League of Ireland Betting 2017

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
One winner and one loser last week. Myself, Aidan, Graeme and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below 3 bets!

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Finn Harps -v- Bohemians Friday 8.00pm
Bohs travel to Harps on Friday night on the back of their best run of form ass season, with 3 wins 1 draw 1 loss in their last 5. Their loss coming against League Champions Dundalk, a game in which Bohs played really well and conceded in the 89 min too lose.
Bohs are starting to play with no worries after moving 7 points clear of relegation. They are playing stress free currently and playing very well at that. A win against Harps will move them right into contention for Europe and even further away from relegation, so this is a massive game for Bohs.
Along with this decent run of form Bohs have made some new additions to the side in areas which they very much so needed, a full back & a winger, also Bohs have Akinade who is fit again for at least 45 mins, he has been out all season so this is a huge plus for Bohs up top. Bohs have been much better away from home this year with the 4th best record in the league
This is also a very big game for harps who have been playing good of late and moved just above the relegation zone too. But we feel
this Bohs team is getting into their rhythm the moment and are very hard to beat especially away from home. Can't see anything other than a win or refund at the worst.

Bohemians Draw No Bet (GENERAL) @ 2.05 SMALL STAKE

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Shelbourne -v- Wexford Friday 7.45pm
A revitalised Shelbourne host bottom placed Wexford. Shelbourne come into this game on the back of 3 wins two being against the top two in the League and 1 draw against 3rd placed UCD. The 3rd win was against Athlone last week.
Wexford come into this having just won two games all season. Their away form this season is 8 losses, 1 draw and a win against Cabinteely. They failed to score in 7 of those 8 aways!

Shelbourne -1 Asian (GENERAL) @ 1.95 SMALL STAKE

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Athlone -v- Cabinteely Friday 7.45pm
Cabo put a run of bad form behind them with a big win over promotion contenders Cobh last weekend. Coupled with the signing of a quality FD player in Ryan Swan, we expect them to now kick on and pick up a few more results coming into the final series.
Starting with an away trip to struggling Athlone Town. Athlones issues have been well documented this season and we feel Cabo can heap more misery on Roddy and Co.

Cabinteely -0.5 Asian or WIN (GENERAL) @ 1.85 SMALL STAKE

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PopePalpatine

This weekend's enhanced treble is Derry, Cabinteely & Sligo @7/1. The next best are Boyles at just under 5/1.

Richmond Ultra

Extratime are back to loosing.
Pat's came from behind to win and Cabinteely drew with Athlone having supposedly had a few disallowed goals.

Few shock results overall with Wexford beating Shelbourne.

diusmr8a504cvk

Not sure how to feel about this but it's been placed now.
Cabo/Shelbourne - Double Chance.
Waterford/Cobh - Under 3.5 Goals.
St. Pat's/Bray - Btts.
Total Odds: 1.63.

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
3 losers last week from 3 in what was a poor showing! Myself, Aidan and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below bet! We also looked at BTTS bet in Bohemians/Derry, which could be worth a small bet. Also may tip Longford win on Saturday.

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Waterford -v- Cobh Friday 7.45pm
Huge game at the RSC tomorrow night as Top of the Table Waterford play Second placed Cobh Ramblers. Waterford are 6 pts clear at the top and will see this game as season defining. A win will push them 9 ahead of second which should be enough for them to go on a secure the league win and promotion back to the premier division.
It has been a traumatic week for Cobh in terms of playing personnel. A potential injury list of 10 players and 1 player suspended has them down to the bare bones for this crucial game. Manager Stephen Henderson has come out and stated that they had to cancel training this week in order to not pick up any more injuries and that he will be forced to draft in u17 and u19 players to fill the team.
Waterford have added smartly in the window with Rovers defender Sean Heaney making them a more balanced outfit at the back and the huge capture of Paul Keegan from Doncaster Rovers has added real experience and class to the middle of the field. There seems to be no injuries worries for Waterford ahead of the game apart from Mark O Sullivan who had a niggling ankle injury in Longford last week and will be assessed ahead of kick off.
Waterfords first team coach, Alan Reynolds, expects a tough match this Friday: “The game against Cobh Ramblers Friday night is a big one and we’ll be going for the jugular.
Waterford have also picked up 25/27 points at home this year and we fancy them to make that 28/30 especially if Ramblers are without so many players.

Waterford -1 Asian (GENERAL) @ 1.75 MEDIUM STAKE

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PopePalpatine

If anyone feels like contributing to Paddy's next steak dinner (:o), the Extratime.ie treble tonight is Waterford, Galway & BTTS in St Pat's vs Bray @7/2 - the next best are Betfair @2.57/1.

