Russian Premier. Season 2006.

[Mr. i]

17 Mar-15:30 Torpedo Moscow v Tom Tomsk 1.66 3.25 4.50
17 Mar-16:00 Torpedo Metallurg v Amkar Perm 1.50 3.60 5.50
18 Mar-11:00 Dinamo Moscow v Shinnik 1.57 3.25 5.50
18 Mar-13:00 Spartak Nalchik v CSKA Moscow 7.00 3.75 1.40
18 Mar-15:00 Spartak Moscow v Luch Energiya 1.33 4.20 7.50
19 Mar-11:00 Rubin Kazan v Rostov 1.66 3.25 4.50
19 Mar-11:00 Zenit St Petersburg v Saturn Ramenskoe 1.57 3.25 5.50
19 Mar-15:00 Lokomotiv Moscow v Krylira Sovetov 1.61 3.25 5.00

Odds from bet 365





Torpedo - Tom'
Torpedo lost their best player Semshov. Without him they are nothing special. No serious singings. Midfielder Kantonistov came from Kuban to replace Semshov but he is much weaker.
Tom' got talented striker Pogrebnyak from Spartak, defender Bugaev from Loko, Mladenov from CSKA Sofia (any comments on he?). So they became stronger no doubt. And coach Petrakov returned to squad.
So I rate these teams as equal... May be Tom' even stronger. So my bet will be Tom'. One thing against Tom' is artifical grass of Torpedo stadium.
My pick Tom' 6.25 at Pinnacle I give them more than 20%
AH pick Tom'(+0.75) 2.00 at Pinnacle Should be +0.5 or even +0.25.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Nice one mr i and thanks for sharing that. Will try and keep on top of this league for each week posting the new thread for you.

Im a sucker for long odd punts so i will have a nibble of this. Anyone else wanting to you have close to 5 mins to place the bet

Good luck

[Lokorus]

For tommorow I will go for a double: Dinamo and Spartak !

Explanations later

[Mr. i]

Torpedo - Tom' 1-2 FT

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Thats a superb first pick there mr.i

Actually forgot about it. Checked it HT and was 1-0 up but forgot to check FT there.

Excellent post and a 6.50 winner(i got only 5.50 though ) but who am i to complain

Look forward to your other picks mate

[rcgills]

Great pick there, Mr i

[Mr. i]

Originally Posted by Kiko

Thats a superb first pick there mr.i

It's not my first pick here actualy
Anyway I'm glad to see that my pick was not useless =)

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Apoligies mr i

Shame you posted it 8 mins prior to kick off as im sure you would've had a crowd behind you

[Mr. i]

Zenit - Saturn
Zenit is on good run right now. They are in 1/4 of UEFA with good win over Marseille. But they failed to sign any strong players in preseason so problems in midfield will be the same as in last season. I think that success in UEFA relax them so they will play against Saturn not 100% motivated. And one serious squad problem for them in this clash they will miss best striker Kerzakov.
Saturn in my opinion has all chances to become surprise of the year. Their transfers are really impressive. Coach Weiss, Eremenko jr, Vuckcevic, Durica, Petras. Ofcourse they need time to get together but player by player they are as strong as Zenit. So I expect game with chances for both team.
My pick Saturn 5.75 at Centrebet Yesterday I think that odds become to rise due people's bet on Zenit but now with Kerzakov injury I really don't know how will odds move
AH pick Saturn(+0.75) 2.00 at Pinnacle Should be +0.25

[Mr. i]

Rubin - Rostov
First if all Rostov is my team so this preview is a bit biased.
Rubin is headed by very good coach Berdyev. Last year they have average squad but managed to get 4th(!) place. This year their squad once again not sa strong as Moscow teams but I dont' know what to expect cause Berdyev once again may surprise. I'm very optimistik about Rostov. They transfers are very good this year. Last years they bought a lot of not very good African and SA players. This year they signed good players from exUSSR (Laizans, Beleckiy, Orlov, Duznikin) and a couple of foreign players which were in Russia for a long time (Tanasievich and Kanienda). So no problems with adaptation. Both teams played good in preseason so I don't see such difference between these teams.
My pick Rostov 5.46 at Pinnacle I give Rostov around 20-22%
AH pick Rostov (+0.75) at Pinnacle Should be +0.5

Once again: be careful with this biased pick =)

[farnerud]

wow,, nice pick..

[Mr. i]

FT Rubin Kazan 2 - 1 Rostov
FT Zenit St. Petersburg 1 - 1 Saturn

[Rashin]

Great pick on Saturn handicap Mr I, unlucky on the red card for Rostov.

[Mr. i]

MY picks 15->31.25
AH picks 15->22.5
Saturn was better team... ((

[mord]

Great job Mr. I

Nice picks i will be watching you