With Harry Redknapp failing to do anything but bring a smile to Spurs fans' faces since his arrival, is this the year his favoured 4-4-2 may need to be replaced by a less exciting, but more effective, 4-5-1 formation away from home in the Champions League?

With the minimum of disrespect intended to Young Boys, Tottenham will be playing far bigger, and far more clinical, sides should progress through to the group stages.

Although the Manchester City of old would have been happy with a points total of five from their first four games, the new mega-rich Manchester City know that they are already behind schedule in their quest to win the Premier League this season.

With Joe Hart having shown in City's last game that he is human after all and fully capable of making errors, and the rest of the side utterly failing to produce the kind of display that everyone in football knows the players are capable of on an individual basis, manager Roberto Mancini is a man who needs his side to pick up points – and in style.

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With the Barclays Premier League standings beginning to resemble the final table many expect come the end of the season, punters are starting to wonder where they can find value with regards to a bet on who will be the eventual winners of the Premier League this year.
Although Chelsea are clearly looking like a side which is going to be extremely tough to overhaul at the top of the table this season, they have also become an unappetising bet for many punters, with few bookies now offering Chelsea betting odds that will generate a high rate of return for those risking their hard earned cash.

By Ollie Irish

Add in two weeks' worth of points, plus a much-needed cull at the bottom end of the table, and this is what you're left with:

1. Davey Chicago – 84
2= LAWRO – 80
2= Ping Yang – 80
4. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 73
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By Ollie Irish

"To be honest Manish, I don't know what the hell is going on."

The table:

1. Davey Chicago – 128
2. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 119
3.= LAWRO – 117
3.= Ping Yang – 117
5. Mizman – 107
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When United travelled to Turf Moor earlier in the season they suffered at the hands of the Clatrets fine start to the season. Burnley ran out 1-0 winners that day, and fair play to them they deserved it, but it should be a very different affair this time around.

Back then the Lancashire side were managed by the imposing and impressive figure of Owen Coyle.

I have been notified about an online project that will be running throughout the World Cup by bookmakers Coral.

They have set up a site called The Dugout, a place for debate by people like yourselves, betting tips from experts and exclusive interviews with people such as Terry Butcher, Martin Peters and Graham Poll.

Jean Laurens takes a look at some potential wagers for the new season.

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As the Premier League clubs get closer to the start of a new season here are my predictions for the upcoming season.

Finally one of the most drawn out transfer sagas of the summer has been completed, and it's one that Villa fans can be pretty pleased about. James Milner has completed his move to Manchester City for £18 million plus Stephen Ireland. With Ireland being valued close to £8 million it takes the overall total of the deal to around the £26 million mark.

Just as it looked like England were recovering from their disaster at last summer's World Cup another sordid kiss-and-tell story looks set to disrupt their preparations and potentially force their star player out of the game.
Whatever Wayne Rooney did or didn't do, it is clear the press have been digging for stories ever since the side's failure in South Africa and are determined to throw as much mud as the players as possible.

This year's Champions League group stages get underway next week, but Spurs fans have been left in a bit of a pickle. Can they enjoy the experience of seeing their side compete against Europe's elite clubs, or will the desire to win turn it into a nerve racking experience?

With the group stages throwing Spurs right in at the deep end of top level European football, supporters could be forgiven for wanting an easier introduction to the competition.

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When West Brom signed Peter Odemwingie from Locomotiv Moscow before the transfer window closed, not many would have been overly excited. Those with a keen eye will have seen Odemwingie represent Nigeria in the African Cup of Nations as well as this summer's World Cup but not a great deal more. The Uzbekistan born forward who has earned over 47 caps for Nigeria, the nation of his father's birth, had been in Moscow for three years after a big money move from Lille.

Greeting friends. I hope you enjoy the new profitable and revamped Futfanatico, which is far superior to anything you could possible have imagined. What makes the site so unique is the commitment to quality betting tips so that your wagers and fivers turn into cold hard cash come game day. In fact, I wager that this site has already helped turn your bets into bucks!

Wigan midfielder Charles N'Zogbia has once again made it clear that he sees his current club as a springboard in his career.
The Frenchman has however admitted he made a mistake in the summer when he demanded a move from Wigan.
It was a strange move from N'Zogbia, who knows that Wigan's policy is to never stand in the way of any player looking to move to further their career.

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I thought we should do some blogger reviews and what a way to start with something for the gambling man on a Euro gambling day. SoccerAce.com is a site I came across about a year ago. I made a point to bookmark it with my the other prediction sites on file. The Ace, whoever that might be, is quite conservative and I like that.

Chelsea are currently in the midst of a defensive crisis and could head to Russia next week to face Spartak Moscow minus captain John Terry, Alex and Jeffery Bruma.
Chelsea will be keen to extend their 100 per cent record in this season's Champions League when they face Spartak, but Carlo Ancelotti may have to patch together a central defensive partnership from whatever he has left of his injury-hit squad.

It's OTP's new betting column It is with a sigh of relief and feeling of anticipation that football fans and punters nationwide welcome back domestic football. Our 'naughty' bets now can consist of the Turkish Super Lig as oppose to some dreadful Euro U-19 qualifiers. A full programme in England and Scotland means that there [.

It's OTP's new betting column It is with a sigh of relief and feeling of anticipation that football fans and punters nationwide welcome back domestic football. Our 'naughty' bets now can consist of the Turkish Super Lig as oppose to some dreadful Euro U-19 qualifiers. A full programme in England and Scotland means that there [.

Having had to deal with several injuries to key players, with the loss of in-form winger Theo Walcott a particularly bad blow, Arsene Wenger could well be forgiven for reigniting the club versus country row after rumours started to circulate that Robin van Persie was all set to be picked for international duty by Holland despite barely kicking a ball for Arsenal so far this season.

This weekend's treble bet focuses on some regular goalscorers, and mixes lower league with European elite. Ricky Lambert, Adam Le Fondre and Samuel Eto'o have been scoring goals regularly for years, albeit at spectacularly different levels. Back all three to do the same at any time this weekend. £5 on Eto'o, Lambert and Le Fondre [.

Your latest tips for the betting weekend This weeks treble bet focuses on the Championship. It is not often that the layers give us any more than a ruffle of the hair after delightedly taking our hard-earned cash. But this week there seems to be a chink in the armour. Firstly, giving odds of 2.4 [...

Your latest tips for the betting weekend This weeks treble bet focuses on the Championship. It is not often that the layers give us any more than a ruffle of the hair after delightedly taking our hard-earned cash. But this week there seems to be a chink in the armour. Firstly, giving odds of 2.4 [...

Over the last fifteen years, Manchester United have displayed a never-say-die attitude epitomised best by that fateful evening against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final and traditionally the last ten minutes of any match against them is either a game of keep-ball if they're winning, or a non-stop siege if they're not.

After the England squad was announced most of the attention focused rights and wrongs of calling up the talented but troubled Andy Carroll.
This meant the merits of Jordan Henderson's call-up to the squad were largely ignored. This is probably because Henderson is one of the genuinely decent guys in English football and one who does all his talking on the pitch for Sunderland, avoiding the off field issues that make the back pages.

By Ollie Irish

"My warrior woman. My Valkyrie. You'll always be mine, always and never. Never. The Fire, baby. It'll burn us both... I fancy Bolton to win again, by the way."

The mighty big table after 12 weeks:

1. Davey Chicago – 101
2.

Wayne Rooney scored a match winning penalty on his first start since his contract saga. The all-British clash at Ibrox was hardly a classic, with both sides producing brave defensive displays and it was a late penalty that won it for the visitors with three minutes to go. The spot kick was awarded after Steven Naismith's high boot caught Fabio in the area and Rooney stepped up to send Allan McGregor the wrong way.

By Ollie Irish

"I'm warning you Miss Blennerhassit..."

The table after 13 weeks:

1. Davey Chicago – 108
2. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 102
3. LAWRO – 100
4. Ping Yang – 100
5. Mizman – 89
6. Edhehe – 87
7= Al Neri – 86
7= South City – 86
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By Ollie Irish

As we head into winter, here's how the table looks after 14 fun-packed weeks:

1. Davey Chicago – 117
2. Ping Yang – 112
3. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 111
4. LAWRO – 110
5. Mizman – 98
6. South City – 94
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Sir Alex Ferguson has had a major influence on Premier League football over the years and has also had a big say on the careers of youngsters up and down the country. However, he continues to undermine his admirable actions by refusing to let bygones be bygones by granting the BBC access to his pearls of wisdom once more.

By Ollie Irish

The table:

1. Davey Chicago – 137
2.= Ping Yang – 129
2.= WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 129
4. LAWRO – 122
5. Mizman – 113
6. Rich – 110
7.= Al Neri – 108
7.= South City – 108
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Seeing as it is a New Year I thought I will bring back The Tipster for one day to make you all lots of monies. Here at ITS, we recommend BettingExpert.com for your betting tips...

For this weekend's games, I'm going to do an accumulator, and also a bet of the week.