2 ( lucky if ) to 6 now covered.

It's undoubtably a very good draw, which appears to give more than we might have expected a half decent chance ( I was going to say sniff !   ). But still overall tough for our guys, so I stick with my 3, but if it is more, great !!

paulisi wrote:

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You are all being very optimistic.
Is playing on grass against higher ranked players a leveller?

I think we will be lucky if we get two through.

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Yes, I think half a dozen of them have a decent chance but I'll be surprised if we get more than 2 or 3 through plus the odd narrow loss. I'd love the more optimistic predictors to be proved right though!  

Long time reader wrote:

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For what its worth Unibet seem to be the first bookies with odds up.

Ed, Liam, Lloyd and Marcus are all favourites, with Marcus being very short odds. Can't see odds for Jay but would imagine he will probably be favourite as well.

The playoff boys all decent underdogs, with Dan Cox given the best chance.

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Ladbrokes have odds for Jay and he is indeed the favourite. As they stand now (midnight here, 05.00 BST), the implied probabilities of reaching QR2 are:

75% Marcus
65% Jay
63% Ed
63% Liam
57% Lloyd
34% Dan
31% Neil
20% Alex
13% Ryan

=> E(no. into QR2) = 4.19

So even the odds imply those of us only expecting 2 or 3 to go through are overly pessimistic - again, I hope they're right about that!

I am guessing that you ask the question about streaming because you can't watch BBC streams unless you are in the UK and have a UK  IP address. I had a similar problem a few years ago. You need to use a VPN to conceal your location. It should be possible to downlaod a trial version without paying, but I can't recommend any specific products. If you have a spare half hour, I'm sure that some Googling will find a workable solution.