OMG

The absolute miss of the century tonight in the game between Frankurt and Gruether Furth. The Furth striker Edgar Prib flicked the ball neatly over Oka Nikolov, had a completely open goal, was about six feet from the goal line, struck the ball... and hit the post. It really has to be seen to be believed.

If you can find it on Youtube, I suggest you have a look, because it is stunning in it's awfulness.

Had the goal gone in (and I still cannot fathom how it didn't. Actually the ball did go in the net immediately after the miss but was ruled offside), then I would have had a loss on this game. As it didn't, I recorded a much relieved profit.

Had an up-and-down game with the Chelsea v Man City match also. Got caught in a negative position after the second goal, but the red wasn't too large and I managed to chip away at it until the third went in, finishing that market with a small profit.

This last point is important, because it's often the case that you have to work just as hard, if not harder to revert or shrink a negative position than you do to make money. Look below at the details for the Chelsea game 2.5 market:

Soccer > Chelsea v Man City : Over/Under 2.5 goals Showing 1 - 2 of 2 Selections

Selection Odds Stake(£) Bid type Placed Profit/loss(£)
Under 2.5 Goals * 3.24 6,679.97 Back   -6,679.97
Under 2.5 Goals * 3.24 6,688.08 Lay   6,688.08
*Average odds: On  Off  Back subtotal: -6,679.97
Lay subtotal: 6,688.08

Here you can see that I turned over nearly £6,700 pounds on that market alone, and came away with just £7.71 profit. This indeed was hard work, but it pays dividends not to give-up or to start becoming wild in your betting.

All in all, with the excellent reversion, quite a good night. Happy days.

Soccer: £66.27 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  £66.27 

 

Soccer Showing 1 - 5 of 5 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Soccer / Chelsea v Man City : Correct Score 12-Dec-11 20:00  12-Dec-11 21:55  24.77
Soccer / Chelsea v Man City : Over/Under 2.5 goals 12-Dec-11 20:00  12-Dec-11 21:41  7.71
Soccer / Eintracht Frankfurt v G Furth : Over/Under 2.5 goals 12-Dec-11 19:15  12-Dec-11 21:06  6.16
Soccer / Eintracht Frankfurt v G Furth : Over/Under 1.5 Goals 12-Dec-11 19:15  12-Dec-11 21:06  0.84
Soccer / Eintracht Frankfurt v G Furth : Correct Score 12-Dec-11 19:15  12-Dec-11 21:04  26.79