The most nervous punters in the wake of Kevin Sheedy's dumping after 27 years in charge of Essendon, were those who had backed Essendon to make the top 8 with Centrebet!
"We're holding about $15,000.00 in bets on the Bombers to make the play-offs, but we had actually lost faith long before the Sheedy announcement," Centrebet's Neil Evans said!
"They're right out to $11.00 to make the eight - even longer than the Lions - and a whopping $201.00 to win the flag, even though they're on the fringe of the eight, and mathematically right in the hunt!"
Centrebet suspended betting on the Bombers clash with Adelaide this weekend for several hours on Wednesday!
And one Centrebet punter didn't waste a second after the sacking of Denis Pagan on Monday, plunging $25,000.00 on St Kilda at $1.16 to beat Carlton this weekend. "He obviously didn't care who took over the Blues in the interim, the Saints are lay-down specials! We wound them in to $1.12 as Carlton slipped out the door from $5.00 to $6.00 in a twinkling," Neil Evans said.
Having been let down badly by the mis-firing Socceroos, punters are still missing the boat in the race for value at football's Asian Cup, according to Centrebet's Neil Evans!
"In Cup-tie or sudden-death matches, the Draw is generally great value. Teams have an overwhelming fear of conceding, rather than not scoring! "I was staggered around $40,000.00 was bet on Australia in the quarter-final, and nearly $30,000.00 on opponent Japan, yet the Draw (paying a terrific $3.30) was left alone. Just $2,000.00 traded! It finished 1-1!," Evans said!
"A tip for punters - many teams believe getting to the penalty spot shoot-out is their best hope of winning - and they'll play for nothing more than a Draw, the game starts on a Draw, even if a team scores, most times that team will be content to sit on a single goal, so the tide turns quickly! Now - Draw Your Own Conclusion!!!!!
More evidence, netball is finally making a public footprint! Evans reports nearly $40,000.00 was bet on the second and third Tests against the Kiwis! "Our punters got into the swing of the Trans-Tasman hoops rivallry - They put in around $20,000.00 on each Test, with around 85 per cent of it on the Aussies in the decider at $1.40!
