Two weeks in and Col U are sitting at the top, hopefully not an ominous sign of things to come. Our start couldn’t be more frustrating! Two leads thrown away with silly mistakes. Yesterday’s 2 – 2 with Walsall did bring some financial reward in my accumulator but taught me a lesson in not betting on the team you love. From now on I’ll be only betting on games I’ve no loyalty towards. We’re also through to the next round of Carling cup and we got our dream draw against a Premiership side….Hull away!<\/p>\n
The Premiership started this weekend with a bit of a bang. All the top sides getting victories showing that this year could be the year where it’s at least a 3 horse race. I think Christiano Ronaldo’s departure could be the difference this year, and if I had to take a punt I would say Chelsea would be a good bet. We already have a little bit of controversy. Bryan Gunn is the first Managerial casualty and we’ve already had the first referee blunder of immense proportions. Crystal Palace’s disallowed goal is just another example of why we need goal-line technology. Ice hockey has a system in place, so why can’t football?!?<\/p>\n
ESPN has replaced Setanta and having watched the Everton vs Arsenal game I was quite impressed with their coverage. And thankfully ITV has handed over its coverage of the football league to the BBC. Hosted by Manish ‘The Football League’ show is not a bad round-up show. There’s a lot of stuff that probably could be cut from the show, especially Jackie’s fan’s emails section. If I wanted this I’d listen to 5 live. The fact that it’s on iPlayer is a godsend, especially if you have a faulty sky box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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