Grand Slam Sunday hits us where it hurts

Total Goals Guys / Total Goals Guys / 18 December 2007 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

The "Total Goals Guys" lick their wounds as the goals dry up but still stick to their betting beliefs

Our "Grand Slam Sunday" gamble of splitting 20% of our bank across two "overs" bets was a disappointment at the weekend. Once Liverpool had went down 1-0 at home to United (Tevez 45') it was over to the Emirates to see if we could return a profit for these two encounters with 3 goals or more in the match. Chelsea conceded right on half time through a rare error of judgement from Petr Cech allowing Gallas to head the opener into his former clubs net. This forced the visitors to open up in the second period and gave the Gunners an opportunity to show off their vast counter attacking capabilities.

The final 20 minutes were as entertaining as you will see all season with Chelsea pushing forward in search of an equaliser and Arsenal looking like finishing them off on the counter, it really was end-to-end stuff and how it stayed 1-0 we will never know! There must have been frantic activity in-play on the total goals market. Thousands watching at home with the lap top open in front of the box would surely have fancied at least one more goal as the clock headed towards the 80 minute mark. Many, like ourselves, took a hit on that one!

We were also outdone with a back of 3 or more in Real Madrid's 2-0 home win over Osasuna on Sunday night. It was a lacklustre performance from the champions and like we suggested on Friday the difference between [1.7] for 3 or more compared to [1.22] for 2 or more proved too much to resist and it's hit us where it hurts.

The balance is back to around half what we started with at £50.72 and its disappointing to say the least after being in a similar situation a few weeks back before almost getting back to what we started with. What is the point in all this then we hear you ask?

Well one of the points is to first and foremost turn in a profit for the season (which we still have plenty of time for and will endeavour to do) and our second point or aim if you like is to demonstrate that it is possible to enjoy playing the markets on a weekly basis to an extent where it has no detrimental effect on your personal finances.

Many punters, ourselves included, have been in that situation where if team x doesn't get the finger out and turn this around then the night out is about to turn sour or you're going to have to ask a mate for a loan for that gas bill that's about to come off the account.

Experience will tell you that no matter what market you play in you cannot rely on a single outcome to "dig you out of a hole". Yes the feeling of a winner in that situation is a great one but also one that can be mistaken for sheer relief. We ourselves might have been a bit guilty of going slightly gung-ho of late. This is in an attempt however to get back on track with the initial targets we set.

All things considered, even the current balance we are fairly pleased with how things are going. We are learning about this market every week and plan to continue with the recent strategy of a mixture of 2 and 3 goals or more across between 4 and 6 matches each weekend and hopefully in the not too distant future we will be scaling this down to backs of 1 and 2 goals or more.

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