Offshore Oscars picks Jan-31 and Feb-1 – EPL, Bundesliga, and La Liga locks

By: Offshore Oscar | January 29th, 2009

If FIFA had raised the crossbars a bit (like I’ve suggested to them so many times!) before that Wigan-Liverpool match on Wednesday, I’d probably be moving to that palm-shaped island in Dubai already, but hitting the even-longer-shot Udinese over Juve more than made up for it. If I hadn’t lost that Texas high school basketball bet last week where I laid 102 points and that lazy team only won 100-0, I’d be even happier.

Original bankroll: 1,000 units
Last time’s bankroll: 1,483.2 units

Last time:
1 – 25 units Wigan to win at 4.60 – Final 1-1 – LOSS
2 – 25 units Udinese to win at 5.25 – Final 2-1 WIN

Profit/loss = +81.25 units
New bankroll: 1,564.45 units

This weekend’s Offshore Oscar plays:

1 – If you had a picture dictionary, the word “mess” would be accompanied by a photo of the current Portsmouth Football Club. Ever since losing Jermaine Defoe, they have been in a freefall, with Tony Adams making all the wrong moves. Fulham have been a different team at home and they should take advantage of out of form Pompey.

50 units on Fulham to win at 1.95 (so a win gets us back 97.5 units)

2 – The Bundesliga is back from winter break and the title race should go down to the wire. Schalke have a bad taste in their mouth from their last match at leaders TSG Hoffenheim, where two players were red carded in the 1-1 draw. Winning the league is a long-shot possibility, but Europe is within their reach, and they should come out strong at Hannover on Saturday.

40 units on Schalke to win at 2.30 (so a win gets us 92 units)

3 – Northern Spain parlay – Althletic Bilbao and Deportivo La Coruna are both coming off one-goal away losses. Maybe they can regroup and get victories at home.

30-unit win parlay Bilbao at 1.91 into Deportivo at 2.40 (so if both win we get back 30 x 1.91 x 2.40 = 137.5 units)

Odds from willhill.com