I expect the cricket team will manage to lose to the Abu Dabi under 19's, or themselves, or whoever they find to warm up against, but they don't have a confirmed fixture list, so I can't find a bookie to take my bet.
I shall have to confine myself to the Premier League. I have compiled an Englishness index, based on number of Englishmen-minutes played as of today.
The clear stand-out dead cert bet based on this method is Arsenal v Wigan. Arsenal have managed to avoid playing Englishmen quite a lot this season, and have only racked up 839 English-player minutes. Mostly from that hopeless Walcott fella. Even with him in the team, they are sure to win the title.
Meanwhile, Wigan have managed to amass a thoroughly ill-advised 6449 minutes of hapless Englishness. I can see them coping with the sheer foreign winning-ness of Arsenal.
I'm putting 50 quid on a home win at 4/11 with Paddy Power. Crap odds, but I absolutely can't lose. It's going to be a massacre at the Emirates on Saturday. I'll spend my 18 big ones on a bag of chips and maybe a domain name to host the blog.
I'll also probably stick some on a long shot: Aston Villa to go down at 619/1 with Betfair. With so many Englishmen in their team, I worry for their future.
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