Rays Funds for the CSF with the Pink un Pickers Week 17

[nutty nigel 7,506]

Welcome to week seventeen of

our Rays Funds season. This week I’m introducing two PUP legends to make our

final selections. For the final six games I’m really pleased to welcome top PUP

Hissing Sid who has been posting selections and supporting both Ray and then me

on these threads since the very start. For those of you who follow Norwich home

and away I’m sure you know Hissing Sid because he’s always there come rain or

shine right across the country and beyond. If Norwich are playing Ian will be

there. Just as every week I always find a selection from Ian. Come rain or

shine, wherever he may be he will make sure we have his selection to help the

PUP in the hot seat. So this week we have the chance to show our appreciation by

giving Hissing Sid our very best selection from the games played on Sat/Sun/Mon

of this weekend listed on the William Hill or Bet 365 web sites. He’s been so

sooo unlucky on previous attempts and top of my PUP wish list is to see Hissing

Sid proudly displayed on Ray’s signature.

 

 

Our second

legend this weekend in charge of the Norwich match bet is Leedscanary. Kev’s

also been selecting since the very start and has been an absolute superstar with

his support for Ray, then me and all our PUPs. Nothing is ever too much trouble

for Kev and despite the fact he lives so far away he’s often the first place I

turn for advice and support. Kev’s one of our great club’s season ticket holders

who travels long distances for home games. And what ever the result I look

forward to his friendly face in the Nelson after the game. After a bad day at

Carra it’s a comfort to realise we still have such a great community of fans

whatever the result of the football match. Kev is a three times winner of the

final six selections and now with our help we can get Leedscanary proudly

displayed among the Norwich match winners. You have a tenner to spend Kev

however you please from the PUPs selections and your own.

 

 

Here’s a

picture of the day Hissing Sid and Leedscanary did a pitch invasion on behalf

of Rays Funds.

 

 

 

That was in

March this year and the cheque was for £881. Since then we’ve raised a further

£779. Let’s see how much more we can add over the next four months. We are

hoping to do a similar presentation at the Newcastle game on Apr 2^nd.

 

 

If you’re around Legend Iwan please

could you confirm if you’re able to make the Norwich match picks next weekend,

5/12.

 

 

Now I’ll hand the thread over to Hissing Sid and Leedscanary. 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 Ian and Kev  ... 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, 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, yes PUPs £485 for the Community Sports

Foundation.

 

 

And with £578

for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges and donations we now have a total of £4304.

since we began of which £779 already

banked for the next presentation.

[Herman 9,700]

Down under for me.MELBOURNE VICTORY to beat Adeaide.Good luck Sid and all PUPS[Y]

This game is saturday morning. If it''s too early I''ll change my pick.

[Diesel Doris 126]

Staying in Germany after my bit of success last week:

BAYERN MUNICH v Hertha Berlin HOME WIN

Good luck Sid and all you lovely PUPs

For the Norwich bet Seb Bassong to score anytime. Best of luck Kev.

[YankeeCanary 0]

 

Crusaders to beat Ballymena

[Feedthewolf 4,844]

Table-topping Coventry (7-2-0 at home) are a very generous-looking 8/11 to win at home to bottom-half Doncaster (2-1-6 away, and only five goals scored away from home all season) in League One. Can''t quite believe how long those odds are!For the Norwich game, do you know what? With our new-found defensive resilience, and Arsenal''s preoccupation with their Champions League showdown three days later, I could see this being a goalless draw - and 14/1 is very long odds for a goalless draw in a game that isn''t a completely foregone conclusion.Best of luck to Sid and Kev, everything crossed for you guys.

[Hissing Sid 154]

Greetings one and all

Thanks Nutty for that lovely intro. What wasn''t mentioned was that I am having an absolute shocker so far this season, so the help of this fantastic team of PUPs is very much needed. Going to be a busy couple of evenings as every pick will be scrutinised, so keep them coming. I''ll have the Big Six up on Friday evening.

For Kev, I fancy a goal from Big Dave Mbokani. Best of luck mate.

Off we go then fellow PUPs. Let the games begin.

[Leedscanary 336]

Hi all,Nutty, thanks for the intro - I echo all the comments about our good friend Ian.Ian, good luck buddy - lets hope we can celebrate with a pint in The Nelson on Sunday evening.THE NEW SAINTS v Airbus UK - HOME WINPlease give me lots of ideas for the match bet. I''ll be looking to post the picks on Friday eveningLeedscanary

[wooster 134]

Fleetwood to beat Blackpool away, currently at 11/8

Arsenal HT/Draw FT at 14/1.

Good luck everyone and I hope, for once, I might get something right this season.

[ClareW 0]

I''ll go for Brighton win.

For the Norwich game, I''ll go H/T draw, F/T Arsenal

[TIL 1010 4,718]

A very good evening to you Nutty and wishing good luck to Hissing Sid and the gravy swilling northerner not forgetting of course all you other lovely PUPs out there.I am risking a trip to Jockland and the Micky Mouse cup game up there which i hope brings a HOME WIN for FALKIRK v Fraserburgh.For the Norwich bet i fancy a draw.

[Yellowfuture 71]

Seraing Utd v KSK Heist home win for me please

Belgian Division 2

For the City bet I would suggest a draw.

Good luck all you PUPs.

[AJ 1,218]

Hi all, a shock defeat set me back last week so I''m going for guile over profit this week with a simple Northampton vs Yeovil home win.

