scampi

Thanks feedingtheego. I notice you don't post on Betfair forum anymore (like a lot of other former posters) is everyone here instead? I don't really bother with Betfair forum myself anymore (it's mainly used for ramping instead of serious disscussion).

Please ignore the thread title- it was a mickey take of the Rose Express thread on Betfair (it was the early hours of Saturday morning after a quite a few drinks)- but the contents were my genuine thoughts.

Regarding above 3 choices. Think Brian is the most likely winner at this stage but think 2.2 is too short for half way through the competition- we don't know if he's the 'chosen one' yet and can they manufacture a 'journey' for him? Personally put him around the 2/1 mark.

I think the only ones that can make a challenge, if Brian isn't the 'chosen one', for the title with a 'journey' are Carole and Chanelle. Carole for the reasons stated in the 1st post.

Chanelle I find the interesting one. She's apparently had sex with Ziggy (bookies paid out) and performed a sexual act on Ziggy but these didn't make it to the highlights show as they normally would- so the producers do seem to be protecting her for some reason (could she be the 'chosen one'?). A lot of posters seem to put her in the same category as Nikki from last year- I just don't see it myself. From what I've watched on the highlights show (probably 90% of votes based on) she's just seems your typical 19 year old girl, who's fallen for someone who's subsequently dumped her and is going through the emotions of what any 19 year old would probably go through and being wound up by the presence of the 'other woman' (Charley). I do have a great deal of sympathy for her. I do find her a sweet and genuine girl. Because of this I've also backed Chanelle for top female and in the winners market.

So to state my positions. Winners market- Brian, Liam (small green), Chanelle (Medium Green), Carole (large Green), rest (Red). Female Market- Chanelle (large green), Carole & Charley (medium green), rest red.