Football/Tennis

Horrible results in the three selected FA Cup matches played Friday/Saturday. All three matches were level with five or fewer minutes to play. Everton scored their winner on 91 minutes. In a way the Friday match was even worse because Aston Villa were the losing team (on 89 minutes) thus increasing the chance of Lambert getting the boot before Pardew does. I hope the board continues to support Lambert - they have declared that Lambert would be the right man to bring the team back up to the Premiership should the Midlands' side be relegated. Let's hope that remains the case. Big match on Tuesday - a relegation "six pointer" - the Premiership encounter between AV and Newcastle. I hope AV can win it.

Only the Leeds match can save our FA Cup stakes now - tomorrow afternoon.

Undeterred by these poor results, I've had a small play on inform Watford to win the Championship. It will be stiff task to catch Cardiff. However they moved up to fourth this afternoon, with an impressive performance, to go within one point of second place. I have had:

2pts each-way Watford to win Championship @ 14/1 Coral 1/3 odds 1,2

On the tennis front I thought Li Na was a little unlucky to lose the final this morning. She had two (genuine) MTOs. First she twisted her ankle. Later on she fell again cracking her head on the court. Nevertheless her prices for the next two GSs have contracted. She is now a best priced 10/1 for the French and 25/1 for Wimbledon. Carlos has work to do after this defeat but I think we have a little bit of value with the two bets. On her day she can hit anyone off the court.

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