General Football Thread

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Braveheart said:
I wonder what odds I'd get at the bookies?????
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At a complete guess, 1.5 for Palace to win, 3 for West Ham and 2 for Man U. So overall odds of 9/1 or 10/1 or so is my guess. Basically not great given the chances of all three results going our way!
 
FleetCanary said:
WH have them (in the old fashioned format) 14/5 West Ham, 6/4 Palace and 4/5 Man U.
The treble works out 16.1/1
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Ok so I wasn't too far off with my guessing for WH at 2/1 and Man U at evens. My Palace at odds on was the only one completely wrong.

How do bookies work out the treble because it's not just the combined odds?
 
Canary Rob said:
Ok so I wasn't too far off with my guessing for WH at 2/1 and Man U at evens. My Palace at odds on was the only one completely wrong.

How do bookies work out the treble because it's not just the combined odds?
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Misspent youth coming into effect here.
You need to remember that its an accumulator, so your stake accumulates with each win:

So say you put £10 on this particular treble:

West Ham 14/5 (3.8 decimal)
Palace 6/4 (2.5 decimal)
Man U 4/5 (1.8 decimal)

First game West Ham win, so £10 x 3.8 = £38

This £38 goes on Palace: £38 x 2.5 = £95

This £95 goes on Man U: £95 x 1.8 = £171 or £161 profit with your £10 stake, so odds were 16.1/1.

Clear as mud? :emoticon-0113-sleep
 
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FleetCanary said:
Misspent youth coming into effect here.
You need to remember that its an accumulator, so your stake accumulates with each win:

So say you put £10 on this particular treble:

West Ham 14/5 (3.8 decimal)
Palace 6/4 (2.5 decimal)
Man U 4/5 (1.8 decimal)

First game West Ham win, so £10 x 3.8 = £38

This £38 goes on Palace: £38 x 2.5 = £95

This £95 goes on Man U: £95 x 1.8 = £171 or £161 profit with your £10 stake, so odds were 16.1/1.

Clear as mud? :emoticon-0113-sleep
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Not muddy at all that's an excellent explanation! I had completely forgotten how to work out accumulators - thanks!
 
So BBC are going to show the Spurs and Leicester replay......F**k off! No one wanted to watch the first one! Where's the lower league sides who fought for a replay!?
 
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