Carling Cup semi final, second leg Liverpool – Manchester City 2.80 – 2.80 Leading 1-0 from first leg, how will Liverpool go about this game? Surely they cannot be thinking about defending their slender league? Not at Anfield. We can forget about the recent poor Liverpool displays against Stoke and Bolton. Tomorrow the Liverpool players [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Norwich – Chelsea 6.31 – 1.62 Fantastic odds on the home win. Saying that I am not at all convinced that Norwich will be the winners and it is more correct to say that the away win is ridiculously underpriced. Norwich are at their best when they are hitting teams on the break [...]
Continue reading...Copa del Rey Real Madrid – Barcelona 2.71 – 2.75 I got burnt last time around. Quite cocky I suggested that Real would be too good for Barcelona. I am referring to the league game between these two giants played at the Bernabeu Stadium in October or was it November? After one minute of the [...]
Continue reading...FA Cup replay Wrexham – Brighton 2.98 – 2.56 Backing the home side. Wrexham, the Conference leaders, were good value for their 1-1 draw at Brighton. Absolutely deserved, according to unanimous reports. Brighton had changed their side in six positions while Wrexham started with their best side. The Brighton coach Poyet said after the game: [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Aston Villa – Everton 2.45 – 3.25 I am well aware of some poor home displays from Villa this season but I have to say that the odds on the home win exceed my expectations (The initial odds were 2.69). Villa are better than Everton, at least in my opinion, or maybe I [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Tottenham – W B A 1.43 – 8.50 Not only did WBA lose to a late Everton goal, they also suffered new injuries. The important Chris Brunt is new on their injury list, joining the influential duo J Olsson and Mulumbu. Shane Long is also unfit and he is considered a major injury [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Aston Villa – Swansea 1.91 – 5.05 Home win will be my call. I like to think that the Villa win against Chelsea was just the kind of tonic they needed to change their season for the better. One or two of us have expected much better from Villa, but maybe coach McLeish [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Liverpool – Newcastle 1.60 – 7.47 It was a bit embarrassing that Liverpool could not defeat Blackburn the other day. Or, I should be embarrassed expecting a very one sided affair. Maybe it was, but Liverpool just cannot kill of their opponents at Anfield this season. They are 3-6-0 in their home games. [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Chelsea – Fulham 1.33 – 12.26 I never thought that I would see P Ferreira playing in the Chelsea defence again, but he replaced the injured Ivanovic against Tottenham. J Terry and Bosingwa played in the middle with Ferreria on one of the flanks. Should D Luiz miss out I guess that we [...]
Continue reading...The Premiership Aston Villa – Arsenal 5.15 – 1.83 Without both Agbonlahor and D Bent Villa were no match for Liverpool at the weekend. The match was over as a contest after some fifteen minutes. It was the Villa defence that let their team down, twice. Agbonlahor will return from his suspension for this match [...]
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