Battle of the BMG

CHUCKERS WIPEOUTS and reigning champions DVLNI scraped through to the quarter-finals last week – and we do mean scraped!
What a week we have this week with the Andytown News printroom taking on our newsroom. It’s been a week of heckling in the building to say the least. I have tried to stay neutral but it’s been hard with massive side-bets being placed.
Kevin ‘The Charmer’ McCabe goes head-to-head with Squinter, the guy he sacked from the printers’ team last year. He has enrolled the help of his inky pals Kieran ‘Steepledowns’ Sloan, Conor ‘Dome of Delight’ Vernon, Dermy ‘Black Eyes’ Ó Tuama and brillant stats man Bo who is the new addition to this well-drilled betting team.
Charmer McCabe can’t wait until the weekend and has promised PG readers FOUR winners this weekend. “Squinter and his newshounds have more time on their hands than my hard-working squad, so that’s a worry, but we are seasoned punters and we can’t wait until Monday to rub their noses in it.”
Squinter sticks with a winning team – Ciarán ‘Bad News’ Barnes, Anthony ‘the Neekster’ Neeson and Conor ‘Tyrone Minus 3’ McLoughlin. “From what we can see in the canteen the printers gain all their insight and analysis from page 3 of the Daily Star,” says Squinter. “Meanwhile, we’ve been dissecting the stats and crunching the numbers – this quad won’t be beaten.”
BMG PRINTERS SELECTIONS: Wolves 5/4, Hearts 5/6, Man City (draw) 11/5, Coventry 1/1
QUAD ALMIGHTY  SELECTIONS: Reading 8/13, Oldham 6/4, Carlisle 5/6, Wigan 11/10.
The second challenge this week sees the Glenhill punters taking on SHORT-CERTS in what looks a very hard one to call.
Glenhill Punters are one of the favourites after delivering a devastating 23-1 winning quad in the qualifiers but word reached the Guide that Charlie Murray and the boys hadn’t a shekel on it – mind blowing!
The four shamfeul punters are Charlie ‘The Gunner’ Murray, Eamon ‘The Scouser’ Kyles, Seamy ‘Worst Golfer in Ireland’ Dobbin andKevin ‘Mackerel’ Toland who all failed to cash in last time but have a free Sean Graham £25 bet on their selections this time around.
Charlie told the PG: “We are the form team. I know their captain, Joe Campbell, and the last time he got a bet up Liam Brady was playing for the mighty Arsenal.”
They take on big Joe Campbell’s Short-Certs team who used to be a team to be reckoned with a few years back, but have failed to reach the quarter-final stage since the PG Cup started.
Joe includes big-time punters Sean Prenter, Big Doc and Gerard Toman in his team and they are ready to cause a few shocks this year.
The confident captain told the Guide that it will be a breeze at the weekend: “I know these Glenhill Punters very well and if they play football the way they punt then bring on the quarter-finals.”
GLENHILL PUNTERS SELECTIONS: Liverpool 5/4, Walsall 11/8, Scunthorpe 1/1, Brentford 4/6.
SHORT-CERTS SELECTIONS: Portsmouth 4/6, Wigan 11/10, West Ham 4/5, QPR (draw) 9/4
REST OF The SEAN GRAHAM PG last 16 draw
NO PG CUP NEXT WEEK (INTERNATIONALS)
Coyles Punters v Whitefort Punters
(18 October)
RVH Stores v Bru Crew (18 October)
(Team news by 3pm Monday, 13 October and predictions by Tuesday, 14 October – usual rules apply)
Bright Sparks v The Malones (25 October)
Dairy Farm v Stormont 4 (25 October)
(Team news by 3pm Monday, 20 October and predictions by Tuesday, 21 October – usual rules apply)