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• Bet On Bulgaria Scoring Against a Defensive Pairing of Upson and Dawson
• By JP Shaw 02/9/2010 8:57 AM GMT
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• Sky Sports News is now in High Definition. Whatever for? If there's one show that could do without extra defining it's SSN. What's next? Prime Minister's Questions in HD? Were there any people ... More »
• Bet Against Wayne Rooney Becoming the Gary Birtles of His Generation
• By JP Shaw 26/8/2010 11:26 AM GMT
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• Just when it's raining everywhere else Wayne Rooney is enduring a goal drought. I refused to believe the men from the Met when they promised us a barbecue summer. I don't even have a barbecue. And ... More »
• Betting on Three Amigos Roberto to Be Axed May Prove a Profitable Wager
• By JP Shaw 19/8/2010 12:47 PM GMT
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• It's officially a bad time to be named Roberto, though if there was ever a good time I never knew about it. Bookies Hills offer just 9-1 that all three Robertos in the Premier League will be out of ... More »
• Bet on Man United Winning This Season's Premier League Two-Horse Race
• By JP Shaw 05/8/2010 12:33 PM GMT
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• West Ham joint-owner David Sullivan says everyone's for sale bar Scott Parker - I go 10-11 that Parker is first out of the door. Parker burst to prominence as a kid in the early 1990s by performing ... More »
• West Ham Go Old-School With Beckham While United's Old-Boy Network Creaks
• By JP Shaw 29/7/2010 10:27 AM GMT
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• In age-old tradition the Hammers this week added David Beckham to their list of unattainable transfer targets. West Ham's owners - David Sullivan and David Gold - are using that old trick of ... More »
• Chris Hughton's Financial Constraints Make Him the Sack Race Favourite
• By Jason Mellor 27/7/2010 4:56 AM GMT
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• At first glance, Roberto Mancini and Chris Hughton would appear to have little in common. One has a transfer budget in the hundreds of millions at the world's richest football club as he plots the ... More »
• Even as a Free Transfer, Joe Cole's Asking Price Was Beyond Chelsea
• By JP Shaw 22/7/2010 12:42 PM GMT
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• There's something rather odd about Joe Cole's move to Liverpool. Putting aside that the England reserve is snubbing the Champions League for the lure of the Europa, uprooting from his London home ... More »
• Bet on Cesc Fabregas Staying With Arsenal for at Least Another Year
• By JP Shaw 18/7/2010 8:38 AM GMT
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• The World Cup is no more. It was pretty much a damp squib of an affair for the most part with that damp squid thingy, Paul the Octopus, emerging with more credit than the competition itself. ... More »
• Bet on Any of Germany, Spain or Klose Scoring to Profit This Weekend
• By JP Shaw 09/7/2010 7:30 AM GMT
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• And so the greatest show on earth reaches its finale on Sunday as the Netherlands take on Spain in the 2010 World Cup final. The stakes for the coaches, players and fans at the semi-finals were high, ... More »
• Bet On England to Reverse the Recent Trend and Beat Germany on Sunday
• By JP Shaw 24/6/2010 11:02 AM GMT
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• World Cup fever is beginning to kick in after England stuttered towards a last 16 clash with familiar foe Germany. A win for the Three Lions would result in street parties all over England. A German ... More »
• Bet on Wayne Rooney to Be England's Man of the Match Against Algeria
• By JP Shaw 17/6/2010 12:31 PM GMT
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• One positive to come out of Sunday evening's over reaction to a disappointing draw against the USA is the flak Fabio Capello is copping from all quarters. For too long the Don has been basking in ... More »
• Bet On Spain or Brazil to Win but South Africa Are Longshots Worth a Look
• By JP Shaw 10/6/2010 8:11 AM GMT
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• As World Cup fever builds, the patriotic people of England have started to paint their faces red and white, fly St George's flags and stock their fridges with alcohol. The Domestic Abuse helpline has ...
• Bet on Steven Gerrard Following Rafael Benitez to Pastures New
• By JP Shaw 03/6/2010 6:59 AM GMT
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• It has emerged Liverpool are in talks to negotiate a severance package with Rafael Benitez and his advisers after the Spanish manager has been closely linked with a role as the next "Go Compare" ... More »
• Bet on Robert Green to Secure Starting Place for Clash Against United States
• By JP Shaw 27/5/2010 9:00 AM GMT
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• What did Fabio Capello learn after England's friendly against Mexico? Several players enhanced their reputations but only those sitting the match out. Leighton Baines certainly looked to have ... More »
• Setting Aside the Issue of Prostitution, It's Mourinho Go Go Go in the Big Final
• By JP Shaw 20/5/2010 10:37 AM GMT
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• This season has exceeded even Jose Mourinho's wildest expectations. The Special One will have wanted to prove a point to his former club Chelsea. Unfortunately for Jose, party pooper Carlo Ancelotti ... More »
• Bet on Chelsea Securing league and Cup Double in Ancelotti's First Season
• By JP Shaw 13/5/2010 9:01 AM GMT
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• It's safe to assume that Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea's unassuming manager, is likely to win the League and Cup double in his first season. The Blues are finally stepping out of the shadow cast by ... More »
• Bet Against Teams With Nothing to Play for on the Last Day of the Season
• By JP Shaw 06/5/2010 8:11 AM GMT
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• Manchester City fans were left wondering where do we go from here after the disappointment and (financial) disaster of failing to qualify for the qualifying stages of the Champions League. Meanwhile, ... More »
• Bet on Tottenham Hotspur to Emerge Victorious in Scrap for Fourth Place
• By JP Shaw 04/5/2010 11:20 AM GMT
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• Now that we're at the fag end of the season with the dust beginning to settle on the 2009-10 Premier League campaign and the Arsenal trophy room, it's time to reflect on what went wrong where. Hull ... More »
• Liverpool's Alberto Aquilani Heads List of Season's Biggest Transfer Busts
• By JP Shaw 29/4/2010 8:51 AM GMT
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• We've got to that stage of the season where lists are being compiled as to the best and worst signings of the campaign. As I'm not the sort of person who hands out compliments willy-nilly I've decided ... More »
• Bet On Manchester United to Steal March on Chelsea in Chase for League Title
• By JP Shaw 27/4/2010 10:15 AM GMT
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• After nine months of frantic action, the 2009-10 Premier League season, just like one of Sting's tantric sex sessions with his missus, is coming to the point of climax. Imagine how long he'd keep it ... More »
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