So another two week break draws to a close and it's back to league action on Saturday, with one of the fans favourites of the season, Newcastle away.
We visit St. James's on the back of a couple of disappointing results, to face a Newcastle side, who will definitely be hoping that the break will give them the focus they require to improve.
This is undoubtedly a massive game for Pardew and one that he will be expected to win, failure to beat a promoted team could well be the final nail in his already fabricated coffin.
For Leicester, I feel we'll be back to being the underdogs again which seems will suit is more this season. I don't think being expected to beat Palace and Burnley did us any favours and we didn't play with the same "go out there and enjoy it" attitude that benefited us in the first five games.
We can't seem to stop conceding so a clean sheet seems unlikely and with Krul out, along with the general state of the Newcastle defence, I think we'll score so I'm going for a 2-2 draw. What does everyone else reckon?
Time to start talking football again?
posted on 15/10/14
Most of the pundits I head said that they thought after the high of the United game we would struggle to get ourselves up agaisnt palace and so it proved
posted on 15/10/14
I think what we've learned from this episode is this:
If you're going to gamble, do it in Australia - The bookies there are fricking clueless.
posted on 15/10/14
Id be happy enough with 2 points from the swansea and newcastle games. It would keep us ticking over and away points against established teams arent to be sniffed at.
I feel the first goal is key on Saturday.
posted on 15/10/14
Danger/downsouf: It was a tongue-in-cheek comment.
DM: Betfair is London-based, with a licence to operate in Tasmania. And its main business is exchange betting, not bookmaking. In other words, in all probability the odds arro is talking about will have been (a) the same in all territories, and (b) set by the punters (most of whom are in the UK), not a misguided Aussie bookie.
BTW, the numbers arro quotes indicate that the punters decided the match was most likely to be a draw. The figure 1.8 translates as 0.8-to-1, or 5-to-4 odds-on in racecourse terms.
posted on 15/10/14
St.James' Park has seldom been a 'Happy hunting ground' for City for as long as I can remember. Perhaps the players are overawed by the partisan support up there.
I would also be content with a draw, perhaps 1-1 at the finish.
posted on 15/10/14
Fat fox, you're scraping the barrel now.
posted on 16/10/14
The odds for Newcastle are $2.24, $3.50 Leicester and $3.65 for the draw so no argument that we're not favourites for this one. How does that stack up against odds in England?
posted on 16/10/14
Exactly the same odds, arro – 2.24/3.60/3.65 – which seems to confirm my assumption that the Betfair Exchange prices are calculated universally, and not territory by territory.
Out of interest, what's the minimum Betfair stake in A$?
posted on 16/10/14
Sorry, that should read '3.5' not '3.60'.
posted on 16/10/14
The minimum stake is $6. I usually bet about $100 on various scenarios and but for something out of the ordinary, I usually win or at least get my money back. I found a system during the World Cup and it won me about $700 😊