nutty nigel 7,509 Posted February 12, 2014 Greetings PUPs and welcome to week 27 of the Rays Funds season. Afterlast week’s record breaking 5th win from Yankee this week we haveanother of our all time greats who will give us every chance of following it up.Because this week we have Trent Canary in charge and making the final selections.Trent is also a previous winner of the final six as well as sitting proudly atthe top of our PUPs league with 26 wins from 26 weeks. Six months of correctpicks! I struggle to be right for 6 weeks!! Trent is another who alwayssupports us on this thread and I know tries to find a selection that’s originalwhenever possible. He is another rock in the great team we have this season. But good as Trent is he will need us to provide the ammunition. Don’tforget for your selection to be considered it must be played on Sat/Sun/Mon andbe listed on Bet365 or William Hill websites. This rule about Bet365 and BillHill is important. I don’t like making rules but if a game where there’s noprice gets selected I can’t place the bet. I’ve provisionally arranged the rota for March. Please indicate withyour picks if these weeks are ok : - 01/03/14 Meth Canary08/03/14 Newcastle Uni Canary15/03/14 Norfolkchance 122/03/14 GMF29/03/14 Diesel Doris Now PUPs when our club''s results are particularly disappointing I am always glad tohave this thread as a distraction. So here’s a little something to be cheerfulabout. Quite by chance when trying to explain Rays Funds to someone on Monday Icame across this stat. We have now had 52 winning weeks with the final six. Sothat’s a whole year of wins! This is our 7th season so I guess that’snot really surprising but it still made me sit up and think. I am so proud ofthese threads and all you PUPs There’s no Norwich bet this weekend. I''ve been trying to recruit somenew PUPs from the board but still drawing a blank. Still, I have a week tocontinue to try. If not I’m sure I will easily fill the weeks from within ourpresent group. Now I’ll hand the thread over to Trent Canary.Remember there’s no pressure because we areall going to do our best to help you get x2 by your name in the Rays Funds Hallof Fame. We all stand together with the single aim of raising money for theCommunity Sports Foundation Good luck all you PUPs... Take it away Tom ... the thread isyours.......[:)].......... As always I leave you withRays signature which now reads :- Carve their names withpride.Yankee,5,Fellas,3,P''boro,2,Mr Chops,2,NewYork,2, Inch High,3,Blahblahblah, NCFC_Shaun, 1st Wazzock,3, Fonejacker,3, Norfolkbroadslim,2,Norfolkchance1,2, Scooby,3, Trent Canary, Cosmic Twin,2, Graham Humphrey,Leedscanary,2, NcfcStar, Herman, Delia’s Devonshire Dirtbox, Lappinitup,Statto, Mandie Moo, Mr Bump, Kathy, Til1010, Snake-eyes, Vindo, NWC, Hughesy.Gregt yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for the Academy, and £346 for the CommunitySports Foundation. And with the Norwich matchbet. Splutcho, jb, Javier’s Deaf Translator, Hector Brockelbank, Blahblahblah,Can u sit down please, yes PUPs £63 for the CSF making a total of £2447 raisedin total so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Bayern Munich to beat SC Freiburg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing Sid 154 Posted February 12, 2014 Spain for me this weekAtletico Madrid v Valladolid - Home WinAtletico are 3rd (on GD in a 3 way tie) with 10-2-0 38-7 at home, Valladolid 3rd bottom with 1-4-7 12-26 away.Best of luck Trent, and all you PUPs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Barca to beat rayo, please! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent Canary 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Thanks for the kind intro NN. As always, a big hand to you for keeping this thread going. It is a fantastic cause, and is a place of sanity compared to the main board.Sat in a hotel room in Manchester (I can see why the City game has just been called off!) so had a look through the fixtures. Looks a fairly decent week, but as always I will need as many different picks as possible. No idea whether I will go safe/value, but I can assure that each pick will be looked at in detail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
First Wazzock 902 Posted February 12, 2014 Good Luck Trent and all PUPsNorth Ferriby United v Oxford City - Home Win Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mandie Moo 93 Posted February 12, 2014 Good Luck Trent and all our lovely PUPs.MMMK - BARCELONA -v- Rayo Vallecano HOME WINMM - RSC ANDERLECHT -v- RAEC Mons HOME WIN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killiecanary 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Bayern to comfortably beat SC Freiburg at home this week.Good luck Trent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,718 Posted February 12, 2014 Good evening to you Nutty,very good luck to you Trent and to all you other lovely PUPs out there.A HOME WIN please for JUVENTUS v Cheivo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MethCanary 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Basel to win at home in the Swiss Super League. Currently 4/11 with bet365.Nutty, I won''t be able to do the weekend of 1st March as I will be in Reading at my brothers 60th partybut would be more than happy to swap for a different week if anyone else is willing. Would hate to miss out this seasonbut would totally understand if that''s not possible.Anyway good luck Trent and all PUPs MC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravycanaries 0 Posted February 12, 2014 Barca win for me my friend and best of luck.... nutty if your struggling ime offering again... best of luck to all pups and lets make this a massive week for us... I feel a biguwin this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newcastle uni canary 0 Posted February 13, 2014 that week is fine with me nutty. cheersAgain i''m sorry I''ve