Apologies for my absence last week. What started out as a hunch ended up with me being in a water filled cellar with a gun toting maniac killer who had recently escaped from prison! Now that wasn’t how I had planned to spend my time with TGL down in Emmerdale, but the rain scuppered all my plans. Speaking… Read More »
Another weekly preview and another Premier League manager departs. Crystal Palace went down 4-1 at home to flailing Fulham on Monday night and by Wednesday Ian Holloway had left his job as manager of the Eagles. It was one of those unsatisfying “mutual consent” affairs although the latest reports suggest Holloway quit more than having been pushed, citing… Read More »
Sorry Crystal Palace and Sunderland fans, it’s over. Pack your bags. Platform six for the next train to the Championship, calling at Yeovil, Leyton Orient, Doncaster and Dirty Leeds. Okay, you might think this is a touch premature after eight games of the Premier League season but I’m feeling bold. I’ve had my morning coffee and the toast… Read More »
The Premier League bursts back into action this weekend after the international break with Arsenal sitting pretty at the top of the table on 16 points with Liverpool (second based on their inferior goals scored record) breathing down their necks with the same points and goal difference. The North Londoners have the easier fixture on paper this weekend… Read More »
With the World Cup in Brazil next summer being one of the most hotly anticipated for years, 21 of the 32 teams to play there have already been decided after a spate of qualifying matches in recent days. As well as the hosts Brazil, other notable notions to have booked their tickets to Brazil 2014 include Germany, Italy,… Read More »
Well. it had to happen with all of our old friends running against each other didn’t it? Mass Rally popping in at 16s but never mind, we make our choices, support them and then hope for the best. I do think that Baccarat was hampered by his draw and didn’t really give his true running. Our other old… Read More »
Sometimes you are faced with horses that when you bet on them, they lose and when you bet against them, they win, hence they cost you twice! Now there is a race at York today in which the following horses are engaged Spinatrix, Hallelujah, Doc Hay, Mass Rally, Khubala and Baccarat. Now these horses fit into my opening… Read More »
In the absence of the Premier League this weekend we turn our attentions to the World Cup with Europe and much of the world reaching what an old, red-faced former manager called “squeaky bum time”. Things aren’t quite so squeaky for Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the first two nations fighting just to avoid finishing bottom… Read More »
A quick recap on the weekend’s action to start this week. What a performance by Treve in the Arc. Helmet had helped himself to the 9/2 and was sitting pretty throughout the race. The turn of foot this horse showed in the last half mile was simply scintillating and with plans to keep her in training next year,… Read More »
There is no Premier League action this weekend as we have to put up with England and the other home nations doing very poor impersonations of international football teams. Before we say more about how dreadful England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are, let’s just have a very quick recap on the current Premier League standings. When action… Read More »
