Good Times!

Great news that 24 is going to make a comeback, the show needed a break but I never thought it would return, nice surprise out of the blue! hopefully they will try a bit of variation as it had got a bit samey in the last few seasons, imo though seasons 1-5 were the best tv ever!

Been having some great trading sessions aswell, taking the green's when I can and not getting greedy, of course a few times I could have left it and won a lot more but then on the flipside if I hadnt have greened up I would have had a large red, Murray V Berdych is a good example, took the green after having backed Murray, Berdych came back to win 2-0 so I was wise to get out, not one red over the last week at tennis and have managed to trade quite a few with a lot of the matches running into the evening...

Loving the tennis and have been to club night at Selby Tennis Club a few times now, some good people down there and people of all ages and skill levels, think I have over done it though as my left foot is constantly hot and painful now most of the time, I will fight through it though!

I see Bt Sports have got all the Wta tennis from next year, hopefully some better coverage as Eurosport are a bit hit and miss, prefer the Wta as much more swings in it so better for trading and like to cheer Laura Robson on who if she can sort her double faults out could move onto big things...

A Post

Not posted in a while and read The Sultan's post over at http://centrecourttrading.blogspot.co.uk/ and made me think I should at least keep this place updated at least every now and then lol...I enjoy reading other blogs and am guilty as most of just giving up after a while...

As you may know I work full time and most tennis is in the day at the moment so not many trading chance's for me, day off today though and pulled in a few £££...

Made a few blunders over the last couple of months all involving backing at sub 1.30, from now on those odds are just treated as value lays, as I speak it looks like low backers are going to get hit as Fognini hit 1.01 and is now over 2's.

Snooker is a good sport to trade as it is slow moving (unless its near the end of the match) and you can weigh up your options without panicking, though my fave will always be Tennis as I love to watch aswell as play it...

Have played Horneris again recentley and managed to win a set and took it close in the third after getting bageled in the 1st :) its great to have a proper challenge against a decent player. Have also played at Selby's club night, partnering up with my old Headmaster! winning 6-4 and then 6-1 (myself at singles) against some random Pole...

Rewatched all of Breaking Bad recentley in preparation for the last ever episodes in August, abs brilliant again and picked up on loads of stuff I missed first time round...most films pale in comparison these days, some of what i've seen recentley...

Lawless - Ok but predictable

The Last Stand - Some good action but sad to see  Schwarzenegger looking so old...

Taken 2 - Switched it off, just so cliched dull and boring, seen it all before years ago in 24 and done much better...

Still Winter?

Wow this winter seems to have gone on forever, funny the years fly by but it always seems to be cold and grim weather...really missing playing tennis now, hopefully March will bring some decent playing conditions.

Djokovic showed he was the boss at the Aussie Open and Murray was never really in it...did Novak let him win the US Open? :)

Gasquet Vs Paire in the French final today and Gasquet starting low at 1.31, will be putting in a lay there...Gassa has one of the best backhands in the game but normally starts a bit slow and Paire is no slouch am expecting a 3 setter...

Premier League Darts started this week and was an enjoyable selection of matches Van Gerwin as low as 1.02 but only managed a draw in the end vs Taylor, goes on for many weeks so will be following it and hoping to catch some of those low lays.

Film wise:

Silver Lining Playbook - Fantastic stuff, dont normally like this type of film but this one really hit home...

Wreck It Ralph - Ha family time! but as a massive 80s arcade gamer this was made for my generation aswell, guest spots from Pacman, Qbert, Street Fighter etc...brilliant and some fantastic end titles.

Life Of Pi - Great looking visuals (apart from the ridic Meerkat island) but very overrated slow paced and religious preaching. Will probably win all the oscars then...

Australian Open 2013

The first grand slam of the year starts tonight over in Australia, midnight starts mean I will miss most of it which is a shame but it should be a great spectacle as always...

