{"updated":"2026-10-16T18:08:41.918Z","posts":[{"slug":"how-i-analyse-a-football-match","url":"/news/how-i-analyse-a-football-match.html","title":"How I analyse a football match before I put a bet on it","description":"Theo Sinclair walks through his full football betting process: form, opposition strength, home and away splits, team news, goals, xG, tactics, the price - and knowing when there is no bet at all.","emailBlurb":"Roughly what happens before every tip I send: form, team news, the price, and knowing when there's no bet at all.","category":"analysis","categories":["analysis","stats-and-xg","value-betting","betting-psychology"],"published":"2026-09-05"},{"slug":"messi-retires-argentina","url":"/news/messi-retires-argentina.html","title":"Lionel Messi has retired - and I think football just lost a little bit of magic","description":"Theo Sinclair on Lionel Messi retiring from international football at 39: 207 caps, 125 goals, eight Ballon d'Ors, and the feeling that statistics were never the point.","emailBlurb":"Not a betting piece. Me trying to explain why I leaned forward every time one footballer got the ball. There's ELO in it. Obviously.","category":"comment","categories":["comment","international"],"published":"2026-08-31"},{"slug":"finally-writing-the-blog","url":"/news/finally-writing-the-blog.html","title":"So, I'm finally writing the bloody blog","description":"Theo Sinclair introduces the Daily Football Tips blog: why the tips are free, why he doesn't recommend bookmakers, and what he actually wants to write about football betting.","emailBlurb":"Why the tips are free, why I don't recommend bookmakers, and what I actually want to write about.","category":"comment","categories":["comment","tipster-diaries","value-betting","betting-psychology","bristol-city"],"published":"2026-08-30"}]}