Hello. Hello, it could barely be a more exciting week.

The lead up to the new EFL season.

And this podcast is the first NTT20 betting show of the season.

The title of this season's betting show, for me, George, anyway, is called

Searching for the Next Jake Cooper.

Because boy, did we finish the season on a high after some goal scoring delights and

some half-decent picks towards the back end of last season.

So hopefully hitting the ground running here.

Something a little different for this podcast is George the introduction drum roll please

of a new sponsor for this preview show and for the first few weeks of the season. Welcome

aboard Spreadex. Yeah, I've been a Spreadex punter for a few years now.

It offers both spread betting and a fixed odd service,

and they're going to be sponsoring us for the next three episodes.

So one today, which is kind of a pre-season episode,

with a look at the end at a couple of games this weekend.

And then next week and the week after, we'll be proper betting shows as of old,

looking through the weekend fixtures, giving fixed odds bets for the weekend.

But today we're going to be talking about spreads.

And I am a spread better.

I understand that people listening may not understand it.

I think even if you're not necessarily a gambler,

I think spread betting and the spreads that you get in the markets you get

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