Senior soccer handicapper Steve Wyss is joined by the ‘Earl of Cardigan’ Simon Holden for today’s live reaction show. We come to you at half time of the huge FA Cup match between Man United and Liverpool. Hear the thoughts of the guys on the game and for any in-running potential. The same applies to various other matches in Europe – possibly including Leeds vs Millwall!

Golf expert Simon will be quizzed ahead of the final round of the Players Championship, who is the value to prevail at TPC Sawgrass? We will be looking ahead to the international break in soccer. How do we approach this period of betting? Is it a good time to look at outrights and do we need to watch out for player injuries? We will delve into the key categories of title race, relegation and also the upcoming summer tournaments including Euro 2024.

Join the boys at 11:25 ET (16:25 UK) and ask them any questions you want

Good afternoon everyone it’s Steve Whit here and I’m joined by Simon Holden for the live reaction show apologies we’re a few minutes late there were some technical issues but we’ve got them sorted now Simon how’s things with you well it was all right till about 10

Minutes ago Steve my hair was black then but oh more pressure than the going out in the last two ball all grass there but we made it mate the last time you were on the show there was a 45 to one win of it you gave out that’s what there’s been

A lot of talk before after the same again but uh well also if you remember I’m not one to sort of big myself up but we we called that man city second half right as well didn’t we the old 3-1 we had a good yeah it was you know

Everybody piled it yeah the last two reaction shows have been really good actually for suggestions content Neo was brilliant last week thank you very much everyone for the great comments we’ve had about that and um it was a new record for viewing figures for the reaction show as well so uh again thanks

For anyone who’s been uh part of it but uh welcome in anyone who’s live live as well Alex nice to see you um Stuart says I enjoy the insects insights but can’t seem to understand some of the leans they are always wrong not sure about that Stuart I think um

The last couple of weeks it’s been pretty on on part on on well some good results really um depend I don’t know if you mean the live reaction show the actual some of the other shows or not but anyway yeah so we’re going to talk about the some live in play suggestions now

We’ve got FA Cup we’ve got some matches across Europe then we’re going to talk a bit about the golf THE PLAYERS Championship because you’re on the show Simon and you are a big golf expert so we’re going to go into a bit of that maybe a little bit of us Masters talk as

Well because that’s the first major next week after that International break is coming up I’ve got a couple of betting mentality things that I want to ask you and also how we approach that International break maybe look at a few outrights as well but right halime it is

In the big FA Cup match man united W Liverpool 2 I was going to come in with a big big suggestion in fact of of an overs at halim right because man united LED for a Long Point a large proportion of that first half played really well

Liverpool were going for it they were leaving gaps at the back then Liverpool scored two goals right on halftime so now we’ve got a situation where Liverpool are minus 385 money line Ty is plus 440 which I think looks quite big this might go all the way to extra time

Man united 10 to one to win and the goal line is now knocking on the door the Asian line of five um which is really big actually yeah over five Asian goals at plus 107 where would your leans be now I must admit I’m really annoyed about those two Liverpool goals well

This is just completely but because I’d written down if it stays one nil I’d be quite interested in Liverpool seeing what price they are but this has now gone so far to them minus 385 that it’s been a bit of a Mad game I mean this is

Good as I’ve seen Manchester United play all year if they played with this intensity they would be in in in nowhere near the trouble that they’re in uh or in the mediocrity they’re in but I I quite like the tie at plus 440 there has

Been so many good chances uh that I I I think be I’m sure that this is the end of their season really if they uh they bomb out here in the second down and Old Trafford has been rocking uh it’s just too soer punches from Liverpool right at

The end and and um a disallowed goal I mean but United had chances to go two two up and make this two uh to all so I’m gonna yeah I going to suggest a little a little lean on the Old Tie here at plus 440 I think there’s a bit of

Value in that Steve I am actually I agree I I did think that plus 440 on the ti we bet Rivers looked a big price the goal line of five doesn’t actually interest me as much because you got to cover that two all if it went to all you might even get a

Situation where both teams actually get a little bit not nervous but you you sort of uh the pressure gets on a bit more no one wants to lose so yeah so I don’t think you can touch the goal line right now interestingly Manchester United to win

The second half is uh I’m gonna get you this Asian line now man united um oh I mean they’re actually a plus goal line Man United in plus plus 107 on the plus .25 Asian so if if it actually ended 2-1 or if it lost by one goal you would

Actually cash there that the way they’ played the first half I know they’re a t the tough side to predict this season but that looks a big price yeah I mean uh the total goals uh under 4.5 plus 145 I don’t think that’s a bad

Play I think we got to wait and see how this second half starts because those two goals right on halftime really did change on everything isn’t it yeah um what else is on we got I’ve actually got the leads match on TV at the minute as

You know I’m a leads fan it’s been a close one against mil wall maybe should have had a few more goals know whether I could advise anything with 28 minutes to go Ren a one up against Marseilles uh Mar probably maybe Edge this game actually Marse but for find themselves behind one of

James well one Jame picks on the draw no bet so he went against our French expert uh Simon well I I I thought mar Just because I knew was coming on and we’d be probably looking at that I been in cracking form lately or that’s how but

You see yeah they have been in good form should have listened to the men that know well let’s see if there’s a long way to go Mar say to be honest have had well a few more opportunities I think you could say but uh 31 minutes gone

It’s 1 n there let’s wait and see what it is at halim there’s a match that has really frustrated me live been running here Viller rale against Valencia took the over two and a half pregame actually 3.25 was my hot dog selection of the week and I’ve got V Vel missed a penalty

