…I ought to just stay in bed!
Is When Saturday Comes still a thing? I used to buy it religiously every week from the local newsagents back in the 90s. WSC was at the forefront of the new (at the time) Fanzine scene, and it was sooo refreshing compared to all the nonsense you’d get in the tabloids or the staid writing of the Chief Football Correspondents on the broadsheets. Loved my WSC, I did.
Anyway, the headline does not refer directly to that erstwhile publication, and more to my mood when Saturday ends! Seriously, if I just didn’t bet The Value Machine selections each Saturday, I reckon I’d be quids in this month. Instead, I’ve just dipped back into the red after last week hailing the recovery to get into the black. Talk about up and down, and it always seems to be the Saturdays that do for me.
To be honest, I’ll be glad to see the back of this month. It’s been a real struggle and I’m still in a loss making position, albeit not now a very big one. I even made a bit of profit last week but that was mainly down to the ‘Trial Service’. My intention was to just post the figures during the trial run, and not make mention of it specifically, but after a Friday just gone that saw one bet land the equivalent to 72% bank growth in just one hit, it’s a bit hard to maintain that cloak of secrecy. I’ll not mention the name of the service as yet, but suffice to say that when it hits big, it hits big! Trouble is, as I’m only trialling it, I’m using very small stakes and a proportionally very small bank. Oh well, the signs are ‘promising’, shall we say?
Elsewhere though, and things have continued to be all a bit gloomy. The killer for me, other than Saturday’s horses, has been the Value Bets. Concentrating mainly on Player to be Shown a Card markets and the Enhanced Specials, simply because I’ve found these the easiest to find good levels of value within the restricted time I have, are going through a cold spell. For me, anyway. Tom at Bookie Bashing talks of waiting for the heater to arrive, and believe me, I am waiting for all the warm, glorious bone seeping heat to arrive in all its glory. Bring me that heat! I worship at the altar of all that is warm and goodly.
It’ll come, I’m sure. But right now, it feels like I’m on the North Pole wearing only a thin cotton T-shirt and a pair of linen shorts.
Figures below…
October Figures (stakes normalised):
Early Pay Out Tracker: Staked 1,270pts, +90.49pts, roi 7.12%, roc 6.03%.
Weekly Golf Value: Staked 970.5pts, +233.58pts, roi 24.06%, roc 11.67%.
Sys Analyst: Staked 643pts, -137.56pts, roi -21.39%, roc -6.87%.
Value Bets (BB): Staked 1,648.19pts, -685.94pts, roi -41.61%, roc -34.29%.
The Value Machine: Staked 6,090pts, -90.73pts, roi -1.48%, roc -4.53%
Winner Odds Football: Staked 4,489pts, -195.08pts, roi -4.34%, roc -9.75%.
Trial Service: Staked 966pts, +521.71pts, roi 54%, roc 69.56%
TOTAL: Staked 15,686.94pts, -438.74pts, roi -2.79%, roc -4.61%.
