This build up to the Carling Cup final has well and truly begun on this blog - excellent post from Red Ron - great stats!
On to Man Utd and you just can't fault them at the moment - they are the best in the world at the moment and in Rooney they have the PFA player of the year on their hands - just ahead of Vidic.
I sound like a Reds man after that but in saying that I expect Inter to give them a huge game next week - and as a blogger pointed out earlier in the week the 12 games against the Ferguson, Mourinho counts six wins, five draws and one loss. HUGE stat!
On to racing and I think DENMAN is too big at 5/1 for the Gold Cup even though trainer Paul Nicholl's doesn't think he will be on song in time for the big day! Stats are against Kauto Star regaining the Gold Cup - open race this year.
Thursday Night Quad
Man City (11/8)
Marseille (4/5)
Fiorentina (8/13)
Shaktar Donetsk (6/5)
Thursday Tip: 3.25 Huntingdon - Son Of Flicka
Danger/FC - King Ar Aghaidh
25 comments:
To be relegated
West Brom 1 - 3
Newcastle 3 - 1
Fulham 14 - 1
Stoke City 1 - 2
Blackburn 4 - 1
West Ham 22 - 1
Middlesbrough 11 - 8
Bolton 9 - 2
Wigan 33 - 1
Portsmouth 5 - 2
Sunderland 7 - 1
Man City 33 - 1
Hull City 11 - 4
Tottenham 8 - 1
Prices courtesy of SG
PFA Player of the Year
Nemanja Vidic (Man United) 11 - 10
F Torres (Liverpool) 20 - 1
N Anelka (Chelsea) 40 - 1
C Ronaldo (Man Utd) 4 - 1
F Lampard (Chelsea) 20 - 1
J Terry (Chelsea) 50 - 1
S Gerrard (Liverpool) 5 - 1
W Rooney (Man Utd) 25 - 1
R Van Persie (Arsenal) 50 - 1
R Giggs (Man Utd) 6 - 1
D Berbatov (Man Utd) 33 - 1
Robinho (Man City) 66 - 1
Van Der Sar (Man Utd) 10 - 1
R Ferdinand (Man Utd) 33 - 1
S Ireland (Man City) 100 - 1
A Young (Aston Villa) 18 - 1
G Barry (Aston Villa) 40 - 1
Top Goalscorer
Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) 2 - 1
Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 28 - 1
Djibril Cisse (Sunderland) 50 - 1
Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 9 - 4
Amr Zaki (Wigan) 28 - 1
Peter Crouch (Portsmouth) 66 - 1
Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 9 - 1
Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) 33 - 1
Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland) 66 - 1
Robinho (Man City) 10 - 1
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 33 - 1
Carlton Cole (West Ham) 66 - 1
Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) 16 - 1
Darren Bent (Tottenham) 33 - 1
Carlos Tevez (Man Utd) 80 - 1
Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd) 18 - 1
Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) 40 - 1
Robbie Keane (Liverpool) 100 - 1
Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) 20 - 1
Michael Owen (Newcastle) 50 - 1
Benni McCarthy (Blackburn) 100 - 1
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 28 - 1
Craig Bellamy (West Ham) 50 -1
to avoid relegation
Tottenham 1 - 25
Newcastle 1 - 5
Stoke City 6 - 4
Sunderland 1 - 20
Hull City 1 - 4
West Brom 2 - 1
Bolton 1 - 8
Portsmouth 2 - 7
Blackburn 1 - 7
Middlesbrough 8 - 15
SG again
very surprised at Rooney's price 25/1 - will have a piece of that!
Paddy Power have decided to pay out now on Man Utd winning a domestic treble (League, FA Cup & Carling Cup)
Story on www.sportinglife.com
Liam (the real one)
Ashley Young is way over priced at 18-1 for player of the year. i'll be having some of that.
McD
Thats a mad story Liam,typical of paddy powers
f.a cup is far from over...its anyones cup still.I agree the league is all but over and the carling final will be a lot harder that many expect especially with fergie playing a lot of kids
Red Ron
VIDIC NAILED ON FOR PLAYER OF SEASON
ROONEY---THE FAT MESS HAS DONE NOTHING THIS YEAR PUNTERSGUIDE
jOEY T
PR stunt! Million well spent..
Red Ron
I agree with what you said, but as we all know PP's will probably gain a lot more than they will lose here.
Liam (the real one)
From a neutral point of view and a keen soccer observer I think Wayne Rooney has been a class act this season and if you have in your fantasy footie team then you would be delighted as he is one of the top scorers for assists and goals
so to say he's done nothing this season is pure crap!
