EA said:
I dunno about anyone else, but putting money on something when you’re NOT confident is the mark of someone who’s pissed a few too many brain cells away.
Duff said:
If i was confident i guarantee you the bet would have been for alot more than $20. As stated before, $6.50 is good odds for a team that looked so inept last night and with such a weak squad, hence i decided i would wager $20 on the CHANCE they may get the spoon.
We've already established that you bet when the odds are juicy. Confidence isn't an issue. The point is that you just won't admit that you've already given the Raiders the spoon. The fact that you're not prepared to back it up when you're called is your problem.
Also, we may land on Pluto in the next 20 years, the odds should be good for that too?
Are we there yet?
EA said:
Oh, I see, so your bet was because of the odds?
Well, I have a tip for you, West Brom are at 8 billion to 1 to win the EPL this season. You should have a lobster on that too. Much juicier odds than the odds you got on the Raiders.
Duff said:
Congratulations on having the smarts to realise that 8 billion to 1 is better odds than $6.50. I would have thought that concept was too advanced for you
Yeah, but you look for odds, confidence is not an issue apparently. What better odds can you get than 8 billion to 1?
EA said:
And today you think that you’re on a winner because, and I quote: “3 out of the 4 journos from today’s Herald agree with me”.
Duff said:
No, moreso it shows that my opinion is shared by people who are actually paid for their thoughts on the game rather than keyboard heroes like yourself.
They're no more accurate than anyone who posts here. Jesus, even a dumbarse like you may get lucky with his tips. Even a blind dog will find a bone occasionally.
Want an example?
Phil Gould, Panthers, 2003. He missed it by 14 places and he is a person paid highly for his opinions on Rugby League.
The fact that you think that a couple of journos agreeing with you means that you're on the right track is laughable.
EA said:
1. You claimed to have bet 20 on the Raiders to win the spoon immediately after the match, at Wests Leagues. (I don’t believe you by the way, they have an age restriction)
Duff said:
Petty putdowns referring to a strangers age now hey??? Mummy and Daddy must be proud.
Petty?
Like talking about my mummy and daddy?
That was not petty my geniused little pissant friend.
Now
that was petty.
EA said:
2. I said that I wished you’d bet it with me.
Duff said:
To which i was open for, at the right odds though. Wagering money needlessly isn't one of the things i aspire too in life so an even money bet for a team that is paying $6.50 at the TAB just doesn't make sense now does it? Hold on, i'm talking to what has to be the only guy on earth who would think it does :roll: .
You didn't mention odds in your initial post. Don't try to make out that you did. It was only
after I said I'd like to have taken your 20 that you started barking about odds.
Wagering money because the odds are good and proclaiming it in a forum is what you're about.
When called, you backed down.
Christ, I don't even follow Canberra.
And please, what were the odds you told me you'd bet $20 with me on the same thing for?
They weren't 5 1/2 to 1 were they?
EA said:
3. You said you would at 10 to 1 odds.
Duff said:
You want me to read it again?
ok.
.....
.....
Ok, you still look like a goose.
EA said:
4. I told you I wasn’t a bookie and it was even money with the proceeds to charity..
Duff said:
You showed you were a "cat" by offering someone a BET and then asking for even money when the odds are stacked in your favour. There are 15 teams in the competition, 4 of whom will be fighting to avoid the wooden spoon and you want me to bet even money with you. Does it hurt you when you think???
I wasn't the one proclaiming that the Raiders would run last, you were.
You just don't have the balls to back it up.
That spells C A T.
EA said:
5. You wouldn’t bet because you’re a cat.
Duff said:
Again above, in my opinion, offering an even money bet when the odds are stacked in your favour is extremely "cat" like. Oh and i prefer to give my money to Charity, rather than bet on it you tight twat.
meowwwww.
EA said:
Yeah, we know, you’re an odds man. :lol:
Don’t forget West Brom.
Duff said:
As are most part time punters, and the difference between West Brom and canberra is quite simple. West Brom haven't a chance of winning the EPL and to be more precise were suspended from betting on the premier league quite a while back, while the raiders have quite a significantly higher chance of winning that spoon. Hence, the $20 bet. Do i need to dumb it down anymore for you to be able to grasp that concept?
Yeah, you need to talk slower too.
Why don't you ring a bookie and tell him you want to put money on West Brom at 8 billion to 1 and see if he'll take your money?
Ok then, Everton are mathematically still a chance but would probably be at 1000 to 1 +, plonk it on them.
EA said:
Que?
All I said was that I didn’t think they’d run last.
And I didn’t bet on it. I didn’t say I was confident and I didn’t say “So I ponced on down to Wests Leagues and put $20 on the Raiders to win the comp”.
Duff said:
Now your resorting to making things up to suit your story. Typing that you wished i would have put the $20 on with you, is therefore WISHING FOR A BET. While you never bet on it, your statement clearly indicates you were more than willing. Or are you just being a "cat" now???
Sure, I'd take your $20.
FFS, you've probably given it to the TAB and they make millions in profit every year. Yet a bet with someone at even money who is prepared to let all the proceeds go to charity is something you're backing away from quicker than a Seventh day Adventist at a Bacon, Pork and Ham barbecue day.
You just expect anyone who isn't an official betting agency to give you nearly double the odds that an official agency would give you.
I'd give you even money.
Which is worse?
Me not giving you the odds you want or you not wanting to back yourself up?
EA said:
It wasn’t your opinion I was having a light-hearted shot at dopey, it was your statement.
There is a slight difference between the two.
Duff said:
It's mind boggling that you can have a problem with someone asking for odds after you indicate that you wouldn't mind a bet. I have stated many reasons above and i'm sure commonsense on your behalf will realise the error in your ways.
I don't have a problem at all.
This escalated after a tongue-in-cheek line that you obviously had a drama with. I really didn't care if you had a problem with it or not. Since then it's been obvious to everyone, but you, what was going to happen.
Pretty soon it
should click with you what's going on, but I'm not hopeful.
