Pacman to the point : UK & Ireland Football

Football Betting: English football in good health

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:16:26 +0000

As England's senior team already have one foot on the plane to South Africa and the Under 21s look in good nick ahead of the European Championships next week, Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco reflects on the general state of English football.

Premiership Betting: Déjà Vu and my own view on who will win the Premiership

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:50:34 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on how Premiership events so far have an all too-familiar look to him and why he won't be making the same mistake as last year.

Carlos Queiroz and getting the big decisions right

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:50:47 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco discusses the factors that led to Carlos Queiroz walking out on Man Utd to become the manager of Portugal and how important it is to get such decisons right...

How Man Utd won the 2007/8 Premiership

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:14:20 +0000

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?

Reflecting on the state of the "Beautiful Game"

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:56:53 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco spends the whole weekend watching football and reflects on the state of the modern game...

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

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:36:51 +0000

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

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

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:01:32 +0000

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

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

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:48:08 +0000

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

Why I hate the FA Cup

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:17:14 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why you can bet your life that he won't be talking about the romance of the FA Cup....

Cindy Crawford and being wrong about Arsenal

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:34:22 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why Arsenal's superb season caught him completely off-guard

Lampard is the most overrated player in the Premiership

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:16:30 +0000

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...

The concept of betting value and finding your niche market

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:17:20 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco looks at what is value in football betting, specialising on a particular market and losing Damien Duff

Greed is threatening to ruin the beautiful game

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:34:46 +0000

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

Capello or Mourinho are the FA's best bets

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:42 +0000

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco on why the FA shouldn't look beyond the two favourites on Betfair's next England manager market

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

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:40:57 +0000

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