Chelsea got lucky

Aston Villa had Chelsea on the run for probably 90% of that game…

….the only time they had any kind of let-up was when they caught their breath while Jon Carew was taking the penalty!

I thought Villa played well, kept Chelsea thinking hard about where goals 5, 6 and 7 were going to come from.

Before Chelsea fans get all excited, its part of a well thought out Villa plan to lull The Blues into a state of cockiness so when we play them in the FA Cup semi-final on 10 April. Then we will have our revenge.

Plus we also now know that their keeper is weak against penalties.

Like Julius Malema and his mines story I remain ever-confident!

Liverpool are in trouble

It is one of the most anxiously awaited fixtures of the 2010 English Premiership season and one of those match ups which brings out the best and worst of fans.

That's right - it's the Manchester United vs. Liverpool derby match up ... and we have bad news for Liverpool fans - your side is on a hiding to nothing.

We have gone high on goals with predictions of 3/0 or 4/0 and higher in favour of Manchester United.

Our reasons for this are simple – Liverpool are in diasrray and one gets the sense that they are more worried about stuff that is happening off the field while United are keeping a very keen eye on the prize – especially after Chelsea got bumped out of the Champions League earlier this week.

Expect Manchester United to be absolutely clinical this afternoon.

We got nice odds of 7/1 and 10/1 on these picks so we’re quite happy with the risk and reward trade off.

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Betting on European knock out rounds updated

In the Europa League we fancy two “outsiders” here in the form of Fulham and Atletico Madrid. Fulhams thumping of Juventus will have given them a lot of confidence and they’ve got the easier of the draws. Betting at the moment stands as follows and you can see why we like these two from a risk and return perspective:

Liverpool – 3/1
Hamburg – 4/1
Valencia – 4/1
Benfica – 6/1
Wolfsburg – 7/1
Atletico Madrid – 8/1
Fulham – 10/1
Standard – 16/1

In the UEFA Champions League, our two picks (Inter Milan and Barcelona) continue to chug on and both have got interesting match ups in the quarterfinals in the forms of CSKA Moscow and Arsenal. I think it is still reasonable to say that they are both favourites to win these match ups.

The problem from here is that if they do progress from here, they will end up knocking one of them out of the competition in the semis… Oh well I guess that’s the nature of the beast!

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Fulham to beat Juventus tonight?

There are a couple of interesting games up this evening in the UEFA Europa League.

• Fulham vs Juventus
• Marseille vs Benfica
• Standard Liege vs Panathaniakos
• Verder Bremen vs Valencia
• Anderlecht vs Hamburg
• Liverpool vs Lille
• Sporting vs Atletico Madrid

Our picks for the evening

• Liverpool to beat Lille (2-0 / 3-0)
• Fulham to beat Juventus (1-0 / 2-0)
• Atletico Madrid to beat Sporting (1-0 / 2-0)
• Marseille to beat Benfica (1-0 / 2-0)

BWAHAHAHAHAH

… assuming you are not a Liverpool fan of course!

What is the difference between Liverpool and a wonder bra? Liverpool has all the support but no cups!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA gotta admit that’s funny. I wonder if they are going to win tonight?!

At the moment it looks like it has settled into a two-horse race with Manchester United and Chelsea now slugging it out for the English Premiership. So maybe Arsenal third, Aston Villa fourth, Spurs fifth and Liverpool a lowly sixth?!

Spurs vs Blackburn

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Tottenham host Blackburn this afternoon in an English Premiership match at White Heart Lane. Spurs are sitting 4th on the log with a positive goal difference of 23 while Blackburn are sitting an uninspirational 12th with a negative goal difference of -15.

Spurs are obviously the favourites to win and you can get 5/1 odds on them winning 2-0 with World Sports Betting.

But if you think Spurs have the ability to score more than 2 goals you are being offer 70/1 on 3-0 and 100/1 on 4-0 / 4-1 or higher…