After exactly half of the season The Ecuadorian Express passed one of the worst spreads I have seen in years by reaching 5 Premier League goals and securing us a healthy profit.

An 83% return, secured in only 5 months. Winner. Even more satisfying is that I was at OT to see him complete his mission. My visits to watch SAF’s Red and White army are unfortunately becoming quite rare these days.

Valencia has quietly impressed this season and probably hasn’t been given the credit his peformances deserve. If you look at his statistics he has really stepped up in the last couple of months.

This win has taken us through the 50pt profit barrier since the blog went live back in July. A great return and excellent pace given the small stakes used to minimise risk and ensure diversification.

Another successful day today, with a net profit of almost 5pts.

Excellent wins for Rochdale (4-1), Millwall (2-0) and Mansfield (2-1) were only marginally offset by a loss in the smallest 1pt punt on Middlesborough.

I still feel there is cash to be made there as WGS starts to stamp his authority on the squad.  They certainly have the talent to succeed in the Championship.

Rochdale’s comfortable win was particularly pleasing.  That was one game where I even considered stepping out of the self imposed 3pt event max I felt it was so badly priced.  In the Premier League an equivalent fixture would have been around 1/2.

To celebrate The Dale’s achievement I have upped their aptly sponsored shirt… Can I see a future match made in heaven on the horizon?!

On another note, anti-gambling failed with respect to Huddersfield and Everton… if I had pushed out a little further to those prices it could have been a REALLY big day…

I shall be back again no doubt with some more selections for the games over the coming week.

Adios.

Just a quick one to all eight people out there that read this blog…

Before we all turn back into pumpkins on 4th January 2009, I thought I would try and take advantage of the season of goodwill and people’s high spirits.

Please feel free to chuck some comments around on the blog with respect to my choices past and present (even future if you have those sorts of skills.  They can be handy) or the site/blog in general.  Even your thoughts on life, why not.

A bit of interaction is always a) good banter and b) helps filter out any possible poor selctions.  But as you have already seen, those are less frequent than titles are at Anfield these days…

I hope one day to have developed a more substantial following.  And you will be able to get one of those T-Shirt’s that say’s “I was there…”

Another success with Yeovil running out comfortable 4-0 winners against Wycombe yesterday. Not bad for an odds against home punt.

I have decided to stretch out my position on Chelsea to 15pts. This is beyond my usual limits, however as this is a low risk short term play I am going to allow it. The price is out to 2.15 on Betfair giving a combined price of circa 1.9.

I think there is plenty of uncertainty priced into the current price due to the pending African Cup of Nations. However, I feel it will prove unfounded and Chelsea’s squad will be more than capable of coping with a comfortable run of fixtures.

Chelsea, although appearing to have faltered in recent weeks, the draws against Everton, West Ham and Birmingham should not be over-estimated.

I anticipate that by the end of February the winner of the top division this tear will be much clearer.

Back later with tomorrow’s selections.