In about the 35th minute would have really opened the game up they have now scored in the second half but and it has I mean Valencia are going for it now but I I just whenever there’s a Miss penalty in a game Simon I’m reluctant to get involved because it just

Inevitable it probably might cost you you know what I’m coming from do you ever get that feeling when there’s a Miss penal Chang Dynamics yeah yeah and also you get that sinking feeling more than any other feeling in betting don’t you with a with a penalty Miss 76 yeah

76% conversion rate is penalties I mean I look I mean it comes around and goes around because I had a really big Miss penalty in my favor last night in Spain with the bill Bal game so I suppose I can’t moan too much but the goal line now in running for Valencia against

Villa roale is over 1.75 at minus 141 I don’t know whether I just I always get I get bad feelings about about these sort of things you know so always forget we as as as betters as gamblers we always forget when these things go in our favor don’t we doesn’t happen very often

That’s why exactly but it’s nothing to do with us is it it’s just purely you know they don’t know that you’re on you’ve got to try and sort of face these trums and Des asers both the same and remember that it’s like when you bet a horse and it falls at the last

Fence to take something here actually Valencia draw no bet from a one- game State losing game State at plus 120 they look the most likely Sid to actually get the next goal um it would only be a small bet because you never know here but that that that looks a little bit um

Bit bit of value actually considering that they need to chase the game a couple of comments here Shane uh uh well I’ll come to you in a minute Shane but welcome in rafo Silva has asked me curious to see why I stopped tipping alburg they’ contined to cover the

Overs just because I think there’s been better other options that have appealed to me more really they let me down last week of course rafo uh and when a team lets me down they’ve got they’ve kind of got to do a bit more to get back in my

Good books um but I don’t I I thought they played poorly yesterday until the red card for I think it was ver of brayman wasn’t it so I’m not short and alburg in that mid-table position where you know we use that term teams on the beach don’t we a little bit but

Valencia should have equalized bloody hell I think there might be another goal soon in this game actually in um in the vale match straight at the goalkeeper from a corner anywhere else it’s in the back of the back of the net but uh yeah Shane’s asked here during this quiet

Period has Simon had any more thoughts about the Masters or the next presidential election in the USA we’ll come to that in a minute um also asked about the outrights for Champions League and Europa League we might have time for that later but golf is now on the agenda

And um Simon you’re on here we got the PLAYERS Championship yeah yeah in a week Mike the Great the baddest man on the planet is back in the news making a comeback I was reminded when you put any strategy together that he had a great saying everyone has a plan until they

Get punched in the mouth let’s hope we don’t get punched in the mouth tonight um right this is a very interesting every last round of the players is interesting but we’ve got um Windam Clark in second and Xander chaet leading a lot of the previews I’m reading kind

Of think this could be a a duel in the sun type thing with the last group but I’m not so sure a couple of weeks ago Xander choffle was involved in at last sub bow with Patrick Klay they both I think set each other off uh and we poor

And Xander in the last couple of years has missed a lot of winning opportunities a great player but I wouldn’t be too Keen at backing him on a short price let’s just go to the leaderboard just go to the leaderboard minus 17 uh 17 under par

Windam Clark 16 under par Brian Haron 15 under par we’ve got Maverick mcneilan Matt Fitzpatrick at minus 13 and then you got fala the likes have got his Sheffer Sam Rider at minus 12 probably be hard to look beyond that you would say um you know these these tea off I’m

Getting really mixed up with the timings because I think America moved their clocks last week but um I do believe in roughly about an hour’s time I think so yeah final play off time so let’s start with let’s start with a match better that I know you’ve

Got yeah I think in the final there’s two there’s two that I’m doing but I’ll quickly do the uh the bigger price one that’s Nate Lashley who’s going out with Scotty Sheffer now you might think this is like insane that I’m taking on the number one in the world but but Scotty

Sheffer has got quite a serious neck injury and he would not be playing this last round if this was a standard tournament believe me he would have packed in now the other thing about uh Scotty Sheffer is he’s going to try and win um he’s GNA go for everything H and

At Sor grass on the old sunday pins that can get very very dangerous with the water my other thinking is if it’s not going his way will he just take it easy and protect that neck now Nate Lashley top 10 Greens in regulation and he’s been uh top 10 in par fives

This week he’s been very very steady now I don’t think he’s going to try and win tonight I don’t think he’s sat there thinking he’s going to win The Players Championship like Scott he’s gonna have a go at I think he wants just a good solid round try and finish top five or

Six get a good payday get lots of points in in the bag and he has been just superb yesterday he’s played very steady all week but superb round the power fives there’s four par fives here he’s not going to be chasing is going to be just trying to get on in two sheffer’s

Going to be going at everything early and if it doesn’t go right I can see him easy enough I thought plus 400 was way too big there so that’s my angle there and in the last he on what’s what’s plus 400 on what’s his name again Nate

Lashley to beat scotley Nate Lashley to beat Scotty Sheffer so watch out for that one um you the final two balll I think that Windam Clark this for me is a is a pick him I think wind Clark can beat Xander Shuffle I think he’s been

Steadier all week we know he won the US up last year we know he can handle the pressure and he also hits it a lot further I see those power fives being key tonight so I think he is value in the final two Bowl plus 125 we bet 125 yeah now that

Yeah that looks a good price and then we go in the outright um a player that I love and I think he’s got a big big event in him and it could well be tonight is sah theala he’s not out of this and if the front two start toh set each other off

Don’t play so well start getting nervous this guy will go for it tonight he’s a swash buckler he’s shot 267s in the last two rounds H he’s he’s a coming Talent he’s already proven to win this could be his night I thought plus uh 33 to one in the

