THIRTY QUID DOWN... and the blood is on the floor.

Yesterday was a disaster for Lay bets against the favourite. One by one my bets came to grief.

Soccer Showing 1 - 9 of 9 markets

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)
Soccer / Torino v Juventus : 07-Mar-09 19:30 07-Mar-09 21:22 7.60
Soccer / Barcelona v Ath Bilbao : 07-Mar-09 19:00 07-Mar-09 20:54 -8.00
Soccer / Fulham v Man Utd : 07-Mar-09 17:15 07-Mar-09 19:08 -8.60
Soccer / Genoa v Inter : 07-Mar-09 17:00 07-Mar-09 18:55 -5.40
Soccer / Roma v Udinese : 07-Mar-09 15:00 07-Mar-09 16:58 -5.00
Soccer / Sunderland v Tottenham : 07-Mar-09 15:00 07-Mar-09 16:54 15.20
Soccer / Cottbus v H Berlin : 07-Mar-09 14:30 07-Mar-09 16:21 -4.50
Soccer / Coventry v Chelsea : 07-Mar-09 12:30 07-Mar-09 14:23 -6.45
Soccer / St Mirren v Celtic : 07-Mar-09 12:15 07-Mar-09 14:08 -8.40

Who would have guessed Celtic would come up with a blank? Spurs scoring late and Juventus finally finding the net definitely saved the day and reduced my losses. Thankfully, my cricket bets are holding up and should cover the feck-up from yesterday's football bets.

Two Bets Today

Lay Arsenal - Lay Everton

Daft as a brush...

Arsenal v Burnley FA Cup 5th Round

Arsenal come into this game on the back of a fine 1-3 win midweek over the Baggies. Burnley are basically buggered and only a die-hard fan or a lunatic would back them to beat the Gunners.

That's my assessment.

Therefore: Lay the Gunners and hope for a slow start!

That's my plan and here's my Betfair screen:

This one has the potential to go tits-up, but with a bit of luck a profitable trade might crop up.

YEP, 3-0 and the Gunners stuffed the Burnley Barmaids.

I could have traded out when they were 0-0 but left things to late.

In total desperation I went raiding in Italy and found a good trade:

This might go some way to mitigate the feck-up... who knows and who cares?

Everton v Middlesbrough FA Cup Quarter Final

I've got a feeling that Middlesbrough might just steal this one. Sure, they got a thumping at Spurs midweek but that match was a lot closer than the 4-0 score might suggest. Everton were firing blanks in their last match and look a little jaded.

Lay Everton and wait for the early goal from Middlesbrough before putting a Back bet on Everton to get a green book.

That's the plan and here's my screen:

Total liability for both bets is £12.80 with a bit of good luck and fair winds I could be walking in the green before halftime!

Fingers crossed... Arsenal - Burnley are about to go in-play.

Awe, crap... both matches are live on San-fecking-tan-fecking-trap (rip-off TV) so 5 Live to the rescue!

Halftime - Everton v Middlesbrough

The Boyz did the job just before halftime. I went to a green book and get at least 6 quid to make my P&L a little bit more respectable.

This will probably be a draw... going offshore!

Huh, 3 minutes in and Everton score. This one was always going to be tricky.