I think we are in the luxurious position of being able to rotate our squad to prevent any burn out, and remain competitive in every game. Whenever we have had to make changes, then those coming in have maintained our momentum. Long long time since we have had that in place.

We have been the best backed in the last couple of days in this betting market.

I merely started the thread because as 1) a Wakey fan and 2) someone who's been into betting all my life it interested me the way the bookies priced up the match...

For me it really is a 50/50 call...it's pointless pointing to Leeds record over us for the last decade and beyond because purely and simply over that period of time they were a far better team than us...are they now? They finished below us last season and are only above us on points difference...

Don't fall into the trap that the bookies are always right and they always win because they don't...this type of market is where professional gamblers make money...doing it professionally is all about value...if you look at a sporting event, horse race, whatever and you think the bookie has their percentages wrong then that's where you make it pay...we may well lose this game but overall, backing instances like this will see you in front in the long run...

Using Paddy Power as the example as they were the ones who went 4/9...the game obviously has three available outcomes and their rugby league experts will decide what percentage of chance each outcome has...in reality it should be worked out to a 100% book but obviously isn't otherwise they would go bankrupt...

So their odds are...

Leeds 4/9 - 69.2%
Wakefield 13/8 - 38.1%
Draw 20/1 - 4.8%

So basically PP think there's a near 70% chance that Leeds will win the game...if like me you think it's 50/50 at worst then Leeds at 4/9 are terrible value and Wakey would definitely be worth a few quid!

I've been into the horses for about 10yrs and have always found that getting the results are based on a few criteria.
1. If possible always pick the horse with a "pretty" name.
2. Pick the best "turned out" horse.
3. Pick one with smutty/childish innuendo names.
Failing that pick a "nice" number.
Hope that helps in future betting upthecats.

Haha like it! It's true...I've followed racing for 25 years...last two times I've took my two girls to Ponte ages (16&5) they've both done better than me!

Just to add strength to my argument about it being a 50/50 call though I've just had a quick scan through what look the 4 active super league clubs prediction comps...so far I've seen 59 predictions...29 for us and 30 for Leeds...might be the odd few who predict in more than one but interesting all the same...

There's obviously bias towards your own team as on the Leeds page there's 19 going Leeds and 4 for us...likewise on ours 10 go for us and only 1 Leeds...on Huddersfield page though we've 5 for us and 4 for Leeds and on Warrington page it's 10 for us and 6 Leeds...

I've checked out the Shudds predictions for most of this season and I think there is a biased undercurrent running there of a similar magnitude to home team bias.
I read their predictions for this game yesterday, only 4 had posted but I was so amazed that 2 of the 4 had picked Wakey, I nearly made a thread about it....lol
Yeah, 2 out of 4, that's a 50%, unheard of, its usually 20 to 1, dunno what it is now but you can really tell who was putting a bit of nouse in to their predictions, up to last night I could count them on 2 fingers.

spot on mate