{"id":9566,"date":"2014-02-05T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=9566"},"modified":"2014-03-04T21:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T21:41:19","slug":"best-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2014\/02\/05\/best-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"The best from the worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looked at the football last night to see if there was anything worth trading, but there was little on. I tend not to mess around in cup matches as they are less predictable than normal matches and subject to some funny activity now and again. Last night’s match between Fulham and Sheffield Utd looked really uninspiring fodder.<\/p>\n

And so it proved as Fulham and Sheffield Utd slogged out a drab 0-0 draw. I was glad I missed it to be honest until Scott Ferguson pointed out the commentary from last night which is probably one of the best text commentaries I have read!<\/p>\n

It’s painful to watch Jacob Steinburg suffer 90 minutes of misery and hear him beg for it to end so he can catch the last tube train home ahead of the strike starting. The agony is clear as the match stumbles into extra time and his frustration boils over repeatedly. It’s a bit of a classic and worth a read<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some extracts: –<\/p>\n

“70 min:<\/b>\u00a0WILL SOMEONE PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, DO SOMETHING.!”<\/p>\n

“80 min:<\/b>\u00a0The referee should blow his whistle and tell both teams that this simply isn’t good enough and that people have paid actual money to come and watch this”<\/p>\n

“87 min:\u00a0<\/b>Does this travesty even deserve to be called football? It should be called BALL or BLAH or WHAT THE RUDDY HELL DO YOU CLOWNS THINK THIS IS, DO YOU THINK THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, MY EYES ARE STARTING TO BLEED WITH BOREDOM, I WASN’T TIRED AT THE START OF THE GAME BUT I SURE AS HELL AM NOW AND THERE’S A TUBE STRIKE IN A MINUTE AND YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE US ALL SIT HERE FOR ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR AND PENALTIES AND OH GOD HAS IT REALLY COME TO THIS, I’M SUPPOSED TO LIKE MY JOB BUT YOU’RE MAKING IT BLOODY HARD, I HOPE YOU’RE PLEASED WITH YOURSELVES YOU JOYLESS, TALENTLESS QUARTER-WITS!”<\/p>\n

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Looked at the football last night to see if there was anything worth trading, but there was little on. I tend not to mess around in cup matches as they are less predictable than normal matches and subject to some funny activity now and again. Last night’s match between Fulham and Sheffield Utd looked really […]<\/p>\n

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