nutty nigel 7,351 Posted December 17, 2014 I’m off to theU21 game so an early welcome PUPs to week twenty, the half-way point of ourRays Funds season. This week we have another of our original PUPs with GrahamHumphrey in charge and making the final selections. Graham is one of the PUPs Irely on for more than just his great selections because he’s the man I go tofor the results of our final six after every Saturday home game. And he neverlets me down. Wherever I need the result from he seems to be able to find itfor me. Graham also never fails to turn up to all our socials and has been animportant part of our quiz team for the two quizzes this year. And of course he’sa fantastic picker with his name proudly on Ray’s signature to prove it. So lets help Graham by giving him our very best selections fromthe games played on Sat/Sun/Mon of this weekend and listed on the William Hillor Bet365 web site. For the match bet this week wehave another of our original PUPs with Blahblahblah making the selections. Blahhas already been successful in this with his great win last season. And ofcourse he’s a previous winner of the final six so proudly sits on both sectionsof Ray’s signature. We have £6 to spendBlah, so you can choose up to six selections either from the PUPs suggestionsor of your own. Here are therota’s for January. Just waiting to hear from Wazzy now. Final Six Rota: - Jan 3rd GMF - confirmedJan 10th Cosmic Twin - confirmedJan 17th Statto28 - confirmedJan 24th Chellecity - confirmedJan 31st First Wazzock And for theNorwich Match Bet : - Jan 10th Jim Smith - confirmedJan 17th Jas The Barclay King – confirmedJan 31st Feedthewolf - confirmed Last week itwas suggested we had a PUPs meet in January and the date suggested was 17thJanuary after the Cardiff game in the Nelson. Many of us are always thereanyway but we’d love a few more to join us if you are able. I hope some of youcan. Looking aheadto next week it’s a strange one for sure with Boxing Day on the Friday andanother round of fixtures on Sunday. Ithink we’re going to have to start a day early and pick from Boxing Day as wellas the weekend to make sure there’s enough games listed on Bill Hill andBert365. The Norwich game will be the Boxing Day match against Millwall. Now I’ll handthis week’s thread over to Graham Humphrey and Blahblahblah. Remember there’sno pressure because we are all going to be doing our best to help you tosuccess. We all stand together with the single aim of raising money for theCommunity Sports Foundation. Good luck allyou PUPs... Take it away Graham and Justin ... 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 High,4,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, SwindonCanary, Twidio, yes Norfolkchance1 £2038 for theAcademy, and £670 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, The Great Drinkell, yes PUPs £228 for theCommunity Sports Foundation. And with £200for the CSF from the Pink Un Pledges we now have a total of £3135 since webegan of which £446 has been raised this season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YankeeCanary 0 Posted December 17, 2014 PSV Eindhoven to beat Go Ahead Eagles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,530 Posted December 17, 2014 The Eerste Divisie in The Netherlands.NEC to win at home against MVV.Top versus one from bottom. NEC with a 9-0-0 and 32/8 home record, with the latest victories by 5-1 and 6-2. MVV with a 2-0-7 and 6/24 away record, in which those wins were aganst lowly teams. NEC are playing tonight in the Dutch cup but should be recovered, even assuming they take that seriously, by Sunday.The current odds are 1/7.For the NCFC bet, in a splurge of optimism, I would suggest an away 2-1 win, at 11/1.Good luck to all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,585 Posted December 17, 2014 Blimey, you two are quick.Had to find another one.3rd German division.ARMINIA BIELEFELD to beat chemnitzTop of the table, good form versus mid-league and terrible form.Good luck all PUPS[Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ca 1 Posted December 17, 2014 Swindon to beat Doncaster for me please this week.For the Norwich bet I''m going to go for a 1-1 draw with Jerome to score our goalGood Luck Pups Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hissing Sid 146 Posted December 17, 2014 Scottish League 1 for me this weekForfar (Top, 7-1-0 17-5 at home) v Airdrie (4th bottom, 1-3-4 8-13 away) - Home WinAnd for the City bet how about HT/FT Draw/Draw, at9/2.Best of luck Graham, Blahx3 and all you PUPs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWC 231 Posted December 17, 2014 Hooray - I''m first with the obvious bet!!!Man City to beat Palace pleaseNCFC bet = Redmond to score again anytime.Good luck to Graham, Blah and each and every PUP on the thread!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowfuture 71 Posted December 17, 2014 Evening all, Man City to beat Palace for me please.The Norwich bet has got me scratching my head a bit, I am looking forward to Hooper having a really strong second half to the season, so hooper to score anytime.Good luck PUPs!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,519 Posted December 17, 2014 League 1 for me please. Top versus bottom, so - Crewe v Bristol City away win. For Norwich bet, think we might surprise a few and win 2-0.Good luck all pups everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TIL 1010 4,656 Posted December 17, 2014 A very good evening to you Nutty and I hope you enjoy this lovely mild evening down at Carrow Road in the blankets for the U21 game.Good luck to our resident pisshead and social animal Mr Humphrey and I am glad to hear he has joined AA even though he does not have a car. [;)]Good luck also to Blah x 3 and to all you other lovely PUPs out there.After last weeks minor blip I will keep the faith as they say and return to Spain and give BARCELONA a chance to redeem themselves and get a HOME WIN v Cordoba.For the Norwich bet I see a goalfest and Norwich to win 3-2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chellecity 0 Posted December 17, 2014 Top vs bottom clash from Portugal for meBenfica v Gil Vicente - Home WinIn the NCFC match bet, Russell Martin to score anytimeGood luck everyone, especially Graham and Blahblahblah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted December 17, 2014 West Ham to beat Leicester please.Norwich bet: a Desmond 2-2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,351 Posted December 17, 2014 I''m already going to postpone the meet after the Cardiff