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NO MORE bank of Liverpool!! Wow....some days you can't see the wood from the trees and others it's about as crystal as crystal (I hope). Some of these prices you need to snap up ASAP I really believe. Yesterday was one topsy turvy day. Villa beat Man City and West Brom beat Man United two results which I'm sure you'll agree were unlikely picks before kick off. A mixed back which saw profit from out suggestions, in which I was particularly annoyed with Spurs-Chelsea 0-0 HT state not coming in (was confident) and pleased with Swansea-Arsenal most goals second half. It's a market I may very well use more often for Swansea with their possession style football. Anyway, onto today and there's a huge list of selections to choose from, my biggest day ever in terms of selections. This could go bad! Cercle Brugge v Standard Liege and the away side who are flying at the top are 1.90 to cover -1. So that's my first suggestion. They have scored 18 goals and con

2 Here's the lay of the land with today's EPL games. Tottenham v Chelsea and I really fancy 0-0 Half Time game state. Last season Spurs scored 72% of their goals at home in the second half. Chelsea under Mourinho could be a little cautious first up too. I don't know, but the feeling I get with early kick offs in the Premier League is that there is lethargy all round, so it may take a while to get going. HT score 0-0 is 2.92, and I'm happy to take that. Villa v City and I think a goal and a half would have tempted me for the home side, so I'll pass as the line is set at +1. Fulham v Cardiff and I think this is a huge test for Fulham. Fulham have had the history behind them of being exactly what they say on the tin; they beat teams they are supposed to and lose to teams they are supposed to. However, there is pressure on them this year and the crowd are already getting on the managers back. There could be tension. Cardiff at +0.5 are 1.86 and it is tempting me.

Five suggestions tonight ranging from France to Spain to Germany. I'm going to watch Angers (1st) v Tours (3rd) and it should be a good game. I'm going for both teams to score in this at 1.79 as I feel both teams will pose each other problems. Even in defeat, and sometimes quite heavy, Tours can find the net so I'm hoping for the same here. In another French encounter I'm going for Caen to beat Le Havre at evens. Caen's defence is leaky but I do think they can score a goal or two and at home perhaps the away side will be a little more defensive; Le Havre have a few good away draws recently and this could have been the way to go. But I just think the home side will force the issue tonight. In Augsburg v Monchengladbach, I'm going for two suggestions. The first will be BTTS at 1.70 and the other Monchengladbach +0.25, 1.90. Monchengladbach have had a horror run away from home so I'm suggesting this based on my law of averages feelings on trends. It can'

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Laudrup wants to defend this Carling Cup action tonight and there's a lot I'm unwilling to call. Swansea are away to Birmingham and are looking to begin their defence of the cup with victory at St.Andrew's. Laudrup is likely to name a strong squad I would imagine and the 1.83 looks good to me for a side bang in form. The clash of the night is no doubt Man Utd and Liverpool, but there's too much uncertainty all round. United will want to show tumps more character after their slamming by City, whilst Liverpool are still licking their wounds after an impotent display at home. Suarez is back for the Anfield outfit, but I wouldn't want to call it. I'm not sure I can back Arsenal outright, they are likely to have a mix and match side and I'm not sure Wenger takes these cups seriously full stop. But neither is it advisable to back West Brom so I'll give this a miss. In Serie A, Milan have very likely been read the riot act. They play Bologna tonight a

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Have they enough to back? Did anyone see that Zulte-Wigan last night? How on Earth didn't Zulte at least win that one? It just highlights once again the perils of betting and why I am sticking to giving suggestions and analysis only. The stress and strains of day to day betting is just too much in this current climate, but I am still happy to share any thoughts/suggestions with you which you can do what you like with! Saint Etienne's home record is, in the main, very good. Out of the last 20 home matches they have lost/drawn 8 times though a number of those have been in Europe/Cup matches. Toulouse away have won/drawn 12 matches from the last 20 games. The battle lines are drawn at 1.80, 3.25, 5.00. If you look at where Toulouse have picked up points away from home from last season, they perfectly represented where they were in the pecking order. Finishing 10th, they had nine teams above them and they lost 7/9 games away from home. One draw was against Montpellier and t

