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THE WEEK ON THE TEES 7-5-08
Luke Raine
The Premier League is often labelled the "best league in the world" and with an all English Champions League Final, it would be perhaps foolish to suggest otherwise.
However Kevin Keegan hit the nail on the head on Monday when he claimed that there was no chance that the top four teams in The Premier League would be different next season. This could lead to one of “the most boring but great leagues in the world.”
It makes you wonder why fans of Stoke were celebrating so much over the weekend. Their team will play Premier League football next season but by Christmas, the gloss will well and truly have worn off and their team will be relegated.
The same will be true of the winners of the play-off finals this month and probably West Brom too.
People could also argue that the Premier League is the most exciting in the world because the relegation battle is going down to the wire. The only reason this is happening is that the standard outside the top four teams in this league has been desperately poor this season.
Fulham could stay up this season with thirty-three points, whereas at the start of the season every team in the division (apart from the big four, of course) target forty points just to be safe for another season. That is a difference of seven points and two wins and a draw is a lot when you are fighting for your lives for an entire season.
Back to The Championship and the difference between the team finishing in the final relegation spot (Leicester City) and the side finishing in the final play-off spot (Watford) was eighteen points.
This means that six wins can, in theory, separate you by two divisions.
The difference between eighteenth and fourth place in The Premier League is currently forty points. This is more than the team relegated will have acquired in a whole season. This proves that the “Big Four” are literally a league apart from the rest.
Referring again to The Championship, I am sure many of you will have chosen to watch those games on Sunday compared to the almost meaningless games on offer from the Premier League. The games were fraught with tension if maybe lacking a degree of quality.
It was Leicester who eventually went down and it is not hard to understand why. Five different managers in a season borders on unbelievable in my opinion, and for that reason alone, they deserved to be relegated. It was also good to see former Boro captain Nigel Pearson keeping a Southampton side afloat who looked doomed a few weeks ago.
It is now that time of the year when the play-offs take over. This will lead to every pundit in the land describing them as a “lottery”. If not that, they are certainly entertaining and it would also be nice to see North-East neighbours Darlington come into some form and gain promotion too.
I haven’t mentioned Boro directly yet in this piece and that is on purpose. The side secured safety last week and the season overall can be described as a mini success if you like.
The team will be competing in the Premier League next season and Gareth Southgate has done a steady if unspectacular job. Next season is make or break time for him as a manager and he will be the first to admit this.
All that's left is Sunday’s visit of Manchester City, where the visitors will be looking to provide a great send off for their departing manager Sven Goran Erikkson. It also gives the players a good opportunity to send the fans off for the summer in style by recording a seventh home win of the season.
Finally this week, the Football Association has issued new manager Fabio Capello with a target of reaching either the semi finals of the World Cup in 2010 or the 2012 European Championships.
The FA are forgetting that it is an attitude like this – presuming we will automatically qualify for a tournament – that resulted in the team sitting at home this summer while there is a tournament going on in Austria and Switzerland.
Maybe The FA should focus on making small steps first with the national side. Capello isn’t a magician and the team certainly won’t become world beaters overnight.
Luke Raine
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A GUARANTEED PROFIT OF AT LEAST £41.00 ON THE UEFA CUP FINAL
Did you know that it is possible to win money on Wednesday evening's Uefa Cup Final between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg, whatever the result?
The game kicks off at 7.45pm and we can guarantee you a profit of at least £41.00, whatever the result of the match. All you have to do is follow the simple instructions below and then sit back and enjoy the game. At full-time (ninety minutes), you will be at least £41.00 better off, whatever the result of the match.
We must point out that if you want to take this bet, you should do it now because if the odds change, then the figures here will be invalidated. If they have changed, let us know and we will rework the bet for you.
You can still do this if you have a Betfair account but your overall profit will be reduced by £25.00 as you won't receive the £25.00 cashback as an existing account holder.
If you are unsure about this bet, you are most welcome to call us on 01642 223229 and we will help you as much as we can.
