Rovers 18/1...

[tommy toes]

...to win the league on the handicap with a 28 point start.
My advice is:

GET ON NOW AND GET ON LARGE!!

[tommy toes]

....At Corals by the way.

[hoolahoop]

Who with tt, that's the best deal I've seen anywhere! a score almost buys the season ticket when it comes in.

[Snods Shinpad 2]

A word of caution. The same bet last year would have lost by a 14 point margin. Are we 14 points stronger than last year?

[BillyStubbsTears]

hoolahoop wrote:

Who with tt, that's the best deal I've seen anywhere! a score almost buys the season ticket when it comes in.

I usually reckon that handicap betting really IS a mug's game.

A) Last season, a 28 point start would still have left us 13 points behind Newcastle and 3 points behind WBA, even if they didn't have a start.

B) There's always some lower club who comes through and surprises. Look at Blackpool last season - they probably had as high if not higher a starting handicap as us, but they beat us by 10 points over the real season.

Might not be bad value this season though for us. Sporting Index has our total points prediction at 58.5-60. Middlesborough who have a zero handicap have a predicted points of 74-76. In fact, if you take the Coral handicap and add it to the SI predicted points, we'd be top of the league by about 5 points. Looks like good value.

[tommy toes]

A word of caution. The same bet last year would have lost by a 14 point margin. Are we 14 points stronger than last year?


The pundits in the Racing Post seems to think so, they say Rovers are a 'handicap snip.' Plus the consensus is our league will be pretty tight this season.

[donnyjay]

Another word of caution.

You're not just betting against the league winners, you're betting against EVERY other team and their handicap start.

[Drover]

On the plus side you can bet each way aswell don't forget.Anyone who bet on Blackpool each way last season will surely have made a profit.

[not on facebook]

think donnyjay hit the nail on the head with his comment
about your also betting against rest of the league with the handicap system.

[pkt_drfc]

So just to clarify is the only way you can lose this bet is if any team above your final finishing position at the end of the 2010/2011 season is more then 28 ponts in the front of you the bet is a loser

[tommy toes]

Yes that is correct, unless a team with a higher handicap rating ie Scunthorpe finish above us. Otherwise the vet is a winner. I've had £30 ew.

[tommy toes]

Noooo it's not correct sorry. Each team is handicapped a certain number of points. You have to know what all the other teams handicap is.  Teams like QPR and Sheff U are giving Rovers an 18 point start on the handicap. So I think we are a great bet at the odds.

[donnievic]

i won on handicap betting last season with swindon getting about 20 point start.this season i fancy stevenage +12 and carlisle +31

[Filo]

Rovers down to 14/1 now while every one else is 18/1, some folk have been lumping on