missed the last 3 out of 4 weeks. been a bit hectic. but i think i''m right in saying they''ve all been wins so obviously i''ve not missed [:P]Going to back my local team and say Gateshead v Woking - Home winGood luck trent. hope you can still win even with me contributing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted February 13, 2014 Gonna take a stab at Sheff Wed vs Charlton HOME WINCharlton are poor, and I think the sixth round of the fa cup is beyond them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splutcho 173 Posted February 13, 2014 Napoli to win away at Sassuolo please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,844 Posted February 13, 2014 My first foray into this thread, and I''m going to back Benfica to win away at Paços Ferreira. You might get slightly longer odds as it''s an away game, but the gulf in class is huge and the league leaders should win comfortably against the bottom side. Additionally, Benfica will be high on confidence after winning the Lisbon derby against Sporting in midweek. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted February 13, 2014 Welcome Feedthewolf. Trent will be as chuffed as I am that you are helping him. Please stick around buddy[Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,844 Posted February 13, 2014 Thanks Nigel, happy to help – I''ve done fundraising for CSF myself and it''s a great charity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy 733 Posted February 13, 2014 Portugal for me please.Sporting Lisbon to beat Olhanense.FTW welcome on board. Why dont you take up Nuttys challenge of the Norwich bet? He is looking for new talent and as an ex fund raiser I''m sure you''d do nicely . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,844 Posted February 13, 2014 [quote user="Kathy "]Portugal for me please.Sporting Lisbon to beat Olhanense.FTW welcome on board. Why dont you take up Nuttys challenge of the Norwich bet? He is looking for new talent and as an ex fund raiser I''m sure you''d do nicely .[/quote]Please could either you or Nutty furnish me with more details? If there''s anything I can do to help the CSF then it''d be my pleasure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted February 13, 2014 Basically you have a 5 pound bet (can be split up as you want, for example 5 £1 bets etc.) to bet on each Norwich game.Anything from goal scorer, final score, resultGives us a second chance to earn some valuable winnings! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted February 13, 2014 Should probably add the bets are through BetFair so check on the website for the odds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted February 13, 2014 Absolutely horrific quadruple post going on here, but if you need someone to take the reins of the Norwich bet at any point I''ll happily have another go if there''s no other options Nutty :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted February 13, 2014 An anonymous benefactor kindly donates £5 each week for an extra bet on the Norwich match. No game this week. But when there is PUPs put forward suggestions which may be goalscorer, correct score, HT/FT or any of the countless options available and then the nominated PUP selects from them or their own. Either one £5 bet or upo to five different bets. We''ll be doing it next week for the Spurs game so you can see. Would you then take the Villa game for us buddy? Gravy I wasn''t ignoring you. Thanks for your offer. Please could you look after the match bet for the Spurs game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted February 13, 2014 [quote user="AJ"]Absolutely horrific quadruple post going on here, but if you need someone to take the reins of the Norwich bet at any point I''ll happily have another go if there''s no other options Nutty :)[/quote] Watch this space AJ. I''m grateful for the help and support. Trying desperately to use the bet as an opportunity to get some new posters on board. Some of us have been around so long we must resemble dinosaurs!! But hopefully you will get another turn too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent Canary 0 Posted February 13, 2014 [quote user="nutty nigel"]Welcome Feedthewolf. Trent will be as chuffed as I am that you are helping him. Please stick around buddy[Y] [/quote]I certainly am, welcome feedthewolf. Good pick also, you are right the gulf in class is fairly big over there so looks a great value pick.Thanks for all the suggestions so far - Would suggest that if anyone goes for the lower leagues to have a backup ready, seen quite a few postponements lately. Also I will be bearing in mind any champions league/cup activity which may lead to some teams rotating. But a great spread of selections so far [Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Drinkell 50 Posted February 13, 2014 Chesterfield must be to good for Torquay so this is my pick this weekGood luck Trent and all the PUPs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,509 Posted February 13, 2014 France for me this week. Lyon with a home record of W5 D6 L1 F19 A7 to beat bottom club Ajaccio who are W0 D4 L7 F5 A21 away. Olympique Lyonnais v Ajaccio Home win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted February 13, 2014 Rotherham to beat Stevenage for me this week.Good luck Trent Canary and all pickers15th March is fine Nutty, look forward to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,844 Posted February 13, 2014 I''ll happily do the Norwich bet – although I must warn you, I''m just about the unluckiest person ever when it comes to betting with real money. Managed to win 0 out of 13 races at the dogs last week, and there are only 6 dogs in each race!I lived with a bookie for several years so I have a good understanding of betting patterns, but every time I actually bet on anything I tend to lose ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites