You're right about asparagus. I can remember the first time I had it and took a pee in a public toilet, thinking what the hell is that terrible smell! The bookies do have a financial interest in getting it right, which at least gives some credence to their calculations, but they never have really factored in team-play and work-rate of smaller clubs when applying the WCT determinate. I'd guess the Fletcher injury has pushed City's odds over 20/1 and a result against Wigan will push that further.
There isn't a great deal of change since last week.What there has been has clearly been the result of the firming of the view that Sunderland are being pulled in.Wigan consequently have moved from evens to 11/10.Saints have lengthened from 7/1 to 8/1,Sunderland have shortened from 4/1 to 7/2.None of these significant changes.West Ham and Norwich are both 20/1 sothe pessimists amongst us could lay a hundred quid and get a nice holiday if the worst happens.
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A big weekend of matches at the bottom of The Premiership,kicking off Saturday lunchtime with : Sunderland v Man Utd Anything other than an away win will be regarded as a shock here.Sunderland are 5/1 to win and that does not look generous. Wigan v Norwich. The only bottom half v bottom half this weekend.The draw looks a likely result.That would be a better result for Norwich than Wigan but in view of the other fixtures it might not be disastrous for Wigan. Arsenal v Reading A bigger mismatch than Sunderland according to the bookies.14/1 is available for an away win. Man City v Newcastle 12/1 against a Geordie win here. Southampton v Chelsea.Maybe less of a foregone conclusion at St Marys.Chelsea are looking to stey in the top four but Saints result against Liverpool shows what they are capable of on their day. West Ham v West Brom The Hammers can move out of the relegation battle with a home win.Three points would more or less guarantee survival. Everton v Stoke The Potters are just in the bottom half and recent form has been dire.Another club where one more win will guarantee survival.They are 7/1 against getting it at Goodison though. Aston Villa v Liverpool. Recent Viila revival has seen them take six points from their last two games.One of those games where anything could hapen given the form of these two sides. Fulham v QPR The home side probably have nothing to play for.QPR are on the cusp of the point where survival moves from unlikely to impossible.Lose here and they could be nine or ten points from safety with seven games remaining. Due to the unusual set of fixtures Wigan and Norwich are the only clubs in the bottom half where one or the other must gain points.It is possible,although of course unlikely,that every other bottom half club could get nothing.
Living in the Midlands, I get a lot of feed from other clubs. Where I work, they all think City are safe. That includes Villa and Sunderland fans. The Sunderland fan reckons they are going down but will get a freak win over Manchester United this weekend. One Villa fan is more hopeful than a month ago. The other is still pessimistic.
Agree with your logic CT and think that it'll be a surprise if any bottom half team gets more than a point. Best chance of that will be ourselves, then Saints or even Villa, but my guess would still be draws in all of those. Keeping the status quo is to our advantage really, with only 7 games left and 4 of those at home for City. Any points gained tomorrow will be precious indeed.
When you look at it like that, it does look like a chance for QPR to gain ground assuming you guys do us a favour and the bigger teams do their stuff. On the other hand, Martin Jol and Co did us the courtesy of allowing us to break the longest ever Prem League winless run and I am certain they will not want to be the only team we are likely to do the double over this season. I have this down as a draw for us and next w/e as THE critical one. Thanks for the analysis and the invitation to comment.
Yeah, it's not as comfortable as I'd have liked for United. 6 minutes of stoppage time isn't helping.
No, he's a Norwich player regardless of our league next season. And we have the budget in place to maintain our current squad in the championship.
