CONFIRMED Nigel Adkins is announced as new Sheffield United Manager

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Blade56 said:
I just don't get betting. Am I right in assuming at 5/4 if I put £4 on a name and he's appointed I get £5 back? Ergo I'm £1 better off?
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In some markets the bookies do set the odds.based on their knowledge, experience, and opinions. The point that's being constantly raised here is that in this market basically if someone no matter how uninformed backs a candidate heavily then their odds reduce automatically regardless of any basis in reality.

5/4 is a ratio: We'll give you 5 if you give us 4 (and you win).

Long run bigger picture (ie if you play for an extended period of time winning and losing) is: We'll give you 8 if you give us 10.

Basically every time you go to a bookie you're giving them a tenner and they're giving you 8 quid in return.

You can argue the details but that's what it amounts to. I think in some cases that figure of about 80% is enshrined in law.
 
William Henry Foulkes said:
In some markets the bookies do set the odds.based on their knowledge, experience, and opinions. The point that's being constantly raised here is that in this market basically if someone no matter how uninformed backs a candidate heavily then their odds reduce automatically regardless of any basis in reality.

5/4 is a ratio: We'll give you 5 if you give us 4 (and you win).

Long run bigger picture (ie if you play for an extended period of time winning and losing) is: We'll give you 8 if you give us 10.

Basically every time you go to a bookie you're giving them a tenner and they're giving you 8 quid in return.

You can argue the details but that's what it amounts to. I think in some cases that figure of about 80% is enshrined in law.
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knockoffnigel's answer was funnier yeeeeeeeeerrrrrrr Twat ;):):D
 
Thought we were going for our first choice and I'd assume Giddings will have some insider contacts?

Andy Giddings‏@Gids1980 8m8 minutes ago

Understand #sufc have had an approach for #bcfc manager Phil Parkinson turned down.


Lucky old Superblade has been turned down.
 
Adkins has to be favourite. We have just shelled out God knows how much on Clough and his team on contract sverance. The last thing the management are going to do is pay Bradford or MKD a compensation fee on top.
 
sheffielder said:
I have seen this comment quoted all week. It's not that simple either when a week into the betting. At the beginning small bets can change the odds however when someone comes up the rails at the end of the week it's from a 'larger' bet which means someone knows something or has a large amount of money to lose, say 1k. It's now Thursday so if someone goes back into 1/10 this morning it must surely be someone in the know.

* just an opinion based on pure sheffielder logic
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The odds also change when Parkinson has told the board he isn't interested so HE puts £100 on Adkins
 
Billpuntonsbaldhead said:
Adkins has to be favourite. We have just shelled out God knows how much on Clough and his team on contract sverance. The last thing the management are going to do is pay Bradford or MKD a compensation fee on top.
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but then again we are great at wasting money,nothing would surprise me with mcabe. parkinson isnt worth getting,let alone paying compo to get him
 
Jon Bon said:
'But' nothing. There's nowt in that piece that says he won't be coming here. Speaking at an event last Friday, before Clough's departure was announced.

Fingers crossed eh..?
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More lazy journalism. This was on another link yesterday to a scunthorpe website which they've just rolled out and tried to turn it into a story. The story actually is that, before he was aware that a job at Sheffield United might even become available, Nigel Adkins said that he'd like to manage in the Premier League again. Ask any Manager in the country whether they'd like to manage in the Premier League and they will all say yes so maybe the Stir should roll out a story that every manager outside the premier league is about to quit their job - that's about as accurate.
 
GRUMPY BLADE said:
Thought we were going for our first choice and I'd assume Giddings will have some insider contacts?

Andy Giddings‏@Gids1980 8m8 minutes ago

Understand #sufc have had an approach for #bcfc manager Phil Parkinson turned down.


Lucky old Superblade has been turned down.
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Maybe they have 2 or 3 they'd be interested in talking to and Parkinson was one of them (as a back-up in case they didn't land their preferred options - suggest we might have a plan B) so they simply asked Bradford if they would be allowed to speak to him and they said no.
 
him behind you said:
Maybe they have 2 or 3 they'd be interested in talking to and Parkinson was one of them (as a back-up in case they didn't land their preferred options - suggest we might have a plan B) so they simply asked Bradford if they would be allowed to speak to him and they said no.
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Plan B, what's that?
 

him behind you said:
Maybe they have 2 or 3 they'd be interested in talking to and Parkinson was one of them (as a back-up in case they didn't land their preferred options - suggest we might have a plan B) so they simply asked Bradford if they would be allowed to speak to him and they said no.
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Or the fantastic manager picking machine has fucked up again.

Andy Giddings‏@Gids1980 55m55 minutes ago

To add: #sufc have not met a release clause in Phil Parkinson's contract. He has one more year left, I'm told.
 
Think adkins would be the best fit
love his enthusiasm and energy ,think thats exactly what we need at bdtbl

If he comes in and gets us on a charge up the league i can see good times ahead on a par with basset and warnocks days

I was never that excited about clough just didnt feel right
 
GRUMPY BLADE said:
Or the fantastic manager picking machine has fucked up again.

Andy Giddings‏@Gids1980 55m55 minutes ago

To add: #sufc have not met a release clause in Phil Parkinson's contract. He has one more year left, I'm told.
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We get a new Manager on average every 12 months so we'll just get him next time
 
Blade56 said:
This myth about us churning managers annoys me. It's including Morg's, Calver and Speed who for various reasons where only there in a temporary capacity.
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Morgan and Carver yes, but Speed was our permanent manager before he left to take the Wales job.
 
BusheyBlade said:
Morgan and Carver yes, but Speed was our permanent manager before he left to take the Wales job.
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Yeh, as I said "for various reasons" ie he got a call from his country and as judge points out he left and was not sacked so you don't count him in the sacking statistics
 

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