CHAMPIONS Manchester United have been shortened from 6/4 to 11/8 favourites to win the Premier League title with local bookmakers following their 1-0 win over Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on Monday night.
Their next league game sees them take on Chelsea who are priced at 2/1 second favourites after they threw away two vital points at Fulham. Leaders Liverpool are available at 5/2, even though only once in Premiership history has the team leading going in the New Year failed to go on and win the league.
Struggling Arsenal are 25/1 shots and the loss of Cesc Fabregas is a massive blow for the wobbly Gunners, while Aston Villa are live 50/1 contenders after another late win at Hull.
A Diamond for Cheltenham
Already got myself a Cheltenham banker and we’re only in December.
The very impressive Diamond Harry has been cut for the Ballymore Properties Novice Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after his bloodless victory in Monday's Challow Hurdle at Newbury.
Most local bookmakers slashed their price from 6/1 to 4/1 about the Nick Williams-trained horse after his eased-down six-length win.
Diamond Harry has now appeared on the racecourse FIVE times and has won the lot of them – the word special springs to mind.
82 comments:
happy new year everyone
Raffo
Ted Walsh has a runner in the last race at Wolverhampton tonight.
It's called COLLINGWOOD and it seems to have a very good chance and any market support for it would be significant.
Liam
Might double Collingwood up with SIR LIAM in the 8.20 at Wolves!!
;-)
Sir Liam
what a quad last night
cliftonville to draw away to bangor
dungannon to draw with glenavon(90th minute goal)
crues
linfield
£723.12 off it,good start to the year
Fred The Red
great bet
must say i fancied them 2 games for draws myself
Raffo
Why is it everytime i read these pages,people are picking up dosh.
Yet when i follow the tips,i get chinned?Is there anyone with any good tips out there?
johnnyboy
JohhnyBoy,we forgot to tell you about the ones that were beat also
JOHN 3:16
no man is an island
Looks like Jermain Defoe is a Spurs player again. He's having his medical today and should complete the move after that.
I must say I'm not the biggest Defoe fan and I was glad to see him go when he did but I didn't know that we would lose Keane AND Berbatov then!! But Defoe seemed to improve a bit at Pompey and if he can bring that form back to WHL then I'll be happy.
Bet's for tonights game.....
FRAZIER CAMPBELL to score first goal 7/2
JAMIE O'HARA to score at anytime 4/1
Liam
Spurs minus a goal 5/4 with Sean graham looks a great bet tonight - Modric to score first 8/1
spurs signing their own reject back...sad time for the minnows tottenham.
i must admit defoe is a scumbag.Portsmouth saved him from his spurs nightmare and what way does he repay them!
mackers
Ghanian midfielder Stephen Appiah is also training with Spurs and he looks set to sign a deal until the end of this season at least.
Stewart Downing is still our next main target and I think the deal will be done but I expect this one to roll on right until the very latter stages of the transfer window. We should also sign a centre back, possibly Matthew Upson, and a right back, possibly Glen Johnson.
Liam
Got a strong word about TERMINATE in the 3.50 at Kempton today. Dansilver is the paper fav in the race but it was 2nd to an Ian Williams (trainer of Terminate) trained horse last time out and Williams should know what it takes to beat him again today and he obviously fancies Terminate to do so.
Terminate is actually 5/2 fav now from 3/1 so the money is down. Dansilver is 11/4 from 3/1. Get on Terminate before it shortens up!!!
Liam
Glenn Johnston Liam,the word is that liverpool are in for him so if he has a choice he will only go to one team and its not spurs.as for Stephen Appiah training at spurs??? did he pack the market stall in at nutts corner? stephen who?
mackers
Gerard,
Modric for first goal is a decent bet seeing as he has been amongst the goals of late. I have opted for Frazier Campbell but it's still not certain that Redknapp will play 2 up front and if he only plays with one striker it looks certain that it will be Pavlyuchenko.
I think Spurs -1 at 5/4 and Man Utd at 4/9 would be stealing money from the bookies and looks a nice double.
Liam
Terminate & moon crystal double for me
Liverpool can sign Glen Johnston all they want but it's Glen Johnson from Portsmouth that Spurs want!!
