Schalke v Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson’s side travel to Gelsenkirchen with an unenviable record against German opponents, the Scot has never beaten a German team over two legs, a stat he will be desperate to delete from the record books. United have found a way of getting the job done in recent weeks, not [...]
Thursday, April 21, 2011
by James Schofield and Gary Emmerson Weekend Banker Wolves v Fulham – SATURDAY The batle for survival in the Premiership this season is proving to be one of the tightest of recent years and whilst Wolves currently sit bottom of the table a win here could see them move out of the relegation zone. Mick [...]
Friday, April 15, 2011
by Neil Hubbard and Gary Emmerson Banker Man City v Man Utd These old rivals square up in the first of the Cup semi-finals with both missing their main man upfront, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney respectively. However, it is Utd who looked better placed in dealing with their absence as Dimitar Berbatov, the Premier [...]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Man Utd vs. Chelsea The two meetings between these two sides this season have been very close, indeed both of the giants of English football have won one apiece. The onus is on Chelsea to go and win the game in this 2nd leg but there is no reason for Carlo Ancelloti’s team to go [...]
Friday, April 8, 2011
by Gary Emmerson and James Schofield It looks a tough weekend – so just the three selections this week. Banker Bolton v West Ham The signing of Daniel Sturridge has helped to reignite Bolton in recent weeks after they lost form in mid season, the extra cutting edge has helped them maintain a solid league [...]
Friday, April 1, 2011
by Gary Emmerson and James Schofield Banker St Etienne v Valenciennes It is European qualification hopefuls St Etienne hosting relegation threatened in France’s Ligue 1 on Sunday and the hosts looked massively overpriced at evens to emerge victorious. Valenciennes are something of the league’s draw specialists with 12 of their games ending in stalemate this [...]
Friday, March 25, 2011
by Gary Emmerson, Neil Hubbard and James Schofield Weekend Banker Barnet v Chesterfield League leaders Chesterfield travel to Barnet with a healthy 13pt lead over the teams in the other automatic promotion spots. It’s hard to imagine them taking their foot off the gas for this trip to Underhill as John Sheridan will be acutely [...]
Friday, March 11, 2011
by James Schofield and Gary Emmerson Weekend Banker Burnley v Millwall Since Eddie Howe has taken charge at Turf Moor, Burnley have been a side on the upgrade and are now pushing hard for the play offs. Having strengthened their striking options with the signing of Nathan Delfouneso from Villa they carry a real menace [...]
Tuesday, April 26, 2011