Toffee J
That press release from PP
19 FEBRUARY 2009. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
INTERVIEWS WITH PADDY POWER AVAILABLE
PADDY POWER PAYS OUT ON MAN UTD TREBLE
Paddy Power is paying out on Manchester United as winners of the Premier League, FA Cup and Carling Cup – the first time any bookie has paid out early on a team winning more than one trophy in a season.
With United’s goal impregnable in their last fourteen league games and Arsene Wenger’s admission that the champions are “untouchable” bookie Paddy Power is not only declaring the title race over but ALL domestic trophies for this season.
The bookie will pay out on all bets on Man Utd winning the three domestic trophies as well as any bets on the domestic doubles and the treble. United are already just 1/6 to retain their title, 2/5 for the Carling Cup, 7/4 for the FA Cup with Paddy Power looking at an early payout of over £1 million.
Paddy Power, head of communications for the bookie, said: “We know and punters know the race for trophies is all but over for another year so why wait for the formalities? If none of the opposition are able to even score a goal against United what chance have they got of actually beating them to silverware? We just hope someone can do us a favour and stop them in Europe.
“However, paying out on all three is a gamble. Football has a way of biting teams on the backside when they least expect it so we could yet end up with egg on our faces and not for the first time.”
Paddy Power are famous for being the first to call title races over, even paying out on Chelsea after just seven games of the 2005/06 season. But we haven’t always got it right, famously paying out on Arsenal in the 2002/2003 season only to have to pay out again when Manchester United pipped them to the title.
Paddy Power are also waiting on the outcome of this season’s relegation fight having paid out on Stoke, currently 2/1 ON for the drop, after their loss on the first day of the season.
Punters can still bet on United winning any of this season’s trophies with the domestic treble on offer at 11/4 but any future bets on the three trophies with Paddy Power will have to wait until the end of the season to see a return.
The Betting Story So Far…
Prem Lge
Current
Pre-Season
Man Utd
1/6
11/8
Liverpool
11/2
7/1
Chelsea
20/1
7/4
Aston Villa
33/1
200/1
Arsenal
100/1
5/1
FA Cup
Current
Pre-Season
Man Utd
7/4
4/1
Chelsea
11/4
9/2
Arsenal
4/1
6/1
Everton
5/1
16/1
West Ham
22/1
33/1
Carling Cup
Current
Pre-Season
Man Utd
2/5
6/1
Spurs
7/4
10/1
To keep things interesting Paddy Power are now betting on how many trophies United might win this season:
What will United win this season? (Prem Lge, Champs Lge, FA & Carling Cups Only)
1/6 Premier League
4/7 Prem & Carling Cup
2/1 Premier League & FA Cup
12/5 FA Cup & Carling Cup
11/4 Prem, FA Cup & Carling Cup
6/1 Prem & Champs Lge
15/2 Prem, Champs Lge & Carling Cup
10/1 FA Cup & Champs Lge
11/1 Prem, Champs Lge & FA Cup
13/1 Prem, Champs Lge, FA Cup, Carling Cup
How many trophies will United win this season? (Prem Lge, Champs Lge, FA & Carling Cups Only)
18/1 None
13/5 Exactly One
11/10 Exactly Two
11/4 Exactly Three
13/1 All Four
SHAKHTAR 6/5 against spurs tonight.
Could this be the steal of the year?
Spurs have brought 8 youth team players to the match
Petrot Chelly
Petrot Chelly
Unfortunately I have to agree with you. 5/4 in Ladbrokes looks a tasty price for a regular Champions League team at home to a weakened team that, in all honesty, don't want to be in the competition due to their League position.
Shakhtar look the banker of the midweek football!!
Liam(the real one)
JOHN 3:16
Who do you fancy John??
Number 16 in the 3rd race i think he fancies
Raffo
Shakhtar cut to 10/11
1/1 with us
SG
They are 5/6 with Ladbrokes.
They were 5/4 with PP yesterday but not sure what price they are with them now.
If you can get Evs with SG it's a great price!!
I'm on at 5/4 with Grahams from Monday - waiting on them for 800 £6 seven timer
Red Ted
good luck red ted
your home and dry
webber
Looking at the weekend football Chelsea look like a great bet (13/10) away to Villa.
Villa look like a team feeling the pinch having played so many games and Chelsea should be fired up for Guus Hiddink's first game in charge.
Fair play to ya Red Ted. I think your on a free one. Im not 100% on this, but didnt shaktar do up Barcelona?
johnnyboy
They beat Barca in their last CL match but Barca had already qualified. But before that Barca went to their place and only just managed to win 2-1 with a late injury time winner from Lionel Messi.
I'm in the money - 2-0 sweating like a champion though think i will have 100 on cliftonville tonight 6-4
Red Blooming Ted
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