Poor Jack Grealish! On the day his transfer to Manchester City broke the British record at £100m he still wasn't the biggest story on planet football.
Nor was St Johnstone's 1-1 draw with Galatasaray!
Oh no! Barcelona announced that Lionel Messi would no longer be staying with the club thus sparking a scramble for the little genuis' signature. There are plenty of pundits that think the ‘financial and structural obstacles‘ will be overcome and that the Argentinian will stay at the Nou Camp but realistically there's only likely to be two other clubs in Europe that can afford him.
PSG lead the betting at 4/5 (Paddy Power), while it's 7/4 that he remains a Barcelona player. Man City are 7/1 to add Messi to their ranks or you can have 16/1 that he opts to see out the rest of his career at ANY club in the MLS. Plenty of other Premier League clubs are listed in the betting or you can have 22/1 on Juventus pulling off an incredible move that would see Messi and Ronaldo team up to tear up Serie A.
On the pitch, St Johnstone‘s 1-1 draw with Galatasaray was fantastic, and well deserved but it probably still wasn't the most impressive result from a British club on Thursday night, that honour falls to Welsh side The New Saints who were 4-0 up with minutes to go against Viktoria Plzen, who graced the Champions League just a couple of seasons ago. The loss of two late goals took some shine off the win but they've given themselves a great chance to progress.
Attention turns to domestic football on Friday and the return of the Football League in England. Bournemouth and West Brom kick-off the season with both eyeing a return to the Premier League.
Both clubs have new managers at the helm, with Scott Parker's appointment for the Cherries raising a few eyebrows as he'll now attempt to gain promotion with his new club at the expense of his former club Fulham, who will most likely be there or thereabouts at the top of the table.
Both squads look evenly matched and with no form to go on it's impossible to call the winner. Home advantage sees Bournemouth favourites at 13/10 with the Baggies at 21/10. Mark Walker has previewed the match for us and has suggested three plays if you're having a bet.
Ligue 1 also begins on Friday and Tolu has previewed the match between Monaco and Nantes, which is live on BT Sport 2.
We had some success in Ireland last Friday night and there's another bet worth a second look from Dublin again this week. In the First Division UCD host top of the table Shelbourne. The visitors are unbeaten in 17 and enjoy a nine point lead at the summit. They've tripped up in the last few weeks, winning just one of their last four but look overpriced to get the better of mid-table UCD.
They appeal at 31/20 to win but the safer pick looks to be to back them on the Draw No Bet market at 10/11 at Bet365.
Gambla Podcast
Don't miss this week's Podcast from the Gambla team where McBookie's Paul Petrie is the guest as the guys look ahead to this week's best bets in Scotland.
Super Single
- Shelbourne – Draw No Bet 10/11 at Bet365
Upcoming Match Previews & Tips
- Football Bet of the day: Both to score single in Ireland
- SlipsTips Tips: Friday Booking Points Double
- Fri 7.45pm – Bournemouth v West Brom Match Preview & Tips
- Fri 7.45pm – Monaco v Nantes Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 5.15pm – Leicester City v Manchester City Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 5.30pm – Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday Match Preview & Tips
Friday's Racing Tips
Rizzel his also turning his attention to Ireland with just the one selection from Friday's meeting at Tipperary on Friday.
As always, let us know your tips and predictions for Friday in the comment section below and good luck with all your bets!
In December 2020 we sadly 
BOLIVIAN PREMIER DIVISION 12AM
JORGE WILSTERMANN V AURORA
Very wary that Aurora dont really concede a lot and are in relatively tight low scoring matches, Wilstermann still are very strong at home and aurora dont travel well, which leads me to a couple of fairl solid picks on this match tonight.
