With a second day of tennis being washed out and no notable football action I was forced to spend my evening doing some browsing online, reading other betting blogs and also forums too.

If not then my balance is at a round number and I probably don’t even remember the value bet by the next day. The irony is, not one of these people have ever asked how it’s done so they can do it for themselves, it’s just instantly dismissed. My perspective has since changed due to personal experiences, and I now find my earlier negativity on this forum a bit embarrassing and ungrateful. With certain mates I have meaningful conversations where I find myself defending what I’m doing which isn’t right. Believe it or not, there’s not a HUGE amount of money going on in the Icelandic 2nd division at 5pm on a Wednesday.

At the same time, I hear people who do exactly what you did and it either inspires them to come back and improve or they give up.

I started following some ”Tipsters” (I use that term very loosely) on Twitter and paid for a service from a guy on Whatsapp who did exclusively First Half Goals. Fifa, Football Manager, Champ Manager, playing Sunday League or whatever the poison, being able to really read a football match is the best way to achieve success in trading. For many that is quite a big sum, how do friends and family react to the numbers that you trade with and make? Understanding pressure, tactics, the motivation of the teams and watching the flow of a game is nothing short of invaluable.

It was a lightbulb moment and it opened up the doors to the understanding that you can use the moving in-play odds in your favour rather than just taking the SP at the start of a game. Yes I often tell people that you need to gain market experience and when doing this you should trade as much as you can but keep those stakes small when you do it. The goal came too early and nothing was matched, rather than what I normally do which is to move onto the next game, I lumped the lot on O1. Well, the only problem was, because of copyright on YouTube, I made much less doing it than the figures would suggest.