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How are our long term football bets doing?

Here are comparisons of our price with the current price.

Championship

Middlesbrough to Win (e/w) 11/2 (Now 10/3)
Sheff Wed to Win (e/w) 28/1 (Now 33/1)
Huddersfield to be Relegated 4/1 (Now 11/4)
Blackburn to be Relegated 8/1 (Now 4/1)
Burnley Top North West Side 6/5 (Now No odds available)
Sheff Wed Top Half 4/5 (Now Evens)
Blackburn Bottom Half 5/6 (Now 2/5)
QPR Bottom Half 11/8 (Now 15/8)
Leeds Bottom Half 4/6 (Now 4/6)
Benik Afobe Top Goalscorer 9/1 (now 9/1)
David Nugent Top Goalscorer 16/1 (Now 25/1)
Top Six - Middlesbrough 4/6 (Now 4/11)
Top Six - Hull City Evens (Now 4/5)

Overall pretty happy so far. Middlesbrough have justified my support. I see their defeat against Bristol City as little more than a blip & feel they are set for a top three finish. Huddersfield & Blackburn have both started poorly and should give us a good run for our money. Afobe has started brightly but we still have to survive the transfer window. Nugent hasn't had a start yet for Boro but a couple of goals and......who knows!

League One

Swindon to Win (e/w) 18/1 (Now 20/1)
Barnsley to Win (e/w) 20/1 (Now 25/1)
Bury to Win (e/w) 35/1 (Now 45/1)
Blackpool to be Relegated 11/5 (Now 1/3)
Southend to be Relegated 4/1 (Now 5/2)
Port Vale to be Relegated 13/8 (Now 6/4)
Top Half - Burton Evens (Now 2/5)
Top Half - Rochdale 6/4 (Now 8/13)
Top Half - Shrewsbury 5/6 (Now 8/5)
Top Half - Bury 10/11 (Now Evens)
Bottom Half - Chesterfield 10/11 (Now 7/4)
Bottom Half - Walsall 8/11 (Now 15/8)
Leon Clarke Top Goalscorer 16/1 (Now 16/1)
Tom Bradshaw Top Goalscorer 25/1 (Now 12/1)
Paddy Madden Top Goalscorer 25/1 (Now 10/1)
Top Six Swindon 2/1 (Now 5/2)
Top Six Barnsley 2/1 (Now 11/4)

League One hasn't gone so well. Swindon have proved to be flaky so far and Barnsley are not firing and have been lucky to get the points they have so far. Barnsley have a young side so will no doubt improve but may be too far behind by then. Rochdale, Burton, Southend, Port Vale & Blackpool are going well for us. Chesterfield, Walsall & Shrewsbury are doing less well while the jury is out on Bury. Our goalscorers have started well. Paddy Madden has three league goals while Bradshaw & Clarke have two each. The leading scorer (Armstrong) is a loan player so probably will only play in this division until January and the second leading scorer (Dack) is a midfield player so he is unlikely to get a total to finish top. Madden is scoring freely but I have doubts about the other two. Clarke is currently injured & Bradshaw seems to be creating more goals than he is scoring at the moment.

League Two

Portsmouth to Win (e/w) 4/1 (Now 10/3)
Top Half Wycombe 5/6 (Now 2/9)
Top Half Bristol Rovers 8/11 (Now 2/7)
Top Seven - Orient 11/8 (Now 2/7)
Top Seven - Northampton 13/8 (Now 6/4)

Happy here with all bets now at shorter odds than when placed. Orient are looking good at the moment and it looks like a two way contest already.

I am going to add a Top Goalscorer for League Two - Matt Green (Mansfield) at 25/1 (SKY Bet). This is a bit of a punt with Ibhere already on seven goals and Green on only two and having a terrible injury record. I just think that if Green can stay fit then he could get into the top three scorers. He was quality a couple of years ago, scoring 40 goals in the 12/13 season. He has just got back to fitness and scored twice on Saturday.