JORGE WILSTERMANN WIN 4/5 NAP (B365)🔥🔥🔥✅
B365 BETBUILDER 8/5 NB 🔥🔥✅
*WILSTERMANN WIN✅
* UNDER 4 MATCH GOALS✅
B365 BETBUILDER 4/1 LONGSHOT🔥❌
*WILSTERMANN WIN✅
*UNDER 3 MATCH GOALS❌
B365 BETBUILDER 8/1 LONGSHOT 2❌
*WILSTERMANN WIN✅
*WILSTERMANN HT/FT✅
*UNDER 4 MATCH GOALS✅
*UNDER 10 MATCH CORNERS❌
GL All will be on all of these 👍
Goto chuckle im at the 87th min thinking only thing that would really screw me for a full house is a corner resulting in a goal… Next best thing corner in 88th min resulting in a penalty which was duly converted by aurora stiffing the other longshots 1 and 2.. still NAP and NB winners and a nice profit wdw👍
OLYMPIC FRIDAY 12PM-1PM
MEXICO MEN OVER 1.5 TEAM GOALS 11/8 (SKY)🔥🔥
CANADA WOMEN OVER 0.5 TEAM GOALS 17/20 (WH)🔥
SWEDEN WOMEN OVER 1.5 TEAM GOALS 6/4 (WH)
GL all 👍
Friday – FC Den Bosch v Helmond Sport
Going against my own team here. Den Bosch has been taken over 2 weeks ago by PMG, they also have invested in Barnsley and other clubs around Europe. The deal is sealed, but we still haven’t signed new players. They are really needed because the squad is really thin at the moment. In pre-season we have been beaten by amateur sides twice. Tonight we could miss our best players Hornkamp en Felida as well due to injury.
Helmond have signed some decent players and are full strenght. Den Bosch haven’t won against Helond in the last two seasons and can’t see it happening tonight.
Helmond +0.25 asian handicap @ 1.90 with BV
OLYMPICS – 12:50
Women’s Javelin Gold Medal Winner
MARIA ANDREJCZYK (POL) 4/5 WH
Double stake
Evens at Skybet
LOST, “only” silver
Sweden Women v Canada Women
Decent odds for cards imo
1 + corner each team in each half & 10 + booking points each team 2/1
Skybet
Each team to receive a card 11/10
Over 2 cards in the match 11/8
Longshot . Over 1 card each team 8/1
Bet365
5/4 for three cards cocker At Skybet
Cheers master ., but is 11/8 not better mate?
Indeed 😂
2 games at 10am which look good for goals
Sigma Olomouc u19s (Czech)
Konopleva youths (Russia)
Over 2.5mgs double just a touch over evens
God luck
**WON**
Nice work DC 👍
Over 1.5mgs acca @ 13/10 (WHill boost)
Jihlava vs Dukla Prague
Lustenau vs Liefering
Kisvarda vs Gyirmot
Club Brugge vs Cercle Brugge
Longshot
Same games BTTS @ 7/1 (WHill)
Just a few intrest bets today with bigger stakes saved for tomorrow.
Good luck all 🤞
Not too bad yesterday on the betting front and looking at a few matches later on that could be worth a look!
FC ASERRÍ VS. LIMÓN
(Costa Rica – 10.15pm)
Seems strange seeming Limon in the 2nd tier and I’m pretty sure rhey’ll be feeling bitter about their drop from the top-flight.
They have a decent side and, relatively speaking, play a good standard of football which should be enough to see them dominate possession and get off to a solid start.
OVER 9.5 CORNERS
(10/11, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐⭐
OVER 3.5 GOALS
OVER 9.5 CORNERS
(5/1, bet365) LONGSHOT ⭐
HAMAR VS. STOKKSEYRI
(Iceland – 9.00pm)
This one could well see goals – it’s a fixture that has produced plenty in the past with 4 of the last 6 seeing 6 or more match goals.
Hamar and KH are the most likely candidates to top the table and get out of the huge 4 Deild pot of teams so they’ll certainly be looking to make the most of this one with Stokkseyri falling short but hopefully contributing to the bet:
OVER 5.5 GOALS
(6/5, bet365) NB ⭐⭐
Will also add this one for small stakes as a daytime punt:
SPARTAK MOSKVA U19 VS. STROGINO U19
(Russia – 12.00pm)
Home form looks to be key here for the Russian Youth side:
OVER 3.5 GOALS
(11/10, bet365 ⭐⭐
Best of luck with all bets!
FC Sete v Bastia Borgo
Over 2.5 goals 6/4
French National league
🙂
🇮🇸 GRINDAVIK v VESTRI
🇮🇸 FJALLABYGGD v VÖLSUNGUR
◾ A Goal in Both Halves Double
◾ 1.11/1, Ladbrokes
J . Wlisterman v Aurora 00.00
BTTS + OVER 2.5 20/21 bet365 👍👍👍 91st min pen
Good Luck
Nice shout watabanker- late goals are great goals!
