8 hours ago, superniko said:

Regarding the betting posts previous…

Yeah the Indian market is big (declined a little recently with crack downs), but it certainly is not filtering into Championship football, and 100% is not filtering into shots on target or manager sackings / appointments which was quoted. 
Remember that someone is taking the other side of the bet, do you really think they’d be willing to lay large amounts on Rovers in a Championship match in India?

If 4 bets in row for £20 were placed on Big Sam next manager to go at 33/1 the price would be cut instantly to single digits, that’s a liability of £2.5k - no firm anywhere is ending up with a huge red book or payouts of millions on those markets, and they’re not even offered in India 

The majority of wagered money in India is cricket (see what turnover the exchange used to do on the IPL), the rest is lotteries / gaming.

I despite Venkys as much as the next poster, but the betting angle is a massive stretch.

Those rumours ( no idea if true or not) where all over forums and sports phone ins at the time. both were 33/1 and massive bets . no idea where they came from but it always seemed a bit suss and made ears prick up.

1 hour ago, lraC said:

Just for a bit of fun, I had a look at what is currently available as a bet for things other than the result of a game. One area that is particularly interesting is the shots on target market for a team and pasted immediately below (following 2 paragraphs) is taken off a website

There are different ways in which bettors can bet on ‘shots on target’. Markets are offered on individual players’ shots on target, such as Harry Kane to have 3+ shots on target during a game, or more, or less; the higher the shots, the higher the odds.

Markets are also offered on the number of shots on target for either team or the total shots on target in the match. For example, how many shots would Arsenal have in their clash with Chelsea, or how many shots Chelsea would have, or how many both sides would have combined. Bettors can even delve deeper by staking money on how many shots will happen in each half.

I suspect that the premier league is of more interest than most when it comes to this particular area of gambling, given how it attracts a world wide audience. Imagine if an illegal market was available and the "rules" were that this market had to be a top division such as the premier league. A syndicate of punters made a real killing one season and the loser was looking to make their money back. If a team involved in some of those games, could somehow avoid staying out of that league, that may be a way of avoiding that from happening.

Given the link below suggest that the Asian markets are pretty hefty, it would not be beyond all realms to think that the owners of a football club, could very easily been drawn into such activity.

Daily Asia Gaming eBrief: The Illegal Betting Market: A Growing Concern in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand | AGB (agbrief.com)

Never forget the 33 rumours.

Big Sam 33/1 to be fired

Appleton next manager 33/1

Both had massive rumours beforehand of pune million mysterious bets. (Allegedly)

He won't have a clue how to do interviews... how he's blagged a job by copy/paste buggers belief

1 minute ago, Torgeir said:

Need a can-opener. Buckley is quite predictable with his looping passes into the channels. I'd give Ayari a chance as he seems interested in getting amongst it in the final third at least. We were set up to avoid defeat but looking at our fixtures we need to have a crack at these poor teams. JDT would've had a fair crack at it at least...

 

 

And he would have lost 

A divot wins more balls than gally

1 hour ago, philipl said:

The game completely validated the point I made in the relegation thread.

Our fate depends on Szmodics keeping fit and getting the injured players back and keeping fit. JRC and Carter in particular will bring qualities we were sadly lacking last night.

Thankfully Pears being out didn't cost us last night although Pears would probably have stood up when facing that Millwall goal shot.

That Millwall side were certainly no better than us and in the dog eat dog world of 2 going down out of 11 in danger (I am calling being within 6 points of a relegation place as in danger given the way both the previous 22nd and 23rd teams have put back to back wins together as had Millwall) there are definitely at least 2 of those 11 with clearly worse squads than Rovers. 

Pears out didn't cost us ? Erm did we not er drop 2 points?

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I've explained my opinion on the Fleck signing and I stand by that opinion thanks Mercer. 

You seem obsess about Drinking Abbey. I've took you more than once I Don't drink Alcohol. 

You ain't ever took me anywhere

7 hours ago, tomphil said:

I expect it'll all go through and just enough to see us through to summer will be made available.  Next date will be set for well into next season so liquidating more assets and more cuts with have to be done to see us through to next Oct'ish.

Death by many cuts when a lot would prefer a clean cold one chop job and just get it over with.

Yup ..rip the band aid off and let the exposed wound heal

If we had brought a divot on for gally I reckon the divot could jump higher

What has appleton2 had to say

I think Oliver kay was at KGH if memory serves and was chatting 

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Broughton is at games 

According to Elliott Jackson, GB will do his post transfer window interview during the international football break 

😄 🤣 😂 

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

 

Hindsight.. 

Pin in broken leg, legs gone, no games hardly , nearly 40 years old, ...

.aye no warning signs..bit early for drinking

Cya ..

0-5 now.. worst ever prem team and performance  ? Not ht yet

Fleck just retired on the pitch at Sheffield,  way to go maggreg

Should fire maggreg

1 hour ago, roverblue said:

He must have started about 5 games for us so hard to say if he was any good or not. Just a completely bizarre signing and re-selling of a player. Add it to the list since the Venkys showed up

Jerome's mob are gonna jerome

2 hours ago, Groundhog said:

 

I totally get why Eustace played Moran on Saturday, I would have done the same, he looked good on Tuesday night. But, Newcastle didn't harry and press like Swansea, he had time in that game. To be fair to JE he hooked him at half time, I doubt he'll start again.

If this is another Morton situation, supposedly, that he has to be played, then that's another poor indictment of the state we're in - add it to the list.

 

Not another morton  situation..just another Jeromesque agent making deals to the detrimental effect of out beloved club.

Venkys out

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

You can’t I’m afraid, but if you’ve anything you want to be asked, let me know, I’m the rep for this site.

Think the meeting is going to be moved, unfortunately- gonna be more like the end of this month.

ASK WHO IS THE 2024 HIDE N SEEK CHAMP

1 hour ago, Rogerb said:

Might just be the points jdt got prior to Christmas that keep us up

Or it might the 4 from 30 that send us down

Time to get the pressure on Bayes mob and the venkygraph. Needs radio lancs and venkygraph trending on X .

Wasting time I know but they need to be in in Delhi on the 12th for the hearing . Could be the most important day of our history.

Will they ? Will they bollox.

Blimy, John Coleman sacked

Kinnell that was some lie in

6 minutes ago, J*B said:

I wouldn’t say this on Twitter because I’d be jumped on by our more positive fans, but consider me extremely unconvinced about Eustace as a manager and concerned about the amount of points we are getting. 

Starting to already get crappleton  vibes