Offshore Oscar’s picks for August 30-31, 2008

Bankroll at the beginning of the week: 1000 “units”

Okay, here we go. For the first week we are going to play two solid home teams at square prices in the EPL, and we’ll kick off the Serie A with another in the Sunday night special.

English Premier League

WEST HAM UNITED(1.40 to 1) vs Blackburn

The Hammers return to Upton Park after getting thrashed at Man City, Dean Ashton could have a big scoring day. The fact that the lovely Keira Knightley is a lifelong fan of West Ham makes them easier to pick, but they look good either way.

West Ham for 30 units

(In case you are new to soccer betting, this means that when West Ham wins we’ll get back 1.4 units plus our original bet, so a win has us collecting 72 units for our 30-unit bet. If there is a tie or a Blackburn victory, we get nothing.)

EVERTON(1.10 to 1) vs Portsmouth

After losing at home on opening weekend, Everton should put away an awful (so far) Portsmouth. Arteta and Yakubu seem to have good chemistry between them.

Everton for 40 units

Serie A Sunday night opening weekend special

FIORENTINA(1.60 to 1) vs Juventus

Let’s go with the Black and White to start off the season with a bang in Tuscany.

Juventus for 30 units

Odds from willhill.com

We’ll post the results of our wagers after the last game is over. If you’ve got some strong hunches you think are good plays go ahead and post them below so we can see who is good at this and who is full of it. Let us know the current odds of your plays so we can see just what a risk you are taking with your pick.

Category: Betting, EPL

Tags: Betting, EPL

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