Xcout

Here are the overall league standings as we go into the final week of the football year for this competition.  Despite another abysmal week of winners for us (only 14, worst week yet  ) there are a few movements at the top of some Divisions and the overall. 
Division 1 finally managed a weekly profit, mostly thanks to @1945harry who pulled his usual 25/1 treble out of the bag finally for bet of the week.     @Zidane123 is next best with a 4/1 single.   But it's Division 7 yet again where the mega action is and @nawoo with a 3 figure 3/1 winner takes over at the top of the overall despite an 8th winner from @thebestthere, leaving them both over £800 bank. 
@Dramfech also bagged an 8th win.
Good luck for the final week, and hopefully everyone finds a winner

Manchester United @ 1.50
Lazio @ 2.00
£25 double please

Marseille @ 1.28
Atlético de Madrid @ 1.61
£ 25 double please

I chased up again yesterday as I wanted them through by Easter, hoping they are on it today.  Really sorry for the wait everyone.

With respect, how dare you belittle our valued members who have taken the time to share their words of wisdom! 
Buckle up, we’ve got the best part of another fortnight yet! I vote we bring the deadline forward but I suspect @MCLARKE enjoys watching our little Oxford Debating Society having a bit of to and fro.
To be fair, that’s a pretty decent strike rate at those odds!

I'm pretty sure no-one else has gone as far as to propose going "flat only" and banning selections over the jumps! 

Stats can lie - I have never managed to make a profit betting long odds on shots in my lifetime - however by being slightly choosy and with some luck you can make some profit from longer odds shots. Look at your thread for instance ODDS ON SELECTIONS TRIAL - has this ever made you a decent profit ???? No matter how hard you try.
By being selective to a degree however and with some decent luck odds prices 10/1-to over 100/1 have made me and others some decent profit in the long run.
Try a system by following all punters selections on the naps table over a period of time - say 1 month ( can paper trade if you like - but I find that actual small stakes cash will give a truer reflection)
- then take out all the non profitable punters - remove all the odds on selectors also - keep all the regular winners  that show a profit - see how you get on.
Adjust every month - take out non profitable punters - replace with some that perform better - rinse and repeat - works for me most times.
Keep stakes small and have a hardcore of around 20 that you follow daily - see how you get on.
Sorry to ramble on - giving away trade secrets - I may have to develop another system to replace - but getting on in years so not such a big deal for me.😀
Hope the above will give some clues/assistance to other punters on here - however I will stay away from odds on shots for the duration. 

I wonder if the brigadier gets early prices the night before and BOG in the other competition ???? 

Anyone could see how skewed the Naps table is just by my above reasoning Micheal and that would draw equal accusations of not being realistic, I think the most winners comp is far more accurate as to the skills of "our punters" to be honest so maybe that should be the main topic of publication/promotion. Add on to that THE BRIGADIER doing well throughout the season is a very good advert for the site, I am sure many have seen him up there have wondered who/what is PUNTERS LOUNGE and popped along for a look. I am hoping he can find a biggie to get back into top three.

The trigger for having the vote is that there will no longer be any bookies offering BOG the night before. The thing that is not realistic is the ability to take a price before BOG is available with any bookies (whether the night before or first thing in the morning) but still have BOG apply to the selection. As a fun competition there is no obligation for the rules to be ultra-realistic but the issue has been raised to see what people think.
With around 56% of the votes so far (if my quick tot up is correct) it looks like the status quo will prevail which is obviously fine. If that creates an edge that doesn't exist in real life (taking a price early but still getting BOG) then it's an edge that's available to everyone should they wish to try and exploit it.
I favoured scrapping BOG from an authenticity perspective (not available to me with most firms) but there's a lot to be said for leaving things as they are if the majority of people prefer to retain BOG rather than ditch it altogether. So unless my #banthebog Twitter campaign gathers unexpected momentum it looks like it will be very much "as you were" but we've all had a bit of fun wagging our jaws and arguing the toss! 

I hope "Bet365 scrapping BOG" is not what you mean and that you're talking about not offering BOG the day before?? If so, this now means no bookie offers it so, why are we in the Naps comp? Well, not that it effects me but, i thought this was still in place for all the members that are unable to post on the day because of work commitments. (or other reasons) Would seem a bit harsh on them imo. Other than that, what "current rules" do you think are unrealistic? It wasn't too long ago that you amended them. (Mclarke- No matter how i write or however many times i alter what i write, it always seems to come across that i'm being arguementative! I hope you know that this is not the case.)

Year to date table as at the end of February
 

@Jazzy Jaspersets the early pace with 4 winners including the best priced winner of the day, 18/1 Jazzy Matter, I suppose he had to given the name !
I've had to make a lot of manual adjustments (I'll need a stiff single malt after this) so any errors please let me know and I will correct
Please ensure that you post selections in the required format

Only @vangovinfound today's big priced winner, Maskada at 22/1, so he takes the daily prize.
Yesterday's result has been amended because @Wanderlust's replacement for a reserve had not been included.

