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Oct 06
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A near capacity crowd at Stamford Bridge could be forgiven for thinking “here we go again.” The 41,828 fans who watched Chelsea and Arsenal were treated to some exciting football.
However it seems yet again that no one will touch Chelsea this season with a satisfying 2 – 0 win over Arsenal…
Drogba did the business as usual hitting the back of the net in 39 minutes. Arsenal tried hard to find an equaliser but were not up to the task before Alex put the game beyond Arsenal’s reach with a strike in the 85th minute.
To sum up, this simply meant that there were no upsets for the Bookies.
What is interesting of course is that Liverpool appears to have been to sold New England Sports Ventures a group that owns the Boston Red Sox. However will this change Liverpool’s fortunes as the club drop into the relegation zone for the first time in 46 years?
As ever we have a number of interesting games coming up over the weekend.
My picks are Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City, Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion, and Newcastle v Wigan.
The Manchester game is tantalising in that I am waiting to see if Man Utd will slip up again. However the bookies are not taking the bait. At 10/1 for a WBA away win it could put some cash in your pocket for the night in the pub.
The Bolton Wanderers / Stoke game is too close to call at 11/10 for a home win, 9/4 for a draw and 9/4 for an away win.
On balance I think that I am going to go for the Newcastle / Wigan game. At 4/5 for a home win, 23/10 for a draw and 10/3 for an away win. This is my bet of the week. Don’t mention Chelsea by the way.
Leading goal scorers to date are;
6 Berbatov (Manchester United)
6 Drogba (Chelsea)
6 Malouda (Chelsea)
5 Bent (Sunderland)
4 Elmander (Bolton Wanderers)
4 Tevez (Manchester City)
4 Carroll (Newcastle United)
4 Walcott (Arsenal)