We're going to lay out a total of £80.00 on the Rangers v Zenit St Petersburg match and we will collect £122.63 if Rangers win, £123.90 if Zenit St Petersburg win and £121.00 if it's a draw. That's a minimum profit of 51%, a much higher interest rate than you will get in any high street bank.
Here's how it's done. Just follow these simple instructions.
1. Open an account with Coral. It is really important that you enter the bonus code of CORALTD when prompted. This is to ensure that you receive your bonus.
Open an account with Betfair. It is really important that you enter the promotional code of BFB425 when prompted. This is to ensure that you receive your bonus.
Open an account with Extrabet
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This shouldn't take you any longer than a few minutes.
2. Make the following deposits into your new accounts.
Deposit £20.00 into your new Coral account.
Deposit £26.00 into your new Betfair account.
Deposit £34.00 into your Extrabet account.
3. Now make the following bets.
Place £20.00 on the draw at 3.20 (11/5) with Coral.
Coral will now add a £10.00 bonus to your account. Place this on the draw as well. You will now have £30.00 riding on the draw.
Back Rangers with £26.00 at 3.9 (14/5) (or higher if available) with Betfair.
Place £34.00 on Zenit St Petersburg at 2.13 (11/10) with Extrabet .
Extrabet match your first bet up to £25 so you will now have £59.00 riding on Zenit St Petersburg.
The £25.00 matched bet will not show in your account but you can read all about how it works on the Extrabet site. It's the purple box that says '£25 FREE BET FOR NEW CUSTOMERS' on the top right hand side. Click here to visit the Extrabet site.
If you are unsure about placing these bets, please feel free to mail us or call us on 01642 223229 and we will talk you through it, no problem at all. There is no such thing as a stupid question.
You have temporarily laid out a total of £80.00 on the Rangers v Zenit St Petersburg match. I stress, temporarily... Now sit back, crack a beer open and enjoy the match.
4. Here's what happens at the end of the game.
If it's a draw, you collect £121.00. That's £96.00 from Coral plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
If Rangers win, you collect £122.63. That's £97.63 from Betfair plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
If Zenit St Petersburg win you collect £123.90. That's £98.90 from Extrabet plus a £25.00 cashback from Betfair.
5. This means that the worst case scenario on the Rangers v Zenit St Petersburg match is a draw and you make £41.00 profit. However, if Rangers win you make £42.63 and if Zenit St Petersburg win you make £43.90. That's a minimum profit of 51%, a much better rate of interest that you would get at any high street bank or building society.
6. It is absolutely vital that you click on the links on this page to open the accounts with the two bookies and enter the correct bonus codes or you may not qualify for the bonuses.
Also, before you place your bets, you should check that the odds haven't changed. If they have, let us know by mail or phone us on 01642 223229 and we will rework the bet for you.
Please feel free to contact us or phone us on 01642 223229 if you have any questions at all about this bet and we will help you as much as we can.
Please note that the bonuses are valid for new customers only so if you already have an account with one or more of the bookies we are using, you won't be able to do this. If that is the case, mail us or phone us on 01642 223229 and we'll create an alternative bet for you using different bookies.
This method of betting was used very successfully during the 2006 World Cup and you can read all about how it was done right here.
We guarantee this bet
It's understandable that some people will not believe that it is possible to do this. "What's the catch?" I hear you asking. My answer to that question is that we have been publishing arbitrage bets for four seasons now and literally hundreds of people have profited from following the advice on these pages.
Only twice has our refund guarantee been triggered and that was when we did all the figures wrong and sent refunds out to those who had followed our advice and made a small loss.
Our refund guarantee works like this. If this bet doesn't work like we say it will and you end up out of pocket, we will refund your losses. Simple as that.
That means that you simply cannot lose on this, whatever happens and even if we messed up the numbers.
The only stipulation here is that you must click on the links on this page to be eligible for the refund guarantee, not that you'll be needing to claim anyway. Just enjoy the profit and stay posted for many more of these throughout the season.
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