Emotional/financial insurance from Betfair.

[tisspahars]

First of all I know that some people say they couldn't possibly back against the Saints (fair enough but illogical imo - it doesn't mean you don't want them to win), however......after yesterday's results we have been somewhere between 1.35 and 1.4 to get promoted (that's between 4/11 and 2/5 in old money) and I think if you put in a "lay" at 1.4 you would certainly get your bet taken. Given that a lot of people here are both petrified we won't go up and rating it somewhere near 50/50 (a lot less than that in some cases) you would be crazy not to avail yourself of these prices imo. Just saying.....

[SNSUN]

I have bet against Saints in the past, it did not feel good, but it does give some insurance to a bad result. Yesterday, I put £220 on a West Ham win. I got back £390 odd. Granted it was a dodgy risk given West ham's home form, but I just had that feeling after our defeat they'd win.

[shurlock]

I have bet against Saints in the past, it did not feel good, but it does give some insurance to a bad result. Yesterday, I put £220 on a West Ham win. I got back £390 odd. Granted it was a dodgy risk given West ham's home form, but I just had that feeling after our defeat they'd win.

 

F**k me, that's brave. Put a few notes down at Bet365 on Thursday when our odds were 16/1 to make the playoffs - they've now been slashed to 9/2. As you say, it leaves a dirty feeling.

[SNSUN]

F**k me, that's brave. Put a few notes down at Bet365 on Thursday when our odds were 16/1 to make the playoffs - they've now been slashed to 9/2. As you say, it leaves a dirty feeling.

 

It was a bit, I know people say you should only bet what you can afford, but with a wedding coming up, £220 (which is what was in my ladbrokes account at the time) is a lot of money to me! Such was my strength of belief that West Ham would win, that's why I did it! Still most of that is now going back in my bank account, I'll leave just a little bit for future bets. (Perhaps betting on West Ham to win their last 3 games - I'm desperate to lose money!)

[sotonjoe]

Alpine?

 

On a serious note, there was a journo on Twitter before the Pompey game saying that he thought he'd seen Pompey at 40-1 to win at St Marys. I think that was rubbish as I couldn't see a price like that at any major bookmakers, but I was fairly convinced that I'd put a tenner on that just because it was such a ridiculously long price. Would I bet against Saints in general? No. However, I'd go for it if the price was silly (i.e. like the one I mentioned).

Edited 15 April, 2012 by sotonjoe

[s0108787]

i had insurance on the Reading game, with a few spread bets. i had jason Roberts to score first and reading to win 2-1 @ 60/1. Was not a happy bunny when fonte ****ed up for the 3rd in injury time. it was bad enough we lost, but that just rubbed salt in the wounds.