Premiership,etc 23/24/25 August

wyndham

Stoke V Aston Villa @1.8 (Ladbrokes)

This is the stand-out/banker bet of the weekend for me. Villa put 4 past Man City last week, who are a better side than whipping boys Stoke. Stoke go into this game on the back of a 3-1 defeat away to Bolton, and Paddy Power have already paid out on them to be relegated, after just 1 game of the season. Talk about a confidence builder!

Thoughts?

All in all

Totally agree that this is one to get stuck into and have backed it myself. The 2 things that are negatives to the bet are Villa away and playing against a local team.

mike65

Indeed. Stoke v whoever should be in everyones mind this season.

Mike.

wyndham

Blackburn V Hull @ 8/13 (Ladbrokes)

Not quite as straightforward as the Villa game, given that Hull got a 2-1 win at home against Fulham last weekend. Blackburn were strong in their 3-2 defeat of Everton, going ahead, going behind and coming back to win it near the death, and, with that resilience and depth they are looking good for a top 8 finish this season IMO.
The gulf in class between Hull and other Premiership stalwarts will be very telling when they are away from home and lack the support of home crowd surroundings.

Mark Lawrenson agrees, so this is probably one to stay away from:;)

Blackburn v Hull City


I think Blackburn will win this and therefore have six points from two games, which will be a fantastic start for Paul Ince.

I reckon that Blackburn's win at Everton last Saturday was the result of the weekend.

Stories keep surfacing about the future of striker Roque Santa Cruz but Blackburn are looking to strengthen and not sell. A good start will do them no harm in terms of attracting players to the club.

Hull really kept at it last week at the KC Stadium and were rewarded with a victory over Fulham but playing away from home in the Premier League is very different.

redfan

doing a 20e accum arsenal -1 blackburn villa.
aint going to bother with man u . think they will draw ...

mike65

Pompey +1 then?

Mike.

wyndham

Wigan V Chelsea @ 4/9 (Ladbrokes)

Chelsea are on fire, having put 4 past Portsmouth(4 different goalscorers) last week at Stamford Bridge, with 3 of the goals coming in the first half. Though this won't be as easy, I would expect a comfortable Chelsea win here. Wigan come into this off the back of a 2-1 defeat away to West Ham, where they conceded 2 in the first 10 minutes and only started playing a bit in the second half, pulling 1 back in the 47th minute.

Given that Wigan were slow starters and Chelsea got 3 goals rapidly last week, Chelsea HT/FT @ evens is tempting for the greedy amongst us.

Lampard makes his 350th appearance for Chelsea, has scored in their last 3 games against Wigan and converted a penalty last week. Fancy him to get him on the scoresheet @7/4 (Ladbrokes).

wyndham

Fulham V Arsenal @ 8/13

Arsenal were a lot better than their 1-0 scoreline against West Brom would suggest, as they had numerous good chances and hit the post. They could easily have had 3 or 4. Fulham lost their opening game against Hull and looked awful, so the smart money has to be on them losing to Arsenal 7 days later.

Last 6 matches

Fulham 0 3 Arsenal 19/01/2008
Arsenal 2 1 Fulham 12/08/2007
Arsenal 3 1 Fulham 29/04/2007
Fulham 2 1 Arsenal 29/11/2006
Fulham 0 4 Arsenal 04/03/2006
Arsenal 4 1 Fulham 24/08/2005

Arsenal (-1) may be an option @ 13/8 for a bit more meat in the sandwich.
Expect Arsenal will get into stride a bit more than last week and put away more of those chances.

wyndham

Birmingham (-1) V Barnsley @ 6/5

Birmingham still have most of their players from the premiership, have won their first 2 games and are determined to come straight back up. An easy win should be on the cards here against a Barnsley side that conversely, have lost both their opening games. They won't get off the mark here. Birmingham are 4/9 straight up, not a tempting price, so (-1) for a bit of meat.

jimbling

My Weekend accumulator:
Blackburn @ 4-7
Arsenal @ 8-13
Newcastle @ 8-11
Villa (-1) @ 21-10
Chelsea (-1) @ 11-10
€40 returns €1141

My Weekend single:
Villa(-1) @ 21-10
€150 returns €465

Was almost going to do Villa -2 as they are in free scoring form and stoke are complete whipping boys. That's 11-2, really good value, might still stick a few bob on that too.

mike65

Anyone fancy a nibble on Derry/Bohs/Cork tonight, 7/2 for straight win treble

Mike.

fergmcd

I'd fancy the top 4 all to win this weekend.
My bets this weekend are
1) Villa and Arsenal at 2.71
2) Liverpool and Chelsea at 1.91 (both Boyle odds)

