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HARRY OUGHT TO STAY WITH SPURS

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook February 14-20, 2012 In ratings terms in the Premier League, things have been kept largely static with clubs largely remaining unchanged from where they started the season after a very lightly traded transfer window. However, while things are relatively stable on the field, off it, as we...

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GRAYSON’S ONE TO WATCH – AND SO ARE LEEDS

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook February 7-13, 2012 Success at work depends on many different factors but to my mind one of the primary drivers in making sure things go to plan is having a decent boss. Of course, ‘decent’ can take...

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THERE’S PLENTY OF INTEREST AT BOTTOM OF LEAGUE 1

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook January 31-February 6, 2012 The dynamics behind a market are worth looking into as sometimes a superficial look can give a misleading impression of what’s really going on. A case in point is the League 1 relegation...

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COVENTRY CAN’T DO IT ALL AT HOME

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook January 24-30, 2012 It’s done me little harm that for the most of the season I’ve had little in the way of...

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IT’S NOT EASY FOR THE PUNTER/SUPPORTER

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook January 17-23, 2012 It’s always difficult when trying to make a few quid from your betting to get involved when the team...

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R’S STILL IN REAL RELEGATION DANGER

March 19, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook January 10-16, 2012 When doing the Premier League half-term reports a couple of weeks back it was inevitable that, given the space...

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RELEGATION ODDS SEE THE NOOSE TIGHTEN ON QPR

February 26, 2012

Been getting a lot of queries from QPR fans for an update on the percentages for them to go down/stay up. As you’d imagine it isn’t good news. Still,...

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LATEST EPL POINTS FORECAST – UPDATE

February 1, 2012

With some more games tonight I’ll update the figures again tomorrow (Thurs 2/2/12) but for the time being figured it more than interesting to put up the points forecasts...

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LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE POINTS FORECASTS NOW ONLINE

January 24, 2012

In this week’s Racing and Football Outlook I’ve looked at the Championship and in particular what’s happening down at the bottom. For those interested in my latest forecasts for...

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POOR OLD HOOPS

January 18, 2012

And for all the QPR fans currently viewing my odds via the qprdot.com forum here is a breakdown on where my software sees QPR as currently finishing in terms...

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PREMIER LEAGUE POINTS FORECAST UPDATE

January 18, 2012

Argh. Nothing worse than a week with no league action so what better time to update people with my software’s view of the current Premier League standings. I’ll probably,...

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LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE FORECAST UPDATE

January 14, 2012

Plenty of football between now and Monday for everything to evolve that little bit more but the latest forecasts that have just popped out of my numbers show that...

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SPURS INCHING CLOSER TO SECOND

January 12, 2012

Quick update after last night’s game at White Hart Lane with an aim to contextualise how much closer that moves Spurs to the top two. I will, time permitting,...

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CHAMPIONSHIP WIDE OPEN AT HALFWAY MARK

January 11, 2012

First published in Racing & Football Outlook January 3-9, 2012 We are now past the halfway stage in the Championship so there’s no better time to look back over...

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BAD NIGHT FOR UNITED BUT OVER-REACTION IN THE MARKET

January 5, 2012

An obviously interesting set of results last night most notably the game at St James’. My immediate analysis is that:- A/Spurs fans should calm down. That result makes the...

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UPDATED PREMIER LEAGUE FORECASTS 4/1/12

January 4, 2012

A new feature I’m keen to slowly start introducing to this blog are some of my points forecasts which I feature as part of my weekly Racing and Football...

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VALUE LIES WITH UNITED AT THE TOP

December 27, 2011

First published in Racing & Football Outlook December 27, 2011-January 2, 2012 We might not yet be quite at the halfway stage in this season’s Premier League but that’s...

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ADDICKS TITLE PRICE IS AN EARLY XMAS GIFT

December 21, 2011

Racing & Football Outlook December 21-26, 2011 I hung my hat on Huddersfield at the start of the season and, although I’ve been able to lock in a fair...

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TEAM FORM MEANS LITTLE IN ISOLATION

December 13, 2011

Racing & Football Outlook December 13-20, 2011 The double eviction of both Manchester clubs, City and United, from the Champions League last week into the depressing irrelevance that is...

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O’NEILL’S A TOP GAFFER BUT NO ROOM FOR SENTIMENT

December 6, 2011

Racing & Football Outlook December 6-12, 2011 After seemingly countless associations, negotiations and, ultimately, rejections and nearly 16 months out of management my favourite manager, Martin O’Neill, is back...

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PILGRIMS SHOW SIGNS OF PROGRESS

November 29, 2011

Racing & Football Outlook November 29-December 5, 2011 Four months ago with the season about to get underway, one of the biggest conundrums that I faced was in League...

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