Some top class selections today with a total profit of a massive 143 points.
Well done to the 6 of you who picked 33/1 Sire Du Berlais and the 10 that picked 20/1 Seddon .
Special Kudos to @Redno2009who picked both and deservedly takes the daily price. He also takes the overall lead.

Wow !
Last day fireworks as @Pankysmoochsomehow finds the 66/1 winner of the Hunter Chase, Premier Magic.
To rub salt in the wound he also selects the 33/1 winner of the County Hurdle, Faivoir. He finishes well clear of the 2nd, @daveg, who also selected Faivoir.
@Redno2009's excellent 3rd day performance ensures he finishes in 3rd place.
Could the prize winners please PM pay-pal details.
Allow 21 days for payment.
Next stop Aintree !

Season 3 started quietly with only 20 winning bets, mainly due to several unexpected draws which would have made a good return had anyone picked them!  Bet of the week is from @Xcout with a 6.5/1 treble more than doubling his bank already,   @harry_rag and @Marek76 not too far away from also achieving that with over 3/1 returns.  Division 1 leads the way with a profit.
Week off now for International games and we'll be back with the weekend fixtures starting Fri 31st.  We coud do with at least one more player in Divisions 7 & 8 (and up to 6 more in each) so the competiton remains open until deadline for new entries to join in from week 2 (but we will run as we are if there are no more takers).

Monaco @ 1.83
Marseille @ 2.30
Napoli @ 1.80
£20 treble please

I’ll have a go. No penalty for missing week one. You have to play at least 6 of the remaining 9 weeks. You would be out if you missed 3 of those weeks in a row. So a maximum of 4 no shows if you missed week one and 3 other non-consecutive weeks. All subject to ratification by the boss of course, but that’s my take.

1.30 Appreciate It
2.10 Walking on Air
2.50 Blue Lord
3.30 Klassical Dream
4.10 Haut En Couleurs
4.50 Lot of Joy
5.30 Mr Incredible
Reserves
1.30 Mighty Potter
2.10 The Changing Man
2.50 Fury Road
3.30 Home By The Lee
4.10 Midnight River
4.50 Under Control
5.30 Beauport

The first race was missed because it was not in the correct format.
I will amend in the next table.

We had 2 enormous wins to complete the season with @Marek76 landing a 7/1 half bank treble for a 4 figure win   and @1945harry not far behind with a 12/1 smaller half bank treble.  But bet of the week goes to @dj.orange with a 30/1 treble .  Well done to the 17 who found a winner to complete the season. 
Division 1, @stuboy43 ended with a nice 11/1 treble to jump straight up to the top of the table.
Division 2, top 3 hold on to their places with @Procalc keeping the top spot.
Division 3, @dj.orange's super bet leap frogs him into the top spot.
Division 4, what can I say! @Marek76 keeps the top spot with his 4 figure return but @1945harry and @silver fox both leap up with massive treble wins to push the others off the podium.
Division 5 had a little shuffle round with @przemek taking the top spot.
Division 6, no winners and no big position changing bets so top 3 stay the same with @Wanderlust clear at the top.
Division 7, @daisychain has a win to leap frog over the top 3 into top spot.
Division 8, @Budgie 65 keeps the top spot with @Larkin22 moving up onto the podium.
Well done to the top 3 on the podium of each Division.  I'll list and tag you separately regarding prizes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 3 in each Division, please can you Message me on here with your PayPal email address and I will collate and pass on to management who will arrange the payments.  Also Overall Top 5 please send me your address so we can post out the PL merchandise (mug and pens) if you'd like it.  To Message, either hover over my name and click the Message envelope which comes up bottom left, or click the envelope at the top of the forum page.  If you're a previous winner feel free to tag it onto our last messages and just confirm if details are still the same.  Give us a couple of weeks to get payments organised.  Merchandise is shipped from our suppliers so may take longer - if you aren't in the UK we'll do our best to get them to you, but there are shipping restrictions from our supplier and unfortunately in some cases it might not be possible.
Well done everyone.
WINNERS 
DIV 1  @stuboy43 £75. @Xcout £50. @AdriaN92 £30.
DIV 2  @Procalc £60. @Cuko £40. @APitt1988 £25.
DIV 3  @dj.orange £50. @Bagzi £35. @Redno2009 £20.
DIV 4  @Marek76 £40. @1945harry £30. @silver fox £20.
DIV 5  @przemek £35. @Nosey-P £25. @Astleavista £15.
DIV 6  @Wanderlust £30. @Tiffy £20. @BARNSLEYCHOP £10.
DIV 7  @daisychain £20. @Like A Roughie £15.  @Gizmo £10.
DIV 8  @Budgie 65 £20.  @Larkin22 £15.  @Gray306 £10.
TOP 5 OVERALL  @Marek76  @1945harry  @Budgie 65  @dj.orange  @Procalc   PL Mug & Pens.
 

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