nutty nigel 7,531 Posted November 12, 2014 Welcome PUPs toweek fifteen of our Rays Funds season. This is one of those internationalweekends where most of our usual hunting grounds are not available. So whatbetter week to have our most adventurous PUP Purple Canary in charge and makingthe final selections. I believe Purple’s methods are perfect for the task weface this week and with him in the hot seat we have every chance of back toback wins following Mandie’s sterling effort last weekend. Purple’s MO islegendary as he sends me on expeditions to the remotest leagues he can find tohunt down his selections. And what fantastic selections they are because he’salways riding high near the top of our PUPs league and this season could proveto be his best yet as he remains undefeated with fourteen consecutive winningpicks. Be careful thisweek PUPs, We are NOT including the Friday international fixtures as we havesometimes done previously. There are internationals on Saturday and Sunday Butthere’s no requirement to pick from these as there’s plenty of league gamesavailable in Britain and Europe. It’s just the major leagues who are on abreak. Obviously there’s no Norwich game this weekend so we can put all ourefforts into finding Purple our very best selection from the games played on Sat/Sun/Monof this weekend and listed on the William Hill or Bet365 web site. Let’s helphim get his name onto Ray’s signature of fame! I can’t believe I’m sorting out the rota for December already! Timeflies when you’re having fun and we’re certainly having fun on here as thisseason’s pot has now passed the £300 mark. Please let me know if these datesare ok, if awkward I can change them around to suit : - For the main bet : -6th Dec - Twidio13th Dec - Mandie Moo’s MearKat20th Dec - Graham Humphrey28th Dec - Gregt And for the Norwich match bet : -6th Dec - Sports DeskPete13th Dec - Cityangel20th Dec - Blahblahblah28th Dec - Nutty Nigel Now I’ll handthis week’s thread over to PurpleCanary. Remember there’s no pressure becausewe are all going to be doing our best to help you to success. We all standtogether with the single aim of raising money for the Community SportsFoundation. Good luck allyou PUPs... Take it away Purple ... the thread is yours.......[:)].......... As always Ileave you with Ray’s signature which now reads :- Carve theirnames with pride.Yankee,5,Fellas,3,P''boro,2,Mr Chops,2,NewYork,2, Inch igh,3,Blahblahblah, NCFC_Shaun, 1st Wazzock,3, Fonejacker,3, Norfolkbroadslim,2,Norfolkchance1,2, Scooby,3, Trent Canary,2, Cosmic Twin,2, Graham Humphrey,Leedscanary,2, NcfcStar, Herman, Delia’s Devonshire Dirtbox, Lappinitup,Statto, Mandie Moo,2, Mr Bump, Kathy,2, Til1010, Snake-eyes, Vindo,2, NWC,Hughesy. Gregt, GMF, Swindon Canary, yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for the Academy,and £569 for the Community Sports Foundation. And with theNorwich match bet. Splutcho, jb, Javier’s Deaf Translator, Hector Brockelbank,Blahblahblah, Can u sit down please, Til1010, Mandie Moo’s Mear Kat,Crabbycanary, Paul, Stewfil, Parma Ham’s gone mouldy, Bor Bor Bor, Mr Apples,Woostercanary, City-til-I-die, yes PUPs £198 for the Community SportsFoundation. And with £190for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges we now have a total of £2994 since webegan of which £305 has been raised this season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted November 12, 2014 sky Bet League Two, Luton to beat Tranmere please.Luton 2nd and scoring freely, Tranmere near the bottom and leaking badly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing Sid 154 Posted November 12, 2014 A Euro qualifier this weekNetherlands v Latvia - Home WinBest of luck Purple, and all you PUPs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted November 12, 2014 Hate these International weekends ! Going for Spain home win against Belarus Hope someone gets on Ray’s signature soon as ''SwindonCanary'' (one word) is now on two lines ! PS. Try putting ''SwindonCanary'' into Google -- It''s all me ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DDD In The Fine City 1 Posted November 12, 2014 Switzerland to beat Lithuania for me please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,557 Posted November 12, 2014 As before I fail to recognise myself as the paragon in nutty''s description...[;)]It is true I tend to look for exotic picks, but posters shouldn''t take that into account with their choices on my account. That said, as there is no top-flight European football this weekend, posters may be tempted into some of the more obscure leagues, where odds tend to arrive late on Friday. Accordingly I will not start looking at a selection until at least 8pm UK time on Friday evening.By then odds should have appeared if they are ever going to. Good luck to all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,756 Posted November 12, 2014 Mildly exotic for you Purple.CARPI to beat Cittadella in Italian Serie B.Good luck and have a good pick[Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,219 Posted November 12, 2014 I find myself having to trust Ukraine for the second time this week. Topically for you PC it involves credit terms....Luxembourg v Ukraine away win please, dyakoya....Good Luck Purpurea Canarino, though quite confident you don''t need it...Fai Il bravo, Parma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent Canary 0 Posted November 12, 2014 Would never usually back England, but they look good value at 3/10 to beat Slovenia.Best of luck PC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted November 12, 2014 Shrewsbury Town to beat Mansfield Town Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted November 12, 2014 Preston to beat Bradford for me please this weekGood Luck all to Purple and all the PupsWould be honoured to do the Norwich bet on Dec 13th Nutty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city-till-i-die 7 Posted November 13, 2014 England to win (just) OTBC Good luck one and all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diesel Doris 129 Posted November 13, 2014 League 2 for me this week:SOUTHEND v. Hartlepool HOME WINGood Luck Purple and all you Lovely PUPsGood Luck to the teams in tonight''s quiz for CSF! