KEI NISHIKORI aims to follow up his scalp of Andy Murray by taking down third seed Stan Wawrinka tonight to reach the US Open Final.
The Japanese sixth seed stunned the Scot in a gruelling five-set battle and heads into his one as 13-16 favourite at Marathonbet against an opponent who leads 3-2 in the head-to-head.
Wawrinka comfortably disposed of Juan Martin del Potro in the quarters and is 5-4 at BetVictor for the win while over 3.5 sets pays 4-9 at Coral.
There's plenty more sporting highlights throughout the day including rugby, cycling and baseball so as usual let's hear all your tips and chat.
Jordan's NFL Week 1 Tips
Friday 1:30AM
Virgil Green (Denver Broncos) Over 25.5 Receiving Yards @ 10-11 @ Skybet– 3.3 points
Sunday
Oakland Raiders 21 points or more
New York Giants 19 points or more
43-50 @ Skybet– 5 points
Jordan's NFL Ante-Post Tips
Green Bay Packers NFC North Winners 8-11 @ betfair – 11 points (now 8-13)
Ezekiel Elliott (Dallas Cowboys) Over 1110.5 Rushing Yards 5-6 @ 365 (now 1196.5 @ 4-5)
Oakland Raiders to make the playoffs 5-4 @ 365/Betway – 4 points
Green Bay Packers – Super Bowl Winners 17-2 @ Skybet– 2 points
Green Bay Packers NFC North
New England Patriots AFC East
51-50 @ Skybet– 8 points
Green Bay Packers NFC North
New York Giants NFC East
New England Patriots AFC East
9-2 @ Skybet– 2 points
In December 2020 we sadly 
Dave did say field goals were good to bet. He did really well and him and Jordan got along really well. They did well in the NFL
Another NFL season starts and it will probably be the same old boring story that happens every year “another season in profit”
I have been watching American Football for nearly as long as I have been watching football or horse racing, nearly 35 years now, oh how time flies.
Super Bowl Winners
Jacksonville Jaguars
As one of the teams that have never won the Super Bowl Jacksonville are a lot stronger than last season, which wouldn’t be hard with their 5-11 record
They have what I regard as one of the top offences,
Blake Bortles in his second season recorded 35 touchdowns and he is another year more experienced now
Bortles does make mistakes and will need to tidy up his game but the ability is clearly there
On defence I expect Myles Jack and Jalen Ramsey to make a big impact.
My only concern is this Jacksonville team are young and with young you get inexperienced, as Alan Hanson famously said about Man Utd “you can’t win anything with kids” and we all know what happened,
Last season the Jags were dealt a cruel blow with injuries which is why the bookies have overlooked them this season, they start the season at home to Green Bay which is alway a difficult start but it should be close and a defeat wouldn’t ruin their season but at 2/1 the Jags do have a chance.
Super Bowl Champions?
they have a chance of the inexperienced young players step up
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS to win Super Bowl 50/1 paddy power
Pittsburgh Steelers
Last season Pittsburgh were let down by defensive injuries to Cortez Allen and Senquez Golson
Last season the steelers were set a target of 30pts per game which they just failed but again injuries wouldn’t have helped,
With an array of talent at wide receiver and tight end they also have one of the best running backs in the game in Le’Veon Bell and quarter back Ben Roethlisberger,
They have strengthened were they needed to and after last seasons injuries were still one of the top offences but this could be their year and they are an absolute banker to win the AFC North
PITTSBURGH STEELERS to win AFC North 13/10 NAP/NB paddy power double stake (banker of all bankers this one)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS to win AFC Championship 5/1 ladbrokes paddy power
PITTSBURGH STEELERS to win Super Bowl 11/1 ladbrokes paddy power william hill
PITTSBURGH STEELERS over 437 season points 11/10 bet365
First part of the fourfold wins, just three more to go
Week one bets
Carolina @ Denver (friday 1:30am)
OVER 38pts
Green Bay @ Jacksonville (sunday 6pm)
OVER 44.5pts
New York Giants @ Dallas (sunday 9:25pm)
OVER 42.5pts
New England @ Arizona (monday 1:30am)
OVER 43.5pts
Fourfold pays 5.1/1 ladbrokes
Green Bay @ Jacksonville (sunday 6pm)
JACKSONVILLE 2/1 coral boylesports skybet
New York Giants @ Dallas (sunday 9:25pm)
NEW YORK GIANTS 21/20 betway
Pittsburgh @ Washington (Tuesday 00:10)
PITTSBURGH over 27.5pts 11/10 NAP/NB double stake skybet
So it started, well done to anyone who landed a winning punt last night.
