Bookies Premiership Prediction

[Dub13]

Stan James have their Handicap betting up. Basically they give every team a points handicap and if you can predict the team with the most league points+handicap points at the end of the season then you'll get a return of 15 times your stake.

The easiest way of explaining it is... this is how Stan James thinks the premiership will look at the end of next season:

Manchester Utd - ~85
Chelsea - 83
Liverpool - 77
Arsenal - 71
Tottenham - 63
Newcastle - 54
Aston Villa - 52
Everton - 52
Blackburn - 51
Portsmouth - 49
West Ham - 49
Bolton - 45
Manchester City - 44
Sunderland - 44
Middlesbrough - 43
Reading - 43
Fulham - 39
Birmingham - 38
Wigan - 38
Derby - 34

[edcarroll02]

Why didn't they start with Derby on zero and work up instead of taking points off everyone, im sure there's something i'm missing here.

[sean]

As much as it pains me, they might be far off with their predictions. I think its a safe bet that the top 3 will be occupying those postions at the seasons end, but I imagine and hope that Chelsea and most importantly Liverpool will push them much closer this time around

[BornaRedLass]

Betting confuses me. I dont even get the whole 4/3, 5/4 etc..odds. I get the 5/1 as it seams simple enough if you put on 1 you get 5 back but then 1/3 doesnt make sense, to me that means you put on 3 and get back one...ignore me im just a silly girl that doesnt understand the life of betting :D

[yodabenitez]

....& so I'm offering 1/3 that you will live life with much more money in your pocket than the inveterate gamblers amongst us...:rolleyes:

[BornaRedLass]

Lol, yeah maybe its better i dont know the betting mans lingo then. Went to the dogs the other week for the first time and just picked out dogs with the best names. Lost about €40.

[James]

Betting confuses me. I dont even get the whole 4/3, 5/4 etc..odds. I get the 5/1 as it seams simple enough if you put on 1 you get 5 back but then 1/3 doesnt make sense, to me that means you put on 3 and get back one...ignore me im just a silly girl that doesnt understand the life of betting :D

The easiest way of doing it is to forget the fractions and do it by decimal. In decimal form a team with odds of 1/3 would be 1.33 as you include what would be won from a €1 stake. Therefore if you back Liverpool with €10 to beat Portsmouth at 1.33 you will receive €13.30 in return if the bet wins. If Portsmouth are 2/1 to win the match they will be 3.0 in decimal form and again if you back them to win with €10 you will receive €30 if they win :( The fractions used to wreck my head until I started using the decimals
Hope this helps!

[bryanod]

man city could be a decent bet if they bring in a couple of players, perhaps west ham too.

[callyno3]

man city could be a decent bet if they bring in a couple of players, perhaps west ham too.

not sure bout city, but west ham does look worth a punt.
anyone know how it went last year? did reading win it?

[Fowler's God]

City bought a good player today in Martin Petrov, although with him leaving Atletico Simao is rumoured to be on his way to the Vicente Calderon

[callyno3]

City bought a good player today in Martin Petrov, although with him leaving Atletico Simao is rumoured to be on his way to the Vicente Calderon
Simao has signed for athletico alright