Cheers Hull
Hibs v Rijeka 7.45
Watched Hibs v Well playing on sunday was a brillant game, 2-3 was the final score in a very open game. A dont no much about Rijeka but looking at recent results their fond of a goal are two themselves their last game finished 3-3. Hoping for more goals here tonight.
BTTS 17/20 WillHill 👍👍👍
Good Luck
Austria 5.30PM
SC Austria Lustenau over 3.5mgs evens single
SC Austria Lustenau over 2.5mgs
Amstetten over 1.5tgs
Austria Vienna II btts
Treble 11/5
Good Luck
Picked the wrong Russian Youth game…5 in the other one 😂
Will go again with similar low stakes – this one promises goals and plenty of historic and more recent data suggests a healthy scoreline:
OVER 3.5 GOALS
(5/6, bet365) ⭐⭐
Good luck!
Which match @HullShaker ?
Sorry, only just looked back at posts now 🙈
Was CSKA MOSKVA U19 VS. UFA U19 – 2-0 up after 10, missed penalty on 20 then 1 more goal to finish 3-0!
No Swedish card downs all my bets in Japan LOSERS
Was looking good at half time – but was not to be .
Looked really good with that early card, corners flew in easily..shame about that Sweden card though..
Anyways was a good pick mate..just got unlucky..
Cheers Ak
That was unlcuky that was cocker
OLYMPIC FRIDAY 12PM-1PM
MEXICO MEN OVER 1.5 TEAM GOALS 11/8 (SKY)🔥🔥✅
CANADA WOMEN OVER 0.5 TEAM GOALS 17/20 (WH)🔥✅
Another good result at olympics landing the two main bets unfortunately didnt get a 2nd sweden goal for a full house, still great profit and happy with that. Wdw 👍
Last week’s bet on icardi in the French cup anytime goalscorer was a loser as psg drew a blank and lost the game. I’ve decided to try and be disciplined and haven’t had a bet since last Sunday. Tonight I fancy 2 strikers to net volland of Monaco at 2.54 and solanke of Bournemouth at 3 10 both on betfair exchange. although I fancy both players to net I’m going with solanke simply because he’s a better price.
Good lucky to everyone with their bets tonight
Solanke looks a good shout tonight – good luck!
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Vizela to score EVENS@skybet,NAP, they have BTTS also at EVENS🤦♂️
Monaco v Nantes
The madness that is Ligue 1 returns tonight . So it has to be cards
Over 1 card each team 13/8
Over 4 cards in the match 11/8
Bet365
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Airbus UK
V
Buckley Town
19:45
Welsh League Cup
🏴 BTTS EVENS (HILLS) 🏴
This looks overpriced to me.
On a form line through my club bangor recently.
Buckley 1 Bangor 0
Airbus 1 Bangor 4 (with 10 men for a lot of the game)
Buckley scored 2 v Colwyn bay in the last round and bay are one of the better teams in this league.
Airbus kept 2 clean sheets at home recently v llangefni and Holyhead who are both poor sides.
Airbus drew 1-1 home to guilsfield in the last round, Buckley then drew 1-1 at guilsfield in the league.
Also tempted with Buckley double chance at 7-2 for small stake but main bet is BTTS
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POLAND – EKSTRAKLASA 20:30
LECH POZNAN – CRACOVIA OVER 10.5 CORNERS 3/4
OVER 11.5 CORNERS 5/4
Lech last 2 games in the league: 14 corners, 14 corners
Cracovia last 2 games in the league: 18 corners, 14 corners
Last 5 games between these two (corners):
○7
○15
○11
○17
○15
GL
Not a league I’ve ever gotten to know – Andrjez who used to post was pretty knowledgeable and did well. Stats look promising – good luck 👍
LOST
FT only 5 corners in the game.
No words…
Both polish games were like that today..they are usually very very good for corners
Austria 5.30PM
SC Austria Lustenau over 3.5mgs evens single**LOST** 2-1 half time then no 2nd half goal
SC Austria Lustenau over 2.5mgs
Amstetten over 1.5tgs
Austria Vienna II btts
Treble 11/5**LOST** 0-0 in Vienna
Good Luck
Cerro v Penrol 10.00 Uruguay
BTTS 1/1 Bet365
Good Luck
Diangana Ags 7/2
Lost subbed
Charlie Adam to get booked gonna be a certainty on Sunday, no prices yet on oddschecker but should be out soon. 4/5 with McBookie but once bigger bookies price it up tomorrow should get better price
Double it with Jason Holt, Alves
Just under 9/2 for the double but the 4/5 on Adam card seems a bit short so hopefully get better tomorrow. Only 7/2 for 1st card tae
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Airbus UK
V
Buckley Town
19:45
Welsh League Cup
🏴 BTTS EVENS (HILLS) 🏴
This looks overpriced to me.
