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A very common form of inside manipulation affecting football matches and the betting markets are 3
for 3 and 2 for 2 arrangements. Perfected in the eighties and nineties in Serie A but now present
in leagues throughout Europe, the 3 for 3/2 for 2 structures represent the sharing of points over a
season for mutual benefit.
When these agreements were first orchestrated in Italy, there were only two points for a victory
and the format almost always featured two drawn games.
International breaks breed vacuous nonsense. Step forward Sky with an "in-depth" survey which
apparently shows that English referees are the best in the world. Really?
For a start, Murdoch's manipulators failed to inform us exactly who they questioned, how many
people were in the sample group, what nationality mix existed, who undertook the poll and how the
question was phrased.
What is the point of these international breaks apart from for the encouragement of xenophobic
neo-nationalists from Serbia to England? All we get is non-competitive, manipulated matches that
are virtually irrelevant in that UEFA (or FIFA with regard to the World Cup) have already
determined who the desired qualifiers are to be. Following the original competition draw, the
arrangement of the match calendar and the selection of the referees, not very much is left to
chance.
1 Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors, AS Roma, Real Madrid, Internazionale (current). Whose career? 2
Uefa was founded in 1954, but in which country? 3 Juventus, Bayern Munich and which other club are
the only teams to have won all three major European trophies (European Cup or Champions League,
Uefa Cup, Cup Winner's Cup) at least once? 4 In 1965, which British club published the UK's first
ever regular football club newspaper?
The Japan v Australia quarterfinal will see one of the heavily fancied teams drop out of the
competition and the winners confirmed as strong favorites to lift the trophy.
Iran are joint third favorites with dark horses and neighbors Iraq but Korea's poor form sees them
drift out to 9/1. Good odds for a punt on Pim Verbeek's Taeguk Warriors.
There are only five Premiership teams that Dietrological or, for that matter, the individual
members of our Trading Team would consider working alongside on a consultative level. We refuse to
get involved with teams linked to gangsters, bookmakers, arms dealers, online casinos, private
equity-heads, human rights abusers and professional gamblers (whether at management or player
level).
Smarter people than me, if such a group actually
exist, have struggled to find a solution to the threat of terror. Islamic fundamentalists are often
berated, but I have a certain amount of sympathy for their plight: if I couldn't have a bet or a
bacon sandwich, I'd probably be suicidal myself.
I don't want to ram my own theories down anyone's throat (if I was to ram anything down somebody's
throat, it wouldn't be a theory), but the only way we can move forward as a multicultural society
is to embrace the concept of secularism.
From time to time, the English mainstream media throw excessive hissy fits about entirely
fabricated footballing realities. These spectacular society nonsenses, although pithy in the big
scheme of things, always have a purpose and that purpose usually relates to some insider(s)
increasing the positive nature of their cashflow(s).
A prime example of this waste of column inches is the focus on Martin Jol and Tottenham.
It has never been like this before and it will never be the same again - there is no better
definition of the basic matrix of all financial markets. Constant evolution drives the markets
forward as these multidisciplinary playgrounds are complex beyond the static realities of a pure
science. That is why it is so interesting.
In parallel with the not-so-random walk of the markets, march the career opportunities related to
analysts.
As the takeover of the Premiership by individuals, partnerships or consortia with either previous
or strategic betting market plans continues apace, today we take a look at "mysterious" Carson
Yeung who this week increased his stake in Birmingham City to just under 30%.
Okay lets look at a few of the known facts about Hong Kong-based businessman Yeung.
What is information? The word is utilised to denote a wide spectrum of sources, news and data
related to all types of financial market but the differentiation of informational value is an
absolutely key input to all successful trading strategies.
In the internet age, information has gone exponential. Alongside the mainstream sources that have
always dominated the telescopic vision of the market analysts, the web has created a galaxy of new
potentially useful loci of information.