Think Djokovic has got this one in the bag with a straight forward draw all the way, on the outsider front I have had a sneaky £10 on Almagro at 500s as he has shown some decent form these last few months, looking to trade out after a few rounds...

In the womens, Serena should have no problems if she is fully fit, she is simply miles ahead of all the others and makes the world no 1 Azarenka look like a world no 50!

The darts BDO touney which has been shown on the BBC has been a big letdown compared to the PDC that is shown on Sky, no walk on dolly birds, quiet sound system, compere who can barely say "one hundred" and poor quality players. I even miss the drunken mob shouting "boring boring tables" lol.

Seen some good films this last week:

Skyfall - Excellent Bond film after the poor Quantum Of Solace

Seven Psychopaths - New film from the director of In Bruges, not as good as that but still great and  quirky, violent and original much the same way as the former....

Django Unchained - Quality Tarantino form here with Christoph Waltz giving a brilliant performance as the German.

Ok Burglar alarm was going off at 4am so im off for a lie down!

All The Best!

All the best and a happy new year to all the sports traders out there. Tennis is back big time tomorrow with Eurosport covering Doha all day live which should be good, i've heard rumours that they are going to lose tennis to yet another pay channel which would be a shame as they show lots of the smaller tourneys...

Loving the darts, i've actually become a big fan of the sport now which always helps to trade, if your sat watching the sport and cant stand it (thats me with cricket) its not going to help you move on at trading. Tonight Taylor vs Barney will be awesome, and Taylor saying Barney had told him he had wanted to die in his sleep after losing to him has added fire to the match. Did pretty good yesterday on the two matches...

Watched a film called The Imposter last week which is a documentary/film but because it is a true story it ended up been completley enthralling - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966604/

"A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who convinces a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years."

 "His impersonation fooled several officials in Spain and the U.S., and he was apparently accepted by many of Nicholas's family members, even though he was seven years older than Nicholas, spoke with a strange accent, and had brown eyes and dark hair rather than Nicholas's blue eyes and blond hair."

Fact much stranger than fiction and how the family believed it was him when he looked nothing like him and had a french accent is incredible! you end up questioning did the family murder the kid?

Much better than another yawnfest cgi blockbuster, I havent even bothered downloading the new Batman film as The Dark Knight was the most overrated film ever imo, Expendables 2 was a laugh though...ok bring on the tennis!

Atp World Tour Finals 2012

Have been enjoying the end of season Mens tournament and expecting two cracking semi finals today...hard to say who will take the crown, but I think Murray has a very good chance, only sour note was Tipsfixavic been there...he makes a mockery of tennis imo and is 100% only in it for the money, pretty sure he wont make it next year and a more worthy player will get a chance...

Some steady trading this week and some exciting times on the horizon thanks to my ol buddy Sniper, hopefully all goes to plan...

Got to mention Dexter again, it had been a cracking season up until the last 5 mins when the writers had Dex regenerating Christmas lights and a snow machine (hes an electrical engineer aswell...) and then decided to turn it into a Mills And Boon love story yet again, totally out of character and a bottle job...

Ok off to smack some Sunday morning tennis balls...

* Lost 1-6 4-6 ooof hangover tennis no good, radar was way off, top consistent serving from Sniper...

Istanbul 2012

The end of season Womens Tennis Championship is upon us and is a chance for the top 8 to compete against each other, even though Williams isnt the world no 1 she will probably put the rest of them in there place at the age of 32. It runs into the evenings so some good chances to trade...

Got to be careful as recentley I have been leaving big reds when trading and have been lucky a couple of times which can turn into straight gambling, as Sniper told me today...trade within your bank!  all pretty obvious really but you've got to keep that in your mindeset...

Winter setting in now but managed a game of tennis against Sniper today 6-1, 6-0 (been off form since his manflu) and may be one of  the few times to play for the rest of the year with the cold weather arriving this weekend, shame as its a good way to keep fit and I really enjoy the sport these days and I retired from football a few months ago due to an ankle injury...