Also West Ham +1 @ 4/6 (away to Man C) or Double chance West Ham and Draw at same odds, seem very good value

redfan

girls remember that wigan pitch is in tatters ...........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DpqN3kC3Xg
what a legend pure football man.

jimbling

redfan wrote: »

girls remember that wigan pitch is in tatters ...........

eh... this I did not know... thats what I get for not doing my usual high level of research.
whats the story with it?

redfan

its used mid week and every weekend mate.. but im hoping its playable for good flowing football..

wyndham

Others of interest-

(Friday)
Derry to bt UCD @4/5- UCD manager is already making excuses about how they haven't played for 2 weeks. Derry are 4th but UCD may need it more as they are relegation end.



Benfica HT/FT away to newly promoted Rio Avenue- 13/8 (I think its on Sunday)

Hannover to bt Cottbus @8/13 (Friday)

jimbling

redfan wrote: »

its used mid week and every weekend mate.. but im hoping its playable for good flowing football..

so its the usual poor condition, rather than spectacularly fcked or anything.

corban

gonna have a go with:

villa 8/11
arsenal 4/7
blackburn 4/7

might top it off with sunderland draw 11/4.........

Dec McC

Liverpool
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Blackburn
Arsenal

15/2

5starpool

I've gone for:

Liverpool (will regret this, always backfires on me)
Chelsea
Villa
Birmingham (for a bit of championship spice)

~5/1 I think.

chump

ManU
Chelsea
double for about evens.

and

pool
arsenal
villa
treble for about 3/1

mike65

Here is my mad accu (except its not an acc ).

Cork City @ 1.36
Peterhead @ 1.72
Birmingham @ 1.44
Blackburn @ 1.57
Doncaster +2.0 @ 1.25
Arsenal -1.0 @ 2.70
Aston Villa -1.0 @ 3.00
Crystal Palace v Burnley Under 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Your Bets Trebles from 8
56 lines at €0.10 per line
Total stake for this bet: €5.60
Potential returns: €34.31

Fourfolds from 8
70 lines at €0.10 per line
Total stake for this bet: €7.00
Potential returns: €76.31

Fivefolds from 8
56 lines at €0.10 per line
Total stake for this bet: €5.60
Potential returns: €107.31

Sixfolds from 8
28 lines at €0.10 per line
Total stake for this bet: €2.80
Potential returns: €93.24

Sevenfolds from 8
8 lines at €0.10 per line
Total stake for this bet: €0.80
Potential returns: €45.80

Phew.

newballsplease

i just lumped on arsenal and villa double.

wouldnt be sure enough about other teams, but i reckon these 2 will do the business.
infact 4 draws wouldnt be a bad shout for this weekend.
spurs v sunderland(draw)
portsmouth v utd(draw)
man city v westham(draw)

pick a fourth from scotland

Helix

Finn Harps @ 1/4
Rubin Kazan @ 1/4
Celtic @ 1/5
Aston Villa @ 3/4
Liverpool @ 2/5

around 3.6/1

solid enough i reckon

EOB32

Derry did me favours tonight!:) A crazy acca with some of these is what i'm thinking of : Hudersfield, Hertha Berlin, Chelsea, Pool, St. Pats, Arsenal, Birmingham and Derby. Serious long shot but worth a fiver I reckon!

wyndham

mike65 wrote: »

Anyone fancy a nibble on Derry/Bohs/Cork tonight, 7/2 for straight win treble

Mike.

Landed. Good call Mike, hope you were on!

Ya-Boy-Ya

I Just done

Villa
Spurs
Arsenal -1
Chelsea

Accum

>15/2

Xavi6

1 Celtic v Falkirk (Backing Celtic @ 1.21)
2 Birmingham v Barnsley (Backing Birmingham @ 1.45)
3 PSV v Feyenoord (Backing PSV OR The Draw @ 1.21)
4 Lyon v Grenoble (Backing Lyon @ 1.28)
5 Oldham v Cheltenham (Backing Oldham OR The Draw @ 1.18)

3.22

Mr Magnolia

Wouldn't include Spurs in an accum this weekend.

Mike65 wrote:

Anyone fancy a nibble on Derry/Bohs/Cork tonight, 7/2 for straight win treble

Good call.

I'll do:

Blackburn (maybe -1)
Pool
Newcastle
Villa
Arsenal

mike65

Typically I didn't do it (put Cork in my big bet above though)

Mike.

dotsflan

theres only two words that are putting me off blackburn this weekend PAUL ROBINSON:p