How can you take football seriously?

Spain losing to England.

Spain hit the post

That's it for me.
All money drawn out, account closed.
I have better things to do with my life than watch a seaside donkey beat a Group 1 thoroughbred.
Betting life finally over at the age of 62.
Fucking insanity.

the moral being,
keep the fuck away from internationals.



league games are the way to go.

nobster,
it's like cup-games,
they'll drive you mad.
they're a fkn nightmare.

and you can't say that "it was only a friendly.it didn't matter."
it mattered.
big time.

"For everyone it is a lift, but we have to be realistic. We know they dominated the game" Lampard said in an interview on ITV1.

"We won't be shouting from rooftops. We understand football.

i won't argue with that nobby.
but who says it HAS to be pretty?
it was "WORKMANLIKE".
we didn't set the football world alight.
and WE weren't the best.
well boo fuckin hoo.
but if we can work on our game,
that way of playing,
wtf?
it'll do.

What about the fact that I lost £500 on cunting Spain mate?

stick to domestic league games.

cup games,
friendlies (no such thing btw,you know that.)
leave the fuck alone.

I'm leaving betting alone for the rest of my life after this nonsensical result

nobster,
you very nearly talked me into playing.
and actually,
i would have got away with it.
but,
stick to "bread 'n' butter stuff".
it's what you do best.
it's what THEY do best.
and it's mmmmmmmmmmm,
fairly consistent.
y'know?
now go lay the unders with fluminense,
and all will be forgotten.

Spain have lost once in 3,000 games before I put my money on.
Get a grip.

nobby,
JT and ROONEY dropped.
he brought on the kids.
totally unknown quantity.
did you see how welbeck ran at them?
no fear.
he's good and he knows it.
you CAN'T bet on that shit.

stick with league stuff.
know where you're good eh?

it could so easily have gone wrong tonight.

a wake up call to the world?
and capello?
maybe.

bring on the kids.

let them loose i say.

NOW!

I'm glad i stopped out , was out bowling all day comp and when i got in Spain were 4/6 on ...no value no bet.

Tony i'm always wary of friendlies like eric says they are a graveyard for punters.

I'm sure there will be some good oportunities to get that 500 back if you bide your time.

Even a bloke who looks like me blind squirrel occasionally gets lucky in a threeway with twins finds a nut

Did I hear right, 21 shots to 3?

It's like England got fucked up the arse but at least got a happy ending out of it whereas Spain just couldn't

The mathematical odds of backing a team that has SEVEN times the amount of shots the oppostion has in a game and losing your bet is roughly 492,018,733,254,908,176,305,226/1
I pulled it off.

league games.
bread 'n' butter games.
you know the time of day with those,
most of the time.

You seem to be missing the point here Eric. Fuck whether it was a friendly, a cup game or a league game ...That is not the issue. The team that totally and utterly dominated the game and spent 90% of it camped in the opponent's last third LOST.
A total absurdity. A complete fucking fluke...and it hammered me.

well,
that's life nobby.
it's a fkr ain' it.


i'm in recovery-mode as we speak.
i took it up the arse a few weeks ago.
( metaphorically speaking of course .)
it hurt.

have since reviewed and altered my game-plan.

onwards and upwards.




you might be down,
but you're not out.
you'll be back.

I won't be back...all accounts closed.
I was about £400 up on the season until yesterday. Now I'm behind.
Can't be bothered...life's too short.

well nobby,
i'm sorry about that.
really.

i've thrown the towel in,
more than once.
and then,
something has got me started again.

and right now,
as ever,
i hope i've found a winning formula.
winning over time, that is.

IT CAN'T BE DONE

i refuse to accept that.

and so far,
trying is costing me nothing.