Raise funds for the last time.

[arrdee 2]

Now you lovely old Pickers this is the last Free Bet and its Devonshire in charge so lets give him all the help we can , there is quite a full programme from Europe, Spain , Italy, France,etc,as well as our own Prem and Scottish matches including playoffs so its there for us to pick up the results for a win to increase the winnings for our Academy.

I want to say a very big thank you for all your magnificent efforts this season you wonderful Pickers . The Free Bet is our very own haven where we can come to and be all friends as true Norwich supporters, a place where no shadows fall , a place where there is no animosity , no recriminations ,no anger at fellow Norwich fans , just us City fans trying to help the club that we all love , A place where we can have enjoyment and entertainment and above all humour which is the lifeblood of our being . I have a dream that one day all Norwich City fans will come and join us on the Free Bet , I know we can live as one big happy family all in unity all in love of our great club , that is my dream which I hope to see come to fruition one day . I do hope I am able to see that day come true . your very own ...Ray.

[king canary 8,943]

I would be tempted to slap a bet on chelsea to win the title.

[newyorkcanary 14]

I want to thank Ray and Nigel for making this possible.  This is my favorite part of the boards, as it''s all about goodwill.  No complaining, moaning or negativity here.  While its not like me to ever pick a game that the big 4 are playing in the Premiership I think I am going to risk the streak on those lovable, sweet millionares at Stamford Bridge.  Chelsea home win over Bolton.  Thanks Ray and Nigel for everything and as long as Dixmar will support us, I''ll be here every week.  How about a baseball pool over the summer?  Now we''d really clean up.... Justin

[Robsta 0]

I know i dont post here and play very often but i would relly like to go for a Man Utd away win at Wigan to secure the title!

[lucky green trainers 0]

had a good time picking selections this season - hopes its back next season ardee??? anyways - reckon chelski will demolish a renewed bolton to run man u to the wire>!?

[norfolkchance1 0]

Hope its back next season RD as I don''t know where I''d be on the first day of next season without it.

My pick this week has to be Reading to win away at Derby and secure their Premier League status. A risk but must be nailed on musn''t it?

[YankeeCanary 0]

Despite it being a Sunday game I''m going for:

Celtic to beat Hibernian

Hibs put up a good battle to hold Rangers to to a draw in their last game. Celtic know they now have Rangers by the throat ( in pressure terms ) with all the games Rangers have to make up in a ridiculous time frame. Celtic are going to be highly motivated to tighten that noose.

[Buncey 1]

Ardee you are the sweetest old boy on all of the norwich city related message boards and none of this would be possible without all the effort that yourself, nutty and everybody else has put into this to make it such a sweet place. My nap this week is for reading to beat derby county. Reading will want this so much and I''m afraid derby have given up on any hope of finding any pride at pride park this season.I have a funny stat for you too. Derby under paul jewell have managed only 6 points and no wins in 23 games. Derby under billy davies managed 6 points including one win in 14 games. So has bringing in jewell made any difference to their season?

[Buncey 1]

Infact he hasn''t even managed 6 points, only a measly 5. [:)]

[DDD In The Fine City 1]

Come on then boys and girls lets end the year in style, make sure you search the other european leagues  for your nap this week and keep those picks coming

Pete can you sticky this badboy to the top please

[Gentleman Jim 0]

Ray,

You probably missed my post on the last "raise funds for..." as after me and Blah3 posted our comments the thread promptly dissappeared down the board swamped by the numerous "Hucks" threads.

So to briefly recap, Nutty''s analysis of our seasons acheivments was great, I finished 10th, and realise that I can''t promoted or relegated from that position no matter what my selection does this week, so in common with the average football club in similair situation nowadays I am using a reserve picker, my pet goldfish "Hucks" in respect to his parting namesake.

Hucks has considered seriously and has said "glub glub glub gulp" which all fish enthusiasts know means :-

Celtic to beat Hibs this week, they scent success in the league as Rangers will probably wilt under the heavy fixture loading they have, he also blew a bubble afterwards which means it''s his NAP selection.

Cheers Ray and Nutty this little idea of yours was brilliant, so entertaining and enjoyable. Bless you both

 

 

[Graham Humphrey 13]

Portsmouth to beat Fulham... I''ve got a feeling they may fall at the last hurdle.

[Leedscanary 410]

Arrdee & Nutty you really are the Legends of Norwich City, so lets not let all this Huckerby nonsense get out of hand. Great players come and go, but great fans like you two will be with us forever.

I was a bit shocked I was rated at less than 50% strike rate on Nutty''s stat sheet. I thought I''d done ok this season, but I suppose all gamblers think they do better than they really do! I would like to know what my % was Nigel, if you would be so kind, so I can look to do better next year - assuming Arrdee uses his sugary sweet tongue and bribes Billy Dixon with some of his finest sausages!

Anyway - Nap for the week has to be BAYERN MUNICH away win against Duisberg. No real reasoning behind it, just looks the best bet to me, since my lovely Blue Square Prem has finished.

