Can the Arse do it without Fab? We reckonzzzz...

This evening the Arsenal host Porto without the guidance and guile of their talismanic captain - take a bow Sir Cesc of Fabregas. The stats, signs and possibly even the stars seem to be against them, not having overturned a first-leg deficit in the CL in nine attempts. However, priced at 4/6 (with Ladbrokes) to qualify this eve, you just gotta fancy'em.
 
Bosh them in a double with a recently Neil Warnocked QPR, who face Plymouth and are massively overpriced at 4/5. They should be a 1/2 shot. The double pays 2/1. Thank us when it comes in. Scold us when Porto's three-pronged attack does a job on Campbell and co...

Dave's Book Club was a bit of a struggle...

Everybody hates a gloater...

So we won't say a thing.

We did tell you though...

International friendlies = betting madness. Not that it's stopped us...

International friendlies are shite. There, we said it. Managers pick silly teams full of silly players, meaning that unless you do thorough research it's a bit of a shot in the dark. And we just don't do research. Conversely, we love shooting in the dark, so we're getting tucked in anyway...

It's the long-awaited return of our piss-poor bets...

Apologies for our long absence from tipping, we'd like to tell you that we've given it up as a New Year's resolution, but that would be a lie - as one look at our Betfair balance would prove. Still, we should've probably been in touch about our tenner on Egypt to win the African Nations at 10/1 before the tournament, which is looking peachy at the minute. Nonetheless, nobody likes a smug post-event punter, so we're back with our bets this Saturday, providing you with a weekly betting scapegoat...

We've got a deep-sea diver on a four-fold today, and we fancy it...

Shakin Stevens, he was a laugh wasn't he? Also, a bit of a bullshitter. "Snow is falling, all around us, children playing, having fun." Maybe so Shaky, but if those children have no local football team to go and watch because the sodding snow has had their game called off, then we'd beg to differ about the "fun" part to those lyrics.

Anyway, it means today that there's already big games called off at Blackpool and Cardiff, not to mention a whole host of League Two fixtures. So our weather warning today isn't to watch your step, it's to make sure you don't frustratingly back a game that's been curtailed by the white shit from the sky. So fingers crossed our four-fold, which we're pretty confident about (always a worrying sign), will not be affected: [More]

We think this must be what a hotstreak looks like...

Last Wednesday, thanks to some shoddy Champions League performances, we won £240. Yesterday, thanks to a fiver double on Man Utd and Villa, we won £25. Admittedly, it pales in comparison to the first effort, but nonetheless we make that two betting wins in a row.

But, like a gambling addict trying to explain to his wife why they have to re-mortgage the house, we won't discuss our losses, that's just uncool. Instead, we'll spunk some of our winnings on yet more bets, given that there's more Carling Cup action tonight coupled with everyone's favourite secondary European competition, the Europa League. So here are our picks for this eve:

Following our big win, The Oracle returns...

This bet is called the "back to earth with a bump" punt. Enjoy...
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That'll do Pig. That'll do...

We might not win many, but boy when we do...

That's right punters, the pints are on us tonight. It might have been Meat Loaf who sang two out of three ain't bad, but that fat shit didn't know what he was talking about. In our case, one out of three is ruddy fine, particularly when that one gains you a profit of £236.50.