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In the first of our two seasonal business development posts, we looked at the inevitability of
recession in 2008 while today we focus on why recessionary pressures are a great time to develop
creative trading strategies for gambling markets.
The key word here is creative. When the global economy is in bust mode, there is always an increase
in the liquidity of the global betting markets.
Like Martin Luther King and Ghandi, I'm a fan of passive resistance; but there are some things in
life that we have to fight for. For me, it's a baby's smile, the love of a mute woman or more
affordable prices at the petrol pump.
It's to my deep and lasting regret that a serious injury prevented me from joining the military.
Saying goodbye to the football season is very much like giving birth to a ginger child: after nine
months of optimism, hope and anguish, you're left with a genuine feeling of disappointment.
The final day is often emotional. Who could forget Arsenal pipping Liverpool to the title in 1989?
Another week, another punt at picking some winners from the Premier League deck. First though, a
little look back at last week where I didn't get any of my three picks right. They were all
long-ish odds and I think I can count myself unlucky with two of them. Everyone and their dog
is talking [.
The well known match fixing scandals of the past in Italy and South America have rocked world
football over the years. The allegations made against Bruce Grobbelaar and others a few years ago
in England forced the officials and fans in that country to assess their own game. As fans, we need
to know that the [.
Anybody who placed their gambles based on the "knowledge" of Statto will be feeling both revenge
and a disturbing sense of historical gullibility this morning. News broke yesterday that Statto,
"real" name Angus Loughran, has been declared bankrupt and, although he claimed that the debts were
related to council tax non-payments, it is believed that the man's finances are, shall we say, a
touch "delicate".
I absolutely despise Valentines Day. Conformity demands that I waste good money on a pointless gift
and a meaningless card, even though the wife has spent the last 364 days of the year criticising me
for being lazy. I'd happily dump her; but it's a lot of effort to find someone new.
Paul McCartney has taken the brave step of officially ending his ill-fated relationship.
Twisted fire starter, Richard Scudamore, yesterday finally achieved the desired outcome to his
privately controlled and proprietary competition otherwise known as the Premiership. Three months
after Dietrological provided a xmas freebie to both our clients and Football Is Fixed readers that
a Manchester United triumph was inevitable, the culmination of that inevitability gained fruition
with the usual corrupted input from the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB) officials.
The adult film industry has many knockers, but I remain a fully-fledged supporter. My only possible
critique would be that the storylines occasionally lack realism. I can't begin to tell you how
disappointed I was with my job as a photocopier repair man.
My wife is a fierce critic of the genre as she incorrectly believes that the art form demeans
women.
As a society, we're obsessed with appearance. I blame teen magazines for perpetuating the myth that
skinniness equals beauty. If I had to choose between a thin girl and a lady with a fuller figure,
I'd choose the one with the better personality. Obviously, if they're equally pleasant, then
fatty's out of luck.
Gerry McDonnell returns with a fistful of Ashley Cole, playing offside (or playing them onside if
you're Ashley Cole), and expert relationship advice (although in A. Cole's case, 'she deserves a
lot better, you moron' should suffice). As a society, we're obsessed with appearance. I blame teen
magazines for perpetuating the myth that skinniness equals [.
The Premiership title will be heading down to The Emirates if Wenger's team can defeat already
relegated Derby in Setanta's Monday night mismatch.
Three points clear of Manchester United with a game in hand and only two more matches remaining,
one of which is a "internally controlled but systemically neutral" event in the Gunners
favour, Wenger's team deserve their triumph after a season of Total Football showed the benefits of
remaining a team of integrity in a very murky Premier League World.
"It was totally unjustified... What was happening in the penalty box as they prepared to take
the freekick is nothing different to what has been going on for five years. And none of the other
referees have whistled" - Leo Beenhakker.
When UEFA announced the match officials for the first 12 games of Euro 2008, the selection of
Howard Webb and his cohorts for the Austria v Poland game was always an eye-opening appointment.
So who's your money on? As the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland embark on to the
quarter-final stages there are big games on the horizon and plenty of euro 2008 betting
opportunities.
