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Pacman to the point

How Man Utd won the 2007/8 Premiership

17 April 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco thinks Man Utd's name is as good on the trophy but what were the decisive factors in the boys in red delivering the goods again?... Read more | Comments (3)

Reflecting on the state of the "Beautiful Game"

7 April 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco spends the whole weekend watching football and reflects on the state of the modern game...... Read more | Comment now

If England don't do it under Capello, they never will

26 March 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco praises the FA for securing the services of Fabio Capello and separates the wheat from the chaff in England's squad to face France on Wednesday night... Read more | Comments (3)

I'll miss pantomime villain Robbie Savage when he's gone

17 March 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco looks at the career of Robbie Savage and wonders whether all the bad press is justified as his Derby County side prepare for life in The Championship... Read more | Comment now

Going, going, gone! All Premiership players for sale...

26 February 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

With the Indian Premier League of cricket auctioning off the world's best players, Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco wonders what would happen if the same was done with Premiership players... Read more | Comment now

Why I hate the FA Cup

8 January 2008 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why you can bet your life that he won't be talking about the romance of the FA Cup....... Read more | Comments (5)

Cindy Crawford and being wrong about Arsenal

30 December 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why Arsenal's superb season caught him completely off-guard... Read more | Comment now

Lampard is the most overrated player in the Premiership

17 December 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco tells us why Lampard is not half the player he is made out to be, and it has nothing to do with his weight...... Read more | Comments (4)

The concept of betting value and finding your niche market

11 December 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco looks at what is value in football betting, specialising on a particular market and losing Damien Duff... Read more | Comment now

Greed is threatening to ruin the beautiful game

4 December 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco recalls the "Bogarde" affair, the Ronaldo World Cup 98 incident and the part played by the FA's greed as England failed to qualify for Euro 2008... Read more | Comment now

Capello or Mourinho are the FA's best bets

27 November 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why the FA shouldn't look beyond the two favourites on Betfair's next England manager market... Read more | Comments (2)

Andy Murray, short corners, Mihajlovic and a bottle of Rioja

20 November 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why he's unikely to be invited onto "Room 101" and who shouldn't expect any Christmas cards from him this year... Read more | Comment now

Keane hasn't lost any of the common sense he had as a player

12 November 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why Roy Keane is a credit to himself and why Joey Barton isn't...... Read more | Comment now

Oh captain, my captain

5 November 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco considers the qualities needed to be a good captain and the best ones out there... Read more | Comments (4)

I just hope Ramos doesn't get the same treatment that Jol did

29 October 2007 | About Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco

Pacman to the point - betting.betfair.com editor Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco shares his take on the Jol debacle and his successor... Read more | Comment now