05-29-2022, 01:37 AM
(05-28-2022, 11:53 PM)Lods link Wrote:I remember the days of the old 'mid season slump'. ;DI think the old mid-season slump probably was at least partly attributable to lower players' salaries and laxer gambling scrutiny in the past. A well-timed bet against the team when it was riding high helped to make sure the trip was first-rate.
We'd be going like a 'house on fire' and then we'd have a down patch when we'd drop a couple of games before getting back on track.
I suspect we'll experience that at some stage this year.
Hopefully it's not against this mob.
Imagine the odds that bookies would have offered for Sydney to beat Carlton by more than 39.5 points in 1995 as Carlton was steam-rolling towards a flag. And the odds in the following week for St Kilda to beat Carlton by more than 39.5 points would have been only slightly lower. Then, the odds of Carlton thrashing the Hawks by more than 100 points in the week after those 2 losses would have been pretty juicy as well. Not to say that the boys did back against themselves, but such swings these days would certainly be investigated more thoroughly than your average murder.