As absolute power corrupts absolutely, there must be concerns about FIFA and, in particular, Sepp
Blatter. At the recent FIFA Congress in Zurich, Blatter was reelected unopposed for a further four
years of omnipotence as president of the world governing body.
Blatter exerts a vice-like grip over FIFA with a number of his own men in charge of the regional
affiliations (think Jack Warner at CONCACAF or Michel Platini at UEFA, for example) and his
strategic planning, in that such planning exists, purely targets the maintenance of control by
buying off just enough of the FIFA family with his complex and often contradictory edicts.
The mobile phone has been heralded as a great invention, but I automatically frown upon any tool
that encourages spousal interaction.
I remember my feeling of angst as my circle of friend embraced the technological breakthrough. Even
my old man joined in, and he's a complete technophobe; he once sold his television because a little
fellow in the corner of the screen was making hand signals towards him.
When it comes to relationships, there is one undeniable truth. It doesn't matter how attractive a
girl may be, how delightful her personality or how sparkling her conversation; sooner or later, the
bint's going to start to grate.
As a result, a decline in physical intimacy is a natural consequence. After making sweet music with
the same partner for a number of months, it's perfectly natural to want to replace the duet with a
solo.
Out of the first one hundred Premiership matches this season, Sky Television have selected just one
Arsenal game for live coverage (against Portsmouth) and, taking the data up to the December limit
of Sky's disclosures, only the minnows of Wigan, Fulham, Birmingham, Derby, Reading, Blackburn and
Middlesboro are shown less than the Gunners. Why so?
Global betting turnover on live Sky Premiership games is markedly higher than the other Premiership
games.
The wife and I are similar in many ways, but we disagree on the most prudent way to discipline
children. Betty is from the old-school, and believes a small slap is perfectly acceptable. I take
the opposite view, and prefer the use of a knuckle-duster.
Such actions would not be necessary if it wasn't for our children being led astray by poor
role-models, such as Premier League footballers.
So, nobody wants Frank Lampard. The statement from one of Barcelona's board members was unequivocal
"Lampard knows he has no chance of moving to any of the big European clubs...there is no other
option. He has been offered to us, Milan, Inter and Real Madrid, basically all of the big clubs,
but nobody is interested".
So Frank's brinkmanship has been found out and his agent, Steve Kutner, is busy backtracking and
making conciliatory noises towards the Chelsea hierarchy: "Frank has always said he wants to stay
at Chelsea for the rest of his career" together with a more dubious "he will be as committed as
ever".
Magical Thinking is a behavioural disorder or style that is very common among leisure gamblers. It
should not, therefore, come as any surprise to know that Magical Thinking is targeted directly by
those that would wish for you to gamble.
Every gambling sector incorporates this fallacious mode of "analysis" into their structure.
In Hong Kong and elsewhere in the Far East, the number 4 is regarded as extremely unlucky while the
number 8 is full of harmonious resonances to the extent that, if you are trading the horseracing
markets it is vital to take account of the market imbalances created by this illogical thought
process ie there is generally only value to be found in opposing horse number 8 while backing horse
number 4 is a good thing (obviously with all other factors taken into consideration).
The bookies' favourite to be top scorer in the Premier League this season is Didier Drogba, at 4-1
generally. No surprise there, but not much value either. So can anyone outscore the Chelsea
powerhouse? A few names spring to mind... Before I look at them, I'll choose to ignore Cristiano
Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, currently second and third favourite, at 6-1 and 7-1 – Man Utd tend to
spread their goals around generously, so I can't see either Ron or Roo topping the scoring charts
at the end of the season, even if both have strong seasons again.
When the wife was pregnant with little Goliath, she asked if I'd still find her attractive when she
put on weight. "More weight," I instinctively corrected."
It's perfectly understandable if a lady's weight yo-yo's after such a stressful event, but with the
wife, it merely yo'd. There's no excuse for a Premiership footballer to ‘tubby up' in such an
outlandish fashion, so I hope there's no truth to the rumours emanating from Ewood Park.
