It’s just typical isn’t it. I seem to have a skill for predicting scores and so on when it comes to sports. My particular skill is football and the Grand National. Yet whenever I take a little punt on a result, you can guarantee I’ll be wrong. In my time I have picked the winner of the Grand National 6 times, (Earth Summit, Party Politics, Red Marauder etc), yet when I have a bet the horse will trail in nowhere.
So with the world cup on, the wife, my boys and I have drawn lots on the winning football teams. I’ve said Spain will win the World Cup, my wife has gone for Holland, and the boys have gone for Brazil and Germany. Meanwhile my wife and I have been predicting results for each game, my wife is doing rubbish although she does tend to be over optimistic. But I’m been getting quite a few right. So I thought I’ll put a few £1 bets on scores for fun (last of the big spenders I know, but haven’t much money really.) So far out of the 6 bets placed, none have won.
So why is it I can tell everyone the right predictions,yet when I put a bet on the result, I nearly always lose. I think it might be life telling me to keep my money in my pocket.
Atomic Apple 