nutty nigel 7,509 Posted April 27, 2016 Welcome to week thirty nine of our Rays Funds season. In charge of the six results this week we have The Great Drinkell who’s another PUP who has been with us for the whole nine seasons. Drinks usually provides a different value option with his picks so never figures highly in the PUPs league. He is no less valuable for that though because we always need a range of suggestions for the PUP in the hot seat. I’m really looking forward to seeing what TGD comes up with this time. We need a change of luck after the last couple of weeks and I have a feeling things will go our way this week and Drinks will select a winning six As ever we can all help by providing our very best selections from the games played on Sat/Sun/Mon of this weekend that are listed on the William Hill or Bet365 web site. I had hoped to have new recruits to make the picks for our game at Arsenal and the Manchester United game next week. It didn’t work out this time but thankfully Cityangel and NBS volunteered to make the picks. This week it’s Cityangel who is going to select for our game at The Emirates. Diane is well known to you all and it’s just typical of her to volunteer to take on this difficult match. Diane’s already had a win on the match bet but good as she is will need all our help to come up with options for Saturday. As you may have seen we had another generous donation made during the week thanks to a deal with Arsenal tickets that was brokered on this message board. I doubt there’s another football board anywhere in the world with such a generous spirit of community. We now have £99 in the presentation pot already after presenting £1500 earlier this month. We have a signed shirt from the CSF as a thank you so I thought we could run a Rays Funds for the Euros. It''s a fiver to enter with £2.50 going straight into our presentation pot and you PUPs who enter each posting £2.50 worth of pre-tournament bets. All the money won would also go to the presentation pot and the shirt would go to the PUP who won most money. Entries could come from anywhere in the world because if we don''t frame the shirt we can post it. If you look on Bill Hill and Bet 365 you will see lots of options to choose from. Tournament winners, group winners, top scorers etc. It can be a single £2.50 bet or even up to ten 25p bets. Please indicate whether you would like to take part with this week’s selection. I need to gauge interest because if there isn’t many takers I’ll think of another competition for the shirt. Finally, if you missed it last week’s results mean that Norfolkbroadslim can’t be caught at the top of our PUPs league and will be a worthy champion for this season. Congratulations buddy, you’ve been immense all season and are a worthy champion! (And I love Worthy [;)]) Now I’ll hand the thread over to The Great Drinkell and Cityangel. 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 Paul and Diane ... the thread is yours....... [:)]......... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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,5, Blahblahblah, NCFC_Shaun, 1st Wazzock,3, Fonejacker,3, Norfolkbroadslim,3, Norfolkchance1,2, Scooby,3, Trent Canary,3, Cosmic Twin,4, 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, Chellecity, Diesel Doris, Lessingham Canary, yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for the Academy, and £1493 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,2, Lappinitup,2, NWC, Wes Hooly Fan, Twidio, Ray, PUPanon, Molly Windley, 93vintage, ClareW, Van Wink, Cityangel, AJ, Norfolkchance1,Yellowfuture, Graham Humphrey, Diesel Doris, Duncan Edwards, Legend Iwan, YorkshirePudding, Kathy, Platonic, Cosmic Twin, Mr Jenkins, yes PUPs £641 for the Community Sports Foundation. And with £952 for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges and donations we now have a total of £5124 since we began of which £99 is already banked for the next presentation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted April 27, 2016 Barnsley home win against Colchester.For the City bet, Redmond to score anytime.Good luck Pickers and to all PUPs 👍🏻 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted April 27, 2016 Blackpool vs Wigan - away win for me this week as they''ll look to take a step closer to sealing the league championship.As for Norwich match bet, I think it''s about time Redmond got his name on the scoresheet - so Redmond to score any time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,317 Posted April 27, 2016 Turkey for me with Besiktas vs. Kayserispor (home win).For the City bet I''ll go for Howson to score, anytime.Good luck everyone!Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diesel Doris 127 Posted April 27, 2016 Off to Germany this week:BAYERN MUNICH v Borussia M''gladbach HOME WINGood Luck TGD and all you Lovely PUPsFor the Norwich match bet HT/FT Arsenal/Draw. Best of Luck Diane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing Sid 154 Posted April 27, 2016 League 1 for me this week and Wigan to seal promotion and possibly relegate BlackpoolBlackpool v Wigan - Away WinMatch bet...First goal 30-40minBest of luck Drinks, CA and all you PUPsAlso, congrats to NBS, and everyone who''s put together 6 winners this year.And Nutty, a Euro''s competition sounds good. Count me in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diesel Doris 127 Posted April 27, 2016 [quote user="Diesel Doris"]Off to Germany this week:BAYERN MUNICH v Borussia M''gladbach HOME WINGood Luck TGD and all you Lovely PUPsFor the Norwich match bet HT/FT Arsenal/Draw. Best of Luck Diane.