The A-League experiment 2010/11

You know the deal, so let the madness begin and let the big dogs eat.

Round 1

Mariners over Heart ($3.48) (1) 

Jets over Adelaide Utd ($3.27) (1)

Fury over Glory ($5.60) (1)

Victory over Syd FC ($3.66) (1)

Roar over GC Utd ($4.34) (1)

* prices from pinny

* unit size for this 'experiment' is 1/10th of my usual unit size but for simplicity purposes will post each play as 1 unit.  

For anyone wondering what the dealio is with this 'experiment' and didn't see last season's version, the basis betting this league this way is basically two-fold:

1) The even spread of talent across most if not all teams in this competition makes almost any underdog "overs" in terms of value imo. Any team can literally beat any other team on any given day.

2) I back-tested a number of situational / motivational angles in a bid to try to find an edge somewhere, somehow in this league over recent seasons and came up with naught that were worth pursuing. My conclusion: the A-League is as about as random as it gets. So rather than try to 'cap' which dogs are worth betting, the best course of action is to flat-stake each and just let nature take its course.

did about two-thirds of last season before I got sidetracked at the wrong time and missed a round or two and let it go.

But in any case, I was more than satisfied by that point that this was something worth pursuing with real money this season

Round 2

GC Utd over Phoenix ($3.13) (1)

Heart over Jets ($3.16) (1)

Adelaide Utd over Mariners ($3.72) (1)

Glory over Victory ($4.39) (1)

Fury over Syd FC ($3.51) (1)