Outright that’s a third the odds the front two I think he’s going to give us a good go for our money here and he could be this uh the 6 nil he could be the big pricer so we’ll get on him at 33s and a steadier bet he’s plus 175 to

Be in the top five I think that’s outstanding if you look now he he is uh he’s he’s Sixth and there’s there’s people in front of him like Maverick mcne Matt Fitzpatrick’s had a strange week and he can often struggle in final rounds on a PGA

Tour Sam Ryder similar I think this that is superb value so plus 175 for top five 33 to one third the odds two places in the outright so if we’re going to get somebody coming out of that four five six shots back I think he’s the guy that

Can do it he’s already been cut into 28 to one with B Rivers as we’re actually live on air so someone’s listening Simon sahi Fala so if he actually finished second on the hway terms there you’re effectively getting near nearly are nine or 10 to One winner um but yeah the top

Six looks at good price as well he’s he might be the one there’s always someone a they on a lead tournament really it comes deep on the day and uh I mean I’ve looked at the weather conditions for TPC Sor grass it looks like it’s going to be

A decent day for the boys down there in Florida perfect golfing conditions really um so I mean what sort of I mean I notic the scoring is quite low here isn’t it really for golf I mean we we might we might get winner around minus 20 possibly or certainly the late teens

Anyway I mean has it been playing a bit easier this year would you say yeah it’s been very wet and of course you think that when the ball stops these guys are just so good they just fly at Flags but you know the pressure of the final few

Groups in this event is only matched four more times a week in the majors this is a serious Showtime that everyone wants to win and uh they’re all going to be nervous and of course then you start putting you’re more tense it might not be the L scoring

Affair we think more about the nerves than the players’s ability but somebody will come out of that pack and uh this guy has got great round four stats he’s got great confidence in himself and uh he’s one of the people like I say he’s a swashb player he will he will be like

Scotty Sheffer going out there to win this a lot of the guys they just try and finish top 10 and if the opportunity to win comes great but their mindset is second is not is nothing is that’s the ice cream man just come outside on my street Simon if

You’re hearing a noise in the background um I was gonna say why is he out here in Yorkshire in the middle of um March but actually it’s not too bad out there today he might get a bit of business um still don’t think it’s a good business

Model I don’t know we’ll see we’ll see but um obviously I can’t get out there today so he’s he’s losing a customer there isn’t he but uh oh yeah I just want to watch Brian Harmon Open winner of course major winner I mean plus 500 re bet Rivers I’m sure some might look

At him and think um should I just get on him because he’s won a big tournament last year could he go under the radar will it suit him today well he’s that small it could go under anything Steve to be honest the uh looks like Ricky Ponting the cricketer does yeah and

Ricky ponin of course The Great Australian cricketer was actually at the open last year so he was getting stopped saying can I have your autograph Brian Haron who was getting because people had Ricky ponon was there Haron was getting stopped being asked for is it was one of

The most weird Doppel gang of moments ever um yeah I just think his price is about right you know he is obviously he’s proven Under Pressure he doesn’t hit the ball very far which is why these sort of tournaments like the open where accuracy and here he can compete against the

Monster hitters so he won’t he won’t bottle it it’s just whether his price has been found in the market because if he wasn’t coming here as open Champion it’d be eight to one wouldn’t he yeah of course he would he’d be bigger I think I suppose when you have won a big

Tournament it does give you a bit more respect so some interesting plays there for you Simon theer each way and also in the top six Market we got like Windam Clark to beat Scotty not Scotty shefer Zander and then we’re taking on Scotty shefer in his yeah yeah yeah make sure

You get the names right when you’re WR them folks that’s those bets will be you know you want to get on them now uh because I think they you certainly within the next 45 minutes they’re going to be off and running there so uh well whilst we’re talking golf um we’re about

A month away from the Masters in August or less than a month away I think actually in fact and um well where’s the value Simon because I mean actually I heard rumor that there might be potentially even some exclusive Instagram post on the app because because we win account from uh about the

US Master is still under negotiations of course negotiations are taking place we shall see I mean we talk I mean Brian Harman I’m trying to find his odds actually now for the for the Masters I can’t find them he’s lower down than I thought he would oh there he’s 80 to1 Brian Harman

To win the US Masters um but Scotty sheffer’s the favorite plus 550 clear favorite as well because Rory maory is plus 900 and John Ry is plus 10 sorry 10 to one where would your money be right now a month from the Masters well what’s happened recently in Golf shows you the

Uh the difficulty in danger in anti- poost punting it was a huge gamble at the end of the season last year on vikor hovland who was hitting some of the who just won the FedEx Cup he was in Sensational form he was cut for the Masters to nearly half of the price he

Been and you know I I said to you on this for sure he’s he’s the number one golfer in the moment at the moment then he completely has changed his swing for some bizarre reason and looks I mean I would’t back him at anything less than

100 to one the mass of the way he’s played this week so it’s so odd we now also as well Scotty Sheffer depending on how bad this injury is you’ve got to say will we see him again before the Masters um he’s got such an athletic

Swing that he’s the last guy you want to be a neck injury but I’m I had a look and I think there is a smidgin of value on a player who’s been placed in the top three in the Masters who’s become a regular winner who’s a bit of a lane time but

He’s coming right again he’s proven austa I think all his stats are going in the right direction and I think he may win or nearly win before the big week and if he does his price will you know come down the third That’s Tony Fe now availableon Big T

Yeah I think that’s he’s just started to be forgotten and one of my great theories of course is the all good player gone bad where you get a brilliant player who’s out of form that’s when you got to believe in them because they will come back and he went

