Since I didn't want the football betting thread I started in "Other Football" to turn into a clone of Mister_Master's Portuguese league thread (i.e. a logn string of posts by me), I figured I'd move these posts to my blog here.

I do post these picks on Google+, also.

The picks in the linked thread went 7-12, +3.67 units (+2.03% of risk)

Being that I'm from North America, I generally use North American notation, most notably in the form of moneyline pricing. Conversion of positive moneylines to decimals is easy (divide by 100 and add 1 (or add 100 and divide by 100...)), but this converter may prove handy.

My basic philosophy is value, which generally means that I pick underdogs, especially when I'm getting the benefit of a handicap.

On with the picks for 25 August!

Genoa -0.5 +440: 8 units

Genoa +1 -150: risk 9 units to win 6.00

Cagliari -0.5 +145: 8 units

Cagliari DNB -140: risk 9 units to win 6.42

Chievo/Parma Draw +235: 6 units

Chievo +0.5 -105: risk 6 units to win 5.71

Udinese -0.5 +310: 10 units

Udinese +0.5 -110: risk 8 units to win 7.27

Gil Vicente +2 -120: risk 7 units to win 5.83

Vitoria Guimaraes -0.5 +250: 8 units

Vitoria Guimaraes DNB +165: 9 units

Sevilla -0.5 +115: 10 units

Sevilla DNB -170: risk 10 units to win 5.88

Shakhtar Donetsk -0.5 -133: risk 7 units to win 5.26

Chornomorets -0.5 -117: risk 9 units to win 7.69