Green All Over

Established in 2008, this blog is an independent, common sense, look at challenges and opportunities in sports and financial investing, with occasional diversions as my mood takes me. I am not a tipster, nor is this a Profit and Loss report either. They are boring.

Monday, 30 June 2008

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

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There was a time, back in my youth, when any one of maybe ten teams had a realistic chance of winning Division One. The League Championship....
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Sunday, 29 June 2008

Germany Value

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Today sees the final of a very entertaining Euro 2008, with steady Germany playing a very impressive looking Spain. Germany's run remind...
Thursday, 26 June 2008

In-Play Over/Under Futility

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Graeme, who writes the very readable http://theexperiment-self-indulgentbullshit.blogspot.com/ blog, made a comment on my earlier “Pants Do...
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I Can't Stand 'Loosing'

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Why do so many people on the Betfair forum or indeed, in the Football Guerilla Betting System that I am currently reviewing (for free), not ...

Pants Down

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For two reasons. I got caught with them down in the final of the Copa Libertadores tonight when two goals in the first 8 minutes saw my pre-...
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Cold Hard Cash BS

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I have just finished reading a (free) copy of the Cold Hard Cash (CHC) Betting System, first published in 2004, and what a pile of garbage i...
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Monday, 23 June 2008

And Then We Die

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What are we trading for? The bottom line is surely “to improve our lives”. My social life for the past two and a half years has by necessity...
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Sunday, 22 June 2008

Forza Azzurri

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My Italy replica shirt is donned, and the quarter-final with Spain is eagerly awaited. Admittedly influenced by my Italian heritage, I am la...
Saturday, 21 June 2008

Russia - Netherlands

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Although my usual strategy for quarter-finals is to back the under 2.5 goals and let it run, I have a feeling that this could be an open gam...
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

More Euro 2008

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The football game of the day for me today is the Sweden - Russia game, and I am expecting a tight game and have gone with the unders. With h...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Call Me Roberto (For A Few Days Anyway)

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So an Italian win tonight, coupled with Romania failing to win against the impressive looking Dutch, would see Italy advance to the Euro 200...
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Monday, 16 June 2008

Losing Focus

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I seem to lose focus when trading. The pattern seems to be that I get myself into a good position early in an event, before I start making b...
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Friday, 13 June 2008

Finché c' é vita c' é speranza

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I have Italian roots. My grandmother was a Cassini, and supposedly I am descended from the famous family of astronomers by that name (althou...
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Thursday, 12 June 2008

Mark Reynolds

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“Luck has a peculiar habit of favouring those who don't depend on it” And Lady Luck is very fickle. I’ve written before about how some...
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Keeping Track

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In the year to April 2007, average earnings of full-time male employees were £498 per week, while for women it was £394, according to the Of...
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Boring

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I have been told (indirectly over on John the Gambler's blog) by ‘poetaster’ that my blog is boring. His comment was “ Cassini, your blo...
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Monday, 9 June 2008

Euro 2008

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The second most important tournament in international football got under way this weekend and all four games went to the favourites, and all...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Full-Time?

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The Betfair forum frequently features posts asking "should I go full-time?" and seeking advice. Quite often, these posts are from ...
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Monday, 2 June 2008

Good Riddance To May

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May should have been a good month. My old Mum turned 80, and a couple of Bank Holidays in there should have meant fun and laughter all round...
Friday, 30 May 2008

To Post Or Not To Post?

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John The Gambler posted something earlier today which irritated me just a little, probably because I took his comments personally. He wro...
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I have had a life-long interest in sports and after studying Pure Mathematics with Statistics at secondary school, have been fascinated by odds and probability. The first system I came up with was a simple one - back the favourite and double up after a loss until a winner. Simple enough in theory, and I told my Dad about it. Not being a betting man himself, he ran it by some of his colleagues, and came home to tell me that it wouldn’t work because a long losing run would mean that the bank would be empty. Then there was always the possibility that the winner would be returned at odds-on, meaning that the total returns would not match the outlay. Not what a ten year old wants to hear! Only slightly daunted, I then went on a search for the Holy Grail, the secret to riches that I knew was out there somewhere. Finally in 2004 I stumbled across an article about Betting Exchanges and four years later I was able to make a steady profit.
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