Top Treble

Occasionally 'football investors' like myself ('gamblers' to the uninitiated) feel that the stars are aligned for landing a big treble, the bet of choice for many fellow investors. The start of the season often offers some interesting value as bookies tend to over-react to the statistically insignificant signals from just 2-3 games.

Hence I am encouraging my loyal readers to consider the following investment:

Birmingham
Leicester
Walsall

The first two teams have got off to a poor start but on Saturday play against teams who were rated below them pre-season, yet have got off to a far better start (WBA and Luton respectively). The fact that odds of better than evens are available on both (and considerably better in the case of Birmingham, with 7/4 widely available) seems outstanding value. Walsall are a little bit of a 'filler' (which I am loathed to have) but at odds of 5/6 or better they seem compelling value to beat Swansea who are still adapting to life at this higher level. The fact that Addicks hero Mark Kinsella is involved with the Saddlers is of course, merely a coincidence.

At overall odds of around 9/1, there are worse ways to invest a few quid this weekend.

As for 'Boro vs Charlton, I suspect I will be the only person at famous NYC football bar Nevada Smiths at 8.30 am on Sunday (bar staff aside), but I am mildly optimistic though wonder if Curbs might switch things around to deal with in-form Viduka who is likely to rough up Chris Perry big-time if the Herminator loses his marker.