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Post by Officer Barbrady on May 31, 2016 12:53:17 GMT
No English club has ever had three consecutive promotions (except in the lower levels of non-league) and DC is now at a new level for him as a manager, but I am surprised to see us quite so far down the odds. I'm surprised to see ua that far up to be honest!
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Post by socrates on May 31, 2016 16:58:25 GMT
I think it's about right and I'm going to stick a tenner on it and a tenner on us to just win promotion.
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Post by supergas on May 31, 2016 18:27:59 GMT
I guess the odds will be a mixture of how large the fan base is thus more of those fans supporting their team and the odds will reflect money put on. This. Bookies odds never reflect the chance of something happening, they reflect how much money the bookie will lose if something happens with the current amount of bets placed vs the next round of bets that will be placed.
And before anyone says "very little will have been bet on next season so far", it's a combination of last years stakes vs last years finishing positions that calculate the opening odds, nothing to do with current squads, managers, transfer targets or average attendances....
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Post by Topper Gas on May 31, 2016 18:39:55 GMT
That still doesn't explain why Oxford's odds are better than ours, we had the better end to the season, are likely to have a bigger fan base betting plus aren't losing our star player?
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 31, 2016 19:16:05 GMT
That still doesn't explain why Oxford's odds are better than ours, we had the better end to the season, are likely to have a bigger fan base betting plus aren't losing our star player? do you know something about taylor that we don't?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 21:33:11 GMT
Wish our odds were...5,000-1 ?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2016 21:48:32 GMT
That still doesn't explain why Oxford's odds are better than ours, we had the better end to the season, are likely to have a bigger fan base betting plus aren't losing our star player? well they finished above us took 4 points off us and havnt gone up 2 divisions on the bounce maybe?
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Post by daniel300380 on May 31, 2016 23:57:01 GMT
That still doesn't explain why Oxford's odds are better than ours, we had the better end to the season, are likely to have a bigger fan base betting plus aren't losing our star player? well they finished above us took 4 points off us and havnt gone up 2 divisions on the bounce maybe? Thought we beat them away?? Why are Oxfords odds better than Northampton's??
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 10:41:48 GMT
well they finished above us took 4 points off us and havnt gone up 2 divisions on the bounce maybe? Thought we beat them away?? Why are Oxfords odds better than Northampton's?? i think we drew 2-2 away but good point about northampton
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Jun 1, 2016 10:52:38 GMT
Thought we beat them away?? Why are Oxfords odds better than Northampton's?? i think we drew 2-2 away but good point about northampton I'm sure we won away at Oxford. Late Harrison penalty winner just before he went off on loan if I remember correctly. We drew 2-2 away at Northampton.
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Post by Finnish Gas on Jun 1, 2016 14:13:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 14:59:53 GMT
Thought we beat them away?? Why are Oxfords odds better than Northampton's?? i think we drew 2-2 away but good point about northampton We won 2-1 Taylor header from Leadbitter cross and Harrison Pen.
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Post by britishgas on Jun 1, 2016 15:11:39 GMT
We haven't signed anyone yet, and most of the squad (including our top scorer for the last two seasons) could still leave on free transfers. Even if we manage to keep the likes of Taylor, to seriously threaten the playoff places we probably need a new starting keeper, a solid centre-back to partner Lockyer, and decent cover at left-back. A couple of wingers to compete with/cover Bodin and Montano wouldn't go amiss either.
I'm surprised that our odds for the title are as short as they are at this stage.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 15:20:35 GMT
We won 2-1 Taylor header from Leadbitter cross and Harrison Pen. No, we drew 2-2 after coming back from 2-0 down, and Harrison's equaliser was from open play. I was refering to Oxford away
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Post by britishgas on Jun 1, 2016 15:20:58 GMT
No, we drew 2-2 after coming back from 2-0 down, and Harrison's equaliser was from open play. I was refering to Oxford away Just realised that! D'oh!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 22:52:28 GMT
i think we drew 2-2 away but good point about northampton We won 2-1 Taylor header from Leadbitter cross and Harrison Pen. thanks for that,,why the hell are our odds worse than oxfords? ? i think its related to 2 promotions on the bounce,in the real world you would only expect a relegation dogfight after such a thing,we have very few players that have ever done well or even played at league one level and we dont even know how many of them are staying. that said we have new owners,a determined manager and a great bunch of footballers so i still feel optimistic but i understand the bookmakers viewpoint,surely only wimbledon should have longer odds than us?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 23:08:31 GMT
God knows how we are that long of a price given our momentum and the budget we are going to have next season which I guess will rivial most of those in League one. We are a decent bet for another promotion. we have no idea what the budget will be though? Depends I'm meeting wael Thursday.. I'll let you know how it goes and how big it gets..(the budget I mean).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 23:43:05 GMT
We won 2-1 Taylor header from Leadbitter cross and Harrison Pen. thanks for that,,why the hell are our odds worse than oxfords? ? i think its related to 2 promotions on the bounce,in the real world you would only expect a relegation dogfight after such a thing,we have very few players that have ever done well or even played at league one level and we dont even know how many of them are staying. that said we have new owners,a determined manager and a great bunch of footballers so i still feel optimistic but i understand the bookmakers viewpoint,surely only wimbledon should have longer odds than us? I agree but a lot will depend on who we sign and who takes their contract offer,right now it seems about the right odds,but by the time we kick off who knows
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 0:04:36 GMT
thanks for that,,why the hell are our odds worse than oxfords? ? i think its related to 2 promotions on the bounce,in the real world you would only expect a relegation dogfight after such a thing,we have very few players that have ever done well or even played at league one level and we dont even know how many of them are staying. that said we have new owners,a determined manager and a great bunch of footballers so i still feel optimistic but i understand the bookmakers viewpoint,surely only wimbledon should have longer odds than us? I agree but a lot will depend on who we sign and who takes their contract offer,right now it seems about the right odds,but by the time we kick off who knows exiting times,,cant wait to see who stays and who we sign,i will be backing the owner and the manager whatever happens as i dont want to presume massive funds for top players at our level is a given
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