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Went for a SHG in the Valmiera / vs Olimpija match. 0-1 after 52 minutes
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@Akiva-Anderson something I am aiming for one day.
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@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Akiva-Anderson you have your own agency because of your trading and that's given you freedom to choose the job than have to do it!
Yes!
Also think the attitude of everyone I work with has changed. I'm open and honest about my trading. I never asked for a payrise, all I wanted was to be able to reduce my hours. I wanted a better work / life balance.
My holidays are superb! I'm off for a week in February, a week at Easter, 5 weeks off in the summer, a week at Halloween and two weeks at Christmas.
I think they know I could get up and leave at any point. It is great power to have!
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@Craig-vaulks Yea I agree with all your points there, they are just masters on that back stretch as well.
Rodri is a total and utter player too.
Anything over 2 with them at that stage would be a great trade, especially as then hopefully we will have a couple of nice moves so it will just be an extra play.
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@Akiva-Anderson you have your own agency because of your trading and that's given you freedom to choose the job than have to do it!
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@Ryan it looks decent, I was thinking anything over 2 would be worth keeping an eye on.
Could city be a little complacent at the start after getting the treble last season?
After trying for so long to win the champions league, may have an effect.
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@Trevor-H said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Trevor-H Oh, and do you literally make a living at this?
I do indeed. I'm still working part-time. I was hoping to give up working fully (this was my dream) and just concentrate on the trading. But, I don't need too, nor do I think I want to. I actually quite like my job and trading doesn't impinge on my part-time hours.
Weirdly, when I needed this job I hated it. Now that I don't need this job, I'm happier.
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
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@Trevor-H said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Akiva-Anderson It's hard, isn't it? I mean, is a single season even statistically significant? (The number of games played in it are, of course, but there will be five or six different teams in it next season.) TBH, I'm not entirely comfortable with tweaking a strategy by filtering leagues - it feels a bit too much like curve fitting. To my mind, the current season's stats ought to be a much better guide; it's just a question of picking the right ones!
Well done on the Seongnam game.
There are people who go back 5 or even 10 seasons looking at stats. Last season I just used the current season stats as I wouldn't trust the stats pre-covid. I like looking at stats from previous seasons, but I don't think I let them cloud my judgement. I think at times you have to adapt to current trends and markets. Like we did with football trading during Covid and empty stadiums.
La Liga was poor last season because I think the competition was poor. The value and excitement was in the last Champions League spot and other European places. Great fun watching and trading Real Sociedad, Villarreal & Real Betis. Better value too
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@Akiva-Anderson It's hard, isn't it? I mean, is a single season even statistically significant? (The number of games played in it are, of course, but there will be five or six different teams in it next season.) TBH, I'm not entirely comfortable with tweaking a strategy by filtering leagues - it feels a bit too much like curve fitting. To my mind, the current season's stats ought to be a much better guide; it's just a question of picking the right ones!
Well done on the Seongnam game.
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@Trevor-H said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Trevor-H And will you make any adjustments for the poorly performing leagues this season, or just treat it as swings and roundabouts?
Good question. I'm not sure. Firstly, I don't need those leagues. I could paper trade them or do a deep dive into the stats and see if there is something I'm missing. Sometimes we dismiss leagues when there is no need too. It could be individual teams under performing rather than the league itself.
When we have a back testing facility in football, then I'll have loads of stuff to look at. At the minute I'm happy making a living on Over 1.5 goals and SHG. I'm certainly in no rush
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@Trevor-H said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Akiva-Anderson Out of interest, were there any leagues/markets in which you took a loss?
Championship & League Two weren't great. La Liga was quite bad last year.
Most profitable leagues were:
English Premier League
Israeli Premier League
Italy Serie A
France Ligue 1
Australia A-League
Germany Bundesliga
Germany Bundesliga II
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SHG in the Seongnam vs Gyeongnam match. 1-0 at HT
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@Akiva-Anderson Out of interest, were there any leagues/markets in which you took a loss?
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@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:
Is it me or do some of these summer leagues not have many midweek games? I only have one trade on my set and forgets today. I seem to remember more matches being played midweek in previous years, is that just me remembering wrong?
Yes seems very quiet, only 1 game for me today, 2 qualifiers but just don't fancy one after research 3rd vs 4th and 6.8 for the away team seems a bit risque to me!
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Czech League starts back this weekend. I enjoyed that league last season. Some good matches there.
Profit for 2022/2023 Games Based on £10 Bets:
Home Win @ HT (38.41% Hit Rate) = £157.90
BTTS (Yes) (57.97% Hit Rate) = £91.50
Over 1.5 Goals (84.06% Hit Rate) = £98.20
Over 2.5 Goals (60.51% Hit Rate) = £198.20
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game... -
@Craig-vaulks I love this price on City to be fair, it's going on my watch list that because they are 100% going to be there in the biz end, my thinking now is can I watch them to Xmas and they still be in the run?
Last season they had 45 points after 20 games, if they have that now and there's Liverpool, Arsenal, maybe another team near them then I will be very excited with 2.2ish.
