Andy Holding had been recommended to me by another punters I started following his tips on oddschecker. Results were really poor so I quickly stopped, but noticed on the App Steve Ryder was boasting some impressive numbers, so I followed him instead.
I stuck it out for a fair while and go up the ghost after 250 bets with a ROI of -3.5%. I came to the conclusion that I wasn’t going to make a profit, even though Oddschecker were showing good returns. There appeared to be a reason for this. Oddschecker were posting these selections before 9am and taking the top price. If the tip one with a higher SP they settled the bet using Best Odds Guaranteed. But this is wrong because most bookies don’t off BOG before 9am, so you would only have got the original price.
The other problem was that there were occasions the prices displayed in Steve Ryders previews were just not available, even minutes after the posts were tipped. That’s not his fault, it’s oddschecker. This is a site that’s primary function is to check the best price, yet they were not doing this for their tipsters. So again if they bet won it was being settled at a higher price than what was available to me the punter. This would go someone to explain why Steve Ryder was boasting a decent profit yet I didn’t break even.
In Steve’s defence, and I spoke to him a few times, he was aware of these issues and was looking to address them. It’s also not his fault. But ultimately he’s another of the paid content creators who probably be far more selective if it wasn’t for the stipulations of his employers. If Steve Ryder ever had his own service I’d follow, but all the time he’s with oddschecker it’s not for me.