Great news for the defences of Israel and Russia - Michael Owen made his long-awaited comeback for
Newcastle last night by successfully failing to score during the hour that he spent on the pitch
against non-league Blue Star.
Only the casinos of Europe have seen more of little Michael than the Newcastle treatment room since
his arrival in the north east following a conspicuous lack of interest in his playing abilities
from the G14(18) clubs after his debacle of a spell at Real Madrid.
On Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued in Thailand for Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife over
illegal land deals in Bangkok.
On Wednesday, Richard Scudamore (the chief executive of the Premier League) sits next to Shinawatra
and his posse of mercenary bodyguards for the Premiership match between Man City and Derby.
Scudamore possesses no expert inside knowledge of the corruption repeatedly perpetrated by
Shinawatra in his homeland and he has studiously ignored the representations from Human Rights
Watch and Amnesty International regarding extra-judicial killings.
Twenty one. That was the number of influential match outcome altering decisions perpetrated by the
Professional Game Match Official Board (PGMOB) referees in the weekend's Premiership football
matches.
Football market analysts have come to expect an extra degree of manipulation in the big betting
windows but Saturday and Sunday's games were particularly hard hit by the input of Keith Hackett's
match controllers.
I've recently learned the hard way that you should never discuss politics and religion. My lodger
and I became embroiled in a furious row over the conflict in Iraq. Dave was very vocal in his
condemnation of Bush; but he flew off the handle when I criticised Brown. It almost came to
blows.
The day after our acrimonious political altercation, we fell out over his attempt to convert the
wife into devout Christianity.
Usmanov eats babies for breakfast and Abramovich offers financial inducements to the Russians to
beat your national heroes. No matter on your perspective, the new breed of East European owners and
board members in the Premiership are far more entertaining in their degree of psychopathy than the
likes of Louis Edwards, who merely sold poisoned meat knowingly to Manchester schoolchildren.
Trying to pick a winner from Sunday's match is probably like trying to tell the difference between
those alien-faced twins from big brother. Apparently it's all in the squint. Unfortunately football
teams don't squint, apart from those managed by Dowie. So, somehow we're going to have to separate
the wheat and the chaff. From what I've seen this season both the Reds and Spurs have played a lot
of chaff.
It is a pity that the geopolitical machinations of Israel don't receive the same degree of media
attention as their footballing ones as page after page after page discusses the realities about to
be unleashed onto our horizons.
Tomorrow's Israel versus Russia is a major problem not only for England, the Football Association,
the media, the bookmakers, UEFA and the feelgood factor of a nation at large, it also has the
potential to cause issues regarding the integrity of the game as a whole.
Omer Golan's got a brand new £50K Merc courtesy of English bookmaker Fred Done after scoring the
winning goal for Israel at the weekend.
Spectacular society salvation comes in many forms.
Even by the standards of the English media where fact and spun disinformation were long ago
divorced from one another, the reality presented to us as the Israel versus Russia football match
stands out like a beacon.
Sigmund Freud was nothing but a hairy quack. My cantankerous nature is not the result of a
repressed Oedipus complex; I only feel hostility towards my father because he's really
annoying.
Before senility kicked in, the old fellow would try in vain to act cool around my friends. I
genuinely sympathise with anyone who has had to endure a similar ordeal; so naturally I have plenty
of time for Shaun Wright-Phillips.
When is a rigged match not a rigged match?
When the rigging is perpetrated by the bookmakers and/or the footballing authorities. That's
when.
There is a flip side to this scenario - woe betide anybody else frigging about and rigging...
UEFA is currently investigating fifteen matches from the early phases of this season which revealed
suspicious betting patterns.
Being in Glasgow on the day that Ibrox is raided by the City of London Police is, as a Celtic fan,
a proper grin. The fact that Newcastle, Souness and Portsmouth are also being rightfully and
properly investigated only adds to a general air of slightly malicious good humour. Undoubtedly,
the raids are scratching the surface of the corruption endemic in the English and, to a lesser
extent, the British game.