** REPOST**
Morning guys it is your main man Max here. Lets get this once great, vibrant thread back to where it once was. A superbowl re-match tonight in which should be a good game. The league MVP vs a Rookie QB, I know who I like. The Carolina roster hasn’t had as much upheaval as their host and in what could be a close game I fancy the way to go here is Carolina O1.5fg at 4/5 Bet365. Offensive are still getting used to each other as preseason games often don’t see many starters playing more than a few snaps, Field goals are my main markets this season, and they should be yours :-)
Carolina O1.5fgs 4/5 Bet365 WON :-)
Quality Virgil Green Tip!!
Combo @ 2.48 (NAP) – 10u Lost
Williams – Pliskova – Pliskova (+6.5) @ 1.50
Wozniacki – Kerber – Wozniacki (+4.5) @ 1.65 – :( 1 point :(
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US Open – Day 11 = -10u
US Open Total = -10u
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Djokovic – Monfils – Monfils over 0.5 set @ 1.86 (NAP) – 10u
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Combo @ 3.02 – 5u
– Djokovic – Monfils – over 3.5 sets @ 1.91
– Wawrinka – Nishikori – Wawrinka (+1.5) set @ 1.58
Class as ever Jordan and john b ..?
Decent first night in the NFL with bet 1 winning. Two of the other three bets I posted were winners but weren’t enough for a bet for me.
Virgil Green (Denver Broncos) Over 25.5 Receiving Yards @ 10-11 @ Skybet– 3.3 points **WIN** 28
Over 5.5 Sacks @ 81/100 @ 888Sport ✖️ 5
Luke Kuechly (Carolina Panthers) Over 9.5 Tackles & Assists @ 20/23 @ 365 ✔️ 10
Jonathan Stewart (Carolina Panthers) Over 54.5 Rushing Yards @ 4/5 @ 365 ✔️ 64
Friday 8pm
Tennis – US Open
Novak Djokovic v Gael Monfils
MONFILS to win 11/2 betvictor
MONFILS to win a set 10/11 NAP/NB William hill (double stake)
Any thoughts on the Stan v Nishikori game JohnB?
It’s a difficult one but I would slightly prefer Wawrinka but only slightly, i think I t could be a 5 setter
Friday 10pm
Tennis – US Open
Stan Wawrinka v Kei Nishikori
NISHIKORI most double faults 1/1 betvictor
2 from 2 in the Rugby Championship so far and my previous bet of a NZ team to win the Super Rugby and NZ to the Championship (15/8) can now be pretty much fully cashed out but I’m leaving it run cause let’s be real, theres no way NZ aint taking the title.
The 3rd week sees Aus taking on the Boks and this one could go either way with both in dire form. NZ will take care of Arg. but the Pumas will put up more of a fight than the Aussies. Definitely a low stakes weekend!
Taking a double of Arg +31.5 and SA +10.5 at just under evens (Bet365). Argentina should be competitive at least & SA/Aus game is 50/50 so the Boks should cover the handicap hopefully. Waiting for the yellow card market in the SA/Aus game too and will jump on that cause the game will have plenty of niggle. Also waiting for the Argentina total as I reckon they could score a try or 2 against the All Blacks.