The End of June

System selections ended the day in a small loss and as a result the month ended in a small for these selections. There was only one winner today but I managed to get on at 16/1.

16:40 Worcester

ALFADORA

B365

17.00

I'm going to update my profit figures for both system selections at the end of each month, the updates will be present in the relevant sidebar on my blog. These enables you to see how this system is progressing and how I'm doing overall in my betting adventures which covers a wide range of systems and picks which mostly involve horse racing and football. I've also included my previous months performance in the overall figures which I've calculated each month but not previously shared.

The system bounces back

First of all a quick mention of the World Cup. The Quarter-finals are now finalised after today's game, not going that great in a betting sense but I'm looking forward to the Argentina/Germany and Holland/Brazil game especially.

Back to system selections and a very good start to the week with Monday and Tuesday both being profitable days. These days have put the system back into overall profit to the tune of £3.79.

	Mondays' Winners
15:45 Pontefract	PRETTY BONNIE	SBET	6.50
20:10 Windsor	ARCHIE RICE	BFAIR	13.00
	Tuesday's Winners
17:00 Brighton	HIGHLAND HARVEST	TOTE	8.00
19:40 Stratford	OSCAR ROYAL	BFAIR	12.16

I could have got better with the price of Oscar Royal, it was available at 16/1 with most bookmakers earlier in the day but I decided to leave some unmatched at a bigger price on Betfair but unfortnatley never got matched and I had to settle for Betfair SP instead which was a poor price compared to the 16/1 I could have got.

Goal-line technology and dodgy linesmen

I said the World Cup games today had all the hallmarks of being brilliant games, in a sense they were both brilliant games but over-shadowed by FIFA's failure to implement technology in football. Some would argue it's wrong decisions and human mistakes that make football such a huge talking point, but surely on the World's biggest stage mistakes like we saw today shouldn't be made. I'm by no means a bitter England fan but everybody knows that Frank Lampard's shot bounced back of the crossbar and clearly went over the line and in the later game Carlos Tevez was clearly offside for Argentina's first goal. There's no doubting that both Argetina and Germany deserved the progress to the quarter-finals as they were clearly the better teams in their relevant games but there will always be that "what if..." thoughts in th emids fo England and Mexico fans alike. Goals totally change the dynamics of game and I'm afriad we'll never know how thoose game smight have turne dout had the correct decision be made. Hopefully these two incidents will spark FIFA into going down the technologic route, but I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

That brings me nicely onto system selections. Unfortnatley today procuded not once single winner and the system dropped into a loss overlal for the first time. Here's the overall statistics so far:

System Selections Performance Update (Week 2)

Starting Balance	£1,000.00
Current Balance	£959.17
P/L	-£40.83
Total Staked	£811.19
Total Returned	£770.36
ROI	94.97%
No. Of Bets	180
Wins	23
Lost	157
Strike Rate	12.78%

I'm operating a rachet staking plan which does somewhat exaggerate losses when they occur but when it also ensure greater profit when the winners arrive. Dissapointing end to the week but like I've said before this system has shown profit in the long-term and I'm confident it will bounceback, after all I've only been following it for just over a week so far.

Uruguay and Ghana progress

Two interesting and enjoyable matches from the World Cup today. A magnificient strike from Suarez won the game for Uruguay and a battling performance from Ghana saw them score a winning goal in extra time against the USA. Really looking forward to tommorrow's games as well, should both be crackers.

Onto the system selections and another losing day to report unforntately, the total loss came to £65.25. With there only being two winners from a good number of Saturday selections.

14:55 Windsor	THE RECTIFIER	B365	6.00
16:15 Newcastle	KING OF AQUATIANE	TOTE	5.00

Still in overall profit despite three losing days on the bounce, full update to come tommorrow (weekly update).

The knockout stages are imminent

This is when the World Cup really starts to hot up when the knockout stages start tommorrow. 2006's winners, Italy and finalists France have both been sent packing and there's a large South American presence amongst the last 16. The World Cup started off slowly but some of the later group games have been really entertaining as teams have started to open up. I'll obviously be cheering on England but I just hope for some enjoyable football matches from these last 16 games.

Back to systems selections, unfornatley there's been two losing days in a row and the bank as dropped by £76.31 but the system remains nicely in profit and the rachet staking system is in place which means the stakes remain at £4.66.

	Thursday's Winners
15:55 Newcastle	LADY ÉCLAIR	SKY	2.25
15:45 Goodwood	SEXTONS HOUSE	WHILL	5.50
	Friday's Winners
19:15 Chester	ANOTHER MAGIC MAN	WHILL	13.00

In my early days in betting I use to get frustrated with losing bets and losing days. But as I've become more accomplished and disciplined in my betting I've learnt that losing days are just something you've got to accept. It's all about the long-term view and as long as you've got a sound method of selections (as the results of this system have shown) you will be profitable in the long-term but there's always the possibility of losing days, losing weeks and maybe even a rare losing month. If you can't get your head around that logic then betting may not be for you.

It's England v Germany in the last 16!

Some enjoyable World Cup football today, I say enjoyable but it was more like pure tension watching the England game. We did manage to come through the game and win 1-0 although with the chances we had it could have been a lot more but thankfully we held out for the win. We will meet the Germans in the last 16 on Sunday afternoon. It as all the hallmarks of being a cracking game, can't wait.

Elsewhere back with system selections and a profit for the day of £9.26. There was actually 21 selections but only 2 winners today, but when the winners are priced at 12/1 and 9/1 it makes all the difference.

15:15 Salisbury	MAHADEE	LAD	13.00
21:20 Kempton	SHAMIR	CORAL	10.00

Bank reaches a new high point as a result and stakes go upto £4.66 for tommorrow.

Monday and Tuesday Update

System selections for Monday saw a small loss of just under £9 which equates to about two staking points. However today (Tuesday) saw another very good day with a profit of £25.14 for the day to £4.57 stakes per bet. Two of the three winners today came at Newton Abbot including 12/1 shot Blacktoft.

	Mondays' Winners
15:30 Wolves	ADMIN	VC	11.00
16:45 Lingfield	JUTLAND	LAD	4.50

	Tuesday's Winners
18:20 Newbury	GHUFA	LAD	6.00
19:35 Newton Abbot	BLACKTOFT	WHILL	13.00
20:40 Newton Abbot	WILLIAM BUTLER	BFRED	5.50

This takes the overall profit from backing these system selections beyond £150 and since I've reached a new bank high point stakes are re-calculated and one point is now £4.63.