About new website or updated blog

There will not be one.

I am not going to waste one minute on planning and updating a new website and yet never going to be completely happy with it. I will stick to my core business, which is football betting.

This blog is rough and simple, and that is the way it is going to be. I have been approached by some sports bettors and investors regarding the possibility of a premium service with picks and limits in time, and I must say it sounds attracting, but there are several things I need to consider to keep everyone already involved  happy.

I need no extra hassle, when the season really kicks off I will spend about 30 hours a week on the road and at the field watching matches. All the match reports must be read, stats updated, phone calls made, emails written, matches analyzed before and after the match and the early prices must be found on time. Dealing with "customers" wanting fresh information and ready-made picks for almost nothing or completely for free is hardly a priority of mine as there are some 1500 matches played here during the summer months.

Compared to last season there will be only a few previews published. Not from every round, definitely not of every match. If you feel you might want to be among the few people in the know, drop me a line at

puntteri@gmail.com

I will also need to clean up my messenger contact list. Sorry if I drop you, but so many of the contacts are  working one only way,  you ask for information and I give it to you. How fair is that?

Edit: I have been approached by several punters who do not want to miss out the season 2010 in Finland and the form of the service is shaping up. More about it soon. Unfortunately it will mean that to keep covered from everything you will need to pay, but the small-time bettors and less experienced punters will be remembered and taken care of with a light version.

Finland League Cup program this week

5.2.2010	FC Inter	- MYPA	16:00	Yläkenttä / Kupittaa 5
6.2.2010	JJK	- VPS	14:00	Vehkalampi tn
	HJK	- IFK Mariehamn	14:00	Tali
	FF Jaro	- Haka	16:30	Tellushalli

Finland U21 host Estonia on Wednesday

As expected and hoped there are some experiments going on. This is probably not at all that easy match with these players, and in this age group Estonia has done better than usual. Indoors at Helsinki 13.00 CET. All possible betting will have to wait until the ball is running, this is a friendly and I do not know the Estonian team that well. It is always interesting to follow the future professionals still finding their place in the footballing world.

Mostly I am interested in Jani Virtanen, Denis Abdulahi, Joni Kauko and Jaakko Lepola today.

Finland U21 from;

Gk:
Lukas Hradecky, Esbjerg fB
Tomas Karike, Klubi-04

Defence:
Juhani Ojala, HJK
Markus Joenmäki, FC Haka
Jani Tanska, VPS
Mikko Sumusalo, HJK
Henri Aalto, FC Honka
Ville Nikkari, FC Inter
Toni Huuhka, FC Lahti

MF & strikers:
Sebastian Mannström, FF Jaro
Joni Kauko, FC Inter
Jaakko Lepola, FC Honka
Mika Ojala, FC Inter
Jani Virtanen, TPS
Denis Abdulahi, FC Viikingit
Jonne Hjelm, Tampere United
Akseli Pelvas, HJK
Niko Ikävalko, FC Haka

Estonia

Veikkausliiga 2010 odds

HJK 3,25

Honka 4,33

TPS 5,25

Inter 6,50

TamU 13,00

MyPa 17,00

Lahti 18,00

Haka 18,00!!

IFK M 26,00

VPS 75,00

Jaro 100,00

KuPS 101,00

JJK 126,00

Oulu 150,00

Red odds are a legal robbery, the only one that stand out as value is Tampere United, and perhaps MIFK if they get a decent striker.  A lot can happen before the season starts, I am personally not taking any of these.                                                                                                                             

January 2010 stats

All bets where at least one of the teams is from Finland. These are club friendlies, League Cup, Lahti Cup and international matches.

29 Bets, 16 won, 8 void, 5 lost, ROI 133,9.

the number of bets is so small that nothing can be really said about the first month of 2010. In a sample as small as this anything can happen. In fact the number of matches is not even that big because of the early limits have been so low in some matches that the same pick has been taken 2-3 times in some cases with a bit lowered price. I also missed some good value picks because of plain personal stupidity and time management, the matches are played at awkward times in the winter.

Finland this week

The season is not really getting too much closer, but a couple of matches will be played this week.

Tonight friendly indoors at Hämeenlinna, when visiting MyPa meet FC Hämeenlinna. Hämeenlinna is testing players, and won poor TPV earlier at home while MyPa have already visited FC Honka and deserved the 1-1 draw they got looking dangerous and lively at times. In the other friendly against PK35 they won 0-1 away, but as pinpointed out several times the results in these matches are impossible to read, too many substitutions and tests going on. The performance, form and readiness are that count.

MyPa is readier at this point, and an away win looks likely. MyPa - 0,5 @ 1.84

EDIT : FT 0-2 (0-1). A nice result!


In the league cup this weekend AC Oulu will host FF Jaro. Home team won a promotion after last season at Ykkönen, and Jaro have faced a lot of changes and have been active on the transfer market to both directions. Jaro are not looking too strong at this point with weakened squad and players injured at otherwise engaged (Matrone at test in the UK for example) , but I have faith in the coach Alexei Eremenko Sr that they can put up a fight. Possibly pick something later.

EDIT: AC Oulu - 0,5 @ 2.00 taken

EDIT: FT 3-2 (0-0) The odds dropped down to 1.58 which is a ridculous price for AC Oulu under any circumstances. I can sense a lot of trouble for Asian bookies this season.

FC Honka will travel to Åland to meet IFK Mariehamn. Honka won TPS in their first match of the competition 2-1 after a good performance while MIFK is just starting the season. Honka is pretty much unchanged since last season and obviously in good form, however as there are no observations of the hosts atm this looks like a no bet to me.

Personally for me the most interesting competition is Uusi Lahti Cup at, you guessed it, at Lahti.

Four live matches both Friday and Saturday, excellent occasion to study the form and new players of

HJK
TamU
Haka
Lahti
KuPs
PoPa
City Stars

not so interested in the Estonian Tulevik, well, we get some international experience.

I will be busy with the Cup and unless something interesting comes up there will no bets of the League Cup matches.

EDIT: Watched 8 matches live, but will skip the remaining two as there is very little new to see. Ok results overall, but was a bit unlucky in a couple of matches where the wrong team were allowed silly goals. 

Haka - JJK finally?

I have discussed about this earlier, took JJK + 0,5 @ 1.98. Let us see if the match takes place, it is still very cold out there.

More about this for example at Punter´s Lounge if you want to take part. Had my piece of action already.

EDIT: Haka - JJK FT 0-1 (0-0)

freezing conditions and not too much happened. A wonderful result for the hc and totals, anxiously waiting for the summer.