Rays Funds for the CSF with the Pink un Pickers Week 22

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Welcome to week twenty two of

our Rays Funds season. Now I’m a great believer in family and our Rays Funds

community is a family of sort which is part of the bigger family of Norwich

City supporters. Those of us fortunate enough to have a close personal family

always feel blessed at this time of year and particularly so when we are all

part of the same football family! So I think it fitting that we have one such

family in charge the New Year picks. This is the first time we’ve had a

mother/daughter team in charge and making the final selections and I love it!

Tilly will be beside himself though…..

 

In charge of the final six matches

this weekend we have Mandie Moo. Mandie’s been a brilliant supporter of Rays Funds

with her picks, final selections and in person at our various events. Mandie is

a great supporter of our wonderful DS boys and girls and loves to watch them

play. She also was part of the presentation group which invaded the pich last

March as well as previous presentations at Colney. It was an honour to spend

our Wembley day with Mandie, Nigel, Lyndsay and Ben. It was agreat day that I’ll

never forget. Mandie’s a two time winner of the final selections so let’s give

her some great ammunition to get a personal hat-trick from the games played on

Sat/Sun/Mon of this weekend that are listed on the William Hill or Bet 365 web

sites.

 

Diesel Doris is

making the Norwich selections for the game against Southampton. Diesel’s also been

a great supporter and top picker of Rays Funds ever since she joined in 2009. I

first met Trish and Mandie when they came to a PUPs meet at Bayer Club and

since have met many more of her wonderful family with whom I’ve shared good

times and proud to have them as friends. Trish, you have a tenner to spend anyway

you like from the suggestions made by the PUPs and your own.

 

2015 has been a

fantastic year for us City fans and particularly us PUPs. I just checked back

and we have raised £1372 during this

calendar year for our wonderful Downes Syndrome boys and girls. So thank you

all for being so brilliant in 2015 and I’d like to wish you all a really great

2016!

 

Now I’ll hand the thread over to Mandie Moo and diesel Doris. Remember

there’s no pressure because we are

all going to be doing our best to help you to success. We all stand together

with the single aim of raising money for the Community Sports Foundation.

 

 

Good luck all you PUPs... take it away Mandie and Trish ... the thread

is yours....... [:)].........

 

 

 

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As always I

leave you with Ray’s signature which now reads :-

Carve their

names with pride.Yankee,5,Fellas,3,P''boro,2,Mr Chops,2,NewYork,2, Inch High,4,

Blahblahblah, NCFC_Shaun, 1st Wazzock,3, Fonejacker,3, Norfolkbroadslim,3,

Norfolkchance1,2, Scooby,3, Trent Canary,3, Cosmic Twin,3, Graham Humphrey,

Leedscanary,3, NcfcStar, Herman, Delia’s Devonshire Dirtbox,2, Lappinitup,

Statto, Mandie Moo,2, Mr Bump, Kathy,2, Til1010, Snake-eyes, Vindo,2, NWC,

Hughesy, Gregt, GMF,2, SwindonCanary, Twidio, Hector Brockelbank, Lake District

Canary, Bor Bor Bor, Yellowfuture, yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for the Academy,

and £1198 for the Community Sports Foundation.

 

 

And with the

Norwich match bet. Splutcho, jb,2, Redders Right Foot,2, Hector Brockelbank,

Blahblahblah,2, Can u sit down please, Til1010, Mandie Moo’s Mear Kat,

Crabbycanary,2, Paul, Stewfil, Parma Ham’s gone mouldy, Bor Bor Bor, Mr Apples,

Woostercanary, City-til-I-die, The Great Drinkell, nutty,2, Feedthewolf,

Lappinitup,2, NWC, Wes Hooly Fan, Twidio, Ray, PUPanon, Molly Windley,

93vintage, ClareW, Van Wink, Cityangel, AJ, Norfolkchance1,Yellowfuture, Graham

Humphrey, yes PUPs £563 for the Community Sports Foundation.

 

 

And with £708

for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges and donations we now have a total of £4507

since we began of which £982 already

banked for the next presentation.