Richmond Ultra

Extra time.ie have won tonight.

Johnny Ward's tip of Galway to win as well worked out.

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

Waterford -1 Asian (GENERAL) @ 1.75 MEDIUM STAKE

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Back in business! Won 4-0.

I'm off sunning myself from Thursday so won't be about to post the write ups for the next two weeks - but one of the lads will be posting it into the Facebook group which someone is more than welcome to copy and paste in here.

crustyjuggler

Does anyone have the tips from the Facebook group ?

Gavin "shels"

crustyjuggler wrote: »

Does anyone have the tips from the Facebook group ?

**League Of Ireland Bets**

Back on track last week with an easy winner as Waterford posted a 4-0 victory against Cobh. This week we have 1 bet for you to take a look at and 2 potential in play bets.

No write ups unfortunately as most of us are away this week. Just the bets that Gavin Doherty , Aidan Morris and myself discussed.

Bet:

Shamrock Rovers -1 AH 2.100 (GENERAL) SMALL

Normally avoid derbys but rovers are in extremely good form with Bohs not playing well at all. Rovers making a big push for Europe so a win is huge here

Also discussed and may be in play bets

Cork City -1.5 AH (Line became too short at time of posting, might be worth a look if Cork done score early) bit weary as it's a bit of unknown territory with how theyll do without top scorer Seani Maguire

Waterford -2 AH (Waterford don't tend to score early in games, again, line may improve without an early goal.)
Would probably still take this pre match as we feel Waterford could smash Athlone tonight. First time in a while Waterford have no real injuries except Marky. Win Is huge here for Waterford to start pulling away at the top

Major Dubfire

I thought Bohs were great value in the derby at 5/1. Form really goes out the window in these matches.

dinneenp

My thoughts-
City away to Drogs, bottom of table
Dundalk home to Limerick (mid table), lost last match 3-0 to Derry.

City -1.5, Dundalk win or possibly -1.5

Patrick.

Gavin "shels"

********League Of Ireland Bet*********

Just one bet that me Gavin, Alan & Graeme are going with this week/

Dundalk v Limerick

Dundalk look too get back to winning ways after 2 games without a win, prior too this they were on a 6 game win streak scoring 16 goals and conceding 0. With two recent poor results losing too rovers & drawing against Sligo a win is important here to make sure they secure their european place. Dundalk played very well against Sligo but missed a lot of chances. Back at home now should be a different story for Dundalk and we feel the will win comfortably

Stephen Kenny also stated that Dundalk have a fully fit squad too choose from this week after missing a few big names in the last couple of weeks which is a big plus.

Limerick have hit a bit of a slump in recent matches with only 1 win in their last 5 which was against a very poor Drogheda team. Along with this Limerick have also let 4/5 players go and their squad has gotten weaker. Their fans are pretty unhappy with this and with what was always going to be a difficult challenge away to Dundalk has gotten even harder

The reverse fixture in the Markets Field finished 0-3 to Dundalk

BET - Dundalk -1.5 1.850 MEDIUM

AidySevenfold

Going for Eddie Dsane to get 2 tonight - 13/1. He is playing some stuff and apparently up to 8 of Galways team had a vomiting bug midweek.

Also on a treble of Harps, Bohs and Union Berlin

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

********League Of Ireland Bet*********

Just one bet that me Gavin, Alan & Graeme are going with this week/

Dundalk v Limerick

Dundalk look too get back to winning ways after 2 games without a win, prior too this they were on a 6 game win streak scoring 16 goals and conceding 0. With two recent poor results losing too rovers & drawing against Sligo a win is important here to make sure they secure their european place. Dundalk played very well against Sligo but missed a lot of chances. Back at home now should be a different story for Dundalk and we feel the will win comfortably

Stephen Kenny also stated that Dundalk have a fully fit squad too choose from this week after missing a few big names in the last couple of weeks which is a big plus.

Limerick have hit a bit of a slump in recent matches with only 1 win in their last 5 which was against a very poor Drogheda team. Along with this Limerick have also let 4/5 players go and their squad has gotten weaker. Their fans are pretty unhappy with this and with what was always going to be a difficult challenge away to Dundalk has gotten even harder

The reverse fixture in the Markets Field finished 0-3 to Dundalk

BET - Dundalk -1.5 1.850 MEDIUM

3-0 FT. Easy!

bigron2109

Any thoughts on a Wexford Youths ,Bohs double tonight . Bohs are away to Fin Harps and Youths at home to Crumlin. Both in the cup. The double is roughly 7/1.

ben.schlomo

Wouldn't touch it myself. Crumlin could easily do Wexford, there's an obvious argument to be made for Bohs as they're safe from relegation fears and Harps are right down in the mix again.