GOOD LUCK PICKERS!

Leeds Canary (Young Gun)

[Inch High aka Inchy.. 420]

I''m gonna head over to Germany for my selection.

Schalke04 V Frankfurt Eintracht    Schalke04 Home win.

Schalke04 are pushing for a spot in the champion league next season and should win this one.

 

 

Many,many thanks to arrdee and all involved in this great thread, I only wish I''d found it sooner.

 

In the voice of the Terminator  I''ll be back.[:D]

 

[InLambertWeTrust! 0]

norwich to win and Hucks to score the winner .... oh wait [:''(]

[arrdee 2]

[quote user="Gorleston Jim"]

Ray,

You probably missed my post on the last "raise funds for..." as after me and Blah3 posted our comments the thread promptly dissappeared down the board swamped by the numerous "Hucks" threads.

So to briefly recap, Nutty''s analysis of our seasons acheivments was great, I finished 10th, and realise that I can''t promoted or relegated from that position no matter what my selection does this week, so in common with the average football club in similair situation nowadays I am using a reserve picker, my pet goldfish "Hucks" in respect to his parting namesake.

Hucks has considered seriously and has said "glub glub glub gulp" which all fish enthusiasts know means :-

Celtic to beat Hibs this week, they scent success in the league as Rangers will probably wilt under the heavy fixture loading they have, he also blew a bubble afterwards which means it''s his NAP selection.

Cheers Ray and Nutty this little idea of yours was brilliant, so entertaining and enjoyable. Bless you both

 

 

[/quote]

Yes Gentleman Jim I did read your post , nothing gets past me on the Free Bet thread and I understood what you were saying to me . Cheers Gentleman Jim . arrdee.

Yankee,2,Fellas,P''boro,                                             £212-56p yep Norfolkchance1

[Ivana_rubyatitz 6]

Chelsea to beat Bolton for me as well, they have to win and will do whereas Bolton are safe as long as they avoid a total massacre.

[Trent Canary 0]

Looking at the results it appears that ive been a rather terrible picker, even worse considering I try to take time over my picks! I think ill abandon the hunt for higher odds and just look for the best chance, which is what ''nap'' really means. Feel free to release me from my contract at the end of the season, freeing up valuable wages to spend on the likes of Blyblybabes and Ricky Knight.

This week I shall go for Inter Milan to beat Siena.

Inter are chasing the title, Siena are stuck in mid table.

Didnt catch who was making the picks, either way best of luck!

And thanks again to Arrdee and Nutty. The true heroes of the board for setting up this thread.

[nutty nigel 7,963]

[quote user="leedscanary"]

Arrdee & Nutty you really are the Legends of Norwich City, so lets not let all this Huckerby nonsense get out of hand. Great players come and go, but great fans like you two will be with us forever.

I was a bit shocked I was rated at less than 50% strike rate on Nutty''s stat sheet. I thought I''d done ok this season, but I suppose all gamblers think they do better than they really do! I would like to know what my % was Nigel, if you would be so kind, so I can look to do better next year - assuming Arrdee uses his sugary sweet tongue and bribes Billy Dixon with some of his finest sausages!

Anyway - Nap for the week has to be BAYERN MUNICH away win against Duisberg. No real reasoning behind it, just looks the best bet to me, since my lovely Blue Square Prem has finished.

GOOD LUCK PICKERS!

Leeds Canary (Young Gun)

[/quote]

Arrdee is a legend Leeds and I am just pleased to be a part of this great idea he has made happen[Y]

Of course you have done ok, in fact you have done more than ok as have all the pickers who post on this thread. I know Arrdee would  be the first to point out that each selection is important. The percentage stats are just a little fun between ourselves.  But wasn''t it your Aldershot selection that was part of Fellas winning week? That''s more than ok in my book [Y]

Your stats are 11 correct from 24 selections - 45.8% You are on a winning run of 2 and you have had 4 winning weeks out of your last 6. So are you  in form and one to follow?   Not ''arf! [Y][H]

 

[Shack Attack 0]

Morning all, despite the shoddy way I''ve been treated this week I can''t let you pickers down so here''s my choice.

Lyon vs AS Nancy - HOME WIN.

Lyon haven''t been in great form recently but will fancy their chances against a Nancy side who have only one twice away from home all season. Lyon have only lost one home game all season and need to continue this run with Bordeaux breating down their necks and having a relatively easy home game against Sochaux.

Thanks to Ray for all his hard work getting this thread up and running and to Billy Dixon for his generosity in giving us our £10 bet each week. Cheers also to Nutty for working out all the stats last week. I''m pleased that I, erm...er.....I mean that nice chap Shack, have got over 50% correct.

Now has my left testicle made his pick yet [:P]

[Shack Attack 0]

[quote user="Darren Huckerby"]

Now has my left testicle made his pick yet [:P]

[/quote]

Ahhhh, it appears that he is responsible for the final picks.

