Moe, Brisbane might be an awesome team but they didn't deserve a start that large.

As to 'emotion', that is the last thing you should be using when you bet. Any gut feelings, emotions etc should be locked deep inside you.

A 'mechanical' system can still include things like motivation, injuries, weather etc. It can include everything it needs to. It should never include your emotions.

By emotion I assume you mean something like "team X has been playing very well, but I just think today they will get their asses kicked". Thoughts/views are useless unless you have an angle or data to back them up.

If you said something like "team X has been playing very well, but a few straight games on the road and a few key injuries will take it's toll. Against a full strength class side they will struggle" now that's acceptable :wink: That's using info to come up with your opinion, which means it is an informed opinion. Uninformed opinions just won't make money in sports. These include 'emotion' and gut feelings.