Marc Kearney

First round is always tough, maybe even the first few. In the A league i had a good run of overs and also both to score last season as its quite a predictable league to bet on overs as some games are crazy.
I may even still consider having a go at the first round. I think there may be goals in city v roar game. good opportunity for city to get on the board early with 3 pts.
 
Victory v Sydney could also smell goals. Both to score looks solid. Those two Sunday games look tough. Are Adelaide going to be up there this season?
I expect Victory, Sydney and City to be in top 4. Looking forward to the start of the A league. not long to go now

Good to see Podolski getting on the board on his debut. was an easy win for Kobe but this away trip will be a tough one, be interesting to see how they go away from home.
 
Cerezo should bounce back. Poor URAWA - Surely this week they will win but id stay away from them betting wise.
Gamba should win away from home.
I think theres some good betting games this week in the j league. multi material involving Gamba, Cerezo, Kashima.

All the big boys are pretty low but i don't know. personally being new fresh season i think its too early to start handicapping Benfica and Porto. I mean looking at there fixtures and such low odds, you would think but hmm don't know just yet. They could turn up to match day 1 and only win 1-0 maybe, they may be little rusty but the odds say otherwise to be fair.
 
In regards to goals. same thing, little too hard to tell at this early stage.
i think Benfica will win the supercup comfortably. 2-3-0 maybe. so handicap for that would be nice. -1. depending on odds.
 
In regards to sporting? are they having a lot of issues off field? this may affect there performance so i am maybe thinking sporting clean sheet no at 1.83 - i think that may be a good bet. i can see Aves just getting 1 goal.

Feyenoord to win and open up the new season with a trophy in there cabinet. I wonder if Van Persie will play this match? if hes match fit?  I can see this being over 2.5 in normal time. I expect Feyenoord to be up there in the league again to play it out with Ajax and PSV.
I reckon Feyenoord 2-1 maybe 3-1.

Thanks for your comments Marc, and indeed Cruz Azul were clearly dominating before the red card!
I tend to avoid the first three weeks of competition in Liga (you know those unwritten rules!). Tigres looks very powerful, and in the opener Valencia look impressive, but look how things are in Liga MX in the last match he got expelled, here is a constant up and down, winning streaks are not that often seen. Depends against with teams but yes, overs or btts looks like the way to go.
Lobos BUAP debut in Liga MX shows a team that will provide fierce competition, a refreshing change.

just looking at those games on the opening day, in regards to goals or the overs market I could see goals in the dagenham, hartlepool, tranmere games. but it's always a good thing to play very safe in the first few rounds isn't it?  New season could always throw up some funny maybe low scoring games.

When this idea was initially touted I was quite positive about it. However, the more I've thought about it the more I'm hating it. As @GazBlades said, a team finishing 7th could get promoted purely by hitting form at the right time. It just doesn't sit right with me. Still, it's set to add more unpredictability to proceedings... so brace yourselves!
I'll get the odds for the first set of fixtures up tomorrow as well. That will bring it home how close we are to starting the 2017/18 season.

I totally agree, it's an awful idea. Only 2 places to go up and the team that finishes 7th could possibly have one of them? And the way it works with the disadvantage to the team that finishes 2nd is ridiculous. If they are going to have it, it should be done so the 2nd place team is guaranteed to play the lowest placed winner from the 1st games, not set in stone that they place 4th or 7th. I'm very glad we're out of it!

I think its a terrible idea and I am a fan of a club who might well be capable of sneaking into the play-offs now. Also clubs will be better off finishing 3rd as the 2nd place team are likely to be odds on to face the 4th place team. You finish 3rd and you are going to be playing 5th or 6th which is going to be preferable to playing the 4th place side. If you can't finish in the top 5 of a league then you don't deserve promotion. 

sydney look pretty clueless and the coach seems keen for every player to get minutes with every other player. 
my thinking is that deep rosters are a negative in the 40 minute game. go with 7 players, a feel good veteran and two 15 year olds i say.
 
i have played:
Melbourne -6.5
Melbourne game over 
Perth -6.5
Perth game under 
 
Corey Webster is returning to the breakers which should be enough to make them a contender again. couldn't find anything about when he is available but seems unlikely he will be in perth tonight.
 
GL

Good job mate on Wrexham. I got on it. 2-1 just before the break. I think theres still more goals to come.