Also, Stephen Appiah is the ex-Juventus player who was wanted by Wenger and Alex Ferguson a couple of seasons ago. You probably haven't heard of him cuz you know FA about football!! :-)
Liam
My London bookie Tony the Tap has told me that Hills have taken five figure sums on Scolari to be next manager to go was 66/1 at the weekend now 8/1 - money talks?
Gerard,
Wouldn't surprise me if Scolari was next to go, although Mark Hughes has to be close behind him!! I told a mate in work that they are 2 managers that will definitely not be at their clubs at the start of next season but it could even be earlier than that.
Chelsea play Man U on Saturday too so maybe people are getting on Scolari to be sacked in the hope that Man U beat them and pile on the pressure!!
Liam
Spurs to get relegated and the club to go the same way wimbledon went!
my new years wish(it is possible,thats how bad they are)they are sitting on 20 points with the other two giants of european football boro and stoke!
micky ginge
found your blog eventually.
when you log onto the belfast media website your blog photo takes you into a different blog.
smickers
Smickers get our IT guy to check it out!
done Pavlyuchenko for last goalscorer last night. Saying as Spurs' 4th goal was an O.G. does the O.G's don't count rule still apply for last goalscorer as it does for 1st..??
Barstool
does indeed mate
Smickers, now fixed!
Im sure we all missed out on the first goalscorer last night but I hope you were on my tip of Jamie O'Hara to score at anytime @ 4/1. I had £5 on Campbell to score first, £5 on O'Hara to score at anytime and a £5 double.
Spurs were poor in the first half but after a rollocking from 'Arry they pulled their fingers out and the gulf between the two clubs was shown in the 2nd half.
Wembley here we come.....AGAIN!!!
Liam
ah lads blackpool let me down a bagful at the weekend..an had talked about doin hartlepool but never got to bookies in time...stupid early kick off...
Hoppy
ah lads blackpool let me down a bagful at the weekend..an had talked about doin hartlepool but never got to bookies in time...stupid early kick off...
Hoppy
Love mickey ginges anti spurs rant.Im assuming hes got ginger hair and isnt scundered bout it.
well, iv news for you mick.Where spurs finish in the league is the least of your worries mate. sort your barnet out first. My mates got ginger hair, god love him, and hes a celtic man (double whammy) and he tried to argue aidey mc geady is a better player than Ronaldo. As the saying goes ginge, better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and prove it
johnnyboy
River Kirov
Joe Jo Star
Cape Express
Aeroplane
4 x £5 trebles
1 x £5 e/w quad
Easy money................if only
John
Todays horse NAP......
STAND GUARD 8/1 - 4.20 at Wolverhampton
Liam
JOHNNY BOY-GINGE AND PROUD!!!
AND THE CHICKS LOVE IT--BETTER TO BE GINGE THAN UGLY LIKE YOU MY FRIEND
Micky Ginge
Arsenal look set to step up their bid to land Andrei Arshavin after Zenit St Petersburg coach Dick Advocaat admitted he was resigned to losing the Russian playmaker.
The 27-year-old has been a target for a number of Europe's top clubs since his excellent displays at Euro 2008, and has long been on the radar of Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.
However, a stumbling block may well be over the reported £20million fee and excessive wages package Arshavin currently commands.
your right mickey ginge, i am ugly.
i am also fat, havent had a girl in
10 years, havent worked in 5 years,
wear sizzlers, have chronic acne and wear flares that Alvin Stardust wouldnt be seen dead in. But iv one thing going for me. I havent got ginger hair
johnnyboy
u may be Johnny,but u r ugly u must agree johnnyboy!
mackers
ok lads lets get on with the sport and forget about ginge and johnnyboy.
they must have got 2 new dummies from santa
Raffo
Time for our first horse tip for the New Year..
All-weather racing suits bookmakers with horses taking it in turn to beat each other - flapper meeting my old granda use to call them..
Hopefully BONUS 11/4 can lift us today - favourite Aeroplane won with ease at Wolverhampton last time but BONUS chased home Duff in a listed event last time out
Gerard,
Bonus has a big chance today and Gerard Butler's stable is in form. The thing that worries me is that he's conceding 9 lbs to Aeroplane who is no mug.
