We'd like to tell you a brief story.
After two relegations in a row Stockport County appointed former German international Didi Hamann as manager three months ago.
And it is already looking as though a third demotion from the Conference National is on the cards as County are level on points with Lincoln City who occupy the fourth relegation slot currently.
That is if the club don't go out of existence in the meantime.
And the decline is getting worse - Stockie have won only one of their last 14 games and the last five matches have yielded 16 goals against and just one point.
Now Mr Hamann is a bit of an operator.
He also doubles as Pro Punter at the Soccerbase site where he hands out tips to the unwitting, the bewildered, the gullible and the naive.
Just take his last 10 advices...
Werder Bremen to beat Dortmund - LOST
Doncaster to draw with Leeds - LOST
Portugal to beat Denmark - LOST
Belgium to beat Germany - LOST
Russia to beat Slovakia - WON
Spain to beat Czech Republic - WON
Charlton to beat Brentford - LOST
Scunthorpe to beat Oldham - LOST
Huddersfield to beat Bradford - LOST
Kaiserslautern to draw with Stuttgart - LOST
2/10!!!
If the befuddled had placed a hundred quid on each of the tips, they would now be 579 pounds down - a return on investment (ROI) of -72%.
And Hamann's expertise are supposed to be German and lower league English football - his performance here is 0 out of 8 and a highly impressive ROI of -100%
It takes some doing to be that shit unless you are being deliberately economic with the truth.
Perhaps if Mr Hamann concentrated on his proper job rather than on fleecing numpties, County might actually play some decent footie and stuff.
Worse still, Soccerbase are linked to the rogue Isle of Man company Sportmarket who encourage punters to deposit tens of thousands of pounds so that such bettors might take advantage of the option of placing up to 25 grand on matches with no winning accounts closed.
Unfortunately, once again only the pathologically altruistic would take advantage of such a scam as Sportmarket not only don't have an office but also don't provide a phone contact.
As we have mentioned previously, we emailed them asking them how we might speak with a representative.
We received no reply.
Crap manager.
Crooked punter.
Corrupt company.
Sack the bastard.
