[quote=Beanie;481556]Nevertheless, there will always be edges to be found in any market - which is the subject I'm getting at here - where is it?/QUOTE]
I think your probably having to specialise in what you know best to get as close to an edge as possible. Don't know if you saw this weeks RP Sport section but Pullein has had winning weekends for the last 14 in a row. Don't think he had one this weekend but his sole bet was a 12/1 on there being 17 corners of more in the Watford game. However if you look at most of his bets now they are on markets such number of corners, cards, etc, markets where the majority of people will not take an interest in but those who specialise can turn a profit. I think I had read he has been in profit for the last 7 or 8 years/seasons.
I think sometimes the more obscure the better. For example there is a couple of tipsters about the net who are consistantly (or were the last I looked) turning decent sized profits. One was a lad called Jeries on Betting Advice, CG's site, who was betting on African/Asian/Middle East football. He came from that area so it would suggest he has a better idea of what is going on there rather than some odds compilier in Austria or Antigua or the US.
Others worth mentioning, dare I say it from Sports Punter, are a lad called ffallen, huge number of volleyball bets but a good yield, sure it was close to 14%. Also a lad called G:G who bets on bandy. Yes, bandy
but
Pinnacle and
Laddies and the likes price it, however he seems to have the edge on them as again over a decent volume of bets his yield was 10%. Finally Mr Christo (Taza D) on NFL. He seems to run his own database of trends and practically all his picks are trend/stat based but again his numbers are obviously throwing up better information than the odds compiliers as again he is ahead by a decent amount.
All 4 of those are punting in areas, well maybe ignoring the NFL, but the rest are punting in areas where its a good shout that me or you would know feck all about, where the odds compliliers would have a better knowledge than us but where the people who are local or who follow the sport will have an edge even on the odds compiliers if they know what they are doing.
Thats where I think your edge is, obscure markest like sports such as bandy or corner betting or cards or whatever. Unfortunately I also think you really need a lot of time on your hands to know these subjects inside out and I doubt a lot of us have that sort of time.