Italy Serie A (11 May)

[nicko]

Originally Posted by nicko

Decided to go for HW in Juventus, surely the hometeam is overpriced vs pathetic travellers Catania. Guests will simply defend like mad, don't think it will help vs a team which had a hard lesson to learn following the match-fixing, and which has far more quality.
A home win, Over and Goal/Goal in Udine, as I rate Cagliari very high among the relegation-threatened teams, scored in all last 5 away games. Udine imo do have Euro ambitions, and more quality upfront.
An Over in Roma simply because I don't like the odds for HW. Surely Roma has the quality to score 3+, Atalanta also can score, relaxed and safe in midtable..
Good luck

Embarassing...

[paddzer]

Nothing to be embarressed about Nicko, you gave your honest opinion and if this league was played honestly your predictions may well have been in the money. If there is one western league that should be avoided this really is the one. I only punted on this league because of the lack of other meaningful fixtures and got burnt as well. I wont ever bet on this league again.

[nicko]

Originally Posted by paddzer

Nothing to be embarressed about Nicko, you gave your honest opinion and if this league was played honestly your predictions may well have been in the money. If there is one western league that should be avoided this really is the one. I only punted on this league because of the lack of other meaningful fixtures and got burnt as well. I wont ever bet on this league again.

I must disagree, fixing games in Italy is just as bad (OR GOOD ) as almost every other league. British teams give a fair fight to everyone, so do the German ones, still, if you check some old posts, certain games were tipped by other people to stay away from, and strange results occured.
I was personally tipped few times this season for games in Western leagues, and in every case except one FT was ''funny'' - trust me, it wasn't in Italy.
Don't want to open a dispute here, looking at weeks' games and making my picks I simply try to think game is fair and logic should prevail. As it shows, certain doubts exists, but who could possibly point at Juventus or Genoa in the previous round and say they bent? I can't as I am in no position to listen what happens in the President's office or elsewhere...
Italy was very good to me this season, a lot more Overs, teams who were tipped to go down also made some good profit to me. In a bad season overall for me I think Italy will be a great place to make picks next season. Big names will join clubs, games are much more open, at least 6 clubs have potential for CL spots judging by this season...
Good luck