Another handicap ante post bet .
Weymouth (+22) 5.00 E.W @ 18/1
I’ve liked what I’ve read about Weymouth.
Player Manager Jason Tindall helped steady the club when they could of easily gone into freefall and slipped out of the league last season, financial difficulties meant that the best paid players had to go and after a promising start they plummeted but then rallied and finished a respectable 11th. From what I’ve read Tindall has a fair bit of respect amongst his team mates and has support from new Weymuff owner Mel Bush (Tindalls father in law). Bush comes across as being a some one who will make the club work financially off the pitch.
Pre season for the ‘muff has seen nothing but positives imo, several players have re-signed new contracts and there’s a good mix of experience and youth in the team.
They have also signed 27 yr old Paolo Vernazza on a 12 month contract who played for Arsenal before making over 100 appearances for Watford and more recently at Dag and Red who he helped become champions with last season. I think he will settle in well down on the south coast and is a very good player at this level. Other signings have included two strikers, former Luton player Stuart Douglas and former league player Jefferson Louis.
Douglas scored two in a 3-0 win over league one Bournmouth last week and although nothing to much should be read into the game the fans seem to be impressed……
It was not just the score. Our defence looked solid and we always seemed capable of making openings. JT has a problem as who to pick for his 1st team. The Yeovil forward on trial looked quite good, Challis and Vickers commanding. Bernard v. good. S Douglas would be a good choice to start with
I know not much can be read into pre-season results, but you can judge the style of play and how they look as a team. Those players looked like they had been together for some time. We could also have found a Ben Smith replacement in Vernazza, especially how he played first half.
While I’m here I’ll just mention that this bet...
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First ever BSP goal - FGR - 2.00 @ 66/1
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.....although taking place on the 1st day of the BSP season will be settled in here as an Ante post bet as it was put on 5 weeks before the season starts and no longer fits in with my staking plan this season.
I’m changing my staking plan slightly to having 4 different levels to help make my confidence in the bets clearer. Stakes (non Ante post) for the season will either be 4.00, 12.00, 20.00 or 50.00. Some stakes may be split as part of backing to win and laying the other team.
Total Ante post bets now = 53.00