GAA Betting

Crotta have not won kerry hurling title with 55 years and are not favourites against nighbours Lixnaw but have some great players and most think they will do it .I went with crotta lifting the cup at odds 2.38 .Match live fron Tralee on tg4

Have put a hefty €20 on Brigid’s to win tomorrow at 13/5.

Gonna do a Double for Football Divison 3 this weekend

Antrim Evens (away to Limerick) and Sligo 31/20 (away to Clare) - QuinnBet actually best price on both which was a pleasant surprise.

To get the first thing out of the way, Home Advantage isn't a huge advantage in the lower divisions - In the 28 Home/Away matches in Division 3 last year, 16 were Home Wins (57.14%), 11 were Away Wins (39.29%) and the 1 Draw then too.

In Round 1 in Div 3 last year, 3 of the 4 matches were away wins.

Sligo won all of their away matches in Division 4 last year (4/4).

Both Limerick and Clare although they were Division 2 teams last year have been stripped badly now, so I fancy both will struggle in the early stages of this year at least (things may improve later on)

Mark Fitzgerald (Kerry based)

I know for a fact they're getting low numbers at training sessions even (17-22 generally) - It'll be a tough start to the season for them I feel.

Nice shout on Derry, I had planned to back them but didn't. It was squeaky bum time at the end though!!

Clare won (Lim lost)

From following Twitter, Sligo seem upset over some decisions but I didn’t get to an anything. Annoying.

Backing

Antrim-2 at home to Offaly

Armagh-2 at home to Meath

Fermanagh+2 at home to Kildare and

Westmeath-5 at home to Clare

Longford only drew and Monaghan lost so those two bets lost

Rossies won tho so a very rare 4/1 straight win in Intercounty Hurling!

Singles for lower level hurling this weekend:

Division 3:

Armagh @ 9/4 vs Sligo (Boyles)

Cavan @ 13/8 vs Louth (Boyles)

Longford @ 8/11 vs Warwickshire (Boyles)

Division 2:

Roscommon @ 15/8 vs Tyrone (PP)

Lucky 15 could be a bit of fun on that if you’d be happy to go 5/4 for Roscommon on Boyles rather than 15/8 on PP.

Would seriously recommend making sure you shop around for best prices. Big differences.

Painful. I didn’t check after I said to shop around and all. I probably did them before the B365 markets opened.

Tryone are 4/5 at home to beat Galway this weekend, Galway have been very poor so far

This will be the wknd of draws. Predicting draws in Tyrone vs Mayo, Dublin vs Kerry, Fermanagh vs Cork and Louth vs Cavan.

3/4 ain’t bad at all

Leitrim won

Tyrone/Donegal Draw

Monaghan won!

Louth hockeyed I think

Note to self. Stick to 2A and below.

Tipp 4 up at ht against the breeze and lose by 5!!

Very little sneaky value to be found in the Ring/Rackard/Meagher Championships which all get underway this weekend, however I do think that London @11/8 vs Tyrone (Boyles) is the value to be found

Traditionally they get their bad performances out of the way in the League, and they did that against Roscommon. They beat Tyrone comfortably in the League (albeit a home match). It definitely is worth noting that their 3 losses in the League were all away matches, however they are nicely up-and-running at this stage and they did win away to Tyrone in the Christy Ring last year (comfortably), so I'll go with London as a fancy for the weekend at the lower level competitions.

No value to be had in Rackard, with Roscommon, Donegal and Mayo all certaintly (in my eyes) getting off to winning starts.

Nickey Rackard

Sat 27th April: Louth +10 (Home to Mayo) @ 10/11 Paddy Power

Historically over the last couple of years, Louth rarely suffered from a trimming. Although they aren't near the level of getting promoted, they put in a game performance away to Roscommon who are 100% gonna be in the Top 3 (losing by 6), and unlucky to lose by 1 point at home to Armagh in their last match.

In their 2x home Rackard matches last year they Lost by 3 and Drew the other. In the National League this year at home they Won by 3 and Lost by 8 (to Sligo).

A dirty 3 hour trek for Mayo here. They should be winning, but could see it more along the lines of 7 or 8 points, so I think 10 is a more than fair line for Louth to beat.

Sun 28th April: Roscommon -2 (Away to Armagh) @5/6 Paddy Power

Really bad 2024 for Armagh so far all being told. Horrible league and really were lucky to get away with a 1 point win away to Louth. Rossies HAVE to win this match to give themselves a shot at getting a final spot from their last 2 matches, whereas Armagh probably know they won't get top 2 and probably know they won't be getting relegated (that'll be Monaghan or Louth). Added to that, if Roscommon have a good first half they'd need to start pushing in terms of Score Difference. They had a solid/unflattering 6 point win at home to Louth and then a good 10 point win away to Monaghan. Can see a 5 or 6 point win for Roscommon here potentially. Armagh win would surprise me a bit.

Lory Meagher

Sun 28th April: Fermanagh win (Away to Warwickshire) @11/8 Paddy Power

Dunno on this. I don't get Warwickshire at all. Fermanagh have good coaching staff. Maybe the fact they've to fly the night before makes it a bit awkward, and Warwickshire did beat them in the League final by 5 points but I think conditions were rancid. Fermanagh probably an evens shout here, so 11/8 seems good (they're 21/20 on Boyles for example).