Out the year Tiger Woods won the final year of course fenale went out in the last group with him um he is proven round there hits it miles very underrated short game and about to hit form top form so great 40 to one Victor Victor yeah 33 to

One now 33 to one now with bet Rivers so money already coming world number one it is bizarre it’s it’s incredible Victor hofland is 16 to1 by the way if you fancy him it doesn’t sound like you want to be putting Monopoly money on him

Right now um a name that interests me is because of course the the LIF player some of the LIF players will be in this tournament BR Captain will be a popular bet but Bryson Des Shambo 33 to one once said that the uh I think Augusta is a par 67 for him

Effectively since then it’s it’s often bit him on the ass a bit but I mean could he run a because he’s got a lot of power hasn’t he and you need a lot of power around August would would who who would tempt you out of a live boys if

You had to have a nibble with one of them I think Yim nyman he’s playing fantastic uh I mean i’ I’ve been a Bryson Des Shambo fan but also I’ve uh done my D on him in the Masters before and been widely ridiculed because people say his short game isn’t good enough I’m

Not so sure that that side of his game hasn’t improved actually since he’s gone to live um of course the the top two from last year Brooks and John ran are now on the Liv tour you got Dustin Johnson a former winner there so they’re going to bring a squad here and it

Really is going to be a test for the form of their tour isn’t it it’s going to be a chance for us to see they haven’t always used it yeah but Brooks keper looks like he’s see Brooks keper cares just about these four big weeks you know even though he gets the

Money from Liv he will be coming to August to try and get another Green Jacket I’m not sure like DJ or some of the other ones we’ve seen some of their stats fall off but nyman is playing the best goal of his career and I’ve always

Thought he’s got the game for there so he would interest me Steve 25 to one and bet Rivers by the way do go one to five places in the Masters outright Market at quarter of the odds so that’s well worth considering I think it’s pretty generous actually five places um for the mass

Small field yeah yeah so that’s you know that that’s well worth looking at so anyway keep your eye out for some more content on um the Masters in the next few weeks on cuby win we’ll keep you updated there um just looking at these matches 62 minutes gone now there’s

Still no more goal in the Liverpool game as we said you know it wasn’t a goal line to get stuck into just made a very good save though Liverpool have probably looked more ominous here still 1 nil to V Al there’s been chances in that game

It’s going to be one of those I think I’ll look back at the end of it and I’m like what how’s it actually gone under and it really comes down to a lot of missed chances uh looks like my team leads are going to beat mil two-nil so leads against milw

Incredible Championship race and Leicester are under pressure suddenly 15 points clear and um now leads will go top of the table I think on gold Leicester do have a go game in hand because they played today in the FA Cup how mental was the the FA Cup this

Weekend Simon there’s been some crazy scores the Wolves game the Leicester game the Chelsea wow yeah uh just quickly on to Leicester for a team that’s that far clear to lose it all all right you know the manager will say to them every day you know imagine at the

Start of the year we have taken this position they’ll be getting all that what they every day however every time they go to sleep at night got to be playing on the whole club’s mind and that they have blown that I I I don’t know I think your boys might you got the

Momentum haven’t you now well the year that we did go up um under Bel Elsa I think we were 12 clear at one point and then we had a bit of a blip and we ended like three or four clear and I tell you what it was nervous um got really

Nervous so I dread to think what it’s like when you’ve had a 15-point gap and now you know IPS switch’s form has been magnificent B from last week leads have been unbelievable Southampton have had a great 2024 that that’s the game that was menbe the game this weekend Leicester

Southampton um but of course you that’s now been rescheduled I think for the third last game Southampton played leads and Leicester in two of the last three this season so I don’t know if it’ll if it does get to the wire it could get close I don’t know there’s a long way to

Go Simon um but yeah it’s it just see teams that loads of these teams are just not dropping points at all but I’ve SE loads of people have cashed a lot of money on IP switch um this season um so uh the championship is so much more nutritional uh mentally fatiguing League

Than the premier because the players are out like Saturday Tuesday Saturday Wednesday and you can be in form and you just see clubs come coming in and out of it more than you do maybe in the Premier League because it’s so attritional the injuries and the fatigued towards the

End and but Leicester looked superb in in spells today didn’t it probably a good distraction for them to get in the C yeah yeah I think so I mean I think it’s a good time for him to get knocked out though now gotta be honest yeah yeah

Yeah yeah um whether or not that will cost them Lester look leester have got a really good squad they’ve got a good manager and I think they’ve got it in them to rebound but this is not what they wanted at this stage they wanted to be in party mode cruise control mode

Where they just winning being at home and drawing away if they need to just get over the line they didn’t want this where two of the well all three teams below them have had a great 2024 um it’s crazy I mean I I think Jamie carrier said it on Monday Night

Football the other week that it feels like three Championship clubs are in the Premier League this season and three Premier League clubs are in the champion yeah yeah perfect but really it’s four isn’t it with the way iwi have played it’s four so yeah let’s let’s see how

That race goes Liverpool have definitely looked dangerous on the on the counter attack here Simon you know um if there’s another goal I fancy them but United have got a push at some stage it might they got no option yeah you got to time it well within Runnings but over

The over 3.5 goal line when it becomes viable would interest me in this game yeah um not gonna lie um I’m just looking at the Spanish I think there’s another goal in this game vill Royale against Valencia plus 148 for over one and a half there’s only 10 minutes left

They usually add about F at least six minutes in SP so there’s probably about 15 minutes left to get a goal it’s going to be one of that I know what’s going to happen it’s going to end with two goals in it just to annoy me um got my Brave

