New manager honeymoon period system

[Denman]

This idea came to me quite a while ago but never tried it out until now that is. Very basic system, will involve just the 92 English league football clubs for the time being. The simply rules are: * New manager needs to be official announced, doesn't included caretakers. * Back the team with the new manager for the first 5 games he's in charge. * If two teams with managers within their first 5 games come up against eahc other, no bet. This is specifically a trial for the time being, starting with a 1000pts bank, 10pt per bet. The idea being that once a new manager takes over the team seems to get a lift and thus perform better. I'll post odds from the best available bookies I can find at the time. For simplisticity I'll start it from now, i.e. any managers already within the 5 games sequnce won't count I'll only start with new managers from this date onwards. Looks like Sheffield Wednesday may be our first selection since their manager has just left.

[relf]

Re: New manager honeymoon period system I do agree with your logic, but I have 2 points to point out. 1) I don't think there are that many new managers readily available across the 92 clubs throughout the season. Which means, it might be difficult to find fixtures to bet every week. 2) You are backing the first 5 games. What if, for example, a bottom club is facing top clubs in the 5-game sequence. There would be a lift, no doubt, but there's only that much a lift can do.