Soccer ante-post betting thread

[afeencalleddan]

OK lads, I know some of you like to have a few euro on the odd selection, same as myself. The kick off of the Coca-cola leagues in England is only a week away so it's time to do a bit of research into what ante-post bets to have on. I was thinking if we pool together our thoughts we might be able to come up with some decent bets. I'll stick in my opinions and if anybody has anything to add, feel free. When doing these bets I generally prefer to find value at odds in double figures rather than backing the obvious choice. It's each-way value that I go for really. Feel free to add any decent value bets in any competition (Leagues, cups, Europe, top scorers, whatever).

Here are a couple of my recommendations:

Hernan Crespo @ 14/1 Top Premiership goalscorer - He's a class act despite struggling to fit in at Chelsea under Ranieri. He should be capable of fitting nicely into Mourinho's set up with good quality supply coming from wide. 14/1 seems a value each way selection in my opinion.

Preston @ 20/1 - Coca Cola Championship - Finished last season very strongly but lost out to the Hammers in the play off final. Eddie Lewis will be a bit of a loss but they've signed a couple of decent players including Danny Dichio as well as keeping all the players (Lewis excepted) who got them so close to promotion last season. Again 20/1 seems good each way value to me.

Hartlepool @ 18/1 - Coca Cola League 1 - Like Preston they lost out in the play offs last season but have kept all their best players as well as making a few signings. Another good each way prospect.

League 2 is always hard to call. Torquay look decent value to me at best odds of 16/1. I need to find another selection to add to my acca.

[afeencalleddan]

crespo isnt a 25 league goals a year player. hes 20 max.

You may be right there but the 14/1 about him still stands out to me. It's all about value.

[afeencalleddan]

14/1 to wait for a year when henry has scored 23, 24, 30, 25 in that last 4 years. Not a hope.
If you think 14/1 is good value in betting then place it. To be honest i dont think id take a risk at 50/1 and im the man who bet on the pool to win the european cup when no one tought it possible.

if you do rate odds like that good then go with a bet on this


Top Goalkeeper from August 13th - August 31st. Singles Only - Win Only - Others on Request.
The Sun Dream Team' Betting for August
Cech 3 - 1 Maik Taylor 25 - 1 De Vlieger 80 - 1

Van der Sar 5 - 1 James 25 - 1 Carroll 80 - 1

Reina 10 - 1 Cudicini 33 - 1 S Harper 80 - 1

Given 14 - 1 Howard 33 - 1 Hoult 80 - 1

P Robinson 16 - 1 Drobny 33 - 1 Vaesen 100 - 1

Lehmann 18 - 1 Dudek 40 - 1 Enckelman 100 - 1

Friedel 20 - 1 Kirkland 40 - 1 Filan 100 - 1

Martyn 22 - 1 Ashdown 50 - 1 Andersen 100 - 1

Schwarzer 22 - 1 Wright 50 - 1 Almunia 100 - 1

Sorensen 25 - 1 Kelvin Davies 50 - 1 Alnwick 100 - 1

Jaaskelainen 25 - 1 S Taylor 66 - 1 Bywater 100 - 1

Kiely 25 - 1 Crossley 66 - 1



now read who plays who in august and bear in mind the sun awards points for saves etc.......so how czech is fav is beyond me.

Thanks but no thanks. I wouldn't be bothered betting on the sun dream team.

By the way, value can be found at any odds. Sometimes 1/10 can be good value. In this case though I'd be looking for double figure odds because I'll be backing each way.

[afeencalleddan]

Bump.


Anybody got anything to add?

[MonTheHoops]

celtic tonight to go through.
20/1 with totesports

To win 7-1 it's 66-1. I've a fiver on it.

[afeencalleddan]

celtic tonight to go through.
20/1 with totesports

Nah, I'm looking for ante-post i.e. season long bets and there's no way I'd have Celtic even at 20/1.

[afeencalleddan]

To win 7-1 it's 66-1. I've a fiver on it.

You should have a couple of euro on for them to win 5-0 and 6-0 too.

[shammy feen]

Mikel Forrsel -top goalscorer 33/1..good each way bet 1/4 the odds top 4 finish.


Newcastle are a good bet at 12/1 to finish in the top 3. Betting is without Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal. 1/4 the odds each way, 2nd or 3rd.

[MonTheHoops]

You should have a couple of euro on for them to win 5-0 and 6-0 too.

For anyone interested, you can watch the game on BBC Scotland tonight. Very easy to tune it into your sky channels.


Game-O-Ball - that bet is now into 10s on totesport.

[Captain Planet]

Newcastle are a good bet at 12/1 to finish in the top 3.

if you gave me 1 grand and told me to do it, i wouldnt. wigan have a better chance.

[afeencalleddan]

if you gave me 1 grand and told me to do it, i wouldnt. wigan have a better chance.

I agree. Idiots get you nowhere.

[shammy feen]

if you gave me 1 grand and told me to do it, i wouldnt. wigan have a better chance.

Did you read my post correctly? My wording might be poor so I will say it again.

They are 12/1 to finish in the top 3 WITHOUT Man utd, Chelsea and Arsenal. I dont think thats a bad bet at those odds.

[shammy feen]

I agree. Idiots get you nowhere.

Which idiots in particular?

[STEVIEG]

Newcastle are a good bet at 12/1 to finish in the top 3. Betting is without Chelsea, Man Utd and Arsenal. 1/4 the odds each way, 2nd or 3rd.


Sounds like a good bet to me

[Captain Planet]

Sounds like a good bet to me
Sounds like you're just throwing money away if you ask me

[afeencalleddan]

OK here's what I'm going with:

1 Euro Each way Yankee: Blackburn w/o top 4 @ 25/1
-------------------------Sheffield Utd - Championship @ 16/1
-------------------------Brentford - League 1 @ 18/1
-------------------------Rochdale - League 2 @ 28/1

39 Euro Win Double: Portsmouth to be relegated @ 9/4
--------------------Stoke to be relegated @ 6/1

39 Euro Win Double: Blackburn to finish in top 10 @ 15/8
--------------------Stoke to be relegated @ 6/1

[afeencalleddan]

OK here's what I'm going with:

1 Euro Each way Yankee: Blackburn w/o top 4 @ 25/1
-------------------------Sheffield Utd - Championship @ 16/1
-------------------------Brentford - League 1 @ 18/1
-------------------------Rochdale - League 2 @ 28/1

This would have gotten very interesting if Sheffield United and Brentford hadn't fucked up today! Still I have a very fair chance of picking up the place bets for Blackburn, Sheffield Utd and Brentford.

[afeencalleddan]

As long as Brentford don't throw away a 3 point and 7 goal advantage over Huddersfield on saturday and hold onto 3rd place I'm up close to €300. Brentford and Sheffield United made such good starts to the season and all. Could have been much more... Pity.

[AmadeusDC]

Crespo wasn't quite top scorer though eh?

-AmadeusDC-

[Up For The Ba]

Crespo wasn't quite top scorer though eh?

-AmadeusDC-

Through no fault of his own though it has to be said. I reckon if he played every week, in a 4-4-2 formation that he would definitly be up there. I said it before and i`ll say it again, he gets a raw deal with Chelsea.

[afeencalleddan]

Crespo wasn't quite top scorer though eh?

-AmadeusDC-

No, but I didn't back him in the end. My first post contained a few suggestions, not actual bets. Post #16 shows my actual bets.