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan, Graeme and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below 2 bets! Short enough write ups- we've been very selective about the two bets. Tough set of games with the likes of Cork should be winning easily but playing against relegation threatened Sligo.

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St. Patricks Ath -v- Finn Harps Friday 7.45pm
8th -v- 9th in a big relegation six pointer in Richmond Park. Pats looked dead and buried but had a new lease of life any a few smart movements in the transfer window. Pats come into the back of this with 3 League wins and a draw in their last 4. Harps are two up on Pats this season but things should change come Friday night.
Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has said “It’s going to ‘backs to the wall’ stuff at Richmond Park tomorrow night. At home Pat’s have to go for the win and if we’re not switched on for the 90 minutes then we’ll be in big trouble.
Packie Mailey and Gareth Harkin are very doubtful for Harps while Caolan McAleer is suspended. No Pats teams news yet.

St. Patricks Ath (GENERAL) @ 1.75 MEDIUM STAKE

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Limerick -v- Bohemians Saturday 6.30pm
Similar to last weeks pick we are going against Limerick again. As said previously they have let 4-5 key players go which has affected them badly. Even before these departures Limerick were struggling. A lot of their fans don't really know what's going on with the club and why they are letting players go. After losing 3-0 to Dundalk last week Limerick had a midweek game yesterday in which they lost 2-0 at home to a Shamrock Rovers team who are struggling to score.
Bohs have put a nice little run together in the league and have their full team fit for this fixture. Bohs have a very good team when everyone is fit. They have proven this by beating Cork & Rovers a couple weeks ago. They are coming off the back of a 0-0 draw home to Bray which they looked pretty wrecked from the 3 games in 7 days. With Bohs having a bit of a break we fell they will be well rested and very capable of getting a result away to Limerick if not beating them. On top of this Bohs have the 3rd best away form in the league and are a very different team away from home. This is where Bohs pick up most of their points.

Bohemians Double Chance (GENERAL) @ 7/10 SMALL STAKE

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PopePalpatine

This week's enhanced ExtraTime.ie treble is Bray, Longford & BTTS in St Pat's vs Finn Harps @4/1 - Bet365 are next best @2.58/1.

Of course someone's going to let it down. :pac:

Gavin "shels"

Pats odds gone in.

Richmond Ultra

PopePalpatine wrote: »

This week's enhanced ExtraTime.ie treble is Bray, Longford & BTTS in St Pat's vs Finn Harps @4/1 - Bet365 are next best @2.58/1.

Of course someone's going to let it down. :pac:

Finn Harps are the team this week to let it down.

1/2 in the other bet so far.

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

St. Patricks Ath (GENERAL) @ 1.75 MEDIUM STAKE

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Bohemians Double Chance (GENERAL) @ 7/10 SMALL STAKE

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Pats 4-0 :cool: :cool:

Bohemains Double Chance tomorrow

Gavin "shels"

FAI Cup Weekend

No write ups for the Irish matches as it's Cup aka Lotto games!

We do fancy two bets:

Cork City -3 AH (when available) against Athlone which speaks for itself.

Bluebell +0.5 for value! Bluebell game is listed as a home game but was actually moved out to Cabinteelys ground. Bluebells season has just started, they have signed back Dean Ebbe from Inverness after a short stint in Scotland and also Keith Fahey has signed for them. The likes of Bluebell would easily compete in the LoI.

Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

FAI Cup Weekend

No write ups for the Irish matches as it's Cup aka Lotto games!

We do fancy two bets:

Cork City -3 AH (when available) against Athlone which speaks for itself.

Bluebell +0.5 for value! Bluebell game is listed as a home game but was actually moved out to Cabinteelys ground. Bluebells season has just started, they have signed back Dean Ebbe from Inverness after a short stint in Scotland and also Keith Fahey has signed for them. The likes of Bluebell would easily compete in the LoI.

Cork win 7-0

Bluebell win 1-0

:cool::cool::cool:

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan, Graeme and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below 2 bets! Short enough write up with a tough set of games to choose from.

