Welcome to the preview of the Champions League Quarter Finals where we take a look at two of the second leg matches with Ateltico Madrid hosting Barcelona whilst Manchester United travel to Germany with what looks like mission impossible to beat Bayern Munich. I’m not sure if we’ll get an upset from United but there’s …
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2014 Champions League Quarter Finals – April 3rd Fixtures
It’s the business end of the Champion’s League now as we take a look at a couple of matchups in the Quarter Finals. Two pretty big games as well with PSG taking on Chelsea whilst Real Madrid take on last year’s finalists Borussia Dortmund. Both games are interesting matchups with PSG and Chelsea both pretty …
2014 Champions League Round of 16 – March 13th Fixtures
The Champions League ventures into the second leg fixtures as we look at the matchups this week between Barcelona versus Manchester City and PSG taking on Bayer Leverkusen. The first legs were exciting in their own rights and in differing ways but knowing Champions League football there is always a chance of a surprise. Whether …
2014 Champions League Round of 16 – Feb 26th Fixtures
It’s that time now when the Champions League fixtures start to get more serious as we head into the round of 16 fixtures. From now until the final we’ll look at a few select games per week and predict how the games will finish up. This week we’ll be looking at Turkish giants Galatasaray taking …
What is value?
I get quite a few comments like “If you rated XXXX at $1.50 why wouldn’t you tip it?” or “That underdog you tipped at $4.00 has zero chance!” so thought I’d just write a little bit about how I see…
2013 RLWC Group Stages – New Zealand v France
The first week of the 2013 RLWC is down, with action aplenty throughout the matches thus far. If you were still apprehensive about the quality of games before the beginning of the tournament, that should disappear as we move into the second week. It is good to see a balance between predictable results and the …
English Premier League Week 5 Preview
Welcome to the week 5 preview of the EPL as we start to see some of the themes and trends emerge as the season gathers pace. So as a means of reflection for the season so far, here are a few of my thoughts: Biggest surprise so far – Cardiff beating Manchester City. Incredible display …
English Premier League Week 4 Preview
Welcome to the week 4 preview of all the English Premier League action which returns after an International break and the first round of football since the closing of the summer transfer window. There’s plenty to look forward to this weekend with a number of new faces sure to grace the Premier League for the …
English Premier League Week 3 Preview
Welcome to the third week of the Premier League 2013/14 season where we have 9 games to entertain us this weekend with Chelsea and Aston Villa taking a break. It was certainly an interesting weekend of football last week with a few surprising results. Cardiff certainly announced themselves onto the Premier League scene with a …
English Premier League Week 2 Preview
After an exciting first week of fixtures out of the way it’s time for the teams to build on their performances, regardless of a loss or a win, as they head into their 2nd games (or 3rd in the case of Villa and Chelsea). Whilst it’s premature and naïve to judge a team after their …