Mar guys no still one nil um the mar I’m not actually I’ve been focusing on some other the games but Mars still one nil to Ren half time one R yeah um one Mar I mean theyve got to go for it as well over 2.5 goals at minus 112 in that

Seven the eight isn’t it the uh yeah yeah I it’s a big game because both would want to be in the top four and they still might get in the top four because loads of teams above a dropping points is it’s really behind PSG it’s really close we’ll talk a bit about the

PSG game later but um we’re now heading into an international and Atletico barel as well but we’re heading into an international break now Simon which I mean in a way I’m quite a bit relieved because it’s been a really mad period for soccer betting since Christmas really or certainly since the end of

January and this is the I always feel this is a crucial period for not just the teams and the players and the managers but also for R Betos who are specialized in soccer because you can actually it’s the one time of year you can look I look at my results I look at

Some teams look at some matches going ahead outright as well and I’m sure in various different sports that you’ve been involved in down the years there’s been periods of like you know get a two week break or even a month break what do you use those breaks

For personally do you are you one of those who you you’ll get out on the golf course completely recharge say a few days off not even thinking about it or are you back knuckling down trying to get an edge all the time uh well unless you’ve got a massive interest in

International Football I think in the long term you’re far better to do what you said take some time recharge and then have a prop use that time to because we we”re coming up for air a little bit aren’t we after a mad spell and we know that as soon as this

International breaks over it’s going to be an even madder spell till the end of the year the end of the seasons rather so use that time to start looking at the Runnings start looking at where your positions are where you might need to alter things where you might need to

Press up and like I say let’s and there are people who who who love betting on uh International Football love betting on friendlies I’ve never been uh of that persuasion myself I think the the big plays are what’s to come when they all get back and you just hope that everyone

Gets back in one piece so yeah get some time get the old whiteboard out see exactly where you are and uh switch things off for a while yeah it’s a it’s a very very unique International break actually because there is going to be a show we’re actually recording tomorrow me Dan

Robok and ruri bow are on and we’re going to be Focus focusing on the six uh important qualifying games for the Euros but apart from that it’s just friendlies and to be honest apart from those six games I won’t be looking too much uh and

Much else um I will be trying to use this sort of twoe break to refresh a bit look look back maybe where I’ve been do right and been going wrong in the last few months and then after you’ve assessed yourself you can look ahead because I do think in this business you

Have got to I mean we use I don’t like to use the word words like mental health and stuff because I think it can be a bit of a cop out at times but I think the better way of saying it is just refreshing yourself like um you’re

Overall Health if you know what I mean because you’ve got to be it’s like a horse isn’t it you can’t overrun the horse um because you’ve got to get them sort of trained perfectly for the the feature race if you know what I mean so

A big day yeah well you have got to spend more time on where you’re going wrong I think then sometimes where you’re going right it’s so it’s easy to focus on things we’re getting right isn’t it um but you know if you get that break and there’s somewhere where you’re

Really out of line where you’ve had like where you’re mystified that why am I reading this league this way or why why do I think this team is better than the results has produced I think you’ve got a spell there haven’t you to actually

Get stuck into it and do a bit of a deeper dive it might be that you work right all or wrong that it’s just a blip in form but when things are going thick and fast I know from other sports certainly golf with the majors I always like the week before to

Just reain everything back and keep an eye on who’s playing but I W bet heavily in the week before a major because I’m I want to be concentrating on what’s going on in the in the upcoming Masters and things like that now that can be altered

By the people playing the week before uh but you know I’d rather spend more time and what’s really important the biggest stuff than stretch yourself too far because if you stretch yourself too far in this game it comes back to bite you Brian says uh for his hot dog this

Week he’s got fin oldd romor and Sport in final one I know that I don’t know what happened in the Roma game or the sporting game maybe there to come but good luck Brian the hot dog that that have been really poor for those who’ve been following my hot dog this season

It’s still in profit by about five six units but it has gone cold for me in the last I think I’ve lost this will be my fourth loss now in a row with the hot dog needed over 3.25 in this Villa Royale game so that’s gone there’s only three minutes to go

But um yeah that’s the my target I mean it’s not easy to find a winner at plus 180 or more you know and it’s soccer but um yeah I’ll be desperate to try and get that hot dog back but I’ve had a much better week in terms of overall betting

So uh you know I’m not going to be uh too despondent about that Simon but uh you want it colder than an ice cream in Yorkshire in March do you that’s how cold it’s gone um yeah mate yeah but um yeah outrights then because you know we’ve got to touch on

This because um I always like to grill you a bit with the certainly the evidence situation in the Premier League and I mean one thing we’ve got to mention about the Premier League Tomorrow there’s expected to be an announcement it’s been written around all the media outlets and everything

Nottingham Forest the hearing about their financial uh breaches um Everton are under investigation as well permanently I mean we don’t know look we can theorize a lot of things about you know could Forest get no points they might got if they do how many could be

Anything um is it is it one of them because are prices factored in on the out right now are The Bookies actually you know factoring it in potentially you think I see I don’t know I agree with what I said to you yesterday what [ __ ]

Said on one of the other shows about the Premier League that it’s a market you’re gonna have to be very very wary about because in a sense you’re a little bit blindfolded because I think we all know now who we think are the poorest three teams but most years that’s all we’re

Looking for in this relegation betting market we’ve got some other variables randomly thrown in points off a couple back given back which made s suddenly Everton seem this great team again as they shot back up the table in the middle of a nine match losing streak um

Or non-winning streak um I don’t like the I don’t like the idea of being heavy on someone like Lon to go down who i’ finally given up the gust I think that was the a little nailing there coffing yesterday getting beat um but well they drew yesterday didn’t they sorry not

Winning you mean the midweek one when they were when they were 3-0 up yeah yeah when they were when they didn’t win sorry I didn’t explain that clearly but I um what I wouldn’t like to do is kind of wake up to the headline that forest in eight point deduction shock and

Suddenly you what you know a bet that you’ve played right on the on the pitch as it were is dragged off you off so I’m going to be so look if you want to bit on the Premier League look at the top of the market you’ve got three great teams

Going at it as far as we know they’re not in any trouble one of them’s going to win and you’ll either win or you’ll lose but at the bottom end of the market you’ve got it could be out of your hands and then they could be appeals as well

Couldn’t they like whatever’s announced tomorrow might not be the final outcome for example and we might even get something in decided in the courts over after the final game of the season so it’s a crazy see what one thing I do know though Simon there’s some really

Really poor teams in that bottom half of the Prem I watched two of them yesterday I mean yeah Burnley you had an eye on Burnley didn’t you and they actually won a game for once the goalkeeper switch might have been good move from company trafford’s been awful hasn’t he I heard

M had a decent game but brenford I think there’s quite a lot of teams down there you can just fade at the minute Because unless play each other you used the phrase earlier on the beach well I think brenford have have moved off the beach and gone into the

Sea I mean they were yesterday honestly they made Sheffield United’s performance against Arsenal look like it was like Real Madrid they were Dreadful I don’t think they put more than two passes together in the first half I texted you and said they’ve got no chance playing

Like this and then of course we talked about could the manager be leaving and I said to you if the players think the manager’s leaving and that they’ve got enough points already the motivation yesterday just wasn’t there at all and and Burnley took advantage but it was a dreadful performance it really was

Theyve got Man United next brenford have on the 30th of March they beat them was it 4-0 last season on the season opener I think uh and then they’ve got the big game against Brighton which is a huge fixtion because both the owners hate each other Venom and Bloom it’s a battle

Of the syndicates isn’t it um so that that’s a much spicier game than you think and then they got Villa away so you I’m already looking at brenford Sheffield United on the 13th of April is potentially a must win for them because they just look I mean they’ve got a

Captain who’s going to leave the club they effectively got a mercenary captain in Ian Tony haven’t they so yeah yeah that’s a straight I think that’s a strange strange decision from Thomas Frank but well well who who looks like he’s he’s uh maybe been distracted by

Other offers or yeah he will be in demand he’s done well at brenford but it just it does kind of feel like his cycle there might be at an end in the summer um I would be looking to get against them every week he’s 25 to1 to be the

Next manager out by the way that’s not a bad play that’s not guarantee that he survive he stays until the end of the season if if these results keep being quite poor in that market Steve I can tell you I can share with people that within Everton there is certainly a a

Growing faction if you like and it is growing that think maybe D is not the man to take the club forward right now I’m not saying get on him to be the next out I’m just saying when we get to those markets about who might be

Able to manage on the first day of the season I think his position is more precarious than it was six weeks ago well we’ve said it before the long term Sean dice is just not a manager for you because he he’s he’s not going to progress the team um from anything but a

Relegation battle and he might keep you up but long term just not sure about this Phil Philly says they have got to do something about V West Ham gets screwed again seven minute review was about three three disallowed goals today I think in the

West Ham game and I didn’t see it but I thought I think the the goal that was disallowed in injury time was apparently really harsh but yeah look V is yeah it doesn’t I don’t like it I’ve said it many times before much rather watch the championship games because it’s not

Involved and totally agree with you Phil uh kovat out of Wolfsburg just announced says Byron I not really been following them too much actually they’ve not been in a in amazing form though so uh explain that then yeah former buern manager of course um so that’s a big big

News there today looks like Vale are going to win one nil this is a rarity like them keeping a clean sheet is seriously rare like this doesn’t happen that often not against a decent team anyway I can’t believe I’ve been done in this game so what here’s a sort of

Dreamland scenario and and and eventually odds might come up for this scenario um Postino was was roundly Jered by his own uh Chelsea fans who were singing you don’t know what you’re doing now usually when that starts and it’s two3 in the stadium yeah oh yeah live on TV about a

Substitution he made a substitution that he made that actually came good so he can rightly feel a bit smug about that but once that starts I think there’s only one way for a lot of managers and that’s uh right okay then see you later now you know it’s a dream scenario but I

Would have a few a few books on it if possible now what if he were to leave there and of course D to leave Everton could a big team still in the Premier League with a brand new stadium could we tempt him Steve what would the price be

On that well po Chino would be a a really good fit for ever oh fantastic it’d be just what Everson would want um would he take the job well he would yeah maybe I mean obviously it would you’d need to be still in the Premier League

Um oh yeah yeah that would be an assurance that he would need but yeah look I think I think there’s going to be a hell of a lot of managers on the move this summer we already know there’s a lot anyway I think there’s going to be

Betting m i mean for those who don’t who don’t bet on the summer leagues you know you’re gonna be able to bet on these manager and player markets specials I mean you’re not gonna be without about that every week while we’re on there it’s going to be absurd it’s going to be absolutely

Absurd but we do have of course some International tournaments uh coming up this summer we’ve got the coper America which is going to be don’t know whether we’re going to be covering it or not but certainly the Euro 2024 will be doing a piece of and uh you know I’m sure we’ll

Be on about it this week me Dan and Rory bow but if you had to have a you know if I was to give you a free $10 bet right now Simon on an outright for Euro 2024 England at plus 350 France at plus 350 Germany plus 650 Spain and Portugal 700

