An excellent thread and don't disagree with anything anyone has said thus far. However, it is interesting to note the 'How to Win' debate always seems to gravitate toward the selection process.

A long term professional punter on another forum ranked the importance of the selection process third behind STAKING and PSYCHOLOGY.

Yet another wisened old pro signs off his posts with the reminder,

"An average handicapper with superior betting skills will outperform a superior handicapper with average betting skills."

Nevertheless I'm not expecting the topic of most posts to stray too far from selection methodology anytime soon.