Welcome to the second edition of the new and improved The Eagles Punt.
Last week saw the debut of a virtual betting competition between various fan websites as well as a fellow Palace tipster.
The gents behind Twitter handles @Andy_Bloss (who represents Five Year Plan), @HLTCO, @RedNBlueArmy1 and @EagleGolfTips all got off to an inauspicious start, all scoring the dreaded -£30. Your TEB tipster came through with a £15 profit to take an early lead, though that may not last very long!
Winning Bet(s): TEB Tipster: Draw HT/Arsenal FT – BetVictor pays £45
Here are this week’s selections:
@cpfcpatriot (+£15) picks:
- Draw HT/Palace FT – William Hill pays £55
- Southampton, Millwall and Watford to win pays £68.30 with Skybet
- Yannick Bolasie to score at anytime – Bet365 pays £95.00
@HLTCO (-£30) picks:
- Draw HT/Palace FT – William Hill pays £55
- Southampton, Crawley and Burton to win pays £268.80 with BetVictor
- Frazier Campbell to score first pays £80 with Paddy Power
@Andy_Bloss picks (-£30) (for @FYPFanzine):
- Palace to win 2-1 pays £110 with Bet365
- Chelsea, Millwall and Fleetwood to win pays £52.70 with BetVictor
- Marouane Chamakh to score first pays £80 with Unibet
@RedNBlueArmy1 (-£30) picks:
- Palace to win 1-0 pays £75 with Ladbrokes
- The dreaded Brighton, Millwall, Charlton treble pays £143.50 with BetVictor
- Frazier Campbell to score first pays £80 with Paddy Power
@EagleGolfTips (-£30) picks:
- Palace to lead both halves pays £42 with Ladbrokes
- Southampton, Bristol City and AFC Wimbledon to win pays £90.90 with Totesport
- Frazier Campbell to score anytime pays £37 with 888Sport
Preview
It is a difficult game to preview. Who knows what Palace will turn up? The players are more than professional enough to get us through this game and I have a feeling we will be ramming the recent events straight down Big Sam’s gullet.
I can see the former tactics of getting through to half time and then pushing on in the second half with the likes of Gayle and Williams playing a part. I am hoping and have had visions that Bolasie will smash one into the top corner (of the goal please Yannick, not the lower tier) at the Holmesdale End causing mass pile-ups across the Stand.