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462]

Right, think I''ll lead the honourable line this week...personal and collective need for a win, so bit of a shameless banker this week (though think the odds on a draw are rather shorter than they should be..)

TNS vs Newtown - Home win 1/4

As for the Norwich bet I think our boy Mbokani might just have a hot spell, so I''d like to back him to score..

Big game Saturday, wonderful chance to really establish a platform to safety....have a few sherries and raise the roof....

Parma 🎄🎄💰💰😘😘😘🎉🎉🍝🍝🍝😻😻

[Hissing Sid 160]

Sticking with the Prem this week

Arsenal v Newcastle - Home Win

And for the match bet, how about Mbokani to score in a City win.

Best of luck Mandie, Doris and all you PUPs.

And here''s to a very Happy New Year to all.

[Diesel Doris 130]

Thanks for your lovely welcome for Moo and me. I''ll be doing my best to get my name on that signature I can tell you and I really hope Moo gets her hat-trick! I''ll post my selections around 7:30 on Friday evening if that''s ok Eddie.

Good Luck to everyone but especially to my lovely Mandie Moo.

[Diesel Doris 130]

How could I forget, Happy New Year to all you Lovely PUPs x

[Herman 11,136]

ATLETICO MADRID to beat Levante for me.Good luck to Mandie and all PUPS[Y]

[JF 694]

Walsall to beat Rochdale.

Norwich bet Rudd man of the match

[TIL 1010 5,246]

A very good evening to you Nutty and i suppose best of luck to the women giving it their best shot this week for what it is worth and wishing every success to all you lovely PUPs out there.Despite them letting me down a couple of weeks ago i will go for an AWAY WIN in the game between Espanyol v BARCELONA.For the Norwich bet less than 2.5 goals in the game.Have a word with yourself Nutty letting them loose with our money. [:D]

[Diesel Doris 130]

ATHLETIC BILBAO v Las Palmas HOME WIN

Good Luck Moo and all you Lovely PUPs

For the Norwich bet HT Draw FT Norwich. Best of luck me 😊

[Lessingham Canary 108]

Since its hogmanay i''m going to Scotland this week, and a home win for Celtic v Partick, should be a banker but can never be sure over the holiday period.

For the City bet, Mbokani to score.

Good luck to the ladies, i''m sure they will do us proud. A happy, healthy and loving new year to you all.

[YankeeCanary 0]

Cheltenham to beat Kidderminster

[ca 1]

Two lovely women in charge this week so we''re sure to win lol, so good luck Mandie and Trish

My pick is Arsenal to beat Newcastle

For Norwich, Im going a draw at halftime and Norwich to win

Happy New Year pups

[93vintage 16]

Reading vs Bristol City, home win (currently 10/11).Reading have recently reinstalled Brian McDermott to the manager''s hotseat following Steve Clarke''s dismissal. I saw them get beaten at home by a very good Brentford side a couple of days ago, but for long periods they were on top, played some good stuff and scored a very good goal. The two goals they conceded were crackers.If you look at [url=http://www.soccerway.com/teams/england/bristol-city-fc/707/matches/]Bristol City''s away games[/url] then you can only pick out a 1-0 win against Middlesbrough in August and a 2-2 draw against Ipswich as good results.[url=http://www.soccerway.com/teams/england/reading-fc/688/matches/]Reading''s home record[/url] doesn''t look too bad and shows that they''re capable of beating a much higher level of opposition than Bristol City, eg sides like Middlesborough and Ipswich.At home Reading have a 15/9 goals for/against record, Bristol City have 9/23. City''s last two away games were 4-0 thumpings at Derby and Burnley.This is a very reasonable shout if you''re looking for something with higher odds, and I expect that McDermott will be going all out for a win.My own judgement suggests that Reading have a far greater chance of winning than the 52.4% implied by the odds. I think they''re at least capable of a 2-0 win.