For the Norwich match bet - AN bigging up Redmond in the press can only mean one thing - Redmond to score any time.

Good luck everyone!

[Molly Windley 76]

Good luck to everyoneShort of time so a lazy PSG vs Troyes home win at 1/11City bet a NIL NIL at 14/1

[jb 0]

Psg to beat bottom placed troyes for me please.

And redmond to score last.

Good luck pups and otbc!

[Lessingham Canary 99]

Barcelona Home win v Real Sociedad for me please.

And for City, Redmond to score anytime.

Good luck all pups, and of course our esteemed pickers, here''s to a successful weekend of football, ending on a high at CR on Sunday evening !

[nutty nigel 7,506]

[quote user="Feedthewolf"]Table-topping Coventry (7-2-0 at home) are a very generous-looking 8/11 to win at home to bottom-half Doncaster (2-1-6 away, and only five goals scored away from home all season) in League One. Can''t quite believe how long those odds are!For the Norwich game, do you know what? With our new-found defensive resilience, and Arsenal''s preoccupation with their Champions League showdown three days later, I could see this being a goalless draw - and 14/1 is very long odds for a goalless draw in a game that isn''t a completely foregone conclusion.Best of luck to Sid and Kev, everything crossed for you guys.[/quote]

 

Totally agree with you re Coventry Wolfie. I picked it then noticed you had so was going to change as I usually would to try give another option. But I''m going to join you because I have been following Jacob Murphy (18app 6 goals) closely since he joined Coventry on loan and would love it if he helped us find a winner.

 

Coventry          v          Doncaster          Home win

 

For our game I believe we will win at least one game against the ''big boys'' this season. It could be on Sunday and if so a Norwich win is 9/2. But if that''s a bridge too far and you believe we will get something from the game we are 7/5 to win or draw. I think I''ll take the safer option and go with Win/Draw.

[Mr Angry 1,544]

I''m going for a match in the Scottish Cup, Stirling to beat Cumbernauld at home. Stirling are one division above Cumbernauld (unless the Lowland League is a division below the Highland League, in which case it''s a 2 division gap-perhaps Lessingham Canary can confirm) and they are both in mid-table so Stirling should win. The odds are 4/9.

For the match bet, my default 2-1 home win should do the job-although it hasn''t yet this season!

Best of luck to Hissing Sid, Leeds Canary and all other PUPs.

[Van wink 2,994]

Man City to win against Southampton

Arsenal HT Draw FT

[ca 1]

Liverpool to beat Swansea for me this week.

Good Luck to Hissing Sid and Kev, hope you both win some money for our csf friends.

[Mr Apples 1,315]

Portugal for me this week and Sporting v Belenenses (Sporting home win).

For the City bet I''ll go for Mulumbu to score, anytime.

Re: Mr Angry''s question, the Lowland League is the soft Southern version of the Highland League (so the league below Stirling). The geographical location of the bottom team in Scotland dictates whether the relegation/promotion play-off goes to the Highland/Lowland league winners.

All the best everyone!

Apples

[lappinitup 629]

League One where Burton Albion (5-2-1-9-4) entertain Colchester (2-1-6-12-27) who''ve just sacked their manager.Burton Albion v Colchester.......Home win.

For the Norwich bet.......1-1.Good luck Ian and Kev. [Y]

[Lessingham Canary 99]

Mr Angry, the "pyramid" in Scotland is quite new, and Cumbernauld Colts are what is known as a "Junior" football club, so similar to a Non League side down here, the Lowland League is the same level as the Highland League, just geographical, tough call good luck Mr A, you are banking on players finishing work on the farm in time to play ;-)

[Trent Canary 0]

Falkirk should be too strong for Fraserburgh in the Scottish Cup.

Best of luck all

NCFC Bet, Sanchez to score more than once (If he looks likely to start)

[gregt 66]

Hello my pick is PSG to beat bottom of the league troyesgood luck

[twidio 39]

Hello everybody! This week I am going for Bayern Munich to beat Hertha BSC.Good luck everyone[H][;)][:P][:D][<:o)]

[chellecity 0]

Spain for me this week

Atletico Madrid to win at home vs Espanyol

For the match bet, a goal for Robbie Brady

Good luck everyone, especially Sid and Leeds

[Hissing Sid 154]

Plenty of choice so far, cheers all.

Just for the record, my pick this week is from Serie A

Genoa v Carpi - Home Win

Keep them coming boys and girls...

[Cosmic Twin 184]

I''m going for a home win for Sparta Prague v. Zbrojovka Brno.

Sparta Prague are W7 D0 L0 F22 A2 at home and Brno are W1 D3 L3 F6 A10 away.

Good Luck, Hissing Sid.

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

Good Luck, Leedscanary!

[lake district canary 4,531]

Like the way Liverpool are shaping up, so Liverpool to beat Swansea, home win.For the Norwich bet,  fancy a 2-0 win, confounding the odds.Good luck Hissing and Kev and to everyone.  

[93vintage 16]

For the Norwich match I''d back a range of HT/FT''s consistent with an Arsenal win or draw. Stick the rest on a double chance win or draw for Arsenal, plus a couple of Norwich goalscorers. I wouldn''t bet on more than one Norwich goal, so be careful about going overboard on backing lots of scorers.For the accumulator I''ll go for a Birmingham away win. They''ve got a good away record and Brighton are bound to lose sooner or later.