Aston Villa v's Blackpool

Villa have the edge in my reckoning but have problems in the scoring department. Delfouneso has a great opportunity to make his way into the first team on a regular basis and didn't look out of place against Fulham but missed a couple of chances to seal victory for the mid-landers. Blackpool are the surprise team of the promotion brigade and have a very good record on the road this season but I will again lay them as insurance against one of those 0-0 happening for a record third occasion at Villa Park.
Stake: - 6 point lay of Blackpool@6.0

Leeds v Hull

I take the opinion that Leeds will hold sway in this fixture but will take the insurance of laying Hull.

Stake: - 3.5 points lay of Hull@ 4.5

A little trade on Danish football.

OB v Randers

Randers may hold out for some time and a trade on the draw looks a fair proposition. Recent meetings shows that the away team has held its own when up against the Boldklub. Former Man Utd keeper Roy Carroll is now between the post for the 5th place team.

Stake: -

1 point on the draw@3.9

Times they are a trading!
There seems a 'new' way to make money from trading on markets be the sports markets or otherwise.
Watching football on TV or elsewhere you get the distinct impression that gambling and/or trading has taken over sponsorship of sport.
The question I ask myself, has all this gambling/trading bypassed they people who provide the sport week-in week-out?
Or does it have an effect on you as a team member if you see 3, 5 or 10 million pounds traded on your team to win, lose or draw?
With cricket coming under the spotlight in recent months and revelations about Asian bookmakers approaching players to set-up or fix aspects of matches it makes one think if that mistake you seen in the football match last week on TV was a genuine mistake or a fix of sorts.
I have recently found myself using the slow-motion button on my V+ box over and over again trying to decide if people really could miss such a golden chance to score?

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