Friday night saw the first round of Euro 2012 qualifiers. England have had a kind draw (sounds familiar) in their group not just because Bulgaria, Montenegro, Wales and Switzerland are not among the European elite, but because England are in a five team group. Out of the nine groups only three have five teams as [...]
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Game Week 3 – International break already???
September 2, 2010 – 10:56
It feels like the season has only just got started but already we are at our first international break. I personally am ambivalent about the next couple of weeks. England’s outrageous underachievement at the World Cup is still too fresh in the mind for me to care about European Championship qualifiers. Game Week 3 (GW3) [...]
Game week 2 review
August 24, 2010 – 22:09
The star performers of this week were Walcott, Carroll, and Drogba. While many in the league had Drogba as captain, none had included either of the other two. I for one very nearly did pick Carroll, but was talked out of it by a friend who predicted he would have a season like Ebanks-Blake last [...]
football betting 3
August 19, 2010 – 21:38
So another weekend of football action is nearly here, and more bets to place. First a recap on how things have gone so far. Of my £10,000 I have already placed £1,500 of bets. £500 on Man City to finish in the top 4. £500 on Sunderland to finish in the top half. £500 on [...]
Game Week 1 Review – Who is Tom Gutteridge?
August 18, 2010 – 11:50
The Premier League season opened with a flurry of goals, red cards and upsets. Notably Blackpool, who thumped a dire Wigan side, who looked bereft of idea’s and in the main like they didn’t want to be there! This is not taking anything away from Blackpool, as you can only beat what is put in [...]
Rotation,Rotation,Rotation
August 13, 2010 – 11:39
The day is finally upon us… The first day of the Premier League is only a few hours and several hundred fantasy football team changes away. I felt it was important as current champion (are you watching Ian Willis/Gary Smith/Al Foster!) to impart some knowledge to those of you who are new to the game [...]
football betting
August 12, 2010 – 23:37
Why is Chelsea to beat West Brom 2/11, but Man United to beat Newcastle 3/11? I don’t know. But the odds seem to over value a newcastle win or draw. So I have placed £500 on Man United to win. The other fixtues interested me, including Liverpool to beat Arsenal at home. But there will [...]
Retire from International Football
August 9, 2010 – 12:47
As I feel I fall into the same category as Paul Robinson and Wes Brown of having little chance of playing for England again; I would like to announce my retirement from International football. Also my cat Koko B Ware. Fabio you are going to have to look elsewhere. Tzam is available but doesnt want his [...]
New Season and Managing Expectations
August 9, 2010 – 08:14
When I was a school boy and a season ticket holder at Molineux Wolves signed a Saudi Arabian Striker called Sami Al Jaber for £1.5m, a not inconsiderable amount in the late nineties. He was tipped to be the first Arab player to make it in English football. I was excited and believed he would [...]
Tzam’s Phonetic Alphabet
August 7, 2010 – 11:33
Last weekend Tzam unveiled the project he has been working on over the last six months – his own version of the internationally adopted phonetic alphabet. Tzam believes the current system discriminates against those who are dyslexic, and his proposals seek, in his own words, to ‘cater for those with central and peripheral dyslexii by [...]