Accumulator Saturday

Another Premier League-less weekend has us twiddling our thumbs, pondering over pressing the wildcard button and looking forward to next week. This is the life we lead, as hard-core Fantasy Football Addicts.

Some people might turn to housework. Get those jobs done that you have been leaving until a free moment from Fantasy League action. Take the dog for a walk, maybe even visit family.

I am doing what most us will actually be doing – having an Accumulator Saturday. The only fathomable way that I can build up interest in non Fantasy Football these days is by plying my hard-earned wages into unrealistic accumulator bets, and praying that the likes of Chesterfield can pull a result out of the bag. The gambler in me has taken hold.

Today I have gone for 4, £1 bets.

First up is a simple 6-fold accumulator, with a bunch of predictable matches combing for a 41/1 gamble. Generally reasonable bets involved in this one, and I’ve opted for re-managered West Brom and Crystal Palace in a couple of the tighter games.

I have a standard, lottery ticket-style 10-fold accumulator with no chance of winning keeping me interested in lower league events today. I know Brentford are playing away and have lost a couple of games recently, but at 4/1 their dramatically help the multiplier here, as does Notts County’s 5/2, and Coventry’s 2/1. I am not expecting much.

Swansea’s 10 men have already ruined my match prediction against Blackburn (why did I think Oliviera might do anything anyway?), so my final accumulator will have to make up for Bartley’s error. I am relying on the decent odds of West Brom and crystal Palace once again, and if Sheffield United and Reading also win I will have a tasty £121.22 for my one pound troubles.

I am fully anticipating that my attention will turn to Fantasy Football about half way through the 3 o’clock fixtures.