Coca-Cola Championship 5th August

[hornet_18]

Originally Posted by hornet_18

Tempted for a cheeky small trixie on Southend, Cardiff and Burnley just for 1pt each (overall 4pts) just for opening day fun.

Also think I may put 1pt on Chopra to score just because I like him because he played for us

GL

Sadly Chopra didnt score and I ignored my own Scorecast of Southend 1-0 with Freddie Eastwood first scorer @ 48 but the trixie came through giving my over a 23point profit for the day

[adythom]

nice one hornet!

excellent pick on Burnley also those who took that advice did well there!

Brum came through but only just eh! and what a moron getting sent off after just 3 mins of your debut!

another reasonably predictable set of results I think!

good work all!

[theoldmaster]

hope you all took my advice on over 11 corners, thats 1/1 so far lets hope we continue i will be back with another corner tip next week

[gurdjieff]

Thanks for corner tip Old master.Keep em a comin.

[^Newbie^]

followed on the backing of saints this week and have to say we were extremely unlucky to concede a late goal . At least stakes refunded i guess , looking forward to midweek action .

[kevshat]

Originally Posted by kevshat(BPP)

3pts Luton to beat Leicester 2.62 Betfair

Luton's record on the opening day is good, they've won in each of the last 3 seasons whereas opponents Leicester haven't won in any of the last 3 seasons on the opening day.

Luton's record at Kenilworth Rd under Mike Newell is very impressive. It tailed off towards the end of last season it must be said but it must also be said injuries had kicked in bigtime at that stage. Luton have had a promising pre-season despite it being interrupted by the sales of key men Kevin Nicholls and Steve Howard. Adam Boyd has come in from Hartlepool to replace Howie and word is he's fitted in well.

Leicester are a side I expect to go well this season but they may have their work cut out in this match. They've had a good pre-season too and have lots of experience in their side but Luton can be a tough place to go to.

This is easily a standout price here and with the stats and Luton's home record on our side such a good price I think is worth taking this early.

3pts Colchester +1 AH vs Birmingham 1.91 Pointbet

Birmingham have lots of new signings who will take a bit of time to gel, most people turning up at St Andrews tomorrow sitting in the home end will expect a straight forward home win. I don't. Colchester will be bang up for this match and we saw against Chelsea last season what they can do. Birmingham ain't Chelsea and at worst I think we'll get our cash returned here. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Col U take something home with them from here though.

4pts Cardiff 0 AH vs Barnsley 2.08 Ladbrokes

Cardiff have had a good pre-season and the signing of Michael Chopra looks to be a good one. It often works out that strikers score against old clubs so he may well score in this. Barnsley are without Nardiello for this game and may find life a bit tough initially in this division. They drew their last 5 home matches in League 1 last season so an improvement is needed. I fancy Cardiff to win the match but at such good odds I'll play safe and keep the refund on the draw on our side too.

3pts Southampton 0 AH vs Derby 2.04 Ladbrokes

George Burley will be eager for his Saints side to get one over his past employers here. He's signed very well in pre-season and they are sure to be up there at the top come May. Derby have only signed Steve Howard from Luton and although he'll score them goals I just think Southampton are the stronger side. Again at good odds with the draw giving us our money back I'm happy to take Saints on the AH.

5pts 12 or more corners in Luton vs Leicester match 2.10 Blue Square

Neither of these hold anything back in the attacking stakes, both play a fairly open attractive game which often leads to a few corners. Last years 2 matches between the sides averaged 13 corners and a repeat of that sees us home and dry. Throughout the whole of last season both sides matches averaged over 10 corners so we should see plenty here.

3 winners and 2 pushes will do for starters

[kevster]

Originally Posted by hornet_18

Been looking at this more and more and to be honest, the more I look at it, the worse value it seems.

Colchester were very organised last year. They lost their manager, yes, but they still have pretty much the same core in the side. They lost Danns a key player, but replaced him with Johnnie Jackson who if played in centre mid will be an excellent signing (watford had him on 3month loan and on left midfield he was woeful, in centre mid he was awesome). They also signed Jamie Cureton who I think is a good player at this level. For Reading he was great, then he moved to Japan which was strange but I think he can find his form.

Birmingham have 8 new signings to fit into the side. One of which is Danns from Colchester who will be kicked off the park. Cameron Jerome is overrated and doesnt contribute anything to the side for 89mins of the game. Stephen Kelly is pretty average and all these youngsters with no experience will need time to bed themselves into first team football. Also, Steve Bruce is tactically inept.

I like the AH bet on Colchester and feel they could shock a few people tomorrow.

Some fair comment here. I have to say that still expect Colchester to struggle. The league looks tougher than ever and surviving the loss of the manager will be tough for them. Happy to be proved wrong but we'll see.