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Shamrock Rovers -v- Cork City Friday 7.45pm
Live on RTE2, 4th placed Rovers host champions elect Cork City. Cork sit 17 points clear of 2nd placed Dundalk with 7 games left. Having watching Finn Harps -v- Cork on TV two weeks ago, Cork don't look the team they were before top goalscorer Maguire and O'Connor moved to Preston North End. Cork struggled badly.
While the battle for Europe is not holding up, and any slip ups could see Rovers throw away European football in 2018. They put in a big comeback away to Galway last time out and will surely not allow Cork leaving Tallaght with all 3 points.
No major team news from either team.

Shamrock Rovers Draw No Bet (GENERAL) @ 6/5 SMALL STAKE

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Waterford -v- Shelbourne Friday 7.45pm
Waterford have a chance to clinch the league title if they win and Cobh lose, however the Blues are without a few key players. Paddy Barrett and Dean O Halloran miss out with suspension, Patrick McClean is out for the season with injury, Derek Daly looks likely to miss out after a hamstring injury v UCD and John Martin will be playing but may be subbed off midway through out after a call up to Ireland u19 team with that game being on Saturday.
The Blues who are top had a loss of form in August with a draw v Cabo, a heavy cup defeat to Shels and a struggling performance against UCD.
Shels are starting to play well in the league and are difficult to beat. 2 draws, and a good win and a narrow defeat for Shels against Waterford this season so they certainly are proving a difficult obstacle for Waterford this season.

Shelbourne Double Chance (PaddyPower) @ 17/10 SMALL STAKE

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Gavin "shels"

Gavin shels wrote: »

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan, Graeme and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below 2 bets! Short enough write up with a tough set of games to choose from.

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Shamrock Rovers -v- Cork City Friday 7.45pm

Shamrock Rovers Draw No Bet (GENERAL) @ 6/5 SMALL STAKE

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Waterford -v- Shelbourne Friday 7.45pm

Shelbourne Double Chance (PaddyPower) @ 17/10 SMALL STAKE

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Shamrock Rovers 3-1

Shelbourne 1-1

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

spurshero

all very quiet in here any tips for tomo

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan Morris​, Graeme O Rourke​ and Alan Forristal​ have discussed and are happy with the below 3 bets! Basic write ups unfortunately due to work commitments and people away.

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Bray Wanderers -v- Limerick Friday 7.45pm
Brays training session on Tuesday was cancelled by the Guards due to investigation into match fixing. Both teams can score and Limerick need to push for a win to get further away from the drop.

Over 2.5 Goals (GENERAL) @ 4/6 MEDIUM STAKE

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Galway -v- Derry Friday 7.45pm
Both teams need wins for different reasons - Galway to stay up while Derry to get Europe. Derry should be winning here.

Derry -0.25 (Bet365) @ 1.80 SMALL STAKE

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Wexford -v- Waterford Friday 8.00pm
A Waterford win will leave them within touching distance of being crowned League Champions. If Cobh don't manage all 3 points on Saturday, Waterford will be crowned Champions in their last home game of the season against Longford.

Watreford -1 AH (GENERAL) @ 1.80 SMALL STAKE

diusmr8a504cvk

Jazmin Tinkling Siphon wrote: »

Cork and Waterford to win their respective leagues, 2.54.

There's no odds for FAI Junior Cup outright at the minute but I'd add Sheriff to that too.

Edit: Got Cork, Waterford and Sheriff at 4.3.

Two down, one to go.

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan Morris​, Graeme O Rourke​ and Alan Forristal​ have discussed and are happy with the below bet! Unlucky week last week with Bray/Limerick Overs with Bray missing a peno to make it 2-1, Derry losing but Waterford obliged. Our second bet was Galway but they've been backed in too much - maybe an inplay.

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Dundalk -v- Drogheda Friday 7.45pm
Dundalk go into this derby game on a high after winning the league cup final away to Rovers last week. Dundalk are looking too keep improving their form even though the league is over as they want to carry the momentum into the FAI cup semi final. A team who started the season quite poorly has been pretty much unstoppable lately. Racking up big scorelines against teams is becoming common
being a derby game Dundalk will look too put the final nail in the coffin of the all but relegated Drogheda. No mercy will be shown by Dundalk tomorrow night and they will look to hammer their local rivals Drogheda. Dundalk have no new injury concerns this week and have Dylan Connolly & Jamie Mcgrath coming back into the team. Two big attacking threats.
Drogheda are the polar opposite coming into this game off the back of a 4-1 home loss to an average Bohemians side & are without a league win in 18 games! Drogheda are pretty much relegated with 3 teams going down they are 12 points away from safety with 5 games to go. Drogs have no motivation anymore and lots of people are turning on the manager.
We can see this game being complete 1 way traffic and Dundalk could rack up a very big scoreline here

H2H this season
08.09.2017 (FCUP) Dundalk 4-0 Drogheda United (
16.06.2017 (LGE) Drogheda United 0-6 Dundalk
31.03.2017 (LGE) Dundalk 3-1 Drogheda United

Dundalk -2.5 (GENERAL) @ 1.70 MEDIUM/LARGE STAKE

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Gavin "shels"

Dundalk 3-0 FT! WINNER.

dinneenp

and thoughts on the probable cagey City vs. Dundalk game tonight?

