Well, that was a mixed bag. The first two trades didn’t go as planned. The Brighton vs Palace trade was blown out of the water after only 34 minutes played. The scorelines I picked had Brighton scoring no more than 2 goals, so when the third went in after only 34 minutes played, my trades were dead in the water. For the other match I selected to trade, the AOH trade was still alive until the end, but Newcastle just couldn’t grab a late winner for me to bring it home. I did have some apprehensions about betting in Newcastle’s favour, but regardless I decided to trade what the stats told me to trade.

Having two losses out of two for the day took the wind out of my sails a little. Actually, a lot. When you’ve been on a losing streak like I have this season, you hope for little signs that your luck is turning, but today those signs weren’t showing. And when you don’t see anything to tell you to carry on, questions race through your head and you do wonder whether to bother or not. But I’ve been here before, and I know I’ve just got to dig deep and keep on with the process. Believe in myself. Believe in my stats. I know there is a life out there that will give me a much better lifestyle for me and my family. I’m not saying I’m going to be mega-rich. I’m a realist. But sports trading can give me the opportunity to grab things that were previously out of my reach. And that’s what makes me more determined than ever to make sure this works out for me. And that determination made me put the two losses I experienced earlier in the day behind me, and start looking at the stats for the Sheff United vs Aston Villa game. Revisiting the stats gave me different scorelines from my previous predictions. And thankfully so. The Gods might have been looking down on me at that moment, as my AOA scoreline came in before the second half. That meant I managed to recoup some of my losses from earlier in the day. But it also helped me to recoup some of my confidence in what I’m doing. Give me some belief that I can do this. That I can make it happen. That I can attain the lifestyle that I want for my family. And hopefully on Sunday I’ll be able to turn around this weekend’s fortunes and end it in the green.

I’m not going to put any predictions out there in this blog for Sunday’s games, as it seems they can vary greatly from when they actually get right near to kick-off, but I might post details of my trades on my Twitter/X account as the match kicks off. If you are trading then good luck. Fingers crossed it’s a green weekend.