The fact of the matter is the fade isn't as good as it used to be for this very reason...

The reason people used to fade Lang from 2006-2011 with large success is because he was labeled a "Joe Public" handicapper. In fact there was a poster that dubbed him the "poster child for Joe Public."

If you've seen his plays over the last few months and primarily in 2012 what has it been?

He has been playing all underdogs. And the majority of those underdogs are anti-public plays where he is blindly fading the Joe Public play. Or what he used to play.

So he has clearly changed his strategy. Read old Lang threads from 2007-2011. When his play is posted you will routinely see him playing favorites and posters telling each other to wait to get your fade in because the line will go up on the underdog you will be betting on, etc.

The old philosophy has completely changed. Someone, or even himself, has clearly gotten into his ear and told him this is the best strategy to at least lose juice since I don't think you can necessarily win long term blindly playing underdogs. However what you can do hang around 49-52% and that doesn't help the faders much at all unless he completely chokes on his big plays all the time.

Given the change in philosophy, though, it would make sense to search around and find a capper that is primarily playing public favorites and putting out multiple plays a day.