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[God Member]

You usually put a bet on the Maroons. They've been paying you for rnt sessions for years. Keeping your money in your wallet this year or keeping the faith?

[AHLUNGOR]

You usually put a bet on the Maroons. They've been paying you for rnt sessions for years. Keeping your money in your wallet this year or keeping the faith?

You are not wrong there and thanks to the mighty Maroons winning the last 11 series in 12 years. This time of the year has been really good to my punting funds !

But this year is going to be really though !

How can you replace Champions such as Cronk, JT, Smith and now Slater!

But then again, when was the last time you can get $3.00 for the Queenslander ??

Still betting as usual and if the Maroons come up again, big big wins to collect ........ haha


Queenslanders !!

Ps. I hope the Maroons can put up a 5 Star performance so that I can give myself a 5 Star treats later ........ haha

[Wlcc]

Nsw always lose the so called unloseable game

[Targayayuka]

Sup.

Fuck Ramos.

Cheers.

[Prashvj]

Damn Maroons.. hoped to make use of Sportsbet's 8UP offer and put 100 on them hoping against hope they will go 8 up. Came close though, 4 up and 1 more try would have been 2 rnts.lol

Got my money and more back from Rafa vs Diego.. I knew Diego will break Rafa left, right and centre
Anyone here follows tennis?

[AHLUNGOR]

Well, Game 1 is over, NSW won and won quite convincingly I think.

We scored one intercepted try and one off a kick, so really didn’t break the Blue’s line all night, need to do better in Sydney or the series will be goooone !

Matt Scott and Slater have to play next game and Kevie need to find a spot for Ponga !

[AHLUNGOR]

Damn Maroons.. hoped to make use of Sportsbet's 8UP offer and put 100 on them hoping against hope they will go 8 up. Came close though, 4 up and 1 more try would have been 2 rnts.lol

Got my money and more back from Rafa vs Diego.. I knew Diego will break Rafa left, right and centre
Anyone here follows tennis?

I see your point but the Blues was already 8 up in the first half, I don’t think the deal will be good for the second team who went 8 points up after ?

[rooter]

Damn Maroons.. hoped to make use of Sportsbet's 8UP offer and put 100 on them hoping against hope they will go 8 up. Came close though, 4 up and 1 more try would have been 2 rnts.lol

Got my money and more back from Rafa vs Diego.. I knew Diego will break Rafa left, right and centre
Anyone here follows tennis?

How did you get paid out on Rafa v Diego?
The match is still going. It was postponed due to rain.
Did you just bet on the first set?

[AHLUNGOR]

I had a same game multi last night:

34.5 points, Holmes to score and Ado-Carr to score, missed by 1/2 point. That was my 5 Star money, damn !

[Prashvj]

I see your point but the Blues was already 8 up in the first half, I don’t think the deal will be good for the second team who went 8 points up after ?

No, the deal is 8UP ANYTIME in the duration of the game. At one point QLD lead 12-8. Had they had scored the next try they would have gone 16-8 (18-8 if converted) and I would have been paid out the winnings the next minute. I've had payouts like this in the past from them both with NRL and AFL.

[Prashvj]

How did you get paid out on Rafa v Diego?
The match is still going. It was postponed due to rain.
Did you just bet on the first set?

No I placed live betting for Diego to break the next Rafa service game. At 4 or 3.8 odds it was good proposition.
In the 1st set Rafa was broken 3 times out of his 5 service games. And the other 2 was held to deuce.
So my strategy is for a particular Rafa service game, Diego breaks($50) or Rafa wins to deuce($15). Both around 4 odds.

[rooter]

No I placed live betting for Diego to break the next Rafa service game. At 4 or 3.8 odds it was good proposition.
In the 1st set Rafa was broken 3 times out of his 5 service games. And the other 2 was held to deuce.
So my strategy is for a particular Rafa service game, Diego breaks($50) or Rafa wins to deuce($15). Both around 4 odds.

Nice one bro, you're a pro.
I just put a simple small $20 bet on Diego to win at $19.
I wish I put a bet on the unseeded Italian guy to beat The Joker - that would have paid heaps!

[Prashvj]

Nice one bro, you're a pro.
I just put a simple small $20 bet on Diego to win at $19.
I wish I put a bet on the unseeded Italian guy to beat The Joker - that would have paid heaps!

I used to go mad but not anymore. Nowadays I wait for my match, may or may not work out. For e.g I wouldn't dare do this bet on Cilic vs Delpo. No breaks in their match yet, into the tiebreaker in 1st set. Both big servers and big hitters.
It was unfortunate for Diego that rain halted at the most inopportune moment after he went up a break in the 2nd set. His momentum is gone, Rafa has come back now.

Who would have predicted Cecchinato? Sigh he's never won a grand slam match before!