The game that stands out for me tonight is this little fella. Zulte had a seven goal thriller on the weekend at Genk and before that another seven goaler in beating Anderlecht, so they are finding the net and conceding. Wigan need to start pulling their socks up and tonight they could be in for a long old night, but they can score against a side who like to enter into an end to end slug fest. Over 2.5 goals is 2.06 and I like the look of it. Also it doesn't have to be said that I think Zulte will win too. Furthermore, if you're after value betting, then I cannot see what is wrong with Thorgan Hazard to score anytime at 4.3 (Betfair). The guy scores, he takes their penalties and everything will be engineered through him. I would personally have had him down for around 2.5-3.00, so this represents as big a value bet as you're likely to see. Suggestions Zulte win 2.80 Over 2.5 goals, 2.06. Hazard to score 4.30

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Not much to get the juices flowing today I must admit. It's extremely difficult to gauge just how much these players are interested in both Metz and St.Petersburg, both events seem as shite as you can get. Seppi...well I can never touch this guy, too flaky and if you fancy Mahut then I wouldn't discourage you, it's all on the day with the Italian and whether he can, quite frankly, be arsed to give a match. Simon is 1.40 which normally is nice. However, he's been in appalling form losing his last five consecutive matches including a retirement when he was losing to Pospisil last time out. Yes he's French, and like Mathieu, they have a penchant for giving up when the going is tough....no national history of quitting there then! Stakhovsky-Sousa interests me. I've watched a hell of a lot of Sousa on the Challenger circuit and I like what I see. He is starting to feel at home with the big guns and he really could be one to watch in the next year or so. Obvious

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Going from top to bottom then, I haven't been impressed with either Milan or Celtic so far in game 1. Milan are 1.45 which is possibly a little on the short side if they have as many injuries as purported to be. Atletico are playing some nice stuff this season and should see off Zenit but again you couldn't be tempted into it. Austria-Porto pass; you'd fancy Porto on the win but I haven't seen enough of Vienna to justify anything with any certainty. Barce v Ajax should be a very good game. Barcelona are quite obviously heavy favourites but Ajax have been stringing together some nice performances, but it will need a huge defensive ask to keep the Spanish giants out for long periods. Chelsea-Basel and it's a home sider all the way, although 1.36 gives you nothing. Marseille v Arsenal does interest me. Personally, and although Arsenal are playing well, French sides can have the ability to frustrate and I wouldn't be surprised if this ends in a draw. Marseille

Could be zzzzoring Okay, this game could be a turgid piece of shit but I wouldn't really have the confidence to back anything with a great deal of certainty. It's going to be kind of like Brendan Rodgers v Brendan Rodgers with both sides looking to pass the ball as aimlessly as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if both teams had 80% possession! On the face of it, under 2.5 looks the shout. Swansea like to play an ultra possession game, but with the introduction of Shelvey into their side they do possess the ability now to be more direct. However, the emphasis is still more or less on slow build up and a safety first mentality. Whilst Liverpool are undefeated they have their points tally mainly due to their excellent defensive work. Liverpool are sort of playing a Jose game these days snatching an early goal, then clinging on for dear life defending it. The biggest threat to the unders market then would be a Swansea early goal which may trigger a goal fest. Ultimatel

Huge pressure on Jol Some strange results yesterday with Udinese getting a draw from behind against Bologna at their fortress and Sampdoria getting hammered by Genoa at home 0-3. Then in the evening Spanish kick off Betis overturned some recent poor form by thrashing visitors Valencia 3-1. Salzburg were again there for the taking on the overs winning 0-5, and so to was a major opening when Standard Liege went down 1-0 to Oostende only to come back and win 2-4. The lay opportunity for 2.64 would have been jumped all over by the pro bettors I reckon. Super Sunday wasn't quite as Super though, the two televised games managed zero goals as Reading-Brighton and Southampton-West Ham both drew 0-0, the latter I would have backed on the West Ham +0.5AH. The Bears managed a 1 point win which would have seen a -5.5 points handicap loss if you had punted from kick off on them. In the Saturday rugby union matches New Zealand covered their -6.5 point handicap comfortably enough but ther

