: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:07 pm  

debaser wrote:

:thumb:
That's the spirit.

Vodka?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:15 pm  

Duckman wrote:

Fully agree with you there, zero point playing him on Friday, we need all our big guns back on deck for the big four pointer against Celtic

That could be the catalyst for Celtic's season. I would expect you will be the only team they will beat this season

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:23 pm  

The betting odds have now started to come out, and I have laid some money down on Betfair though similar odds are availablewith totesport, who have the Bulls at 12/1 to win.

As some will know, I go to every game thinking we are going to win, but however optimistic or pessimistic you may be, you can't argue that there will only be 17 players from each team coming out of the tunnel. And in my experience, odds of 12/1 in a 2 horse race are rather generous for a team that just beat Leeds.

As is Stan James' offer of Even money with 24 points start.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:40 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

And in my experience, odds of 12/1 in a 2 horse race are rather generous for a team that just beat Leeds.

Is it any good for a team that just lost to Wakefield and were humiliated at home by lowly Warrington?

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:15 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

The betting odds have now started to come out, and I have laid some money down on Betfair though similar odds are availablewith totesport, who have the Bulls at 12/1 to win.

As some will know, I go to every game thinking we are going to win, but however optimistic or pessimistic you may be, you can't argue that there will only be 17 players from each team coming out of the tunnel. And in my experience, odds of 12/1 in a 2 horse race are rather generous for a team that just beat Leeds.

As is Stan James' offer of Even money with 24 points start.

They are good odds, what about the odds for a Leon hat trick/MOM etc? Because its set up for him to have a stormer clearly.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:41 pm  

Duckman wrote:

They are good odds, what about the odds for a Leon hat trick/MOM etc? Because its set up for him to have a stormer clearly.

It would be criminal if he did

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:43 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

It would be criminal if he did

we should lock you up and throw away the key for jokes like that.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:08 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Is it any good for a team that just lost to Wakefield and were humiliated at home by lowly Warrington?

I think you missed the point. It is good odds to be 12/1 in a TWO HORSE RACE.

A two horse race is a phrase coined to mean any event, (not restricted to horses) where there are only two competitors, and on the day, a win by one or other cannot be ruled out. (To save your inevitable funny, no, whatever you say, a win by the Bulls cannot be ruled out, any more than a win against Leeds could have been ruled out. Or for that matter a win by Catalans when losing 26-nil with half an hour to go).

The whole point is that the previous form of either competitor is of absolutely no significance whatso-bleedin-ever, as the times when the big outsider wins are not, by definition, predictable.

You only need to know that with reasonable regularity, the outsider does win.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:37 pm  

I'm going 2moro night for some silly reason. Still not been to a game they have won yet.

FA, FWIW, your post clearly implied that it would be good to bet on the Bulls cause they JUST beat Leeds. ME was just point out that since JUST beating Leeds they got beat by Wakefield and hammered at home. Makes the bet less of a good deal.

I still don't feel that odds on a rugby game, match that of a two horse race.

Never mind.

P.s. I won't be arsed arguing this little point any further.

: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:47 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

I think you missed the point. It is good odds to be 12/1 in a TWO HORSE RACE.

A two horse race is a phrase coined to mean any event, (not restricted to horses) where there are only two competitors, and on the day, a win by one or other cannot be ruled out. (To save your inevitable funny, no, whatever you say, a win by the Bulls cannot be ruled out, any more than a win against Leeds could have been ruled out. Or for that matter a win by Catalans when losing 26-nil with half an hour to go).

The whole point is that the previous form of either competitor is of absolutely no significance whatso-bleedin-ever, as the times when the big outsider wins are not, by definition, predictable.

You only need to know that with reasonable regularity, the outsider does win.

Well worth £10, then i can't loose