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And so ... the Summer Football Break begins ... (yawn)

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TheGooner
on 06-07-2011 at 05:38 PM (1336 Views)
OK - techincally - it's actually winter for me down here in New Zealand - but as I spend most of my working day (and night) writing and thinking about European Football and US NFL and NCAA football ... it's still a summer break for me.


The Gooners Guide is a gambling portal - so we do cover Online Casino, Online Poker, and things like Bingo and Backgammon - but that is not my speciality or why I run the website.

For me the passion is about sports, and frankly when you are talking about sports then I mean FOOTBALL ... whether it's European Football ... or the North American variety. I've tried to get into Baseball, basketball, ice hockey ... but these sports just do not do it for me ... and I've found it best to source in writers who have the passion for sports.

So now that the European season is finished ... and there is no World Cup or European Championships I'm caught here twidling my thumbs a wee bit waiting for the start of the European pre-season in August and the NCAA College Football season in September.

Sure - there is the Copa America in July - but outside of Argentina and Brazil this tournament is actually a bit of a non-event ... so here I am sitting around wondering WTF to do with myself?

I've tried to get enthused in the WSOP in Vegas - but ... am left with meh! 50+ tournaments - usually won be someone you've never heard of ... and if you do follow the WSOP online then you render all the TV coverage of it on ESPN pointless - as you already know who has won ...

So - what do YOU do to pass the time in the off-season? How do you handle the break?
Suspended animation? Drinking Binges?

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

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  1. MJ's Avatar
    How about Golf?
  2. MJ's Avatar
    Beyond that my advice is buy a boat, or since it's your winter - go ski on a mountain, or travel somewhere new.
  3. Prenut's Avatar
    Write a series of articles about futures betting for the upcoming seasons.
    MJ likes this.
  4. ramchip's Avatar
    Under 21 European Championships start in a few days.
  5. TheGooner's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Prenut
    Write a series of articles about futures betting for the upcoming seasons.
    A nice idea. But we will need to get through the two-month lull and see what happens in the close season transfer market before really getting to grips with the lines on offer.

    Money has been talking the last few seasons with quite a few moves to Spain - but Barcelona seem to have broken their piggy bank - so I expect to see Man United, Chelsea and Manchester City making most of the moves.

    But it's all remour an innuendo at this stage ...
  6. TheGooner's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MJ
    How about Golf?
    LOL ...


    I saw Tiger Woods officially pull out of the US Open today ... I reckon that news just halved the potential for TV rating for the event.

    Still it's something to consider - appreciated!
  7. MJ's Avatar
    I meant you should spend the next two months playing
    gooderpoker and TheGooner like this.
  8. TheGooner's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MJ
    I meant you should spend the next two months playing
    There are always bills to pay mate ... always bills to pay.
  9. doovde's Avatar
    Add a casino section and catch yourself some whales.
  10. TheGooner's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by doovde
    Add a casino section and catch yourself some whales.
    Outsourced the casino specs to someone who's into that (Elle the gambling gal) and we now have active online casino reviews , online poker rooms as well as smaller backgammon and bingo sections ... as discussed in the post.



    Whales caught along with all sizes of players and continuing to catch - but casino play is not really my thing - nor does it need daily maintenance to update it.
  11. Sebastian's Avatar
    Just sell some links to pay the bills (I understand you've been hit by the downturn)

    or

    Give the site a face-lift (sacrilege perhaps)

    or

    Look at localizing to get an international exposure.

    or

    Order expensive wine from my country and drown your sorrows away.
  12. doovde's Avatar
    Write a guest article for my newest betting site for a link in return?
  13. pokeraussie's Avatar
    While twidling your thumbs in what I assume is freezing cold NZ I suggest tuning into the State of Origin on Wednesday.
  14. addz123's Avatar
    Find an out of work Premier League manager and hire him as a writer for your site. Must be tons.
  15. addz123's Avatar
    Failing that, do some research on producing and uploading daily/weekly video podcasts for the site with tips and picks for football games.
  16. pokerworx's Avatar
    You should check out the UFC tomorrow night its cool, and there is always some fighting happening maybe make a new section of your site if you get into it.
  17. ih82lose's Avatar
    Looks like you could do some work on your site layout. In Firefox 4 and ie8 this page is almost unreadable: A Guide to Advanced Football Betting | Betting for Value | Backing Form
    I didn't really look around for more...
  18. TheGooner's Avatar
    I suspect you caught us during our host move today - where all sorts of things were up/down and unavaiulable including style page ...

    The page you mentioned looks readable to me now in IE, Firefox and Chrome - albeit very much out of date ;-)
  19. ih82lose's Avatar
    Hey Gooner- The page looks like this to me: [REMOVED] (in FF4 with XP)
    The headlines cover much of the text.

    EDIT: Looks Fixed.
    Updated 06-19-2011 at 10:41 AM by ih82lose

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