Weekend Review
What does
the future hold for Jose Mourinho? That is the major talking point of the
weekend as the Chelsea boss faces his biggest challenge following that poor 3-1
home defeat at the hands of Liverpool. I think he wants to be sacked.
Everything the man does is a calculated move and I think he wants out. In many
ways he has thrown the kitchen sink at the job this season in terms of making
big decisions. He has dropped Fabregas, Matic and Terry in recent weeks and
nothing seems to stir a reaction from his side. He is cutting a lonely figure
on the touchline and looks to be floundering under the pressure. I really hope
Roman Abramovich keeps his nerve and his finger off of the trigger as I want to
see Jose work his through this and prove to us all his greatness. He is not the
sort of man to just walk away, is he?
It was a
great weekend of Premiership action but not an overly profitable one for myself
as I opposed a few short priced favourites. Trusting Sunderland will be hard to
do moving forward after that dismal showing on Merseyside yesterday. Plus a
goal they looked a solid play to keep it tight against Everton and despite
rallying from 2-0 down back to 2-2 they capitulated to a 6-2 hammering! Arsenal
did us over on Saturday as I quite liked Swansea straight up for the victory in
Wales. The Gunners had other ideas though as they comfortably brushed the home
team aside 3-0. When we did side with a hefty home favourite -1.5 they failed
to cover as Man City players squabbled over a penalty. Kolarov missed the
penalty and as the blue side of Manchester only emerged 2-1 victors our
handicap bet did not cash!
Our Goal
Rush went 3-3 for the weekend as two defeats on Sunday saw us make a small loss
on the weekends games. We are now heading into the winter months and as we know
that bad weather helps game trend to the unders we should be mindful of the weather
conditions at grounds moving forward. At 34-18 for the season though we are
still well in profit so it will take more than one losing day for us to
consider serious adjustments.
The Division
Two Stats Pack continued its mix run of recent results. When Plymouth took a
2-0 home lead over Morecambe after just twelve minutes it looked almost certain
that our bet of the week on the over 2.5 goals would land. Sadly there was no
further scoring on the south coast as the league leaders saw out the game to
keep their lead at five points. Success did come though at Stevenage where we
called the over 2.5 goals correctly and at Mansfield where we laid the home
team. No on BTTS and under 2.5 goals cashed for us in east London where
Accrington gained a great 1-0 win at Orient but sadly for us Portsmouth were
not able to hang on to an early lead at Notts County and lost 2-1.
The NFL
weekend kicked off on Thursday night when New England smashed Miami 36-7 to
stretch their unbeaten run this season to seven games. It was a tricky weekend
in the NFL from a betting perspective and my only strong feeling was the over
42.5 points in the Chicago/Minnesota game. This bet landed thanks to a last
second Blair Walsh field goal that saw the Vikings leave Chicago with a 23-20
victory. Peyton Manning silenced the doubters last night in Denver as once
again the home dog, live on primetime with the better defense philosophy bore
fruit for punters. Denver need to be taken seriously as title contenders as
Manning can still do enough to keep them in games and their defense is one of
the best in football, if not the best!
Having
gone into the week 22-13 in my just for fun SuperContest picks I went 1-3 with
the Indianapolis Colts going for me tonight. I did say in my Sunday blog for
the NFL games that I thought this was the hardest card I had ever seen, hence
just my one bet myself. In the SuperContest you do not have the luxury of
passing a week as you have to pick five games each week. If I can get away with
a 2-3 week I would be over the moon!Unlike Monday Night Football in America, where I am taking the underdog, in our own Monday Night Football I will be on Tottenham straight up and to cover the -1.25 handicap. Spurs are playing at a high level and the away side look to be a rudderless ship.
Jimmy
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