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted November 13, 2014 Rangers to beat Alloa please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,846 Posted November 13, 2014 Plenty of ''bankers'' in the internationals this weekend, but the odds are correspondingly unattractive.Ukraine to win away to Luxembourg at 2/9 at least offers a little value, while one would hope the result would be a foregone conclusion. Ukraine won 2-0 in Belarus in their last away qualifier, so this one really shouldn''t pose any problems.For the Norwich bet, we''ll turn up a week early to play Brighton and sneak a 1-0, Jerome to score the winner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wooster 134 Posted November 13, 2014 Good luck Purple and thanks for your opus "Finance versus the manager" earlier in the week.I fancy a draw this week in the Swindon vs Bristol City game, at 2/1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a Banana (All Grown Up) 0 Posted November 13, 2014 It''s a tad quiet at work, so here it goes.Netherlands vs. Latvia Home win, Even with the awful current form, I do believe Guus and the men in orange will do the job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowfuture 71 Posted November 13, 2014 Barnett to beat AFC Telford in the Conference for me, top against bottom. Good luck everyone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted November 13, 2014 Hi all, well done Mandie for last week and good luck to Purple for this week! I''m going to go for stuttering Greece to beat the Faroe Islands (Greece home win). Best wishes to all the PUPsApples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,557 Posted November 13, 2014 [quote user="Mr Apples"]Hi all, well done Mandie for last week and good luck to Purple for this week! I''m going to go for stuttering Greece to beat the Faroe Islands (Greece home win). Best wishes to all the PUPsApples[/quote]Unfortunately that is tomorrow, and we are only taking matches from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted November 13, 2014 Cheers Purple, observational skills never was my thing!!! [:D] In that case I''ll go for Bulgaria to beat Malta (Bulgaria home win). Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,531 Posted November 13, 2014 African Cup of Nations for me and a top v bottom clash in Group F. Cape Verdi have won all their last 7 ACN qualifiers at home. In fact you have to go back to 2007 for their last dropped home point in these fixtures. Niger have only drawn once in their last 9 away ACN qualifiers. A home win looks nailed on to me but the price is a competitive 1/2. Looks like it should be shorter so maybe I''m missing something! Cape Verdi v Niger Home Win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splutcho 173 Posted November 13, 2014 I''m steering clear of internationals. I was 100% until the last one came along. With that in mind, Belgian 2nd division, leaders Sint-Truidense to beat second bottom Verbroedering Geel. Odds are 1/6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Drinkell 50 Posted November 13, 2014 There''s a big game in the lower end of League one involving our very own Cody (remember him) with home advantage I will take Gillingham to win and jump ahead of their opponents in the survival game.Gillingham V Orient Home win.Good luck to all involved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,555 Posted November 13, 2014 I''m taking a bit of a risk and heading into Purple country, the Austrian Regionalliga Centre (or Mitte if you prefer).SK Vorwarts Steyr (2nd) play host to Union Gurten (13th of 16). Vorwarts have already won at Gurten 3-1 this season, they''ve won 5 of their last 6 at home with their only loss in that sequence being in a cup match, and Gurten struggle to score away. Odds on the Home Win are 4/9.Good luck to all PUPs and extra luck to Purple Canary as international weeks are always tough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWC 239 Posted November 13, 2014 Spain to beat Belarus for me please. Good luck to you all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted November 13, 2014 Barnet home win for me please in a classic top vs bottom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chellecity 0 Posted November 13, 2014 For me this week it''sSpain vs Belarus - Home Win Good luck everyone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmic Twin 189 Posted November 13, 2014 I''m also going for a Spain win v. Belarus.Good Luck, PurpleCanary! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathy 733 Posted November 13, 2014 It looks too easy this week with all those international matches doesnt it? But we PUPs know its never as simple as that, I;m going for one of the shorter odds games. Turkey to beat Kazakhstan for me please. Good luck all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites