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Most GAA fans would agree that it’s great to have the league back, but that there’s still nothing like championship. As a result, this weekend Sunday is definitely the day to head out for a walk, or go to the shops to look at carpets, or whatever it is that the other half would have you do – because Saturday should be an excellent day’s viewing on the box. Yours truly doesn’t get the chance to be a couch potato too often but the opportunity will certainly be taken up tomorrow, starting with the Sigerson Cup final at 2pm.
As was discussed previously in this column, bookmakers often don’t give antepost books the care and attention that they deserve. The reasoning is simple enough – most punters don’t have the patience to put their money down for months at a time, so the compilers know that errors will go unpunished more often than not.
The greater length of time between striking the bet and collecting also allows for a greater amount of random factors to enter into the equation, but nevertheless, the opportunities for finding value are usually a lot more plentiful in antepost markets.
With TG4 resuming their coverage of club action, there is an unexpected bonus for those of us looking at a bet this weekend – their live broadcast of the Donegal and Galway county finals means that there is a much wider range of markets available for betting on these games, and more markets, as always, means more opportunity for the punter.
While Croke Park will be hosting three All Ireland finals this Sunday, it’s probably not unreasonable that for most of the GAA membership all across the country this weekend, the real focus will be on the club fixtures that are being played all across Ireland. The weekend in between All-Ireland finals is traditionally one where counties put busy programmes in place and this weekend is no different, with several very interesting betting opportunities resulting from the wide range of fixtures being played.
Ask not what Off the Ground can do for you, but instead ask what you can do for Off the Ground!
Despite what it may sound like, that isn’t actually this column’s attempt at getting you, the reader, to do all the work. Instead, that is an ideal way forward to get plenty of winners over the Autumn as the bookmakers start to price club games and championships all over Ireland. Every reader of this column has a home county, and chances are there are one or two other counties as well where they have different reasons for being familiar with the local scene. With that in mind, don’t be shy about using the add comment facility on any of these blog posts. If you haven’t posted before, then it may take a while for your post to appear as it has to be moderated (you’d be surprised how many people out there think that this is a good site to try and advertise tamiflu or viagra online!) but once your first post is put up, from then on your comments will appear instantly. Unless you try to sell us tamiflu or viagra of course.