[AHLUNGOR]

No, the deal is 8UP ANYTIME in the duration of the game. At one point QLD lead 12-8. Had they had scored the next try they would have gone 16-8 (18-8 if converted) and I would have been paid out the winnings the next minute. I've had payouts like this in the past from them both with NRL and AFL.

Thanks Prashvj,

I didn’t know that, but definitely good to know for future.

Talking about the Maroons leading at 12-8, they made a break and Chamber dropped the ball 10 metres out and the Blues scored next and went Bang Bang and the game was over, that was a turning point !

[Prashvj]

Thanks Prashvj,

I didn’t know that, but definitely good to know for future.

Talking about the Maroons leading at 12-8, they made a break and Chamber dropped the ball 10 metres out and the Blues scored next and went Bang Bang and the game was over, that was a turning point !

Yeah, that's right! I was holding my breath, lost hope soon after..

[God Member]

But this year is going to be really tough !

How can you replace Champions such as Cronk, JT, Smith and now Slater!

You can't. And throw Darren Lockyer in there too as he was a big part of Qld's ascendency.

Five once in a generation talents all playing together in the same era. No wonder Qld could hardly be beaten for 11 years. From my history reading it was the the same thing with the St George team of the 60s, who also had a group of once in a generation players. 11 straight premierships, (and one either side of that?). And 11 years is about the career length of a rugby league player, so there is the obvious answer.

The angst about nsw losing year after year never worried me. I just felt privileged to be able to watch that rare combination of a small group of champions playing for Qld together. Those five are going to be named immortals in the future, and nsw or qld supporters, we were all lucky to have the privilege of witnessing their unique combination.

You could see that their sheer footballing brains were missing from Qld last night. Those missing four in combination would have toyed with the nsw newbies.

[AHLUNGOR]

You can't. And throw Darren Lockyer in there too as he was a big part of Qld's ascendency.

Five once in a generation talents all playing together in the same era. No wonder Qld could hardly be beaten for 11 years. From my history reading it was the the same thing with the St George team of the 60s, who also had a group of once in a generation players. 11 straight premierships, (and one either side of that?). And 11 years is about the career length of a rugby league player, so there is the obvious answer.

The angst about nsw losing year after year never worried me. I just felt privileged to be able to watch that rare combination of a small group of champions playing for Qld together. Those five are going to be named immortals in the future, and nsw or qld supporters, we were all lucky to have the privilege of witnessing their unique combination.

You could see that their sheer footballing brains were missing from Qld last night. Those missing four in combination would have toyed with the nsw newbies.

Well summation GM,

It all started in 2006 when Lockyer scooped up that loose ball from Hodgson in the dying minute to win the decider , the rest , well, it’s Rugby League history .

But while The Maroons have all those once in a generation players, it was always very close and NSW could have won anywhere between 1 to 5 more series if not for 2 field goals from Cronk in 2012, 2015!

And three series we won by 2 points (all JT) in 2013, 2016 and game 2 last year !

So, rather than Qld winning 11 from 12 series, it could easily be 6 all or 7-5 either ways!

I think Maroons will make a few changes to recall Scott, Slater, Gillett and Glasby (if fit), and we have to find room for Ponga !

May be drop Chambers, move Gagai to the centre and Ponga on the wing. As with Billy returning for Full Back, Morgan will go to the bench.


Ps. If Billy is not 100%, Ponga straight to No 1.

[ronni]

Five once in a generation talents all playing together in the same era. No wonder Qld could hardly be beaten for 11 years. From my history reading it was the the same thing with the St George team of the 60s, who also had a group of once in a generation players. 11 straight premierships, (and one either side of that?). And 11 years is about the career length of a rugby league player, so there is the obvious answer.

Yes thats right

[ronni]

Well summation GM,

The Maroons have all those once in a generation players

Same thing happened with our Australian Cricket team !

We have a lot of one in a generation players - Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist, Haydn, Langer, Brett Lee, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Ponting

Unbelievable talent

When they were gone, Australia became less imposing

[ronni]

We scored one intercepted try and one off a kick, so really didn’t break the Blue’s line all night, need to do better in Sydney or the series will be goooone !

Matt Scott and Slater have to play next game and Kevie need to find a spot for Ponga !

NSW scored tries, and gave Queensland a try off that intercept
So Queensland only scored 1 try on their own

They couldnt break NSW line because they lacked the matchwinners like Cronk and Smith and Thurston who can set up millions of tries

NSW need to win 10 years in a row however, before we can erase the pain of the last 12 years

Feel sorry for the previous NSW Coach Laurie Daley

Im sure if he hadnt been dumped, he could have been a victorious coach

But he had to be dropped, he was just too close to the players, and too many of them were on the drink and not focussed

No idea why Aaron Woods was kept in the team for so long.

Anyway Freddy Fittler can look like a guru coach now for the next 10 years, because Queenslands best days are behind them

Look forward to Mitchell and Ato Carr and Cook and Tedesco shredding the Queensland line in a few weeks in Sydney