If I was having a bet on this race, which I'm not, I'd be backing Aeroplane but I would also do the reverse forecast with Bonus.
Liam
Liam,if your granny had $%^&&$ and you know how the rest goes
Zenit St Petersberg are mad if they think any team is going to pay over £15m for Arshavin. They tried to hold Spurs to Ransom last summer by demanding £24m for a player who could turn out to be a flop in the Premiership.
If I was Wenger I would tread very carefully with this transfer!!
Liam
TEVEZ ON HIS WAY TO REAL MADRID.
A bad step down from the european champions to madrid
SAMMMY MAC
How is it a step down? The club he plays for have left him in limbo over a contract for months now so he has decided to cut his loses and move on. United didn't want to stump up the £30m fee because they wasted most of their loot last summer on sulk-a-tov. Tevez is being messed about by both Man Utd and his owner!!
Liam
How is it a step down
4 reasons
1.world club champions
2.european champions
3.premiership champions
4.charity shield winners
r .moses
Wish I'd have done that bet in the 3.55!!!
Aeroplane won at 2/1 fav and in beating Bonus (9/4) the forecast paid just over £7.
I'm waiting on Stand Guard in the 4.20 at Wolverhampton for £180. I got him at 8/1 this morning.
Liam
And here's oone very good reason why it's not a bad move.....
1. THEY WON'T GIVE HIM A CONTRACT!!
Open your eyes plastic Man Ure fans!!
Liam
Stand Guard 2nd at 11/2!!
Back to the drawing board!!
Liam
open your eyes all the big nosed spurs fans---you are joint 3rd from bottom of the league but you still try and slag off the best team in the world and europe and their transfer policies when you jew boys paid 7 million more for a second rate striker in defoe than you sold him for last year.Lets put it this way,if defoe was that a good a striker one of the big boys would have made a move for him surely not a team level on points with stoke and in a relegation battle
waken up and smell the coffee Liam,Utd will no way pay Tevez (squad player just) £125,000 a week which is what the best player in europe is on at Utd.Now wonder why they will not offer him a contract yet?
Raffo
Here Here Raffo.
I think Liam is a A.B.U fan and jealous of Utds success
Mackers
well said i agree Raffo.I am a pool fan but utd should not be held to ransom by Tevez or his owners for that sort of money.
They are 100% correct not to be bullied into jumping to his demands
deedsy
lads im kinda new at all this bettin stuff..but i work with chris bairds sis, an she told me that he is going back to southampton on loan..i havent seen it anywhere, i was wondering if u cud get odds anywhere on it.?
confused.com
confused.com - you will have to contact paddy powers directly
they will give you odds
j.molby
Wrong again Raffo!! (As Usual)
Although the Defoe deal is worth £15m overall we actually only paid £3m for him. Pompey owed us £5m from their signing of Defoe, they owed us £1m from the Pedro Mendes deal and they owed us £2m from the Younes Kaboul deal. Plus, when Defoe signed for Pompey we insisited on a £4m sell on clause in his contract so that was knocked off his fee too.
Proved wrong AGAIN!!
Get you facts right before you start talking nonsense!!
Liam
Anyone follow my 4 selections yesterday? Ended up doing the trebles with a £10 Quad instead of £5e.w mentioned. Cha-ching
John
Well done Johnny boy, 4 bloody winners is good stuff!
One of my favs BRIDGEWATER BOYS is out today again @ Great Leighs!
Barstool
Ha Ha, Man Ure were dire last night.
I must say I was very impressed with Derby last night. Bar the first 10 - 15mins they controlled the game and fully deserved their win and should possibly have won by more.
Nani was absolutely useless last night. How many times does he have to beat a player before sending a cross in?? Scholes was crap, Anderson was crap, Ronaldo was crap, Rooney was crap. I still fully expect Man Ure to tank Derby at Old Trafford but I'm sure Bacon face will put out a much stronger squad then.
Liam
LIAM,ITS THE CARLING CUP,THATS WHY THEY MADE 10 CHANGES FROM THEIR LAST LEAGUE GAME.
