Of course, it is far too early to tell what is going to happen this year in the English leagues, but there have been some useful indicators. The three leagues below the Premier League have started off as they promised – incredibly tight and difficult to predict. However, already we have seen a few things [...]
Debt. It’s been a theme across the world over the past three years, is it about to be the major influence in the 2010/11 season. The News of the World published the first major mainstream back page report of the season on a battle that has been bubbling away under the surface for a number [...]
The Premier League aside – and we still have midweek games to go this week in the English Premier League – we had a very profitable weekend with some very generous odds. I hope you all got a decent price on Leicester City beating Sheffield Wednesday at home. We advised 4/5, but I know that the slightly more generous 10/11 was still available on Betfair only two hours before kick-off. Leicester’s 3-0 victory highlighted what is now happening in the Championship: the form lines are starting to work themselves out, which is good for those able to pick through the clues to find winners.
This week’s Newsletter congratulates Portmsouth’s Aruna Dindane on his terrific hat-trick against Wigan on Saturday, and reminds regular readers of how we predicted it a couple of weeks ago. Also, we muse on how the advice that is not given can be just as important as the advice that IS given. And a timely reminder that those that follow the bookies prices are asking for trouble because they are following a large bunch of losers…
As is always the case in the Championship, much of the significant transfer moves revolve around the clubs relegated from the Premiership. There could be quite a battle at the bottom, although it is difficult to see Blackpool remaining a Championship club, despite the tenacious spirit of new boss Ian Holloway….