Someone outside of them that you would Portugal knowing you you you I split if you remember the first time I was on I split two small bets and then uh the the belgians as well if you remember Belgium plus, 1400 yeah so I’m surprised didn’t start a

Major plunge on both countries but the market remained unaltered by my view but yeah the Portuguese I mean uh because no one’s talk no one’s talking about the no one’s talking about Euro 2024 because even in this International break there won’t be because everyone’s thinking about who’s going to win the big

Domestic competitions who’s goingon to win champions league but we’re not that far away now from the Euro tournament so yeah it’s going to be really I mean the minut I I’ve said it all along the best squads without doubt England and France um but France are managed by a

Better proven head coach different class so if you have to actually from a betting point of view France but I do love England squad I do love England squad and I love um the for Steve one thing you always say is that this Elite level is about the coaches and the

Strategies now you’ve drum that into me and because of that I just can’t be having England because I don’t think the guy’s up to it so I’m listening to you about that STA and I’m again Southgate I know I mean it’s just the thing is right though just say England

Had semi-final or a final against you know Spain or you know say Italy Portugal you know can that coaching differential will it be as big like you know what I mean against France say I don’t think it can be the final actually well it could be it depends where you

Finish in your group you know you would definitely have to back France but because they’ve got the squad quality but the other the other nations don’t have the luxury that those two teams have in depth so true that’s fair but I look Southgate is obviously for anyone

Wanting to back England Southgate is the biggest concern no doubt about it for England BS and England fans so it’s one of those where we just hope that he has learned his lessons but klopp I mean I’m an Everton fan is so gritted teeth klopp last week let’s talk about the brilliant

Managers halim against Man City he switches the formation it changes it all up I’ve never seen Man City run ragged like they were in that second half last week right now when does Southgate ever pull a trick like that in the last 25 30 minutes of a game can you name me one

Occasion he has Steve and and this is about betting so you’ve got to bear that in mind that not you know you don’t win finals easy you win finals by here and there and little moments and I just don’t think this guy’s got a master

Stroke in him if you give him a million darts to fire he get impression I don’t like him you um I am I’m actually I’m going with my heart here answer I’m not going my head thinking about England you you are right your advice yeah you are right Simon yeah

Like we’ll have this we’ll have at some point there’ll be an outright show and totally spot on I need I need to you got to think clearly this is why I have a problem sometimes betting on teams that I have an affiliation to yeah because

You you bet on what you want to happen don’t you rather than evidence shows us that he comes up short yeah so I look so I suppose in terms of free logic if I had a free $10 bet it would go France just based on

That but I like the angle of a bit of there’s always an outshot that does well in this tournament this tournament has got a record of of bigger prices uh being either winning remember the Greeks at 50s everybody thought they were just come to make the numbers up uh and um

And people get into the finals for whatever reason uh rather than World Cups do so that you’ve always got a chance in this I say dookie you’re out for the international preview show with myself Rory bow robok coming up it hopefully come out on Monday evening or even or

Tuesday morning and we’ve got another show after that as well to discuss the finalists whoever goes through from those qualifiers we’ve got the likes of Luxembourg Kazakhstan some some really interesting Nations all all the big Team all the big guns out there’s also some in some there are some big friendlies

Actually quite how seriously the Nations will take them I don’t know um let’s wait and see but do check out that and yeah i’ said I’d love a look at some games this evening not Mar PSG are in action away against melier now if you

Want some good an artist on this then do check out the European preview show is James E’s big two unit play of the week is on this match and I will say now that he doesn’t he is siding with the with the Jolly with the favorite um PSG minus

One on the Asian handicap man united have equalized Anthony you would not believe this this I you know how I said the V V roale clean sheet is rare this is even rarer Anthony scoring a goal Anthony hitting the target is rare in itself but he has equalized with four minutes to go

Four minutes to go folks four minutes to go and we pull another one out of the we might get that tie um we might get that tie indeed so uh yeah PS there PSG minus one Asian handicap is what James liked and uh I’ve seen a lot of people liking

The goals here as well over two and a half like as a banker as a parlay piece or or PSG winning over two and a half that sort of thing I think it’s an intriguing match because the problem with PSG is it’s you look at the league table now

They don’t have to be anything remarkable just to win the league because they can they can drop points whenever they want because no one below puts enough pressure on them ever I mean there’s seven clear um sorry nine clear with a game in hand breast Drew

Today Monaco Drew Le Drew I mean it’s over it’s it annoys me every year because no one as soon as anyone actually puts a significant challenge down to them like Le did two three years ago they won the league so they can that’s always concerns me with PSG now

They don’t they don’t really don’t really have to win but they might want to make a statement here they’ve always had a bit of a be in their Bonnet over M melier won the French league in about the year you might remember it 20112 I

Think it was and it was a bit like a Leicester city story actually I think I just left College I remember it well 150 to1 I think they were giru was the top scorer that year I got on him on a big price about 33s I think um anyway

Since then they’ve always had a bit of a be in their Bonnet over mellier so they do like to give it large to them and um the recent head to head is very much in psg’s favor so I would agree with James East who who wouldn’t agree with James

East to be honest he proven one of the best out there one of the best in the business as we say and um you know you got I think PSG probably get the job done the Spanish game is another interesting one playing this I’m on Atletico tonight folks did you see much

Of them the midweek they beat uh Inter Milan the midweek they’re such a oh I would hate you don’t like the way they play well no but you got to be grudgingly respect it no doubt about it I think this is a perfect game at the perfect time for them because and I

Think they know that they’ve got to win this haven’t they tonight oh yeah I mean Bill b put the pressure on them last night in a race of the top four exactly yeah Barcelona probably they need to win as well so it might be more yeah but I

