Rugby League 10-12th Sep

[slick]

Rugby League playoff Betting and Tips 10-12th Sep

[slick]

Handicap Betting..

10th Sep 2010
20:00 St Helens v Warrington Wolves
(-2.0) 2.00
(-2.0) 17.00
(+2.0) 1.80

11th Sep 2010
15:45 Huddersfield Giants v Crusaders
(-16.0) 1.90
(-16.0) 17.00
(+16.0) 1.90

18:00 Hull FC v Hull Kingston Rovers
(-4.0) 1.90
(-4.0) 17.00
(+4.0) 1.90

12th Sep 2010
18:45 Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos
(-8.0) 1.90
(-8.0) 17.00
(+8.0) 1.9

Odds Paddypower

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Just back in after a meal - i`ll write summat on here tommorrow about the playoffs - just came in to a nice little touch on Fev to score over 5.5 tries vs Halifax

[slick]

Well theres going to be some classic games over this weekend thats for sure and you know what apart from Huddersfield, I haven't got a clue who will win the rest of them.

Huddersfield won't have any problems against the Crusaders as those odds suggest but the bookies seem to have tied up the handicap too so it looks like one I'll be giving a miss as odds on the level aren't worth bothering with unless its part of one of Yorkies itsy bitsy odds 100 fold acckies, which I think I'll pass on and the handicap as I have mentioned looks very close to the mark.

Now onto the heavy weights, Saints V Warrington.
A match that you cannot seperate with a razor blade and one where home advantage to Saints could rule out Warringtons slight edge form wise.
As Samoan has mentioned in previous threads Saints do have Injury problems and are not 100% for this game hence the recall from Salford of Matty Smith.
Warrington on the other hand come into this as Challenge cup winners where in the final they tore Leeds to shreds , they also have the advantage of being able to rest 5 key players in last weeks match against Harlequins in readiness for this game.

On that basis alone Warrington look to be the pick but I can't get out of my mind that this is Cunninghams last season for Saints and the players and staff at Knowsley road would love nothing more than to give him the send off he deserves , i.e the playoff trophy and I can see the Saints players busting a gut to make that happen as he is a true legend of rughy league.

I just don't know, this is going to be a titanic battle where the winner heads straight to a home leg in the semis and the loser continues against the winner of I think the Hull game.

decisions, decisions......the handicap looks negligable but at least there is a slight one in a game that could so easily be scratch, that could be so important in this game so I'm going to go with it..
Warrington win +2 @ 1.9

[SAMOAN]

Tremendous game so far. Saints playing well, except when they are receiving a kick off. Don't think its over yet mind.

[slick]

Saints win was well deserved, can't take nothing away from them.
Its worth noting Warrington seemed to struggle with the wet weather, yet when they played Wigan at the DW in similar conditions they seemed to flourish, strange.

Nice to see Matty Smith get MOTM, looks like he's trying to show Saints what they are losing just like he did when he scored a hat trick against them when playing for Salford, just caught his interview at the end of the match and if you ask me he's proved a point now and I'll be suprised if we see a display like that again from him in the playoffs.

Well done Saints but I won't be writing Warrington off just yet as they are a lot better than that, tonight they seemed stuck in 2nd gear, they still have another game to reach the semis which i expect them to do.

It was a good game to start the playoffs but I think thats only a taster of better games to come, I'm really looking forward to the Hull derby tomorrow.

[SAMOAN]

Struggling to name a bad Saints player. Wire's first 2 tries came from good field position after silly penalties and they did have the Saints on toast on that wing. Loaded it up both times and both times had a 2 man advantage. Once they had sorted that out a Saints win began to look inevitable. Quite right IMO to keep taking the 2 points and were also happy to keep banging the ball long downnfield. Wire for all their attacking players, did not look that threatening from deep and as you said Slick, they just did not adapt to conditions. I know that you have also monitored Jamie Foster closely and again the lad did not put a foot wrong.

[slick]

Fosters a great young talent , its hard to believe he's only 20, as I was watching the game the wife noticed him and said "ain't he skinny for a rugby player" , after which i then had to go on and explain to her he's a winger and then spent the next 10 mins explaining the different positions and physical sizes of the rugby players, in the end it sunk in thats its no good having a 20 stone sack of muscle out on the wing trying to run 100 metres in less than 12 seconds as it just won't happen.

The good thing about Foster is that he's a down to earth kid who appreciates what rugby will give him, he's not flash or big headed like a footballer who possess's the same skill level would be, he knows his place and realises he still has a lot to learn, if he carrys on in that same vane he deserves all the success the game will bring him at the top level.

For the first time tonight mind I noticed he looked a bit edgy when kicking, so he's only human like the rest of us under pressure, I was just as relieved as him when that kick near the end went in off the post, that was not luck mind , it was just deserts for all the practise he no doubts puts in, he will gain a lot experience wise from situations like that, which will hold him in good stead for the future.

He has to be nailed on as young player of the year.

[SAMOAN]

Thought you'd have had the wife a bit better trained. Does she know the offside rule in Football ?

[slick]

She fcuking better had as I've spent half my married life explaining it to her, in fact make that half my life as thats how long I've been married.

It was hard work in the early days but she's quicker than me now to spot an offside, which annoys me at times as I'll say "is it fcuk" only for the replay to prove her right, for some reason it seems to happen most when City are playing.

I've done quite well educating her tell the truth as when we first met she knew nothing and wasn't interested in sport, living with me and the constant bombardment 24/7 has brought her on leaps and bounds, she must be worth a fortune now.

[SAMOAN]

One thing that I did forget to mention was the Scott Moore situation. According to some pretty well connected friends of mine, the guy was dropped. Big call with the injuries they had as he had pretty much played the whole season.

[SAMOAN]

Originally Posted by slick

She fcuking better had as I've spent half my married life explaining it to her, in fact make that half my life as thats how long I've been married.

It was hard work in the early days but she's quicker than me now to spot an offside, which annoys me at times as I'll say "is it fcuk" only for the replay to prove her right, for some reason it seems to happen most when City are playing.

I've done quite well educating her tell the truth as when we first met she knew nothing and wasn't interested in sport, living with me and the constant bombardment 24/7 has brought her on leaps and bounds, she must be worth a fortune now.

You need to be taking her to the races. She would probably go through the card.

[SAMOAN]

Matty Smith to start in the Semi final ? Eastmond and Lomax will probably be fit to start ( though in Eastmond's case probably not fit to finish ) No brainer for me, he is the man in possession of the shirt and should keep it.

[slick]

it was a massive call if Moore was dropped allthough personally i can't see it. Smith to start the semi? its a tough one but on toinights performance Potter would be a brave man to drop him , as you say on tonights performance he's earned the shirt and after signing for Salford it will be his last chance of any sort of medal for a long while so the incentive to perform is there.

[7HEGR1MR3AP3R]

Warrington cant beat Saints can they

Fancy Hull to shade KR by maybe 12 so id go Hull - 4

and id take Crusaders +16

and Wigan are nigh on invincible so id take the -8