The 2008 Ryder cup may only have just finished but Europe are already priced as odd-on favourites to make American’s hold on the trophy as short as possible.
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The defeated Europeans are as short as 10/11 to regain the Cup when the event comes to Wales in two years time despite their 16 ½ to 11 ½ defeat in Valhalla.
But who will lead the side to this apparent glory after both current captain Nick faldo and his deputy Jose Maria Olazabal both said they were unlikely to be in charge when the sides do battle at the Celtic Manor Hotel?
Well golf punters have voted for Ian Woosnam to become skipper for the 2010 tournament, by backing him down to 5/2 second favourite from 5/1 with former odds-on favourite Olazabal moving out to 5/4 from 4/7.
‘Woosy’ was skipper in 2006 when Europe trounced the yanks at the K Club in Ireland and is very popular among the players. The fact he’s Welsh as also had a big effect on his price fall.
Former open champion sandy Lyle is around 6/1 to take the honour while moaning Scot Colin Montgomerie is 10/1; despite the fact he is almost certain to take the role when the competition rolls into Scotland in 2014.
There’s also been interest in the US Captain with 1995 US Open champion Corey Pavin the market leader at 7/2.
Far from resting on their laurels after dominating the high street Ladbrokes have continued t evolve new ways to attract punters as the betting industry continues to become more and more competitive.
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As well as introducing new services, like Ladbrokes Xtra and continuing to improve their on-line content with big name tipsters the Harrow based firm have always had a knack at getting their promotions spot-on.
‘The Magic Sign’ realised years ago that even the little things make the difference. For example over this year’s Ryder Cup if you had a bet of a certain value on the competition you would get three free golf balls. It seems simple but by working on the assumption, that’s is generally true, if you like watching and betting on Golf you probably like playing it they tapped into something a bit different that made the casual punter take notice.
In recent years they have been very astute at luring traditional and habitual racing punters into the world of on-line poker. They did this by running tournaments where you could win part ownership of a racehorse, a good way to increase turnover without having to recruit extra customers.
The latest masterstroke from the boys and girls at Laddies is the introduction of a loyalty card. For too long odds makers have been complacent in the fact that regulars will always return but as the betting public is becoming younger and looking for more for their cash this has begun to change. By introducing this scheme where you receive points towards a free bet every time you wager punters will make sure they come back to earn more.
With the Premiership now really starting to hot up I hope to give two or three cert’s for next week’s fixtures hoping for you to win a few quid off the bookies.
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Arsenal host Hull City in the first of this week’s sure bets but they will start the game long odds on but they will be a cert for anybody’s accumulator.
Another looking sure thing for next week is Chelsea’s trip to Stoke City who after drawing at home to Man-Utd this week will certainly not let another win pass them by and I think they will win by 3 or more goals.
Manchester United complete my sure bet for next week with an easy looking home game against Bolton who after drawing with Chelsea will be desperate not to fall further behind the league leaders Arsenal.
Villa host Sunderland in a game that if they win will keep them in the top 4 which is what manager Martin O Neil has stated is his aim for this season, Fulham and West Ham meet in a London derby at Craven cottage and too be honest I think both will cancel each other out and could well end up being a draw.
Middlesbrough should beat West Brom at home who are conceding a lot of goals recently and expect more at the Riverside on Saturday with Boro’s strikers Mido and Alvez expected to run West Brom’s defence ragged, Newcastle who are now in the relegation zone must get something out of their home game with Blackburn or expect the toon army to really get vocal towards the current owners and their wish for them to leave the club.
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With the top three already having Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in there Manchester United are certain to hit form sooner rather than later and with next week’s massive game at Chelsea I am going to tip them to become the first side in five years to win at Chelsea.
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Arsenal should enjoy a walk in the park away at Bolton who really is struggling at the minute. Liverpool should likewise wipe the floor with Stoke City at Anfield and I really expect them to win by more than three goals.
Everton travel to surprise package Hull City and now they have Australian Tim Cahill fit I think they will have too much for Hull and expect an away win.
The west midlands derby takes place at the Hawthorns with West Brom and Aston Villa locking horns on what will be a deafening atmosphere in Birmingham and it has to be Villa for me purely on the fact of their speedy strike force having too much for West Broms defence so a 2 goal win for me.
Tottenham should see off Wigan at White hart lane to get there disappointing start to the season behind them and pick up three much needed points.
The other game I feel look like being draws Blackburn v Fulham and Man City v Portsmouth so pick up a coupon today or have a look online and what the prices are being offered.
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The first of the big games of the season took place on Saturday afternoon with Liverpool and Manchester United going head to head in front of the Sky TV live cameras at Anfield. With Liverpool having their big two players in Torres and Gerrard coming back from injury on the bench Liverpool looked very lightweight and when Argentinean striker Carlos Tevez put Manchester United ahead after only a couple of minutes it looked like Manchester United’s five games without losing over their rivals was going to be extended but how wrong could I have been, Liverpool stepped up a gear and caused Wes Brown to score a very unlucky own goal to gift Liverpool an equaliser then Dutchman Ryan Babel scored the winner to send Anfield alight and genuinely put Liverpool in the title challenge.
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Man-City hosted Chelsea in the other big game of the day and despite Robinho scoring on his debut Man-City was outclassed by a rampant Chelsea who fully deserved their 3-1 win.
Arsenal dominated their away game at Blackburn wit Adebayor scoring a hat-trick in a 4 nil romp for the gunners.
Newcastle with their fans staging a demonstration wanting rid of the board were shocked by new boys Hull City who left St James park surprise 2-1 winners with Marlon King grabbing both goals.
In the other games there was wins Fulham 2-1 over Bolton, Portsmouth won by the same margin over Middlesbrough with Defoe getting a brace, Wigan and Sunderland fought out a 1-1 draw and West Brom secured their first win of the season with a fine 3-2 win over West Ham and their new manager Gianfranco Zola
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This week’s international football did not really give any surprises with all the big teams’ bar France all easily overcame lesser sides and grabbed the three points in the first round of games in the qualification for the World Cup in South Africa 2010.
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England needed substitute Joe Cole to come off the bench at half time to spare new coach Capello’s blushes with two quick goals against one of the lowest ranked teams in the world in Andorra.
Elsewhere in England’s group Croatia who play England on Wednesday evening enjoyed an easy Three nil victory at home in their first game over minnows Kazakhstan.
World cup holders Italy nearly suffered embarrassment but had Di Natale to thank for scoring a last minute winner over Cyprus with him scoring both in a 2-1 win.
The big winners from the weekend were Germany who celebrated a landslide 6-0 win away win at Liechtenstein with Podolski chief tormentor with two goals. The only surprise to come out of the weekend was Austria’s impressive 3-1 victory over World Cup final losers France who are now calling for the head coach to resign or be replaced.
This week’s fixtures see a big game in England’s group with Croatia hosting a massive game on Wednesday night with the whole of England looking for revenge after Croatia killed off their Euro qualification hopes in their last meeting.