Weekend review

Well, where to start? Last night I watched probably one of the best ever Superbowls, and although my team (betting wise, I actually follow the New Orleans Saints) lost, I have to say I was actually not as gutted as I thought I'd be. Never mind that I'd just lost £125 (the £100 on Bet 45 and a further £25 on various internet related bets that centred around the Pat's dishing out a beating), in the New York Giants performance you saw what makes true champions. That 3rd down conversion where Manning (Eli, for the record) broke free of two tackles and managed to find a receiver who was under double coverage, was amazing, the guy caught the ball against his helmet!! The Giants deserved everything they got.

February has pretty much started like January, two victories and then a defeat. Although I felt much, much worse after the January defeat with Liverpool. I think it comes down to the fact that I dodged several very large bullets on Saturday (with me first dropping 4 ultimately losing bets, and then East Fife winning on the last kick of their game) and my luck had to run out eventually. So now I'm £40 in the hole for the month, but there is plenty of football left, and I'm not too worried.

Nothing football wise in the week though, international friendlies are a definite no-no, although I am semi-tempted by Stockport away to beat the hapless Bury. The one thing that does put me off here is that Bury have just brought in a new manager. You never know what's going to turn up when that happens. Sometimes they get an instant response (like Paul Ince at Macclesfield last year) and sometimes nothing happens (like Keegan at Newcastle!!). Best bide my time for next weekend.

In terms of my Internet play, I've pretty much lost my sign-up bonus's (£25 from Party Bets and £10 from Betfair) playing as many markets as possible. Got to knuckle down and try and make a proper go of it.

A final note, I've just noticed I've gone over the 1,000 site visits. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to see how I'm faring, if things get too boring just let me know and I'll try and add a few new features.