Don''t balls it up [:|]

[Hissing Sid 160]

So the end of the season rolls around. Before my nap, I''d like to add my thanks to arrdee and NN for their work on the Free Bet. Any ideas yet on the possibility of doing something for the Euro Champs?

7 from 11 so far, heres hoping for 8 from 12. Looked at the Prem and the play offs, couldn''t make a choice. In the end I''m going for the FA Trophy Final and

Torquay to triumph over Ebbsfleet.

Haven''t looked at the form too closely, I just feel Torquay will want to salvage something after their play off defeat to Exeter last weekend.

Good luck all and thanks once again arrdee.

[Berkshire Canary 13]

My nap this week is Lowestoft to beat Kirkham & Wesham in the FA Vase Final at Wembley, the Trawlerboys have done a great job getting there and the backing of 10,000 fans and wellwishers should go a long way to spuring them onto victory.

 

I also wanted to say well done to Arrdee, NN and all the pickers who have helped the acadamy this season, I am long time reader on this forum and regret not getting involved in it sooner but hope to get the chance next season. Until then lets hope we can end the season on a high with a winning selection, good luck. [Y]

[blahblahblah 2]

Portsmouth to beat Fulham for me.  And about time they went down too.

 

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="Darren Huckerby"]

Morning all, despite the shoddy way I''ve been treated this week I can''t let you pickers down so here''s my choice.

Lyon vs AS Nancy - HOME WIN.

Lyon haven''t been in great form recently but will fancy their chances against a Nancy side who have only one twice away from home all season. Lyon have only lost one home game all season and need to continue this run with Bordeaux breating down their necks and having a relatively easy home game against Sochaux.

Thanks to Ray for all his hard work getting this thread up and running and to Billy Dixon for his generosity in giving us our £10 bet each week. Cheers also to Nutty for working out all the stats last week. I''m pleased that I, erm...er.....I mean that nice chap Shack, have got over 50% correct.

Now has my left testicle made his pick yet [:P]

[/quote]Well done Darren I''m so glad you''ve made that selection. That nancy lot are weak in attack, dribble all the time with their heads down and totally unaware of what''s going on around them, score many own goals and spend too much time shouting. Makes you wonder what game they are playing !  [:P]

Anyway Ray. Just a BIG thank you from me. Tremendous effort and nutty, you''ve been brilliant too, so thanks both of you.

Right, this week I''m going up north...... St. Mirren v Gretna...... Home win

Good luck DDD        [8] Let have a party [8]

 

[we8wba 0]

blahahahahah could be good shout - pompey got great odds this weekend! fulham like 6/5 to win away? whats that all about they only won 3 away games in 3seasons! i know 2 have been the previous fixtures! but come on!

Anyways on to my pick

i''ll stick my neck out and say

wigan v manutd - AWAY WIN lol

read wigan got 3pts from 23games v big 4 since prem days - obvisouly 2pts come this season courtsey chelsea and arsenal

got to be a winner though surely?

[arrdee 2]

Yes you lovely old Pickers you have done Devon proud and "Devon" being proud is one thing I don''t want to talk about , I think all you lovely old pickers know what I mean , It is a constant battle for me to try and get "Devon" focused on football rather than women . I know I don''t have to explain "Devon" with a thong over his head , also some hot tottie licking chocolate off his naked body . This is I am afraid dreadful .

This is what I have had to endure to bring you the Free Bet I suppose , I do hope he is going to calm down next season , If I can bring you the Free Bet next season that is , I just know "Devon" is going to replace me with an inflatable doll . arrdee.

Yankee,2,Fellas,P''boro,  the line of fame .

[Shack Attack 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"]Well done Darren I''m so glad you''ve made that selection. That nancy lot are weak in attack, dribble all the time with their heads down and totally unaware of what''s going on around them, score many own goals and spend too much time shouting. Makes you wonder what game they are playing !  [:P]

Anyway Ray. Just a BIG thank you from me. Tremendous effort and nutty, you''ve been brilliant too, so thanks both of you.

Right, this week I''m going up north...... St. Mirren v Gretna...... Home win

Good luck DDD        [8] Let have a party [8]

[/quote]Sorry Lappin but I accidentally deleted your e-mail from yesterday about the meet tomorrow night. I can''t think of how else I can reply and I''d hate for you and Ray to think I was ignoring you. Anyhoo, I can''t make tomorrow night as ths wife is working so I''m ''baby'' sitting. If you give me more notice next time I''d love to come and meet you all [B]

[ca 1]

Palace to beat Bristol City for me.

[arrdee 2]

Now you lovely old Pickers keep those "naps" coming in we must help Devon all we can . My final "nap" of the season is the Italian team Fiorentina who should beat Parma without too much trouble . I am going to miss you lovely old Pickers over the summer , I hope to bring you up to the date news every so often from the Free Bet desk . The next thing on the agenda is the final presentation from Dixmar Racing to us , I will leave that to Nutty to announce  as he is the organiser general and he will do that in his own style , not half [H] arrdee.

Yankee,2,Fellas,P''boro,