Just think they’ll rough them rough them up tonight Atletico don’t you it isn’t a great watch I must admit if you watch Real Madrid one night switch over there on is he does go down a notch but they’re very effective at what they do aren they they are and and and look I

Actually think Atletico Madrid now are capable of winning matches in different ways because in the past they could only really win one nil a lot tight games but the he has definitely tried to make them since the world cut break last year in Qatar more offensive minded so that they

Can win some shootouts now yeah yeah um there is better offensive forward players to do it aren’t they when they need you like them on the money line then on the money line to win yeah yeah straight on the plus 220 I think around that sort of Mark um after last night’s

Results Herona lost against Tafe and Real Madrid thrashed off ASA I think this might be a more open game than you think I I I said on the European previous I quite like the under but I would now not bet on the under I think is the better way to saying I wouldn’t

Wouldn’t bet the over because the over goal Line’s at 2.75 three but Barcelona can’t accept a draw here they just can’t if they want to win the leag might be one nil could be yeah because the end of the day don’t mean they’re GNA score yeah if it

Was if it was one or though with 10 minutes to go I think both go for it oh God yeah yeah well Athletico I honestly think they have to win it’s one of the reasons I I really fancy him tonight because I just I don’t think he can sne

Sneaker one all and say never mind it’s barel I think they’ve got to try and uh go for it I’ll tell you who is going for it Manchester United are really going through it here in there’s three minutes left of stoppage time they’re going for cross

Coming on the right side very slow here now he’s cleared away I I’m still in shock I’m actually amazed I didn’t like have a heart attack or something because Anthony scoring like he’s been one of the worst players of the whole season hasn’t he for them oh shocking um I mean

Weal we were joking off there about uh Raheem Sterling earlier I mean who’s had the better season out of them two that free kick that free kick land in your back Garden didn’t it no it went sh over me yeah yeah I just on man united just very

Quickly watching that first half and watching the way they’ve rallied against let’s be honest and I say every time I say it through gritty teeth a brilliant Liverpool side if you were a fan and there’ be many watching this on TV there would you turn the person next to you

And say where’s this effort been all year Well it has been about effort and tenacity this they are very inconsistent though aren’t they um I feel like I’m not saying they play when they want to play but it’s very random when they when they perform no you can’t do that at a club

Like that can you horrible team to bet on but I in terms of pregame how can you bet on them pregame because you you’re trying to predict what they don’t know themselves right well quite I mean this is such a big big game for them is it that if they wer they’ve got

To they’ve got to get through to the semi-finals here they really do need to who it’s off the line it’s off the line for it’s still two minutes it’s all man united here absolutely all over Liverpool as we this is a bit like the Carlin Cup Final where Liverpool were

Really under the ropes before extra time then klopp changed it up and they were brilliant in extra time that may happen we just said about how he fixes things yeah if he goes to go extra time watch him out he’ll fix fix play now Byron murell agrees with

You about Atletico Madrid by the way thank you on the on the on the comments here but uh yeah anyway well I want to thank everyone who’s been on the reaction shows this this whole month really we’ve had a great run um Neil’s been on you been on Nigel it’s been good

Stuff uh appreciate all the comments anything like that and um yeah I’m not sure if we’re having one next Sunday because we’re we’re in the middle of the international break so we might have our own break from the reaction show uh that will be Pro more than likely to happen

But after that there’s big massive run in we’ve got AR Man City Arsenal after the international break so we’re straight back with that and then heading down obviously down the stretch as well Simon but uh you’re looking really well with what is that lovely uh shirt you’ve

Got on there oh I I I don’t want this to be about my wardrobe Steve thank you for saying that you got the email then yeah well I always think particularly with Cardigans if you ask to have to ask how much they were then really not for you

You know but I can tell you’ve had a good Shelton week wearing that right well it I I told Nigel when he saw me in it I said this is a limited edition he said probably so limited you would not believe the miss that rashford’s just

Had all now that was he should have scored this Sterling would have scored that yeah anyway sorry for interrupting me no it’s fine I said it’s a limited edition he said probably limited to one because nobody else would be shy enough to buy it which I thought was a tad Cru

St oh goodness me but we can’t deny that he certainly make an effort to come best dressed on on this reaction sure deserves it in my view but we appreciate your time as always your insights and Nuggets into the game we’ve got the tie it’s ended two all Desmond is in the

House we did it at the 90 minute we did say the tide looked overpriced didn’t we plus 48 we did we were very clear about and there it is go to extra time quick gy head here who’s going to go through Liverpool I think Liverpool as well an

FA Cup winner FA Cup winner this year Liverpool pleas really I can’t I can’t not say Manchester City for me in in the cup but they just keep pulling it out of the fire this I don’t see Chelsea aren’t going to win it are they I mean even if

They draw they’ll even if they get through to the final they’ll probably bottle it I mean you wouldn’t even back them to beat centry would you um based on they needed extra nearly you know an extra time goal to beat Leeds and Leicester um Coventry of course wel done

To them yesterday man city great Liverpool or man united as well and let’s see what I mean we could get a draw we could get City Liverpool in the semi-final who knows but uh let’s wait and see good luck what you taking the rest of the day and enjoy your

International break we’ll be back for more shows during it and the reaction show probably in a couple of weeks time but uh stay safe take care and goodbye

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  1. Simon…I'm sorry for putting the juju on your AStleti pick but I was in complete agreement with you. What a disgraceful performance. They just don't have enough scoring punch and I'm bceoming more convinced then ever that Dortmund can take them. Barcelona is wildly inconsistent and even on their best day are 4th or 5th in the EPL

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