MD1990

draw no bet Dundalk was the bet. Too late now odds dropped.

bigboss1986

dinneenp wrote: »

and thoughts on the probable cagey City vs. Dundalk game tonight?

Why odds are so high on Cork to win?Im thinking either Cork DC or BTTS for my acca.Any toughts?

ShamoBuc

I fully expect a dundalk win.

Dundalk over 1.5 is 5/6 which is a bit low but it's hard not to see it coming in.

I expect it to be tight but eventually the form team will get on top.
Draw ht Dundalk ft 9/2 is my value bet.
Dundalk -1 second half 5/1 also.

ShamoBuc

bigboss1986 wrote: »

Why odds are so high on Cork to win?Im thinking either Cork DC or BTTS for my acca.Any toughts?

Cork are having serious difficulty in scoring goals since Seanie left.
Would love a draw, but I honestly can't see us even getting that.
They are the form team, we are in relegation form .

diusmr8a504cvk

I took Cork/Dundalk BTTS @ 4/7.

PopePalpatine

Would it be worth sticking a cheeky euro on Dundalk to win the league @66/1 on Bet365? :pac:

ShamoBuc

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Cork are having serious difficulty in scoring goals since Seanie left.
Would love a draw, but I honestly can't see us even getting that.
They are the form team, we are in relegation form .

Took an og for us to score. Best we've played in a long time, from a betting perspective a bad night.

dinneenp

Cork city, Derry City double tonight looks tempting.

spurshero

dinneenp wrote: »

Cork city, Derry City double tonight looks tempting.

SHould win but at less then evens it's not fir me . Cork have being bang average since losing maguire and o Connor to Preston and Derry have lost to bray and Galway in last fortnight and look like a team just playing out the season .

ShamoBuc

I expect a big performance from city tonight. They had their mojo back on monday v Dundalk and will relish putting limerick to the sword following last weeks loss to them. That said, we still cant score goals, so draw ht city ft 16/5 will do. Some very heavy showers in the last hour might conditions more interesting. Can't seem to find red card options, so it will probably come in!

Gavin "shels"

***LEAGUE OF IRELAND BETS***
Myself, Aidan, Graeme and Alan have discussed and are happy with the below bet! Short enough write up with a tough set of games to choose from as the season is nearing it's close. Potentially a bet tomorrow also.

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Shamrock Rovers -v- Sligo Rovers Friday 8pm
3rd placed Rovers host relegation fighting Sligo with both teams in much need of wins for different reasons. Rovers sit 4 points ahead of Derry but they have a game in hand. With just 3 games left of the season any slip ups could see Rovers throw away European football in 2018. While on the other hand, struggling Sligo are just 1 point away from the drop zone with much worse goal difference to local rivals Galway who sit below them.
Shamrock Rovers have won five of their last six league games while Sligo Rovers have just two away wins in the league this season but both have come in their last three away fixtures with a win in Cork and in Finn Park.
In Sligos last game against Bohs, Aidan has mentioned that Sligo were poor in the game and Bohs were luckily not to get something from the game even with playing with 10 men for 65 mins which shows that Sligo are a poor side.
No new team news for either side.

Shamrock Rovers -0.5 (GENERAL) @ 1.75 MEDIUM STAKE

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Gavin "shels"

Conceded late on, 1-1 FT

crustyjuggler

Any thoughts on tonight's fixtures ?

Richmond Ultra

Pat's to win appears the bet to me. City were on the beer up until Wednesday night and there will be a lot of changes in personnel.

PopePalpatine

Knowing the LoI, Cork will probably still thump them if we all bet against them. :rolleyes:

Guffy

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Knowing the LoI, Cork will probably still thump them if we all bet against them. :rolleyes:

Everyone, please lump pats now

dinneenp

Racing Post also going big tip for Pats to win (3 point tip).

MD1990

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Pat's to win appears the bet to me. City were on the beer up until Wednesday night and there will be a lot of changes in personnel.

Too late now. Pats were on DNB at 2.00 yesterday.


Rovers win 1.83

Sligo Rovers 0 Asian 1.9

Those 2 look good.