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My third losing week in a row. But more of that later.
It’s only Wednesday and already I’m having one of those weeks. I haven’t reached the stage yet where it’s a week to forget, but there’s still time (see tip below). Work has been frustrating - fortunately for you I signed the Official Secrets Act in 1986 so my frustrations will remain official secrets - and away from that I have been beset by a series of mishaps that, whilst trivial in themselves, all add up. An example of this was on Monday when I noticed a stone stuck in the tread of my offside rear tyre that, on closer inspection, turned out to be a nail. That kind of thing. Readers of this blog may be unsurprised to learn that I keep a diary, and out of curiosity I checked to see if the equivalent week last year was just as bad. Amazingly it was. But then I remembered what week it was, and on the anniversary of that most shocking of September days paused to commemorate the thousands of people who, with little or no warning, found themselves staring death in the face while the world watched on, aghast, and I felt a little better about things. I write of course about the terrible events of 13 September 1999 when the Moon was ripped out of Earth orbit by…wait, sorry, I’m thinking about Space: 1999, it must have been something else.
Last week’s tip was another loser, thanks to a truly lacklustre England performance in which they appeared genuinely lucky to draw 1-1 with Ukraine and threw away Wrexham’s never-say-die victory over a gutsy Doncaster Rovers (2-1). Sports Mole’s prediction for the England game was 3-0 to The Three Lions, which was pretty representative of most pundits, so although I was frustrated by the result I was not alone in what would have been a coupon buster for many punters. (If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might theorise that England gave Ukraine an easy game in comparison to their subsequent performance against Scotland on Tuesday night (1-3), but I am not a conspiracy theorist.)
Before I get to this week’s tip, a quick word for the Nottinghamshire treble. This is a win accumulator on Nottingham Forest, Notts County and Mansfield Town and is a bet that can pay off handsomely when the stars align. On Friday the Magpies are away to Salford City, on Saturday the Stags travel to Colchester and on Monday the Trees are at home to Burnley. Notts (23/20) will return to the top of League Two if they beat Salford, who have lost their last three games and look a tad out of sorts. There won’t be many goals but hopefully Notts will score the majority of them. Mansfield (10/11) are currently third in League Two behind Notts and will not want to lose ground on their local rival. They are also a team that seem to do well early in the season whilst their hosts Colchester currently flirt with the relegation zone. Forest (11/10) take on a Burnley side who have yet to secure a single point in the Premier League and will be confident of a home win to maintain their mid-table status. Ironically Burnley's only win of the season so far was over Forest in the EFL Cup, but how seriously either side took that tie is open to question. All three Nottinghamshire teams have decent chances this weekend and, more importantly, they each have a motivation to succeed. The treble currently pays 7.62/1 with my sponsor-in-waiting Sky Bet and I wouldn’t put you off backing it. My actual tip is a win double on Exeter City (4/6) and Juventus (10/11) who both play on Saturday afternoon. Exeter are currently third in League One and will be looking to make amends for last week’s home defeat to Leyton Orient when they welcome bottom-placed Cheltenham Town who have taken just one point from a possible eighteen. Over in Italy Juventus entertain Lazio in Serie A and have to be one of the most reliable home teams to bet on. They just always seem to get the job done. My “hypothetical” £20 win double returns £63.64 at combined odds of 2.18/1 with you-know-who for a profit of £43.64.
You never know. I hope to see you next week.
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