenal (-2) asian @ 33/40
Wolves v Man City: Wolves @ 4/1
Everton v Stoke: Everton @ 4/7
Cardiff v Norwich :Cardiff @ 8/11
Qpr v Burnley:QPR @5/6
Portsmouth v Nottm Forest: Portsmouth @ 13/10
Aldershot v Bury:Bury @ 19/10
Southend v Rotherham:Rotherham @ 17/10

All selections singles @ 1pt each

coughlan08

how much points you staking,just curious..

CrabieCrawford

Sorry meant to say, ill just be trying one point for each, gonna try that for a while to see how it goes. 5pts was too much for each selection

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Arsenal v West Ham: Arsenal (-2) asian @ 33/40 -1.00
Wolves v Man City: Wolves @ 4/1 +4.00
Everton v Stoke: Everton @ 4/7 +0.58
Cardiff v Norwich :Cardiff @ 8/11 +0.73
Qpr v Burnley:QPR @5/6 -1.00
Portsmouth v Nottm Forest: Portsmouth @ 13/10 +1.30
Aldershot v Bury:Bury @ 19/10 +1.90
Southend v Rotherham:Rotherham @ 17/10 -1.00

So +5.51 today from

Bank 70.51

CrabieCrawford

A few more for tonight


Man Utd v Spurs:
1pt spurs to win @ 5/1
1pt Van der vart to score anytime @ 11/4

Barcelona v Sevilla
1pt Sevilla or draw @ 11/4

CrabieCrawford

And a few for tomorrow

Bolton v Liverpool: Liverpool @ 5/4
Blackpool v West Brom: West Brom @ 6/5

1pt each

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

A few more for tonight


Man Utd v Spurs:
1pt spurs to win @ 5/1 -1.00
1pt Van der vart to score anytime @ 11/4 -1.00

Barcelona v Sevilla
1pt Sevilla or draw @ 11/4 -1.00

Bolton v Liverpool: Liverpool @ 5/4 +1.20

Bank: 68.71

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Blackpool v West Brom: West Brom @ 6/5 -1.00

1pt each

2 men sent off in the first half an hour, exactly what you want

Bank: 67.71

CrabieCrawford

Bury v Bradford: Bury @ 5/6
Chesterfield v Accrington Stanley: Chesterfield @ 8/11
Gillingham v Wycombe: Wycombe @ 7/4
Cheltenham v Southend: Cheltemham @ 6/4
Colchester v Leyton Orient: Colchester @ 10/11
Brentford v Bornemouth: Brentford @ 5/4
Bursaspor v Man Utd: Man Utd (-1.5) @ 2/1
Rubin Kazan v Panathinaikos: Panathinaikos @5/1
FC Copenhagen v Barcelona: Barcelona (-1.5) @ 43/40
Werder Bremen v FC Twente: Twente @ 15/4

All at 1pt each.
Total 10pts staked

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Bury v Bradford: Bury @ 5/6 -1.00
Chesterfield v Accrington Stanley: Chesterfield @ 8/11 +0.73
Gillingham v Wycombe: Wycombe @ 7/4 +1.75
Cheltenham v Southend: Cheltemham @ 6/4 Match abandoned +0.0
Colchester v Leyton Orient: Colchester @ 10/11 +0.91
Brentford v Bornemouth: Brentford @ 5/4 -1.00
Bursaspor v Man Utd: Man Utd (-1.5) @ 2/1 +2.00
Rubin Kazan v Panathinaikos: Panathinaikos @5/1 -1.00
FC Copenhagen v Barcelona: Barcelona (-1.5) @ 43/40 -1.00
Werder Bremen v FC Twente: Twente @ 15/4 +3.60

All at 1pt each.
Total 10pts staked

+ 4.99 on 10 pts staked

Bank 72.70

CrabieCrawford

AC Milan v Real Madrid: Ac Milan @ 11/5
Auxerre v Ajax: Ajax @ 8/5
Basel v Roma: Roma @ 13/8
CFR Cluj v Bayern Munich: Bayern Munich @10/11
Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal: Arsenal @ 8/5
All at 1pt each: Total 5pts,
4pts on away teams which i never like doing but hopefully they'll have enough 2 overthrow the home advantage