[/quote]I''d be interested in the Euro competition, NN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JF 694 Posted April 27, 2016 Holland and AZ to beat de graafschap Norwich bet over 2.5 goals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,545 Posted April 27, 2016 I like the odds of a home win for Lyon against Ajaccio. Lyon are still fighting for 2nd, Ajaccio are scrapping to stay out of the relegation zone, odds for a home win are 1/3.For the Norwich bet, I think there will be plenty of goals, so how about one of those weird bets of over 4.5 goals or something.Good luck to The Great Drinkell, Cityangel and all other PUPs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted April 27, 2016 Thanks for the intro Nutty, I will do my best with a little help from our wonderful pups and will come back Friday night with my selections for the Norwich pick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,219 Posted April 27, 2016 Congratulations to ''Slim for a fabulous performance this year, quite excellent picking....molto bravo 👏👌💰👊🏼Off to Croatia this week and Dinamo Zagreb vs Istra - Home winAs for the Match bet I feel that we''ll approach the game In one of two ways: either deep-lying eight-block defensive display and a bet on a nil-nil draw......or.....We''ll take the opposite tack and play both Redmond and Hoolahan and look to create, find pockets, break beyond and retain possession wherever possible, whilst inevitably being open.I''m going for the latter, resulting in a brave, exciting, heroic, but ultimately futile 2-3 defeat...Parma 👏👌😘🎉👊🏼🍝💰🎼 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,718 Posted April 27, 2016 A very good evening to you Nutty and good luck to both TGD and CA not forgetting of course all you other lovely PUPs out there.Off to Italy and a HOME WIN for JUVENTUS v Carpi.For the Norwich bet Arsenal H/T and F/T. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,219 Posted April 27, 2016 Buona Fortuna to Il Grande Drinkell and also Angela...😘💁🎉🍝🇮🇹🎼👏👌😻💰 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted April 27, 2016 Borussia Dortmund to beat Wolfsburg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Drinkell 50 Posted April 28, 2016 Good morning to all my fellow pups and a big thank you for the now famous Nutty build up. Now as NN mentioned I always like to look for a little value as I have had numerous times where the "solid" favourites slip up. but winning money for the CSF is the name of the game and with this in mind I will be taking an approach of "ambition with caution" I look forward to seeing more of your selections ( thanks to the early birds for theirs) and I will be posting the final 6 late on Friday night ( providing BT have connected me by then)get posting Pups - your team needs you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twidio 39 Posted April 28, 2016 I''m going for Athletico Madrid to beat Rayo Vallecano Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wooster 134 Posted April 28, 2016 Good luck TGD & Cityangel.Swansea - Liverpool to draw (at 12/5).Like Parma I think the score will be 3-2 but to Norwich (at 66/1). Sounds outrageous but I hope we throw caution to the wind and go for the result come what may. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jellytot 42 Posted April 28, 2016 Off to league 1 this week. Barnsley to beat Colchester please. Norwich bet Jerome to score anytime. He''s due to come on and score a vital goal I reckon!!Good luck tgd and Diane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted April 28, 2016 Off to turkey for me, and a home win for besiktas.And ruddy to save a penalty.Good luck pups, otbc! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted April 28, 2016 My pick is Leeds to beat CharltonGood Luck The Great Drinkell, hope we''re a winning team this week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmic Twin 185 Posted April 28, 2016 I''m going for a home win for Wolfsburg II v. Shilksee.Wolfsburg are W10 D2 L2 F38 A11 at home an Shilksee are W0 D3 L11 F9 A36 away.Good Luck, TGD!As for the Norwich bet ~ still sticking with Howson to score any time!Good Luck, cityangel! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmic Twin 185 Posted April 28, 2016 Schilksee! (sorry!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chellecity 0 Posted April 28, 2016 Spain this weekAtletico Madrid v Rayo Vallecano - Home WinAnd a long overdue goal for Nathan Redmond for the match betGood luck everyone, especially The Great Drinkell and Cityangel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted April 28, 2016 Final round of fixtures in the National League for me.. Braintree v Altrincham Home Win. For our game it''s very difficult to make a choice being so emotionally involved. So I''ll just suggest that risking £1 on Norwich to win (9/1) would get back all of the stake should our dreams come true. Thanks again to Cityangel for bravely volunteering to take this one on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Humphrey 13 Posted April 29, 2016 Bristol Rovers to win away at doomed York for me this week.As for the Norwich bet, I think at least four goals will be scored (but most of them probably won''t be by us).Good luck PUPs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy 733 Posted April 29, 2016 Northampton to beat Luton for me please. For City''s game I''d like to know if you''re going CA as you''re something of a lucky charm! Otherwise I fear it will be Arsenal to keep a clean sheet.Congratulations Norfolkbroadslim. We are all eternally grateful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molly Windley 76 Posted April 29, 2016 Good luck to allNewcastle vs Palace away win at 3-1 and 0-0 for the City game at 16-1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Drinkell 50 Posted April 29, 2016 Thanks to all who have selected so far and for all the good wishes.I will be back later to give the final six and I love Molly''s optimism and I just hope this one comes true ( although I fear the worse)For the City bet I just can''t see us getting anything out of this game but with a hopeful heart I will go for Brady to score at any time.Good luck CA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted April 29, 2016 League One basement where Doncaster Rovers who have found a bit of form recently (including a 3-1 win over leaders Wigan) are at already doomed Crewe.Crewe v Doncaster Rovers.......Away win.Hard to see City beating Arsenal on Saturday but a draw would be a bonus.......Arsenal 1 City 1.Good luck Drinks and CA. [Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 99 Posted April 29, 2016 Burton Albion Home win for me, v Gillingham in league 1.For the city bet, Jerome to score !!.Best of luck TGD and CA, We are all rooting for you both. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites