Rays Funds for the CSF with the Pink un Pickers Season 11 Week 22

[nutty nigel 7,778]

Welcome to Rays Funds,

supported by Asset Angels, Turner European Consulting and Kare Plus.

 

First of all I’d like to wish

a happy, healthy and peaceful new year to PUPs everywhere! You have all been

amazing in 2017 finding so many ways to add to the funds we raise for our

brilliant DS boys and girls at the CSF. It’s staggering really that this little

community presented £2,000 in March and have already raised £1875 towards the

next presentation. Also thank you for all your brilliant support in 2017 in

making it easy for me to administer this thread. I’m proud to be associated

with you all.

Making the final selections of

the six results for this new year weekend we have one of our most consistent

PUPs JB. JB is always up and around the top places in our league. Last season

he had a terrific record of 34/41 83% winning picks at a profitability of 5.71.

This season he has carried on in the same vein with 17/21 81% winning picks at

a profitability of 2.13. In top form right now on a winning run of six and with

previous wins in both halves of Ray’s signature I think we have every chance of

getting back to winning ways this weekend. So let’s find him some great

ammunition from the games played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of this weekend

that are listed on the Bill Hill or Bet 365 web sites. If you choose a Monday

fixture please make sure a price is available as sometimes the prices don’t

come out until after the Saturday programme.

For our match at Burton on

Saturday we have Graham Humphrey making the final picks. I saw Graham on Boxing

Day and he readily agreed to step up in our hour of need. Because I am

committed to trying to get PUPs who won’t be making the main selections to make

these selections I do sometimes end up having to ask more established PUPs at

short notice. Thankfully PUPs like Graham, and Lapps earlier this month, gladly

help me out of a muddle. Graham was really unlucky with the main picks a few

weeks ago but he also has previous wins in both halves of Ray’s signature so we’re

in safe hands here too. Graham, you have a tenner to spend split how you like

between the PUPs selections and your own.

 

I had to make a change to the

rota for Norwich picks. Len please let

me know if your date is ok.

 

Norwich Picks

06/01 Mr Apples - Confirmed

13/01

Len

20/01 Mystery Guest -

Confirmed

27/01 Wooster - Confirmed

 

Have a look at the companies who support our work to

raise funds for the CSF and our wonderful Downe''s Syndrome Team of boys and

girls. We would like to say a massive thank you to: -

http://www.assetangels.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/assetangels

http://www.turnereuropeanconsulting.com/

https://www.kareplus.co.uk/norwich/

 

If any other companies out there would also like to

support our efforts, we''ll be happy to add you to our list of links on this

thread every week. 

 

In case you missed it on last week’s thread: Every Thursday morning around 25

local business people get together for a breakfast meeting. At this week''s

meeting one of our PUPs took along a raffle book and a couple of prizes. The

winners of the draw were Paul Elliot of Executive Maintenance (Christmas Treats

Tower) and Terry Treacy of Gordon Barbour Funeral Services (Kare Plus wine), of

course the real winners are our wonderful DS boys & girls because we

received a donation of £180 which takes our presentation pot up to £1875. The group is represented by Norfolk businesses large and

small and support a number of charities as well as helping promote each other’s

services. They always welcome visitors from other businesses who might like to

attend one of their breakfast meetings, anyone interested let me know and I

will forward to the group to send an invite.

 

So now I’ll hand

the thread over to JB and Graham Humphrey. 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 and our fabulous Downes

Syndrome boys and girls.

 

 

Good luck all you PUPs... take it away JB and Graham... 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,5,

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

Norfolkchance1,2, Scooby,3, Trent Canary,3, Cosmic Twin,6, 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,2, GMF,3, SwindonCanary, Twidio, Hector Brockelbank, Lake

District Canary,2, Bor Bor Bor, Yellowfuture, Chellecity, Diesel Doris,

Lessingham Canary, Molly Windley, Parma Ham’s gone mouldy,2, Feedthewolf,2, AJ,

JB, PurpleCanary,2, Hoola Han Solo, Diane,

Hissing Sid, yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for the Academy, and £2308 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,2,

Crabbycanary,3, Paul, Stewfil, Parma Ham’s gone mouldy, Bor Bor Bor, Mr Apples,

Woostercanary,2, City-til-I-die, The Great Drinkell,2, nutty,4, Feedthewolf,2,

Lappinitup,4, NWC,2, Hoola Han Solo,2, Twidio,2, Ray, PUPanon,2, Molly Windley,

93vintage,2, ClareW, Van Wink,2, Cityangel, AJ,2, Norfolkchance1,Yellowfuture,2,

Graham Humphrey, Diesel Doris, Duncan Edwards,2, Legend Iwan, YorkshirePudding,

Kathy, Platonic,2, Cosmic Twin,2, Mr Jenkins, Reggie, Snake-eyes,2, I’m A

Banana, ZLF, Lake District Canary, norfolkngood, Syteanric, Felixfan, TeamPUPs,

First Wazzock, Baldyboy, yes PUPs £1195 for the Community Sports Foundation.

And with £2948

for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges, sponsorships and donations we now have a total

of £8670 since we began of which £1875 is

already banked for the next presentation.

[Hoola Han Solo 448]

Chelsea to beat Stoke. Good luck all

[YankeeCanary 0]

Manchester City to beat Crystal Palace

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,365]

In bocca al lupo 🐕🐾 JB....

Think the Serie C Group A clash has some value this week, with the powerful attacking unit of Livorno facing the defensively weak Prato, so:

Livorno vs Prato - Home win

Congratulations on raising almost £2k already Nutella, you a fabulous guy, supporting a worthwhile and important cause, grazie 👍👌👏

Graham’s also super decent and I think that the Norwich bet has some good value in it too. Both for the odds and the likelihood, I really like:

Norwich to win away and Josh Murphy to score.

Happy Christmas and love and peace for 2018.. Buon anno tutti!...👍🌅☀️

Parma

[AJ 1,306]

First of all, Happy New Year too all you Pups. It''s the annual time to also thank Nutty for the sterling work here does here for the Pups. So cheers Nutty, for another successful year of raising funds for such a good cause.

Onto this weeks pickings for JB and I''m off to Italy for the Serie C Group A match between top place Livorno and bottom side Prato which I''ll back for a home win.

Prato (0-3-7 away) have not won away all season and have mustered just 4 goals in that time. Livorno (8-2-0 @home) have scored 2 or more goals in all 4 of their most recent games. Odds are currently @1.25 which is fairly reasonable.

For Graham I quite like the look of HT Draw, FT Norwich @ 5.

Good luck to everyone, especially JB and Graham!

[PurpleCanary 6,118]

[quote user="Parma Hams gone mouldy"]In bocca al lupo 🐕🐾 JB....

Think the Serie C Group A clash has some value this week, with the powerful attacking unit of Livorno facing the defensively weak Prato, so:

Livorno vs Prato - Home win

Congratulations on raising almost £2k already Nutella, you a fabulous guy, supporting a worthwhile and important cause, grazie 👍👌👏

Graham’s also super decent and I think that the Norwich bet has some good value in it too. Both for the odds and the likelihood, I really like:

Norwich to win away and Josh Murphy to score.

Happy Christmas and love and peace for 2018.. Buon anno tutti!...👍🌅☀️

Parma[/quote]Curses! Beaten to the punch by Parma and AJ. I may switch to a fallback in the shape of a Section 12 Tercera game in Spain (Mensajero vs Haria) if odds appear, but either way this Italian game looks an excellent choice, at 1/5. Livorno, top, have an 8-2-0 and 22/7 home record. Prato, bottom, have a 0-3-7 and 4/17 away record, although recently they have tended to lose by only the odd goal or by only two.For the match bet I suggest either Norwich City to win and Pritchard to score or - in a fit of even greater optimism - Norwich City to win both halves, both at around 6/1.A Happy New Year to all PUPs, and a special thank-you to Nutty for keeping this thread going and boosting an admirable cause.Good luck to all!

[Platonic 1]

Getting in early with Brentford to beat Shef Wednesday, which is around evens and is a fair, if not exactly spectacular price.

For Norwich, I can not will not risk jinxing them, so would suggest over 2.5 goals (as I often do)

Good luck all.

[TIL 1010 5,043]

A very good evening to you Nutty and wishing every success to JB and the round dodger not forgetting of course all you other lovely PUPs out there.Not a great selection around the globe this weekend so having watched Birmingham on a stream yesterday i will go for their game as they cannot score in a brothel and say Birmingham V LEEDS and an AWAY WIN.What could possibly go wrong ?For the Norwich game H/T Draw F/T Norwich win.

[DDD In The Fine City 1]

Liverpool look rampant at the moment so I''m going for them to beat Leicester

For Mr Hump and the Norwich bet Prichard is looking better and better each game so him to score first or last

Again sorry about the late call off Eddie I shall explain more when I see you but I''d rather a pup had time to consider the picks to give us a better chance of winning rather than me pick 6 of my own really early or at random late Friday night

Good luck everybody!

[Hissing Sid 160]

A visit down to League 2 this week

Lincoln (3rd, 11-7-6 31-19) v Forest Green (bottom, 5-5-13 23-43) - Home Win

For the match bet, a Maddison goal in a 2-1 City win.

Best of luck JB, Graham and all you PUPs

[Diesel Doris 130]

SERIE A for me this week and:

ATALANTA v Cagliari HOME WIN

Good luck JB and all you lovely Pups

For the Norwich bet HT/FT Draw/Norwich, best of luck Graham.

[nutty nigel 7,778]

[quote user="DDD In The Fine City"]Liverpool look rampant at the moment so I''m going for them to beat Leicester

For Mr Hump and the Norwich bet Prichard is looking better and better each game so him to score first or last

Again sorry about the late call off Eddie I shall explain more when I see you but I''d rather a pup had time to consider the picks to give us a better chance of winning rather than me pick 6 of my own really early or at random late Friday night

Good luck everybody![/quote]

Oops sorry DDD. I did know you''d called of and quite understand buddy. I''d just forgotten to reply last week!

[DDD In The Fine City 1]

No worries Eddie 👍

[Mr Apples 1,374]

Seasons greetings PUPS, off to Israel this week with Beitar Jerusalem vs. Maccabi Petah Tikva (home win).For the City bet I''ll go for a City win with Trybull to score anytime.Good luck and a Happy New Year!Apples

[Lessingham Canary 108]

Scotland for me and an away win for Inverness CT at Brechin (weather permitting)For City away win 0-2 and Pritchard to score, and turn last weekends result into a mini run.Maybe see some of you at Burton ? a few notable absentee''s at Brum...................Good luck all, and Happy New Year to each and everyone of you.

[jb 0]

Thanks for the intro, nutty! Will do my best to pick some winners for the fund. Thanks for the picks so far, and keep them coming! Will probably end up finalising my selection around 8pm tomorrow.

Good luck Pups and OTBC!

[First Wazzock 966]

Good Luck JB and Graham, and to all other PUPs too.

Lincoln City v Forest Green Rovers - Home Win

Pritchard to score

[Guest]

Not sure what happened last week. I did a pick but it hasnt appeared. Probably forgot to hit send!

Anyway, on to this week. Lincoln to beat Forest Green for me please. Good luck Humphs and remember you need to be sober Friday evening to do this.

For City''s game, Jerome to score at any time. He''s due one. Good luck JB!

[SwindonCanary 456]

ATALANTA Home win against CagliariNorwich bet another 0-2 win

[Hansterbubble 55]

I’d like to wish all the pups a happy and successful New Year!

But firstly we need to add a few more pounds to the pot in 2017, so turning to business I too am going to Sincil Bank for a home win for LINCOLN CITY v Forest Green Rovers.

For the match bet how about Alex Tettey to score anytime in a Norwich win.

Good luck everyone and especially to the pickers and to Nutty.

[Hammond1612 95]

This week I''ll go for Chelsea to beat Stoke. For the match bet a 1-1 draw. Good luck Graham (no PSG this time!) and the other pups!

[nutty nigel 7,778]

Tough week again with many leagues not playing. League Two for me where I think : -

Exeter City          v          Barnet          Home win

For our game at Burton I''m going to suggest : -

Nelson Oliveira to score the first goal.

[Crabbycanary3 994]

Aldershot to beat Maidstone for me please

2-1 City win also

Go PuPs!!

[JF 694]

Sheffield United to beat Bolton

Norwich over 1.5 team goals 2.25 on hills

[Len 74]

Shaw Lane to beat Stalybridge Celtic (2/5)Burton 0 Norwich 1 (6/1)

I can do Jan 13th Nigel!Merry Christmas and good luck pups!

[PurpleCanary 6,118]

[quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="Parma Hams gone mouldy"]In bocca al lupo 🐕🐾 JB....

Think the Serie C Group A clash has some value this week, with the powerful attacking unit of Livorno facing the defensively weak Prato, so:

Livorno vs Prato - Home win

Congratulations on raising almost £2k already Nutella, you a fabulous guy, supporting a worthwhile and important cause, grazie 👍👌👏

Graham’s also super decent and I think that the Norwich bet has some good value in it too. Both for the odds and the likelihood, I really like:

Norwich to win away and Josh Murphy to score.

Happy Christmas and love and peace for 2018.. Buon anno tutti!...👍🌅☀️

Parma[/quote]Curses! Beaten to the punch by Parma and AJ. I may switch to a fallback in the shape of a Section 12 Tercera game in Spain (Mensajero vs Haria) if odds appear, but either way this Italian game looks an excellent choice, at 1/5. Livorno, top, have an 8-2-0 and 22/7 home record. Prato, bottom, have a 0-3-7 and 4/17 away record, although recently they have tended to lose by only the odd goal or by only two.For the match bet I suggest either Norwich City to win and Pritchard to score or - in a fit of even greater optimism - Norwich City to win both halves, both at around 6/1.A Happy New Year to all PUPs, and a special thank-you to Nutty for keeping this thread going and boosting an admirable cause.Good luck to all![/quote]This looks a tricky week with not many options, and odds are now available for this Spanish game, in Group 12 of the Tercera division, so I will switch to that.Mensajero to win at home against Haria.Mensajero, second, have a 7-0-3 and 22/8 home record. They have a markedly better overall goal difference than the top team, and have been scoring plenty recently, although they lost their last game, at home, to the team in 16th. I am banking on that being just one of those results, and that normal service will be resumed.Haria, bottom, have a 1-2-7 and 7/22 away record. They have lost their last five, home and away, scoring only 4 and conceding 15, and their last game was a 4-1 defeat away to the team just above them.The current odds are 1/7.

[93vintage 16]

Morocco: FUS Rabat vs Rapide Oued Zem, home win @ 1.72 (bet365).Burton +1 for the Norwich bet. A Norwich win by one goal returns the stake, a win by more than one returns @ 2/1.Good luck all.

[Graham Humphrey 13]

My pick this week is for Tranmere to beat Guiseley in the National League.Thanks for all the suggestions for the match bet so far.  I''m looking forward to sitting down tonight (not in a pub) to put a few of these together.  I think we have potential for a pretty profitable week with this game so plenty of scope there.

[lincsy88 98]

Wycombe have won their last 6 home games in a row, I''m going to bank on them making it a magnificent 7 at home to Mansfield so home win there for me.

For Norwich, I am taking my Dad who hasn''t seen us win away from home (other than Wembley) since we beat Brentford 3-0 under the lights in October 2014. For that reason I am going for a 1-1.

[lappinitup 629]

With just over 40 miles of the M1 separating MKDons and Peterborough, I am expecting a large away following roaring their team on. Whilst Peterborough have decent away form, (more goals than anyone else in the division), Dons have only managed three home wins all season. So......MKDons v Peterborough.......Away win.

For our game.......City to win and Maddison to score.

Good luck JB and GH. [Y]And a Happy New Year to you all. [<:o)]