chrisobee

hearts

puffs ( rather like St Landrew in the "race" yesterday )

liar !

Main forum !

Thanks, too young to remember that !

No..

roundabout

Haha, I snuck a late bet on Pipette as well, has to be down hill from here !

Well done, you swerved Salut Flo and Prince De Beauchene!

dungeon

Forgot

Yes, I believe that the way you waste money on no hope bets !

All Hugh Taylor's tips just for Kip... 3.25 CARLISLE 3pts win BILLSGREY (4-1 Bet365, Sportingbet, Victor Chandler) 5.00 CARLISLE 1pt each way NORMINSTER (50-1 Victor Chandler, 40-1 general) 5.25 KEMPTON 1pt each way TOTALLY FOCUSSED (18-1 Totesport, Victor Chandler, William Hill)

Quite a few to avoid today : Carl 14:15 Diamond Frontier Kemp 14.40 Classic Colori Carl 14:50 Hockenheim/Bay Cherry Kemp 15:15 Please Sing Each Way Hayd 15:30 Salut Flo Hayd 15:30 Prince De Beauchene Dund 15:35 Green Manalishi Kemp 15:50 The Scorching Wind/ Servoca Kemp 16:20 Jack My Boy Each Way Carl 16:30 Seven Is Lucky Hayd 16:35 Sarando Dund 16:40 Odins Raven to Win Carl 17:00 Quicuyo to Win ( Hugh Taylor has tipped Norminster Each Way @ 50/1 !) Dund 17:10 Concert Piece Kemp 17:25 Totally Focussed Each Way Dund 17:40 Full Of Hope

tock

Some more to follow with a bit of analysis/reasoning thrown in: Classic Hopefuls: Timepeice (Form 211-) A Henry Cecil 3yo filly who got beaten as favourite on her debut but then won at Lingfield on the All Weather and followed up in a Listed race back at Newmarket. I was really impressed with the way she stuck on in the final furlong to beat Nurture. With 4 1/2 lengths back to the third, in what looked a decent race, she must be very near the top of the female pecking order at Warren Place . Not surprisingly, she’s been well supported in the last couple of days for the Oaks. Beyond Desire (Form 124-) She won first time up at Goodwood in a race that hasn’t really worked out but then ran a fine second to Lady of The Desert in the Group 2 Lowther Stakes at York. Her next run looked a formality in a Group 3 up at Ayr but that meeting was plagued by dodgy results thanks to a very bad draw bias and although she won the race on the ‘unfavoured’ side she couldn’t do anything about the first three home. If anyone is in any doubt about the draw bias for that race they need look no further than the result of the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes run later in the season at Newmarket. In the Ayr race Music Show was the 5/1 second favourite, was drawn on the wrong side and finished 10th. She won the Rockfel at 25/1 beating the Ayr 1st and 3rd by over 8 lengths. A reversal in form of over 20 lengths. Beyond Desire is my idea of an extremely good bet for the 1000 Guineas at 40/1. St Nicholas Abbey (Form 111-) Not very original but the way he won the Racing Post mile stamped him as a very exciting 2yo. Aiden O’Brien’s charge won by over 3 lengths from the previously unbeaten and highly regarded John Dunlop horse Ellusive Pimpernel. With another 2 and a bit lengths back to the third Al Zir (who was another unbeaten and highly regarded runner) from the Saeed Bin Suroor yard the form is rock solid. The Epsom Derby beckons. Canford Cliffs (Form 113-) The way in which he won the Coventry at Royal Ascot is still etched clearly in my mind and on that running he surely can’t be out of the first two in the 2000 Guineas. He slammed Xtension (3rd in the Dewhurt) by 6 lengths that day with a fine front running performance and never looked in trouble at any stage of the race. He then went to France for a Group 1 but got turned over at 4/9 in a small field by Arcano and Special Duty but there wasn’t really anything between the first three home. I’d expect a return to the front running tactics that worked so well at Ascot for the Guineas in May.

It was a close game

No, I think my post above underlines where I stand ! Edit: And no I did not call those who dreamt of the play offs unrealistic, neither did I laugh at them.

That's a fair point, I consider myself to be on the whole optimistic but I think our play off chances are remote so if the highly unlikely did happen it would be a major bonus. I'm just enjoying this season, as I see it there is no real pressure on us so we can just go out and see what develops but watch games in a relatively relaxed frame of mind. That said if people want to continue to believe the play offs are within reach then I see no harm in that. So merely stating that the play offs are out of reach is fine IMO, what I find irksome is the constant complaints, especially about Pardew, every time we fail to win. Pardew will be judged on what we achieve next season, for me that should be automatic promotion. However, some people clearly believe he should go now, quite frankly that is just plain bonkers !

I thought after 1700+ posts you'd know how this board works ! Essentially there are those who indeed dare to dream ( often referred to as "happy clappers" ) and those who see only worst case scenarios ( "miserable old gits" ) . By and large the mogs are the most vocal and seem to love nothing better than if we lose though even if we win 5-1 there's almost always a moan about conceding one. The "happy clappers" try reasoning with the mogs but it doesn't work as you can't reason with stupidity. Of course it is fine to be optimistic, anyone who says otherwise is purely and simply wrong. Conversely it's also Ok if you tend to look on the pessimistic side, however when you become obsessed with only posting negative stuff then there reaches a point when it's meaningless since there is no sense of perspective. However, the mogs will never concede any ground on this point and therefore for the most part their posts become unreasonable. Luckily the forum admin had the foresight to instal an "ignore" function on here and thank the Lord for that I say !

Optimist ataeternitatis !!

There's plenty on here will tell you otherwise, in fact even if we did get promoted it would probably still be doom and gloom unless we signed at least 11 new players !!

Looks can be deceiving, think he submitted a picture from the 1950's though TBH !

Lol, yes indeed St Landrew, don't really care about anyone else. Miserable sods

Pictures are finally available: The winner, Alpine Saint in party mood ... Sadoldgit, an honourable second.. thedelldays still looking in fine fettle.. And StLandrew is put out to grass but finally finds true love..