Sam Allardyce have full and healthy squad, but the main problem in Blackburn is the motivation. I think, the Big Sam is the right man who can change this.
"We have to get the players performing to their maximum as quickly as possible. I believe the players that we have will be good enough to get out of trouble.”, said Allardyce for BBC.
According to BBC three Stoke players will miss the match and one is doubtful. The players are Mama Sidibe (knee) and Leon Cort (groin) are out, while Liam Lawrence (knee) is not match fit and Dave Kitson (knee) faces a fitness test.
So, a home win here for 1.72.
20.12.2008. 10:55
Harry Redknapp has a lot of problems as Jonathan Woodgate, Ledley King, Giovani dos Santos, Jermaine Jenas and Alan Hutton are all sidelined through injury and Darren Bent has tonsilitis. Roman Pavlyuchenko and Vedran Corluka are also out as they are cup-tied, with Fraizer Campbell the only fit striker. The information is taken by BBC.
Only two Spartak's players will miss the match. Ivanov and Rodriguez stayed in Moscow, recovering from their injuries and Michael Laudrup will have the ability to build a strong team for tonight. Spartak has played some friendlies recently. The last one with Chelsea second team, so the team is in good form, nevertheless the Russian championship has ended three weeks ago.
Redknapp has hinted that John Bostock and Dean Parrett - 16 and 17-years-old respectively - will play some part in the match.
When I combine the facts that Redknapp has underestimated this match with the idea Tottenham has 99% chance to continue and Laudrup has his team at it's best I will pick away win with +0.5 for Spartak. The odds are 1.98.
18.12.2008. 11:31
I have to add the fact that the 15th in Championship will be without five players: Dean Leacock (groin), Claude Davis (hamstring) and Martin Albrechtsen (calf) and cup-tied Luke Varney and Nacer Barazite. I will also add that the manager of the Championship team said for BBC: "It's a game we're looking forward to but it's going to be a tough test for us.".
So, the match is between Stoke and Derby and it is ? final for Carling Cup and the stake for Stoke 1.7 is quite good.
02.12.2008. 13:16
The first is Houston’s firepower. When Tracy McGrady went off the pitch few days ago, no one expected Houston would keep the firepower, but it happened. Luther Head who replaced him scored his season best 21 points against San Antonio yesterday. Ron Artest added 16 and another 5 players made over ten points against Tim Duncan and co for 103:84 win at home.
Now, against them is standing Denver that held an opponent under 100 points just one time in the last four games.
The second reason is the firepower of Denver’s players. Chauncey Billups is on fire and he made season’s best 27 points for 3 quarters against Minnesota yesterday. Carmelo added 25 and Denver won 106:97.
The third reason is the statistic. Denver made over 193 in 3 of last four home games, Houston made over 193 in their last three games away. Even more, all the 4 games last season between those two ended with more than 190 points, but here I have to remind that Iverson played for Denver in last season.
The fourth and the last reason to play this match an over 193 is that I cannot see who will stop Yao tonight.
30.11.2008. 21:29
Now, I will bet over again, but this time against Portland and this time, the thin red line is 186 points. Will they make it? I think, yes.
Iverson played a bit better against Milwaukee scoring 17, even though he came from the bench. Another 5 players made more than 9 points for Detroit in the last match and they scored more than 185 in the last 3 matches.
A few things about Portland. When Brandon Roy is on the pitch, it means many points. In the first 14 games for Portland 9 of them were over. Now, they are coming to Detroit with 4 games under in a row and I think today the line will be crossed.
Last 3 Portland’s away matches are over 186 points, so this is enough for me to put my money for an over here.
30.11.2008. 21:30