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Premier League Darts Betting: Week Five

Jaymes Monte believes he has found a bet to take advantage of a recurring chink in Phil Taylor’s armour… “Phil Taylor maintains a 100% record whilst Mervyn King has just one blot on his copybook after he came unstuck against an on fire ‘Rocket’ in week three. He has since returned to winning ways with a good victory over Terry Jenkins and now meets his old foe head on in a battle for top spot.” Although I doubt that the outcome of tonight’s game will have much effect on whether or not either player makes it to finals day, there’s genuine reason to get excited about this match-up between the league’s top two players. That is because it is the first game of this year’s Premier League in which both players have legitimate claims of being near top form ahead of the meeting. Phil Taylor maintains a 100% record in the league whilst Mervyn King has just one blot on his copybook after he came unstuck against an on-fire ‘Rocket’ in week three. He has since returned to winning ways with a good victory over Terry Jenkins last week and now meets his old foe head on in a battle for top spot

Mar 11, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: Why Arsenal can win the title

They may have been written off several times this season but Arsenal are now two points off the Premier League summit with an easier run-in than their title rivals. Andrew Atherley discusses the Gunners’ chances. “On form, Arsenal have an excellent chance and probably should be shorter than their current 3.8 in the Premier League Winner 2009/10 market.” Arsenal can win the Premier League and here’s why: most of their tough games are behind them and they now have the easiest run-in of the three title contenders

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Ben’s Banter: Burton Albion’s Russell Penn

After a frustrating afternoon at the Recreation Ground , Aldershot right-back Ben Herd chatted to Burton’s Russell Penn about a successful first season in League Two. “We have achieved safety with 12 games to go so we are now playing without pressure which is allowing us to express ourselves.” After a couple of decent results we lost 0-2 at home to Burton Albion, who have now done the league double over us, having beaten us 6-1 back in December.

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Football Betting: Rooney risks burnout

Sir Alex has seen and conquered all at Manchester United so can he cure Wayne Rooney’s workaholism? Frank Gregan reports

Mar 10, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Premier League Betting: The difficulty of keeping something in reserve

With Chelsea’s Hilario currently looking like a stranger to the goalkeeping position, Dan ‘The Betting Man’ Fitch looks at the difficulty of keeping a decent reserve keeper interested. Arsene Wenger doesn’t just have the problem of finding a reliable reserve keeper, as Manuel Almunia is equally rubbish. He’s now back in the Arsenal team that can be backed at 1.71 to beat Porto. Back in the day, a substitute bench was actually a bench with a substitute on it, rather than collection of heated car seats filled by several unmotivated millionaires.

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Betting: England’s full-back woes deepen after Brown injury

Manchester United defender joins Cole on the treatment table as Capello is forced to consider full-back options. “Capello will be paying close attention when Owen Hargreaves makes his return for Manchester United’s reserves on Thursday night.” England’s defensive problems have deepened after it was revealed that Wes Brown will be out for at least six weeks with a metatarsal injury. The Manchester United defender, who played right-back for England in last week’s win over Egypt, was expected to be selected as cover for Glenn Johnson. With the Liverpool player still working his way back to full fitness and Ashley Cole out with a broken ankle, Fabio Capello may need to find alternatives for both full-back positions. All three could yet be fit to play in South Africa but, as the Premier League season enters its final stages, the Italian will be concerned at the frequency with which England players are picking up injuries . After Brown and Johnson, Manchester City’s Micah Richards and United’s Gary Neville would be the obvious options but Capello doesn’t seem to fancy Richards and Neville’s domestic appearances this season have been sporadic and erratic. Instead, he will be paying attention when Owen Hargreaves makes his return for United’s reserves on Thursday night

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Indian Premier League Betting: Mumbai have eyes on prize

The third IPL season begins on Friday and it is another poser for punters as the world’s best do battle. Thankfully, Ed Hawkins is on hand to point you in the direction of the value “Picking an IPL winner is darn hard. Rajasthan produced the turn ups of turn ups in the inaugural season. Deccan, who finished bottom that year with only two wins, were transformed into champs 12 months later.” The Indian Premier League has sparked debate in world cricket like nothing before

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Monte’s Multiple: Kolkata’s year to shine

After a big-priced treble came agonisingly close last week, Jaymes Monte hopes to go one better with this week’s trio of selections… Back Kolkata to beat Deccan @ 2.4 Back Birmingham to beat Portsmouth @ 3.1 Back van Barneveld to beat Jenkins @ 2.2 Treble pays @ 16.3 Bet 1: Cricket – IPL, Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders The Indian Premier League has returned to its spiritual home for its third year and in doing so it promises to be another huge spectacle. On Friday, once all the fireworks and PR gurus have had their moment, last year’s champions, Deccan Chargers , will kick off proceedings against the IPL’s biggest under-achievers, the Kolkata Knight Riders . Kolkata have never made it past the group stages of this event despite having one of the most explosive teams on paper

Mar 09, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

World Cup Team Profiles: Group F: Slovakia

Slovakia can’t wait to get going in South Africa, and judging by the way they qualified, they could stick around for a little longer than people expect… Their price of [ 370.0 ] to win it is somewhat understandable, however their price of [ 2.36 ] to qualify from Group F, third favourites behind Italy ([ 1.11 ])and Paraguay ([ 1.62 ]), seems like a worthwhile bet. This is because the Slovaks reached South Africa ahead of some experienced competitors, and with a few players making waves across Europe’s premier leagues, they should give the Paraguayans, and even Italy perhaps, a run for their money this summer. Nation: Slovakia Also known as… ‘Repre’ Route to South Africa… They were given little hope after being drawn in a group with Slovenia and Poland, yet a tremendous 1-0 win in Chorzow (Poland), in the final group game saw them pip neighbouring Slovenia to top spot. It was the Slovenians who gave them the most trouble in qualifying, beating them home and away, however, in the end it mattered not one jot to a nation still in dreamland. World Cup Pedigree… Absolutely none. Slovakia have never played in a major international competition, although as part of Czechoslovakia they qualified for the World Cup eight times and reached the final twice, losing both to Italy and Brazil respectively

Mar 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Champions League Betting: Arsenal v Porto

Tobias Gourlay is happy to stick with Porto ahead of their second leg with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Recommended Bet: Back Porto +0.5 on the Asian Handicap at 2.4 v Arsenal Two weeks ago, a couple of mistakes by Arsenal’s reserve goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianski , helped Porto to a 2-1 win in Portugal. The result has helped bring the Portuguese champions’ To Qualify price in from 3.0 at the kick-off of that match to 2.26 ahead of the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday evening. Backing Porto To Qualify at 3.0 was suggested in these parts and you can now lay them off for guaranteed profit if you feel this is as good as it gets for Jesualdo Ferreira’s team. Need you be so cautious though? Historical precedents for this match have been investigated elsewhere on the website and suggest the value still lies with Porto

Mar 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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