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

AC Milan v Real Madrid: Ac Milan @ 11/5 -1.00
Auxerre v Ajax: Ajax @ 8/5 -1.00
Basel v Roma: Roma @ 13/8 +1.63
CFR Cluj v Bayern Munich: Bayern Munich @10/11 +0.91
Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal: Arsenal @ 8/5 -1.00
All at 1pt each: Total 5pts,

Loss of 0.46pts
Was close in the AC match, almost a winner

CrabieCrawford

Few for tonight, some good value here I think with some teams more or less qualified, lacking motivation, not fielding full teams etc so gone for a few of the underdogs

FC Porto v Besiktas: Besiktas @ 13/2
Dynamo Kiev v AZ: AZ @ 5/1
POAK Salonika v Villareal: Villereal @ 10/11
Steaua Bucharest v FC Utrecht: FC Utrecht @ 13/5
Sampdoria v FC Metalist Kharkiv: FC Metalist Kharkiv @ 15/4
Getafe v VfB Stuttgart: VfB Stuttgart @ 3/1

All at 1pt each
And a .1pt yankee on Besiktas, AZ, Metalist and Stuttgart @1.1pt
So 7.1pt alltogether

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

FC Porto v Besiktas: Besiktas @ 13/2 -1.00
Dynamo Kiev v AZ: AZ @ 5/1 -1.00
POAK Salonika v Villareal: Villereal @ 10/11 -1.00
Steaua Bucharest v FC Utrecht: FC Utrecht @ 13/5 -1.00
Sampdoria v FC Metalist Kharkiv: FC Metalist Kharkiv @ 15/4 -1.00
Getafe v VfB Stuttgart: VfB Stuttgart @ 3/1 +3.00

All at 1pt each
And a .1pt yankee on Besiktas, AZ, Metalist and Stuttgart @1.1pt
So 7.1pt alltogether

-3.1 for tonight,
one win, 2 draws and a loss. The two draws were the teams @ 13/2 and 15/4. Possibly should have went for double chance when picking teams with such high odds, bit of stupidity on my part

CrabieCrawford

Bolton v Tottenham: Tottenham @ 7/5
Birmingham v West Ham: Birmingham @ 10/11
Blackburn v Wigan: Blackburn @ 8/11
Blackpool v Everton: Everton 4/5
Fulham v Aston Villa: Fulham 11/10
Sunderland v Stoke: Sunderland @ evens
Hull v Scunthorpe: Scunthorpe @ 11/4
Norwich v Burnley: Norwich @ 11/8
Coventry v Leeds: Leeds 11/5

1.5pts each

CrabieCrawford

CrabieCrawford wrote: »

Bolton v Tottenham: Tottenham @ 7/5 -1.50
Birmingham v West Ham: Birmingham @ 10/11 -1.50
Blackburn v Wigan: Blackburn @ 8/11 +1.09
Blackpool v Everton: Everton 4/5 -1.50
Fulham v Aston Villa: Fulham 11/10 -1.50
Sunderland v Stoke: Sunderland @ evens +1.50
Hull v Scunthorpe: Scunthorpe @ 11/4 +4.13
Norwich v Burnley: Norwich @ 11/8 -1.50
Coventry v Leeds: Leeds 11/5 +3.30

+2.52points, not a great day, 4 draws in there

CrabieCrawford

Stoke v Birmingham: Stoke @ evens
Spurs v Sunderland: Sunderland @ 5/1
Scunthorpe v Middlesbrough: Scunthorpe @ 17/10
Leeds v Hull: Leeds @ 5/6
Millwall v Norwich: Milwall @ 5/4
Crystal Palace v Watford: Watford @ 6/4
Reading v Cardiff: Cardiff @ 9/5 and Cardiff (-1.5) @ 99/20
Ipswich v Derby: Derby @ 13/5
Portsmouth v QPR: Portsmouth 17/10

All 1.5 points each

CrabieCrawford

Aston Villa v Blackpool: Blackpool @ 9/2
Newcastle v Blackburn: Newcastle @ 10/11
West Ham v West Brom: West Brom @ 11/5
Wigan v Liverpool: Liverpool (-1.5) @ 11/5
Man City v Man Utd: Man Utd @ 9/5
Wolverhampton v Arsenal: Arsenal @ 4/6

All 1.5 each