If you like a drop a couple of [your local currency] having a flutter on the football results, pull
up a chair and let's have a chat. I like to look for value, rather than a sure thing, and
here is where I see it this weekend. Newcastle v Bolton - Away Win (@ 15/4) Newcastle did [...]
Ignorance is not necessarily bliss. I've recently discovered that binge drinking can lead to
long-term health problems, such as crabs and Chlamydia.
The arrival of a new year offers me the opportunity to reflect upon my previous excess and resolve
to make a significant change. I have made a solemn pledge to drink no more than the next man; as
long as the man next to me is Joey Barton.
Licensed Betting Offices (LBOs) are a post-modernist artifice in which a traditional betting
environment has had its modern objects liberated from their original function. This new
infrastructure exists within the societal scam that is British bookmaking but the purpose of the
modernity of the environment is to optimise the returns to the bookmakers by utilising a range of
post-modernist and/or psychological devices.
Everybody has got a price.
According to our own individual and hidden agendas, shareholder capitalism enforces that we all set
proprietary thresholds relating to our employment and consultancy choices, our environmental
footprint and our degree of competitiveness in the workplace. Some people also set proprietary
benchmarks relating to the use of inside information, bribery, kickbacks, corruption, criminality
and coercion.
My heart goes out to the clinically depressed and the morbidly obese, but I have a genuine illness;
I suffer from sleep deprivation. I believe my condition is a result of an incident that occurred
many years ago, when I was naïve enough to believe that physical attractiveness was not an
essential requirement in the process of potential mate selection.
Thursday is Chinese New Year (CNY) which, in a footballing reality not entirely governed by global
betting markets, would be of minimal significance. For the markets as they stand, it is, however,
of momentous importance.
Last year around this time, we warned readers of the perils of trading over the CNY period without
a thorough evaluation of the scenario.
I am no stranger to a lazy stereotype. I'm half-Irish and I'm married to a Scot, so some people
believe we stay at home all day smoking crack and peeling potatoes; which is only half true.
It could be worse though, I could be bald. Britney Spears was considered a wholesome entertainer
when she had flowing locks; but the moment she showed solidarity with the follicly challenged, the
authorities took her children away.
For some inexplicable reason, the subject of mental illness remains taboo. I am convinced that if
we debate the topic in a mature and sensitive fashion, we could raise awareness of the constant
unnecessary stigmatisation of these unfortunate lunatics.
I'm not embarrassed to admit that I used to regularly suffer from panic attacks.
The World's Greatest Competition is not the FA Cup despite the ludicrous marketing attempts of the
FA itself, the BBC and a whole posse of talking heads (particularly those like Lee Dixon who are
working on behalf of the bookmaking industry).
Barnsley, Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth, Cardiff, West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough - you're
having a laugh.
Like Wayne Rooney, I'm a lover of the old. I'm never happier than when some wrinkled old
seaside-bungalow hogger is regaling me with tales of a bygone age.
If my old man is to be believed, and he's not, football was completely different in the old days.
Goals were celebrated by a handshake, an assault on a goalkeeper was practically encouraged and
heading the ball led to a short stay in hospital, which was basically a shed with a sponge.
Even though I was brought up as a Catholic, I have never followed a spiritual path. I blame an
over-zealous Priest for my descent into heresy; he was constantly on my back when I was young.
If my memory serves me correctly, Easter is a time to reflect upon the resurrection of Christ. It's
believed that after three days, He rose again.
Last Sunday in East Manchester around 5:30 in the afternoon, the air resonated with the chant
"Thaksin, Thaksin, Give Us A Wave" and the little gangster was helped to his feet by his security
consultants to return respect to Harpurhey man.
Curiously enough this same cry was common in southern Thailand where Islamic separatists were
gunned down by the gangster's men when his excellency was last in power in Asia.
"The whole system of information and the media is a gigantic machine for producing the event
as sign... - in short, for producing non-events" - Jean Baudrillard.
And what could be a bigger non-event than a former Premiership footballer paying off some gambling
debts by doing an inside job for a bookmaker?
