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January 2009 - Football Food For Thought

Football Food For Thought. Opinions and thoughts from the betting.betfair team from the Premier League to the Champions League to the World Cup. This is where opinions come to live and whatever your football PoV it is sure to disagree with someone here!

Premiership Betting: Man City may be the new JR Ewing but Kaka storyline has gone wrong and now Robinho is on strike

Dan "The Betting Man" Fitch has mixed feelings about Manchester City's ambitions, the failed Kaka transfer and the sulking of Robinho but thanks them for hijacking Craig Bellamy's transfer to Spurs......

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Dan Fitch

Jan 20 2009

Premiership Betting: Multi-million pound strikers should be able to play alongside anyone

First Darren Bent and Pavlyuchenko and now Drogba and Anelka. Talk of strikers "not able to play together" is all getting a bit much for Tareq Quiroz's taste......

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Tareq Quiroz

Jan 16 2009

Kaka transfer: Why the deal is more likely to go through than not

Ralph Ellis is a man who knows a thing or two when it comes to sorting the wheat from the chaff as regards press speculation over football transfers. Which is why he's worth listening to...

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Ralph Ellis

Jan 16 2009

Premier League Goalkeepers: Shay Given and my suspicions towards small keepers

Frank Gregan has seen and experienced a thing or two whilst being on the football pitch and watching from the sidelines over the years. Including watching a "small" keeper create his team plenty of trouble....

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Frank Gregan

Jan 16 2009

Sir Alex Ferguson: Fall out with this particular pensioner at your peril

Dan Fitch talks us through Sir Alex Ferguson's spats with the likes of Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid and more recently, Rafa Benitez....

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Dan Fitch

Jan 13 2009

Chelsea Team Trophies: Managerial and personnel changes could see Chelsea end the season trophyless

"Knowledgeable" Nik Wardle looks at the Chelsea Team Trophy market and tells us why an unbalanced team that is losing its way may end the season empty-handed for a second year running....

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Nik Wardle

Jan 9 2009

January Transfer Window: Young, hungry players bring you success, not millionaire mercenaries

As the list of players being linked with moves to Manchester City grows by the day, Ralph Ellis looks at the sort of players that actually boost your chances of success and those that just...

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Ralph Ellis

Jan 5 2009