On a form line through my club bangor recently.
Buckley 1 Bangor 0
Airbus 1 Bangor 4 (with 10 men for a lot of the game)
Buckley scored 2 v Colwyn bay in the last round and bay are one of the better teams in this league.
Airbus kept 2 clean sheets at home recently v llangefni and Holyhead who are both poor sides.
Airbus drew 1-1 home to guilsfield in the last round, Buckley then drew 1-1 at guilsfield in the league.
Also tempted with Buckley double chance at 7-2 for small stake but main bet is BTTS
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1st winner since Sunday, thought it would never happen 😆🏴
Elvis is back in the building 😂 Nice one Senor Parsley!
Good to be back……after some huge lost…we move…
Diolch yn fawr shaky 🏴
Well played sir
Over 1.5mgs acca @ 13/10 (WHill boost)❌
Jihlava vs Dukla Prague❌
Lustenau vs Liefering✅
Kisvarda vs Gyirmot✅
Club Brugge vs Cercle Brugge✅
Longshot
Same games BTTS @ 7/1 (WHill)❌
Czech game a let down with the other 3 in.
Well done any winners tonight 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Dundee Utd vs Rangers
Charlie Mulgrew to be card @ 9/2 (bet365)
Early one for tomorrow, 10/3 in some places. Has a fair bit of history against Rangers with Aberdeen and Celtic, should be involved a fair bit and likes a tackle, already has a yellow against Arbroath and should have seen at least a yellow against Aberdeen. Think it’s fairly decent odds all things considered 🤞
Sorry guys, really bad game tbh. The first team who scored would have won the game
Great to be back in the stadium though
🦉🦉 night owl 🦉🦉
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Guarani SP
V
Grêmio Esportivo Brasil (Brazil de Pelotas)
23:00
Brazilian Serie B
Gremio esportivo to score EVENS main bet
BTTS 6-4 side bet.
Both at HILLS.
Gremio esportivo scored in 5 of last 7 away games and didn’t win any, they struggle away to get results generally.
Their last 3 scoring away trips were at avai 4th, CRB 5th and leaders nautico.
Prediction 2-1
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Goals fest it was in the end – final score 7-1 🇮🇸
HAMAR VS. STOKKSEYRI
(Iceland – 9.00pm)
This one could well see goals – it’s a fixture that has produced plenty in the past with 4 of the last 6 seeing 6 or more match goals.
Hamar and KH are the most likely candidates to top the table and get out of the huge 4 Deild pot of teams so they’ll certainly be looking to make the most of this one with Stokkseyri falling short but hopefully contributing to the bet:
OVER 5.5 GOALS
(6/5, bet365) NB ⭐⭐ ✅
😉👍
Smashing pal 🍻
Well done Hull, got to love Iceland (well most of the time!)
Cheers gents 👍
🇮🇸 GRINDAVIK v VESTRI
🇮🇸 FJALLABYGGD v VÖLSUNGUR
◾ A Goal in Both Halves Double
◾ 1.11/1, Ladbrokes
✅
Nice start to the weekend
Spot on Jamesy!
With the Nap and Longshot just about to kick off in Costa Rica, I’m sharing a private jet over to South America with Elvis for a later Night Owl in Brasil…different game though:
SPORT RECIFE VS. RB BRAGANTINO (11.00pm)
BRAGANTINO OVER 0.5 TEAM GOALS
OVER 9.5 MATCH CORNERS
(6/5, bet365) ⭐⭐⭐
BRAGANTINO OVER 0.5 TEAM GOALS
OVER 13.5 MATCH CORNERS
(11/2, bet365) ⭐
Best of luck!
Costa Rican game postponed!
Brazil Serie A
Recife vs Bragantino
Over 10.5 Match Corners
Evens @ 365 *NAP*
Cerro v Penrol 10.00 Uruguay
BTTS 1/1 Bet365 👎👎👎
Good Luck