game. A few of us will be in there like we always are and would lobe to see people at anytime. But on that date our good friend Kev won''t be at the game and I know many would look forward to meeting him. As he comes all the way from Leeds I''ll arrange a other date when he''s at the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted December 17, 2014 Hearts to beat Alloa in the Scottish championship please.And ht draw ft draw in the city game.Good luck all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted December 18, 2014 Top vs bottom in my regular hunt of league one. Crewe vs Bristol away win please! Surely Hooper to score has to happen after last week''s performance! Good lush Graham and Blah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted December 18, 2014 PSG Home win against Montpellier for me please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city-till-i-die 7 Posted December 18, 2014 Spain again for me this week Barcelona to be Cordoba Hooper to score. Losing at halftime. Draw at full time OTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wooster 134 Posted December 18, 2014 Good luck everyone, the following guesses will certainly need it ....Stuttgart vs Paderborn, draw at 11/4.Norwich game, 2-2 at 14/1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,314 Posted December 18, 2014 Hi all, I''ll go for a Queen of the South home win versus Cowdenbeath (Queen of the South home win). For the match bet I''ll take a draw for HT and FT, got a feeling it could be a 0 - 0! [:O] All the best PUPS, and happy hunting! [:)] Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,789 Posted December 18, 2014 I''ll join chellecity in backing table-toppers Benfica to beat rock-bottom Gil Vicente in Portugal''s top flight. Benfica won away to Porto last weekend, so this should be a walk in the park for them against a team yet to win a match this season.For the City bet, sorry to be a humbug but Chris Martin to score anytime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hector Brockelbank 95 Posted December 18, 2014 Hearts home win for me this week please. How about Chris Martin to score in a 1-1 draw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,351 Posted December 18, 2014 My pick is from the Conference Prem this week where I''m tipping Halifax (Home record W8 D2 L2 F25 A12) to beat Nuneaton (Away record W0 D1 L12 F5 A30). Halifax v Nuneaton Home Win. For the Norwich bet I''m going for a City Win with Gary Hooper 1st goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blahblahblah 2 Posted December 18, 2014 Hi all, it''s good to be a part of this again. For the main pick, I''d suggest Man City vs Crystal Palace, home win.For the Norwich pick, it''sgoing to be tricky I think, as there doesn''t appear to be any obvious pattern in either teams results. A link to some statty stuff for the game is here :http://www.soccerstats.com/pmatch.asp?league=england2&matchid=808&t1=31&t2=48&ly=2015This link won''t work because I use chrome. Even after all these years :)I''d suggest that the safest bet will be over 2.5 goals in the game, both teams have a 50% + record of over 2.5 goals in games home / away this season. I''d also suggest that if we can get to half time at 0-0, we have a good chance to win, as Derby tend to score more than we do in the 1st half. That said, they seem to have our old habit circa Lambert of scoring late on aswell.That said I may not pick my own pick - I''ll make a choice on Friday evening if that''s ok nutty :).Best of luck Graham and all pickers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,512 Posted December 18, 2014 I''m struggling to find anything interesting so I''m heading to the Premiership and going for a home wim for Man City vs Palace, 2/7.Good luck to all PUPs and especially Graham Humphrey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lappinitup 629 Posted December 18, 2014 Scottish Championship where Rangers (5-1-2-22-10) entertain Livingston (1-2-5-7-12).Rangers v Livingston.......Home win.For the Norwich bet....City win and Redmond to score. Good luck Humps and Blah. [Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted December 18, 2014 Hearts to beat Alloa in the Scottish championship please.And ht draw ft draw in the city game.Good luck all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmic Twin 180 Posted December 18, 2014 I''m also going for a home win for Hearts v. Alloa Athletic.Hearts are W8 D0 L0 F28 A5 at home and Alloa are W1 D2 L5 F7 A15 away.Good Luck, Graham!A for the Norwich bet, sticking with Howson to score any time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb 0 Posted December 18, 2014 Sorry about the double post! My phone just did something strange... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,351 Posted December 18, 2014 Your phone maybe related to mine then! Mine does strange things only I get the blame for them..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Humphrey 13 Posted December 18, 2014 I''ve been told off by a fellow PUP for not popping in so as I have been a bit, er, sidetracked* this evening, I should do so now and not be so rude...As usual, I''d like to say a big thanks to Eddie for the very nice and complimentary intro and giving me the opportunity to pick one again this year - it is genuinely a lot of fun to do so and although my presence on here is rather understated these days be assured I am keeping note of all the picks this week and who has picked them very carefully to give me the best possible chance of winning (not that it improves my decision making going by the last few years). My own form this year can hardly be described as vintage so I''m definitely placing my trust in you lot for some decent varied selections and it''s great to see so many so far, so massive thanks to you all.I''ll be back tomorrow night sometime with my final six, and as I''m not consuming my own body weight in alcohol for a change on a Friday, I''ll be totally sober to make my selections - so what can possibly go wrong eh?And finally, any PUPs who haven''t met any of us lot in person yet and have been a bit apprehensive about doing so - definitely take the plunge, trust me. I''ve made loads of friends through this thread and the Pink''un in general and they are friendships that extend beyond football. Just pop into the Nelson after any home match, we don''t bite!I''m signing out for this evening. Roll on this weekend, and all off to Chicago''s if we win, eh Tilly? [;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites