Well, it seems that if ye asketh of ye olde English Premier League, ye shall receiveth! I had only finished whinging about the predictability of the English Premier league a few days ago, when Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal all took hits in the EPL.

 

So, what has been the impact of the upsets on the table, the Twittersphere and the gossip landscape of the English Premier League? We find out ... as well as seeing what it might mean for your sports betting dollar.  

 

Chewing the Boot

We've so far been pretending that the English Premier League is above all that dirty scuttlebutt that dominates other sports. Of course we lie! Most soccer players have been trained to restrain their mouths, but there has been plenty of English Premier League gossip about for anybody that cares to listen:

• Steve Bruce, Sunderland's boss, says that Liverpool's goal was a 'joke'. Not one that was funny enough to laugh at though, apparently.
• Arsene Wenger's pursed lips were a delight to see, for those like myself who love a bit of competition! Great comedy value  ... much funnier than Liverpool's goal :-)
• Wayne Rooney's form is suffering in the wake of exposure of his extramarital dalliances ... though I do think that feeling sorry for him because of it is much like having sympathy for somebody with a hangover. Self-inflicted harm.

 

The Bookies' Boot

Apart from offering a few less cents for a Chelsea win, the bookies opinions haven't changed much ... despite the shock results for some clubs. Seem the likelihood of history repeating is simply too strong. Odds to win the English Premier League currently:

·         Arsenal FC: 5.50

·         Chelsea FC: 1.95        

·         Liverpool FC: 23.00

·         Manchester City: 15.00

·         Manchester United: 3.50

·         Tottenham Hotspur: 67.00

 

The Official Table

Well, the table still looks pretty standard, but the jostling at the lower end (and the associated ego-deflation for Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United) has certainly made this week interesting! I've included the full table this week, so the effects of the upset games could be clearly seen.

All clubs have played 6 matches to date:

1.      Chelsea, 15 points

2.      Man Utd, 12 points

3.      Arsenal, 11 points

4.      Manchester City, 11 points (Redemption is theirs again!)

5.      Aston Villa, 10 points

6.      West Brom, 10 points

7.      Fulham, 8 points

8.      Tottenham, 8 points

9.      Blackburn, 8 points

10.  Newcastle, 7 points

11.  Sunderland, 7 points

12.  Bolton, 7 points

13.  Birmingham, 7 points

14.  Stoke City, 7 points

15.  Blackpool, 7 points

16.  Liverpool, 6 points

17.  Wolverhampton, 5 points

18.  Wigan, 5 points

19.  West Ham, 4 points

20.  Everton, 3 points

 

Twits and the Brits

The Brittersphere seems to have temporarily moved to Indonesia, with quite a few Premier League tweets coming from Asia's far South East, randomly! There has also been plenty of talk of the defeats ... mostly in advertisement form, but there are a few 'real' people talking on Twitter. Some captured below!

 

--- F_Ostick: Does defeat by West Brom prove Arsenal are not good enough to win the Premier League? http://tinyurl.com/2b5hwn7

--- mukeshkini: @k1rn no team is easy dude.. that shows to all of them what the standard of Premier League is..

--- sonjabean: The nice thing about taping an English Premier League match is that I don't have to worry about anyone telling me the score before I see it.               (Errrrrr .... that depends how long you wait to watch it, and whether you use the internet in the meantime!)

--- SharriStorzBHOC: All hail Man Utd! The only unbeaten team left in the Premier League! :D (Y)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sigh ... the top of the Premier League table is starting to settle into it's old configuration, with Chelsea firmly up top on 15 points, Arsenal and Manchester United tied on 11 and Manchester City and Tottenham tied on 8. I propose an experiment ... switch a third of Arsenal's players, a third of Manchester United's and a third of Chelsea's players over to Blackpool, and see what happens. Would at least be entertaining!

 

 

 

 

Despite the predictability of the Premier League this week, there has certainly been quite a few interesting moments - we check them out here.

 

Brightest Booting Stars So Far

There are three or four teams propping up an entire English Premier League ... and it is sort of surprising to find that sometimes one or two players are propping up the entire team also! Here are some of the star players from within the star teams...

·         Theo Walcott: This Brit booting for Arsenal has scored 4 goals this season, offset by zero yellow and zero red cards.

·         Dimitar Berbatov: This Man U star has been designated goal scorer of the week across the Brittersphere, and has 3 goals and a single yellow card for the season

·         Didier Drogba: One of football's new big names currently has 4 goals for Chelsea

·         Florent Malouda: A much less feted Chelsea goal scorer, but just as prolific as Drogba! 4 goals, no cards.

 

Upcoming games

Manchester City will be facing off against Chelsea, in one of the bigger matches this week. Chelsea are favourites, but the bookies are definitely not discounting Man City, with odds of 3.32 to Chelsea's 2.12.

 

There might not be too many big names in the West Ham vs Tottenham Hotspur match, but it is set to be interesting nevertheless. Tottenham is tipped to win, with odds of 2.01, facing West Ham's 3.6.

 

 

The Official Table

It's all settling into its predictable place now ...

All clubs have played 5 matches to date:

1.      Chelsea, 15 points

2.      Arsenal, 11 points

3.      Man Utd, 11 points

4.      Manchester City, 8 points (Redemption is theirs!)

5.      Tottenham, 8 points (A stunning comeback from last week)

6.      Newcastle, 7 points

7.      Fulham, 7 points

8.      Aston Villa, 7 points

9.      Blackpool, 7 points

10.  West Brom, 7 points

 

Twits and the Brits

I'm still adoring the idea of the 'Brittersphere', so I'll continue using that title this week ... here is some of the best of the trash talking, hilarity and information from the most up-to-date 'news' site on the net :-)

 

--- MLBFanHouse: Lost 45 mins of Premier League Review to WPS. $#%#!!!!

--- IAMdailymessage: 1) Thought I might start following the English Premier League, taped the Man United v Liverpool game, think I've found my team, Man United.  

(A unique way to decide which sports team to follow, but certainly valid!)

--- followhan: Just realised that Liverpool is now on the 16th place on the Premier League, with huge debt-piling. How so fitting! LOL..  (Err ... easily amused, I suppose).

 

The Premier League offered us a few very interesting games last week ... especially the win by Blackpool, one of the single worst placed clubs, odds-wise! What's the British Boot been kicking this week?

 

The Bookies’ Boot

The odds given for the overall winner of the English Premier League have shifted around a little - but mostly we're looking at the same six clubs in the running. Unfortunately Tottenham Hotspur's odds haven't improved since the van der Vaart transfer ... but that may just mean you make all the more on a freak Tottenham win!

·         Arsenal FC: 5.50

·         Chelsea FC: 2.00        

·         Liverpool FC: 21.00

·         Manchester City: 13.00 (Lengthened a little since the lofty 9.00 heights they reached last week!)

·         Manchester United: 3.50

·         Tottenham Hotspur: 67.00 (No change after the transfer!)

 

Upcoming games

Aston Villa will be playing Stoke City very shortly, and it looks to be an interesting game, with Stoke City placed at 2.68 and Aston Villa at 3.01. After that, we'll be waiting a few more days for a top-up of that Premier League fix; make sure you catch Manchester United playing Liverpool FC, one of the busiest and noisiest upcoming games of the week.  Check out the full list, there are some goodlooking sure things to be seen....

 

The Official Table

There are a couple of striking differences between the bookies opinions and the official table of points so far. Are some clubs maxing out their mojo early? Here’s the top 12 clubs in the official Brits Booting Balls story so far:

All clubs have played 4 matches to date, apart from Aston Villa and Stoke City:

1.      Chelsea, 12 points

2.      Arsenal, 10 points

3.      Man Utd, 8 points

4.      Blackpool, 7 points (They're placed fourth, but you can still get odds of 10,001.00 for Blackpool to win the Premier League with some betting agencies!)

5.      Birmingham, 6 points

6.      Fulham, 6 points

7.      Aston Villa, 6 points (Yet to play for this week)

8.      Manchester City, 5 points (Bit of a fall from grace - but they are still well placed in the odds)

9.      Wolves, 5 points

10.  Sunderland, 5 points  

 

Twits and the Brits

The Brittersphere has come through for us this week, with some interesting facts and commentary!

 

--- InfostradaLive: Liverpool have won only 27% of their Premier League matches without Dirk Kuyt compared to 57% of their PL matches with the Dutchman.

--- Liverpool_stuff: #Liverpool Gary Neville admits Liverpool dislike, aims jibe at City – Barclays Premier League http://bit.ly/a534DA

 

 

 

 

 

We're a few weeks into the English Premier League (Brits booting balls ... and not always badly!), and the odds are telling us that someone other than the big three (Chelsea, Arsenal and Man U) might actually get up there this time! The table tells a different story, though – so who’s your punting dollar safest with?

 

The Bookies’ Boot

Despite being far from the bottom of the table, Blackpool FC have some record low odds ... they are sitting at 10,001 with bet365, Bluesquare and Victor Chandler! Other than that oddity, we’ll just look at some of the stronger contenders. It’s surprising to see more than four clubs with odds under 100, but then again it is early days...

·         Arsenal FC: 6.00

·         Chelsea FC: 2.20        

·         Liverpool FC: 26.00

·         Manchester City: 9.00 (Surprise!)

·         Manchester United: 3.25

·         Tottenham Hotspur: 67.00 (But look for increases after Rafael van der Vaart’s transfer over from Real Madrid)

 

Upcoming games

We don’t have a batch of matches for another 9 days or so, and they’re mostly looking pretty one-sided  ... apart from a nailbiter between Wigan Athletic and Sunderland FC, where all 57 of the fans will be hanging off the edges of their seats ;-)  Check out the full match list– could be some good punting to be had!

 

The Official Table

There are a couple of striking differences between the bookies opinions and the official table of points so far. Are some clubs maxing out their mojo early? Here’s the top 12 clubs in the official Brits Booting Balls story so far:

All clubs have played 3 matches to date:

1.      Chelsea, 9 points

2.      Arsenal, 7 points

3.      Man Utd, 7 points

4.      Aston Villa, 6 points (Bookies odds between 126.00 and 501.00)

5.      Bolton, 5 points

6.      Birmingham, 5 points

7.      Wolverhampton, 5 points (Bookies odds: 7501.00)

8.      Newcastle, 4 points

9.      Man City, 4 points (The bookies strongest contender outside the big 4 is sitting at position number 9...)

10.  Sunderland, 4 points

11.  Tottenham, 4 points

12.  Blackpool, 4 points (Does that really deserve 10,001.00 odds?!)

 

Twits and the Brits

The Twittersphere has plenty to say about the Premier League ... we’ve siphoned off some of the most intelligible, original and meaningful here, along with an unexpected little bonus!

 

--- (HOT OFF THE TWEETPRESS!) JBruma: I can confirm that I have signed a new four year deal at Chelsea!

--- gfish3000: Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, wants to play soccer for Manchester United... http://yhoo.it/buEslp

--- OfficialFaceKIG: Man city's owner looks like a joker, the joke of it is they think they can win the premier league this season? GIGANTIC statement lol...

--- juventusoffside: EPL fans are angry folk. RT @cahiers_dusport: Ach, remind me to never Tweet about the Premier League again. Thanks. Not worth it.

 

 

 

 

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