I do enjoy a moral dilemma. An intellectual friend asked if I would kill a chicken to save a
chicken's life. I honestly replied that I'd happily slaughter a chicken if I missed breakfast.
He went on to ask if I would ever use inside information to profit from gambling. I once again
answered in all honesty that I have never been involved in such a practice; but then again, I don't
know Harry Redknapp.
"Postmodernism is incredulity towards meta-narrative" - Lyotard.
At all societal levels, the illusions warrant our attention, from the doublespeak of democracy to
the figment-of-imagination that is football.
"Can we sell you a fated event, pal?".
"No, we are postdelusional, thank you".
At one time or another, we all make a mistake of gargantuan proportions. When the wife asked for a
potential destination for a short trip, I foolishly answered ‘France'. I completely forgot
that the place was almost exclusively full of the French.
As soon as we arrived I appreciated the gravity of my error, as the locals made absolutely no
effort to speak any English.
What have Robert Mugabe and Richard Scudamore in common?
They are both prone to manipulate realities for personal gratification.
The outrageously racist coverage in the northern hemispheric media regarding the situation in
Zimbabwe stands in marked contrast to a dissimilar lack of coverage for the grotesque corruption
underpinning the world of English football.
Tubby Brazilian Ronaldo may be one of the greatest players to ever grace a football pitch, but he's
definitely a poor role model. The AC Milan man let himself down when he invited three members of
the late-night entertainment industry back to a motel. It wasn't just the fact that they turned out
to be ladyboys; he shamefully offered to pay them for doing nothing.
Once per year, Dietrological/ Football Is Fixed do the Berkshire Hathaway thing and we adjust our
thresholds of proprietary isolationism to take account of the new market sector realities. We are
able to undertake this cyclical review due to our considerable competitive edge in the marketplace.
This edge allows us to provide our non-core analyses both for the content of the Football Is Fixed
blog and for the annual sale of a selection of High Level Consultancy Documents.
There is nothing more frustrating for the purveyors of a fake reality than a real Reality
threatening to block out the projected spectacular one. When such a loss of control of the
spectaclised media agenda is brought to our attention, there needs to be a concerted strategy from
all interested power parties to alleviate the potential damage to the branded pseudo-entertainment
delivered for our delectation.
The new subscription structure of Football Is Fixed includes provision for a couple of Flashback
posts per month, in order that we may either demonstrate our prescience or allow for the
continuation of the arguments set out in the original post.
The article below was originally printed in April 2008 and relates to the illegal machinations that
were being unveiled in order that the English Premiership title race would go to the wire.
The English Premiership returns this weekend after an exciting week of World Cup qualifiers.
The top two matches on the card this weekend are two games in the North West of England.
The EPL's two richest clubs Manchester City and Chelsea meet at the "Middle Eastlands"
and a draw looks like a good bet, with Brazilian Robinho making his debut for City and the home
players keen to impress the new owners after the recent Sheikh-up in the boardroom.
When it comes to a worthy cause, I live to give. I was so moved by Pele's appeal to help men with
erectile dysfunction that i agreed to pay £10 a month towards the campaign, but unfortunately I
wasn't able to keep it up.
Liverpool FC were not so generous of spirit when Luton Town asked for financial assistance before
their FA Cup tie.
Five days ago, there was only one man for the vacant Newcastle manager's position. Unsurprisingly,
Mr Redknapp didn't bow down to Mike Ashley's lucrative offer. All the money in the world wasn't
enough to force 'Arry 400 miles away from his family to an underachieving team, with the weight of
Newcastle on it's shoulders.
"Promoting choice and value for all gas and electricity customers" is allegedly the raison d'être
of Ofgem - one of the British government's utilities watchdogs. This bold claim is hardly supported
by recent events. Such occurrences provide a fine example of the skewing of incentives in order to
render the regulatory bodies toothless.
The one true universal city of Manchester has always suffered from being a testing ground for the
antisocial policies of a centralised government. From the cotton mills and workhouses of the
industrial revolution (sic) through to the supercasino and psychopathic football club ownerships of
today, we are the laboratory.
