Welcome back to Champions League 'You Bet' where, if you recall from a couple of months ago, we were desperately failing to generate some money for our chosen charity.Yes, our only win since this fund-raising exercise began was in our very first week and since then our not-particularly-hard-earned winnings have been frittering away like Liverpool's chances of playing in Europe next season.
So now we're back again from our winter betting break and it's time to start making some money for Little League Football. To that end, we invite you to cast your peepers on the following three options, one of which we will be betting our £1 on come Wednesday...
Bet A
Celtic v Barcelona
Thierry Henry to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
Bet B
Lyon v Manchester United
United to win 2-0
Potential winnings: £10.00
Bet C
Arsenal v Milan
Teams to draw 2-2
Potential winnings: £15.00
And now all you need to do is pick the option you think's most likely to happen and place your bet accordingly below. The one with the most votes at 7pm (GMT) on Wednesday night is the one we'll bet our £1 on. You need not part with any money of your own and your house is not at risk if you fail to keep up repayments on your mortgage.
VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED ON WEEK 7 OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 'YOU BET'.
As we've mentioned all too often before, all winnings go back into the kitty and when the Champions League Final takes place in May, we'll see how much we've got and send it off to Little League Football. If we've got any by then, that is.
Keep those fingers crossed, folks, and let's hope for a win again this Wednesday!
UPDATE...
We've had a great response to this week's You Bet, so thanks to everyone that took part. After a close start, Bet B finally became our clear winner with 63% of the vote with Bet A coming in second with 29% and Bet C finishing last with just 8%.
All of which means we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for Man United to win 2-0 in Lyon, and if they don't, we'll be writing a strongly-worded letter to Sir Alex Ferguson. So there.
Interesting. I went for option B myself. In any case, predicting games is becoming increasingly hard - look at Liverpool last night, who'd have thunk that was going to happen? They struggle past Luton, lost to Barnsley yet manage to pull of a grand win against arguable Europe's best side. Go figure ...
ReplyDeleteQuite right, my friend. Liverpool certainly seem to be playing more and more for the Champions League alone these days. I used to think that *may* be their tactics, but now I'm absolutely convinced.
ReplyDeleteMy only fear for them is that at some point in the near future they may fail to qualify for Europe, and then they will have a problem on their hands.
True - it's a tactic thats going to end in disaster and league mediocrity. And as an Aberdeen supporter, I know what mediocrity is. Anyway, Benitez is a good manager, he's just got his priorities wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhat is funny though is just how wrong all the pundits got it. Everyone said Liverpool would lose, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man U to win. And what happens? 3 draws and a cracking win for Liverpool.
God, listening to the Munich .v. Aberdeen game on the radio. We've just gone 4-0 down. Stand Free!
What a shame about the result. Sorry to hear The Dons succumbed to that legendary sense of German efficiency.
ReplyDeleteWhere now for Aberdeen?
Aberdeen? Back to what we do best: midtable mediocrity whilst pining for days gone by.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think: bring in a chairman who'se not afraid to spend. With the lure of money, bring in a good championship manager to lead the way forward. Probably clear out a few players too. Keep Langfield, Diamond, Considine, Severin, Lovell, de Visscher. Try and keep Aluko and Walker. As for the rest ...
Sounds like a winning plan... Back into Europe next season, do you think?
ReplyDeleteUnless we win a cup (and not the Aberdeenshire Cup), I dont think there is much change of Europe next season.
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