05 Jul 2016 19:43:11
I know Twitter isn't the best for rumours but mufc exclusive news is always pretty much bang on. They were the ones who let us know about mata in the first place and they have just tweeted that we are confident mata will be signing for around 25 million in next week or 2. If we manage to pull this off I will be ecstatic!

1.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 21:27:47
sorry to burst your bubble mate, but it looks like he could be off to Barcelona.

2.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 21:43:31
The Barcelona story is from May. Nothing recent.

3.) 06 Jul 2016
06 Jul 2016 06:11:55
The bookies get it right more often than not and at the moment we are 1/ 6 on! While Barcelona are 16/ 1.

{Ed001's Note - if they get it right more often than they get it wrong, they would lose money because most bets are on the favourites. Do people not understand what a bookie does?}

4.) 06 Jul 2016
06 Jul 2016 06:49:18
Alls I meant was usually if the bookies say somebody is favourite it's normally because they are.

{Ed025's Note - it used to be that way browner and with the big 2 it probably still is, but there are that many now with the likes of sky bet that encourage bets by making false favourites, roy keane was 1/33 to become the next everton manager a couple of weeks ago mate..its just a scam..

5.) 06 Jul 2016
06 Jul 2016 07:14:49
Odds are compiled by the amount of money laid on the outcome in order to protect the bookie from making a loss if that outcome happens. So if Mata was 6/ 1 last week to us and 2/ 1 to Valencia and I went in and put £25,000 on him to sign for us the bookies would shorten the odds considerably in order to protect against a lot of high payouts. So the odds in essence are set by the punters when in an open market. The original price was set by the bookies which was around 4/ 1, which isn't such a nailed on price.

{Ed025's Note - they also make false favourites though gray which will encourage punters to bet on things that are highly unlikely, its an industry that lacks morals mate and feeds off peoples greed..

6.) 07 Jul 2016
06 Jul 2016 08:00:23
aah that's why I never win Ed ha ha, i'm a favourite backer myself

Banker here for ye (sigh)

£5 double Wales to beat Portugal and France to beat Germany, i'm due one.

{Ed025's Note - that makes germany odds on now degs.. :)