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Woeful display from the Flipper Kirsten Flipkens was a major casualty in Quebec yesterday, getting hammered by Hercog (who is in some good form lately) 6-3 6-1 which highlighted once again that a lot of women on the tour when they are going through some mental issues just collapse and fold like a pack of cards. Her movement was minimal and it did beg the question 'what the hell was she doing there'? Ukraine-England bored the pants off everyone and England backers would have been left disappointed at the bet loss. Scotland had a good win in Macedonia and them on the handicap would have been a great shout, something I later regretted not getting on. The one I did get on though was Cyprus v Slovenia, with Slovenia being backed at 2.06 coming through 2-0. France ended their five games without a goal by scoring four against Belarus, winning 4-2. I have been stung by France plenty in the past so there was little hope of a repeat backing here, so I was happy to avoid altogethe

Williams is way too good for the rest Serena Williams firmly put the haters back in their little boxes last night with a convincing three set victory over Victoria Azarenka. Yes Azarenka tried and yes it wasn't quite the cake-walk that I had predicted, but in the end a crushing 6-1 in the final set showed just how effective Serena can be when the eight ball is starting to cover her. The truth of the matter is, which the so called 'experts' (especially of Twitterland) will fail to grasp, is that Serena Williams is by far better than anyone else in the field; even Victoria Azarenka . This is a crushing decisive statement but it highlights just how lop-sided the women's game has become. After the match we had the usual trotting out of lines such as 'How good is this women's game?' etc, but most people have failed to understand that what was meant to be, was.....in that when Serena decides that she wants to win, she will win. It is that simple. It doesn

England came home...wow! Normally England come in for some wrath from myself, but last night they covered the handicap against Moldova to land a lot of punters some nice winnings. Meanwhile there were some big coupon busters out there and the joke display of the night goes to the arrogant and fragmented Dutch who seem to have a wealth of personal issues and egos getting in the way of their excellent 11 on the pitch. They drew 2-2 with Estonia, with the Dutch being priced at 1.18. Up and down the land you'd have heard shouted phrases 'shit list' and 'bottlers'. It seems that yesterday's bankers are today's shaky ones. France also continued their complete lethargy and you just cannot back them in my view. They are so unpredictable and just so French. 90 minutes of inactivity at Georgia saw the hosts claim a point off them, who knows what was wrong with the French; time of the month, egos....time of the month egos.....! But they are just all over the plac

One of the best performances of 2013 Stan 'The Man' Wawrinka crushed Andy Murray yesterday to move a step closer to a Flushing Meadows final. Many would have plumped for the Scot but personally the +5.5 games handicap for Wawrinka was just too good to turn down. In truth, this was as stable a bet as any with the Scot not looking quite himself even with convincing wins over his lesser opponents. Wawrinka though is being rejuvenated, and partly I believe this is down to the Fed decline. Wawrinka is undoubtedly now Switzerland's number one player, and at times yesterday you could have closed your eyes and thought it was the Djoker or Nadal. The crispness of his hitting was absolutely sublime and whilst Murray wasn't at his best, even at his peak he would have struggled against the assault laid on by Wawrinka. It was a straights victory and the next phase of the US Open looks really appetizing. The second performance of the day goes to Belgium U21s, who overturned a

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Robredo schools Fed last night Well the warning lights were well and truly on for Roger Federer even before his match against Robredo last night and he didn't fail to deliver. Robredo played some excellent tennis on his way to an unbelievable straight sets victory against the arrogant Swiss maestro, but now it seems that it's Roger who has a ton of questions to answer about his future. The wheels have been just about kept on in recent months, but could this be one serious blow that Fed will not be able to bounce back from? When star players lose their tag of invincibility the other players step up to the plate, and it seemed that Robredo was fully aware that he wasn't playing a superman at the other side of the net last night. People are now queuing up to take Roger on with the stats backing this angle up that Fed has lost something out of his game this last year. Simona Halep was the biggest disappointment from yesterday. Not so much in her own performance as she a