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GrimRob
February 9, 2023, 12:05pm

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We're 1000/1 to win the cup

https://m.skybet.com/football/fa-cup/event/29569239

I've backed us already to reach the final at 1000/1 and topped up today at 500/1.


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We're 1000/1 to win the cup

https://m.skybet.com/football/fa-cup/event/29569239

I've backed us already to reach the final at 1000/1 and topped up today at 500/1.


Are you drunk?
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February 9, 2023, 12:40pm

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It's hard to grasp what 1000/1 actually means. A 1 in 1000 year event is exceptionally rare, almost beyond human experience, vanishingly small. If the FA Cup had been played every year since the Battle of Hastings in 1066 it would only be expected to happen once. Feels more likely than that to me. I think it's probably a few hundred to one, with no replays, and therefore a value bet.

Anyway I have won at longer odds. A fiver on Leicester at 2000/1 in 2016.


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I mean the odds are clearly not that long given Bradford managed to reach a cup final whilst in the 4th tier back in just 2013.

Still pretty unlikely though.
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That’s not alcohol, must be drugs 😂
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It's hard to grasp what 1000/1 actually means. A 1 in 1000 year event is exceptionally rare, almost beyond human experience, vanishingly small. If the FA Cup had been played every year since the Battle of Hastings in 1066 it would only be expected to happen once. Feels more likely than that to me. I think it's probably a few hundred to one, with no replays, and therefore a value bet.

Anyway I have won at longer odds. A fiver on Leicester at 2000/1 in 2016.


In 1066, who did you lay a bet on William or Harold?
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William would definitely have been the underdog as his squad was light but Harold had just returned from a hard outing at Stamford Bridge. There were no substitutes then. William eventually lifted the trophy as his troops were probably fresher.


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William would definitely have been the underdog as his squad was light but Harold had just returned from a hard outing at Stamford Bridge. There were no substitutes then. William eventually lifted the trophy as his troops were probably fresher.


Bloody French knocking us out again 😞
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Let's be real here.

We have a really good chance of making the finals.

Just need to overcome Southampton and then Man united, City, West ham, Tottenham, Brighton, Fulham, Bristol City, Fleetwood, Blackburn, Stoke or Leeds.

Fairly winnable games.

Although Fleetwood in the final looks particularly difficult.


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Rather than backing Town outright at 1000/1 a better way to do would be do a rolling accumulator on Town to progress through each round. Town are 6/1 with Bet365 to progress past Southampton. Let's say they'll be 6/1 for each of the remaining 4 rounds (and that's a conservative assumption given that there'll be sterner tests ahead if we do progress). A £1 rolling accumulator on 4x 6/1 shots will see you end up with £2401.
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