RK's Soccer Hockey MLB and Ramblings

[RubberKettle]

Soccer, Hockey, MLB and ramblings for fun.
Just my thoughts on sports I follow. Bets, strategies, insights, obersvations and random shit from me. Points giveaways too. 1st reply gets 5


2-10-2012

Erdivisie: Twente -1.5 (Tailing EP Ninja) Good team, bad team. Lots of goals in the Dutch 1^st division. Twente win by 2 a lot at home. (Small bet)

Bundesliga2: FSV Frankfurt ML
Team looking for 1^st home win of season vs team with worst away record in Germany. Something’s gotta give and I will back the team coming off a good performance with new striker Mitsanski scoring twice. New coach Mohlmann also inspires confidence they can beat the drop. (Small Bet)


Thinking about steak tacos for dinner tonight. More to come later

[RubberKettle]

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United Liverpool over 2.5
Possibly Cleverly and Nani from start
Liverpool held last game
Derby match, full bore
United brilliant 2nd half Chelsea, good form Rooney 2 pens. Liverpool play better on the road. Last meeting 2-1 to Liverpool at Anfield FA Cup. Liverpool last three away games (League) over 2.5. Last game scoring 3 goals away to Wolves. Should be full strength. Added spice of Suarez vs Evra after race row. Suarez can beat United’s defense with pace or trickery.
Degenerate alert: Game live on ESPN 2 at 745am USA










QPR Some combo of ML and PK/ Draw
Blackburn losers of two straight, never really had a chance in either game. Fragile defense, no Samba or Givet. Hughes back at Blackburn with attacking options. No Cisse, but Tarrabt playing well when QPR had 11. Bothroyd is a muppet, maybe he can get us a goal. Zamora should punish Blackburn defense if he gets service. SWP and Joey Barton supply balls into striker. Hughes should play 2 upfront, Blackburn due for bad run. QPR are better under Hughes. More sound defensively (With 11 men) and better going forward.

Sunderland ML or Over 2.5
Sunderland at home. Sunderland unbeaten in 5 games. Sunderland most points in league since Martin O’Neil took over. Arsenal inflated after 7-1 drubbing. RVP still main man. Blackburn’s away defense much much worse than Sunderland’s at home. I see a late goal send over 2.5 and possibly a Sunderland winner. Arsenal love to drop points at the SoL.

Aston Villa Man City Under 2.5
City away form sucks. Last Nine away all comps they have scored 7 goals. Only two wins in that time. Six of last eight Villa home games over total of 2.5, but Big Ek knows he must set Villa up not to concede. Villa no home wins in last 6 games. Desperately need to keep this at 0-0 for as long as possible. Manchester City win 0-1 maybe 0-2 or 1-1 draw if Villa lucky. Everton and WBA, two teams similar to Aston Villa, able to frustrate City at home.

[Roxxyfish]

good luck

[RubberKettle]

Staring at two losses

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Bhawks ML: Time to bounce back, few days off. Sharks struggling as well

Buffalo coming off huge win vs Bruins. Vanek might be back and would be a big boost. Stars are on a back to back. They beat Columbus last night. Stars have only won 2 games in a row twice in 2012.

Africa Cup of Nations
Côte d'Ivoire perennial chokers. Drogba has experience losing finals (Egypt AFCON, Champs League)
Zambia playing with heavy heart remembering plane crash of 1993. Zambia played better in run up to final. I think maybe draw or even Zambia is worth looking at.
Zambia solid defensively will not give away soft goal; already proven they can frustrate a team with superior talent (Ghana)

[RubberKettle]

Hmm don't **** me Buffalo

Not a good way to start a thread. Lets get drunk

[RubberKettle]

Buffalo...what a wild ride

Thank god. Michael Wider lol

[thericker7]

Thanks for the write up. Who do you think will win the game between United and Liverpool?

[RubberKettle]

Sorry thericker for late response, but I have no opinion on a side.

Suarez wouldn't shake his hand

Suarez you dirty Uruguyan ****

[sweep]

Good luck today R.Kett.

[RubberKettle]

Scholes should of scored there, cmon boys I need goals

[RubberKettle]

C'MON!!! Thats how you start after the interval.

[RubberKettle]

Two nil

I knew there'd be goals!!!!!

[RubberKettle]

QPR shits the bed 1st half, but Blackburn lucky to hang on. Pretty good weekend. Arsenal and Man City games are right on form.
Barcelona show frailty on the road again. They might lose road game in UCL.

And so, after their 1-0 win, Zambia head on to Libreville, a city that, for them, stands as plangent as any in the annals of tragedy. It was two minutes after take-off from Libreville that the plane carrying the Zambia team to Senegal for a World Cup qualifier in 1993 exploded, killing all on board. The greatest of all Zambian players, Kalusha Bwalya, survived only because he played for PSV Eindhoven and so was making his own way to the game. He is now the president of the Football Association of Zambia.

Team of destiny? Heavy hearts for sure. This is like a move script.

Zambia down around +650
+1 AH
Ivory Coast have yet to concede a goal so we're really taking a chance. Every preview I read give the nod to Ivory Coast. Most punters on Ivory coast too. Zambia it is

[RubberKettle]

Zambia did it.

Amazing game, and I knew Drogba was a choker. Guy put his penalty over the bar.
Zambia just team of destiny. Winning for the 30 lives lost in 1993.

Flyers win tonight I think. Game should have goals too.

[RubberKettle]

Well no Flyers win, but 7 goals. Enjoyed watching that one.

Monday 2-13-2012
My work voicemail is broke and Verizon says they cannot fox until 5pm. What a bunch of shit.
Stupid crew messed up sewer line dig. Never hiring this sub again idiot. Idiots claim ford coupling is leaking. How the **** does he know that without exposing it? Only way he could know that is the problem is if he installed improperly the first time. Damn this fucker.

Mick McCarthy fired? Wow I knew the pressure was mounting, but didn't think he would get the boot. When you get beat 1-5 by your rival I guess your times up.

Bundesliga2
Fortuna Dusseldorf v Eintracht Frankfurt

Both teams have a chance to be back on top of German 2nd division.
Two of nine home games for Fortuna under 2.5
Eintracht only failed to score in one away game all season.
Over 2.5 goals is even, under 2.5 -110.
Last time they met was 1-1 so I will think they both score again and we hope for a winner at even $.

Champions League this week so it is important to watch Lyon and Barcelona full match highlights from this weekend (footytube.com)

Already leaning towards Lyon Apoel under. Apoel huge surprises to be in the group stage. 1st leg of a European tie usually tight. Apoel will be very happy with 0-0, 1-0, 0-1. Lyon in shitty form, one win in last 5 games. Beat by Caen this weekend at home too.

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona undecided.

[RubberKettle]

Champions League Day

2 games, not really any great bets

Under .5 and Draw Lyon Apoel

My 1st two picks in SBR's UEFA Champs League Contest

Also fancy a West Ham Middlesboro double.

Like Braga to win, but SBR has shit odds of -170

[kaliboyz]

West Ham Middlesboro double << sorry, can you please tell me who do you bet on?
Under .5 and Draw Lyon Apoel << is this first half ?

[RubberKettle]

Sorry got a typo in there.
Should be Lyon Apoel under 2.5*

Playing Boro and West Ham draw no bet lines in a parlay (will probably go down in flames just like Braga after referee sends someone off for diving. WTF Blond referee is fairy)

[kaliboyz]