PMSL mate Edit: I don’t actually hate gambling but I don’t like it when people - and this isn’t specifically aimed at Mercer - brag about how much they have won when the fact of the matter is they lose more than they win. I have a particular friend who does this on Facebook all the time. If you believed his FB profile every bet he ever puts on comes in ? Gambling addiction is a modern epidemic and if you look around towns and cities you will always see a pawnbrokers next door to the bookies. And that’s before we even talk about internet gambling! Ask any CAB money advisor about gambling..........

Calm down fella, touched a raw nerve have we? I’m not lambasting anybody, you are the one who keeps spouting ridiculous nonsense about betting on Rovers winning 4-0 etc, none of those bets have come in have they? I’m hardly going to check through all your previous posts to see whether you have ever mentioned this other system before am I? It’s an established fact that gamblers talk about their winnings but not their losses. If indeed you make a profit out of gambling/betting/trading, whatever you choose to call it - which you appear to claim to do - you will genuinely be the first person I have ever known to do so. Talk is cheap Merce, and you seem to have overlooked the fact that I did post earlier tonight that I would be genuinely interested to hear how it works and of people’s success rate at it - without the stupid willy waving that many gamblers seem to indulge in.

Not sure what your point is here mate?

So basically for every winner there has to be a loser(s), is that how it works? In other words, when Merce comes on here bragging about a victory some poor soul somewhere has potentially spunked his wages against the wall?

Open goal really for me: The Jam - Sounds From the Street (heh heh)

I think there’s enough empirical evidence for even Merce to concede that traditional betting is a mug’s game over the longer term. Only one winner really. The ‘stock market’ thing I don’t really know enough about but my gut instinct is that ultimately the bookies will win. I’d be interested to hear of people’s genuine experiences of it though (without willy waving). PS - fair play to the mod who created the separate thread for this - good decision!

Amended for you mate. If anyone can come on here and prove that they have made money over a reasonable period of time ON BETTING then I’ll be the first to put my hand up and admit I was wrong. Stock market type dealing, well I wouldn’t know about that, but I still suspect that it isn’t a licence to print money lol. Mercer has only just mentioned that today - all his other tips and predictions (including the horse he - to be fair - correctly tipped today) have been what I would describe as ‘traditional’ bets. I have counselled enough gambling addicts to know that betting is a mugs game.

So I stand by my assertion that betting is a mug’s game mate. I’ve met hundreds of folk who brag about their wins but never mention their losses. And bookies drive round in big cars don’t they? if it was as easy as you proclaim ‘the industry’ would put a stop to it. So of course you won’t be sharing in advance your bets/trading/whatever you want to call it ha ha

Everything But the Girl - This Love is not for Sale

The Who - Pictures of Lily

That’s all fair enough mate but if he makes a profit on betting (or whatever it was he called it earlier) I will show my arse on the town hall steps. Like all gamblers you only hear about it when they win. That horse that came in today (and let’s be honest - each way at 5/1 or 7/2 as it was after he posted the tip - isn’t going to make you much) will have him reaching for his red wine, but let’s see him post a tip every morning and we’ll see how he gets on overall.

Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair

Listening to Bob today Gav? ? Ocean Colour Scene - Traveller’s Tune

America - Horse With No Name (Which also sounds like Neil Young)

The Style Council - A Stone's Throw Away

I call bullshit on anyone who claims to beat the bookie, although I accept that you have both restricted that claim to the short term. You might both be on a purple patch but very few people come on and tell folk when/how much they have lost. Gambling is a mug’s game, and especially where Rovers are concerned.

Secret Affair - Time For Action

The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down One of the few TSC songs that would have fitted into The Jam’s repertoire.

A lot of people forget that Drogba actually scored after about 5 minutes that day, which would have made him even more menacing and put doubts in young Jones’s mind. Amazing performance.

The English Beat - Best Friend

The Jam - Boy About Town

Brilliant decision TM! And the bench looks strong as well. COYB!!!

Spot on Pedro, pretty much my view on Mowbray as well.

That’s three Elvis’s mate. Don’t mean to be a dick about this but there’s a bit of a pattern forming here.

Kirsty McColl - There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis