matthew stevens-inside info on zatopek!

John Sweet

are you still promoting the martingale system?

When i 1st heard about you in the 90's and discovered you were advising people along the martingale system
as a strategy to punt i knew there and then.......

as for mathew,

his promotional emails make me vomit
his grasp of level stakes betting make me vomit more
his wording and pretence of "information" is gut wrenching, it appears to be "inner circle " stuf when clearly sometimes ITS NOT

does he provide a VALUABLE service to those that dont have time to study YES 100%
would i pay for his service YES 100%
do i care wheter he punts or not , well not really most punters/gamblers change strategy according to whether they winning or losing so if he maintains his criteria then at least he is consistennt in hsi approach
do i think he will return a level stakes profit , this is the tricky one,m you see unlike "conventional" tipsters, he tips HUGE exotics. So he could fluke (no disrepect meant here) a pick 6 that takes him into profit.
Could any punter invest in all his selctions on a daily basis NO WAY, his spend is too great.
Would i DEFINATELY pay for his/anyones service if they only selceted/tipped < 5 horses per month FOR SURE

I have NEVER promoted the Martingale system. In fact all my teachings are the opposite

ok john

Must be getting old, of course it was Fairview where we won the quartets

getting old is a great get out clause for many, another fantastic get out clause is " i was touched by a priest"

Easy,just like "level stake betting" is the get out clause for the numerically challenged!

rob faux Wrote:

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> Easy,just like "level stake betting" is the get
> out clause for the numerically challenged!


@ rob, i agree but as a measure for tipsters is serves its purpose

Also , most punting strategies will fail if the selections fail to reach a level stakes profit or as near to level as possible.

easy Wrote:

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> getting old is a great get out clause for many,
> another fantastic get out clause is " i was
> touched by a priest"


And lately we have heard of alzeg alse err...alzheimer!

What an hilarious thread, in all fairness to everyone, it is all about freedom of choice.
I have subscribed to The Whisperer in the past, probably around 5 or 6 years ago.

Obviously Matthew promotes his winners and keeps quiet about the also rans, that is a way of life for every punter, not only Tipsters.

There is no doubt in my mind that Matthew is a great Form Studier and puts in hours and hours of work on that.

However if punters want to use his service, my advice would be, to be selective, if one plays every Exotic every day taking the full unit, one will be very soon out of business, but the amount of Winners that he tips, if one is selective, then one can certainly win on most days.

It sounds a bit sensationalistic with all " The Bet of the Year" stuff, but he has to advertise his own product and that is a decent Marketting strategy, no one is FORCED to subscribe and everyone is free to totally ignore his pleas for Membership, but no one should be having a go at him for running his own business.

Freedom of choice allows us as adults to make our own choices, take it or leave it.

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