UNLIKE SPURS THIS CUP IS NOT THE PRIORITY FOR THE WORLD AND EUROPEAN AND PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS.
UTD HAVE THEIR MIND SET ON MUCH BIGGER FISH UNLIKE SPURS AND THE DODGY DEALER REDKNAPP
RAFFO
Yeah, they don't care about the Carling Cup but that's why they made a double substitution and brought on their 2 best players to try and save the game!! Excuses, Excuses!!
Derby County, Ha Ha, Ha!!!
Liam
Did ronaldo and ferdinand come on Liam---their 2 best players?
i thought it was ronaldo and rooney.
Even red nose admits his first 2 names on the team sheet is rio and ronaldo.
Do you think it will me a major seccess for Spurs reaching the carling cup final again.It might get them intop the EUFA Cup when they get relagated hahahahaha
Champions league here we come
Raffo
I would have Rooney first on my team sheet!
EUFA Cup?? Is there a new competition out???
Liam
Get on CAPRIO in the 3.20 at Southwell. He's currently 9/2 but I think that price will shorten!!
He is well fancied to score today for an in-form stable who do very well around Southwell!!
Liam
ditto Liam, was just about to put up the exact same horse!
Barstool
Barstool
Apparently it's a good trek for this stable to get a horse to Southwell so when they do have a runner there you know it's not there to make up the numbers!!
Liam
Have to laugh at the hypocrisy of your man Raffo.He gives out bout me and micky ginge having a bit of banter then has a pop at Liam for voicing his honest ( and mostly correct may i add) opinion on the footie.Too many dogs round the rabbit and he still makes a better point. fair play to ya Liam. We'l have the last laugh at the payout counter in Paddy Powers. ha!
johnnyboy
Johnnyboy
This is a good blog and there are a few people who use it to talk about sport, betting etc. but the numpties such as Raffo, Micky Ginge, Mackers, and many others (and they may all be the one person) just come on to act hard behind their computers and have a pop at people whether their opinion is correct or not. If only they had jobs we could get them off this blog!!
Liam
BREAKING NEWS!!! WENGER GET'S ARSHAVIN.........
http://www.itsfootball.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wenger-arshavin-290x300.jpg
Liam
yawn....about 2 weeks old
It's actually over 6 months old!!
Liam
My double for today is....
HALAAK 13/8 - 1.50 Southwell
CAPRIO (Nap) 9/2 - 3.20 Southwell
Liam
Christiano Ronaldo has written off his Ferrari after crashing it into a barrier in Manchester. Police say he was uninjured in the accident.
I'm surprised he didn't jump out and roll around on the floor as if a sniper had pumped 2 bullets into him and then jump up imitating that a card should be shown!! ;-)
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/01/08/SOCCER_Ronaldo.html
Liam
Pictures of Ronnies' mangled Ferrari....
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2109674.ece
Apparently the police gave him a penalty for speeding and he said he would take it because the last time he got one in Moscow he bottled it!!
I think we'll get are money's worth of jokes out of this story!!
Liam
First one up in my double. Halaak sleuced up at 13/8 (got 2/1 with Grahams) by 3 1/4 lengths!!
Liam
TIP!!!
Just received a tip in the 4.25 at Great Leighs......
NICKY NUTJOB was 3/1 is now 5/2 and is expected to win!!!
I'm gonna see how my last goes in my double before backing him.
GET ON!!!
Liam
how would you get a 'tip' sitting behind a computer in castle st all day
E-Mail, Internet, text message, phone call, word of mouth.....
You're thicker than I thought!!
Liam
Last horse in my doble finished 2nd!! That's 2 days in a row now ffs!!
Liam
im glad cause you are a tool
paddy brown
Liam (or should that be lame)
You seem to have taken over.
You make as much sense as my granny with a mouthful of Werthers Originals.
Make your new years resolution to give us all a bit of peace.
Gerard - Sort him out!!!!!!!!
Today's horse NAP.....
RIDLEY DIDLEY 11/4 - 12.30 at Lingfield.
5f is his best trip and he should go very close today.
Liam
What's the cure for seconditis FFS??
Liam
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