[93vintage 16]

For the Norwich bet I wrote the following on Monday on another thread :-[quote user="9Зvintage"]I had a bet on West Ham v Southampton today,

going for under 3.5 goals (it finished 2-1). My reasoning was that

Southampton have a very poor goals record away from home, and West Ham

have generally had trouble scoring.So I''d look at making the

same bet [at 2/7], and possibly back a Norwich win or draw at 7/10 [now 4/6]. Southampton

are no pushovers, so I''d tend to view the game as being a hard fought

1-1.[/quote]I not expecting a 0-0 or a 2-0 Norwich win, and both teams don''t seem capable of scoring more than 2. Therefore betting on the following range of results from 1-0 to 2-2 should return at least £1 :-0-1    7/11-0    9/11-1    11/20-2    11/11-2    9/12-1    12/12-2    16/1Good luck Diesel Doris and Mandie Moo.

[93vintage 16]

* shouldn''t lose more that 50p instead of returning at least £1.

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462]

In the spirit of Christmas and the New Year, plus a bit of support for Mandie Moo and Diesel Doris, I''ll add £20 to the pot if Mbokani scores and Norwich win...in fact I''ll send £20 if Norwich win.....

Thinking about it, an early season pledge was for £20 if Robbie Brady scored a direct free kick, so if that happened combined with a Norwich win i''ll send £100...

Happy New Year!!

Parma 🎉🎉🎄🎄🍝🍝🍝🍾🍾🍾👌👌💰💰

[AJ 1,359]

Cheltenham vs Kiddie for me please

Match Bet: Mbokani to score anytime!

[AJ 1,359]

Sorry, that should be Cheltenham home win of course!

[CDMullins 498]

Grimsby Town Please,Happy NY and good luck all.

[ca 1]

Following on from Parma''s kind offer I''d like to pledge £5 to the fund this week if my Wessie scores on Saturday lol

[Mr Apples 1,407]

Hi PUPs I''ll go to the Coupe de France with Monaco vs. JS St Jean Beaulieu (home win).

 

For the City bet I''ll go for Ryan Bennett to score (my choice for the third game running) and if he does I''ll stick an addtional £20 in the pot.

 

Best of luck everyone and here''s wishing you all a healthy and prosperous 2016!

 

Apples

[Feedthewolf 5,885]

Good luck everybody, and a happy new year to all PUPs.I''m going for an away win in the Portuguese Primeira Liga game between Guimaraes and Benfica, odds should be around 8/15.For the City game, I think Mbokani to score at any time is a decent bet - modest returns, but if he gets a chance I fancy him to bury it.

[Trent Canary 0]

I expect Leicester to get back to winning ways v Bournemouth. Best of luck all.

For NCFC, I think 0-0 for some reason

[The Great Drinkell 51]

Coventry to beat Crewe at Vesty Road for me this week

for the match bet i think a few changes will be made for Saturday and i''d take a chance on VOO to score at anytime.

This just leaves me to wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2016.

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Great pledges Parma and Cityangel. I''d love them to happen thank you both.

 

I''m struggling again this season and am now in the minuses. But I have hopes of a value home win this weekend for Leeds against Josh Murphy''s MKDons. I feel bad for selecting against Josh but Leeds have had some decent results lately and I think they''ll make their home advantage count.

 

Leeds          v          MK Dons          Home win.

 

For our gamer against Southampton I''m siding with Ryan Bennett to score anytime.

[Statto28 0]

Arsenal win for me please   As always heres hoping for both a PUPs and City win       A very Happy New Year to you all

[Cosmic Twin 192]

I''m going for a home win for Athletic Club Bilbao v. Las Palmas.

Bilbao are W5 D1 L2 F14 A6 at home and Las Palmas are W0 D2 L6 away.

Good Luck, Mandie Moo!

As for the Norwich bet ~ going back to Howson to score any time!

Good Luck, Diesel Doris!

A very Happy New Year to all PUPs!

[Molly Windley 76]

A very happy New Year to one and all.Greek Super League  and Iraklis vs Kalloni home win at 4/9Will stick with the under 3.5 goals as the City bet at around 3/10

[chellecity 0]

Happy New Year

Spain for me this week

2nd placed Atletico Madrid to win at home vs bottom of the league Levante

And for the match bet, a goal for Robbie Brady

Good luck everyone, especially Mandie Moo and Diesel Doris. Go girls!!

[Van wink 2,994]

Celtic v Partick Thistle home win.

For City, Dave to score anytime.

Happy new year.