Centrebet have a decent offer on at the moment whereby if you bet £35 on a team to win this
season you'll get this seasons shirt for free.
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The Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, in his increasingly desperate attempts to
escape censure over his extensive mismanagement of our national game, continues to paint himself
further into a corner from which there is no exit available which might allow his stature to be
maintained and his career in football to continue.
We have highlighted in numerous previous posts the inappropriate roles undertaken by Scudamore with
respect to the Quest inquiry into bungs in football, the West Ham United scandal, the fit and
proper persons test for Premiership team ownership and the entirely invalid links being developed
between the Premiership and the global football betting markets.
Real Madrid new signings Arjen Robben and Gabriel Heinze are
presented at the Bernabeu stadium on August 23, 2007 in Madrid, Spain. Photo
Jasper Juinen/Getty Images With Robben and Heinze on board, Madrid now have one strong-looking
squad - consider that this summer they have also signed Dutch wonderkid Royston Drenthe, German
centre-half Christoph Metzelder, Portuguese defender Pepe, Dutch flyer Wesley Sneijder and
Argentine pocket rocket Javier Saviola, as well as welcoming back Julio Baptista from Arsenal and
Roberto Soldado from Osasuna.
On the last two weekends, Sky's Super Sunday matches have yielded incredibly corrupt global betting
events that clearly exhibit the power play between the different market makers as they seek and
attempt to gain proprietary control of these high profile matches.
The key aspect to Sky's heavily biased and manipulative televised output is their over confidence
in the security of their control of the events under their warped jurisdiction.
GAME OF THE WEEK Man Utd v Sunderland Lawro 2-0, Pies 2-0 Have to agree with Lawro
here. Sunderland will fight like Tigers – Roy Keane will make sure of that on his return to Old
Trafford – but United should have too much class for the visitors. The game kicks of at 5.15pm on
Saturday. Sponsored link: Man Utd v Sunderland is available on Setanta on 01/09/07 Click below to
check out our predictions for the rest of the weekend's Premier League action: Saturday
Bolton v Everton Lawro 1-1, Pies 1-2 Fulham v Tottenham Lawro 1-2, Pies
1-1 Liverpool v Derby Lawro 3-0, Pies 2-0 Middlesbrough v
Birmingham Lawro 2-1, Pies 1-1 Newcastle v Wigan Lawro 2-0, Pies 1-0
Reading v West Ham Lawro 1-1, Pies 2-1 Sunday Arsenal v
Portsmouth Lawro 2-0, Pies 1-0 Blackburn v Man City Lawro 2-1, Pies 1-1
Aston Villa v Chelsea Lawro 1-2, Pies 0-1 Think you can do better?
The Catcher in the Guy
The wife has got to make a meal out of everything. When giving birth, most women are in and out in
a few hours with minimal whining, but the wife had to have ‘complications'. I can't remember the
exact excuse she gave for her extended three-day stay, I think it was something like a rupture, a
breach, or the bed had collapsed.
Creative market analysts love advanced technologies that might provide a competitive edge in the
marketplace. There is only one problem with this reliance - all such technologies are highly
dependent on the quality of the data set and the choice of the key configurative parameters that
the software requires as inputs.
Basically, the ground is defined by "rubbish in, rubbish out".
Well, I'm going to miss him anyway...
The disappearance of The Special One from the English game was matched by the appearance of oodles
of cash to Dietrological Gold clients who were advised on the 66/1 available on Mourinho being the
first Premiership managerial casualty of the new season while everybody else was bleating on about
Martin Jol and Juande Ramos.
The older I get, the grumpier I become. Old people, children and John Motson have all played a
significant role in my metamorphosis, but the wife's driving is almost certainly the overriding
factor.
I'm not criticising women drivers in general. I've shared a ride with a number of females over the
years without any complaint. Although in the interest of fairness, there wasn't a great deal of
time to voice any concerns.
