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issue 39 posted at 11.00am on 07 September 2007...

Well, what do you think? If you take a look at the Racing Post this week you will come face to face with the men you are up against every time you place a bet with us. Our creative bods have been busy all summer designing a new look and feel for the company (some of them have even worked up to three days a week) with the aim of bringing you closer to the bookmaker than anyone else has ever done. So pick up a copy this weekend and let us know what you think by emailing themole@sportingindex.com, we would love to hear your thoughts.

We predict, you decide!

 

He's a blonde midfielder who scores free-kicks and has worn the number 23 shirt for Real Madrid. Who am I talking about? None other than Wesley Sneijder of course! The Dutchman has already hit the headlines after stepping into the most famous boots of them all. One client bought his Goal Minutes at 10 for £10 in Real's 5-0 weekend mauling of Villarreal. Sneijder, whose free-kick gave Real three points in the Madrid derby the week before, looked every inch a capable replacement for David Beckham as he scored a brace in the 48th and 72nd minutes. This included (yes, you've guessed it) another free-kick that Goldenballs himself would have been proud of. Sneijder's strikes scooped the punter £1,200 and left you wondering whether someone with a very large satellite dish in Beverley Hills was again questioning his latest move.

"Cause they don't just play, but they can rap as well" - just a bad rhyme from the 'Anfield Rap', which blitzed to number three in the charts in 1988. Well, I'm not sure if they can rap but today's Liverpool team defo can play. One punter was down with the action and bought a piece of Liverpool's Goal Rush market at 29 for £10 against Derby (1 goal = 10 pts, 2 = 20 pts, 3 = 33 pts, 4 = 50 pts, 5 = 70 pts and 6 or more = 100 pts). Straight from the off the reds were just fly and after 27 minutes Xavier Alonso opened the scoring with a most radical 45-yard free-kick. Derby were made to look like dorks as Torres and co. played the bomb as they wrapped up a fly victory for Liverpool and locked down an awesome £710 profit for our dude.

 

I hope Mr. Abramovich got home in good time after leaving early to beat the traffic on Sunday. He must have had something very important to attend to that evening... perhaps it was Jose Mourinho's P45? One punter might be calling for the axe to fall on the Portuguese after selling the time of the first Chelsea goal at 48 for £20 against Aston Villa. Not a bad bet considering that Villa hadn't beaten one of the 'Big Four' in 87 years! But it has to be said that Chelsea didn't really deserve anything after not creating any real chances all game. Unanswered goals from debutant Zat Knight, scoring his second goal for Villa in as many games, and (to the tune of Ruby by the Kaiser Chiefs) "Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Agbon..la..bon..la..hor" meant that the client's bet made up at 90 which inflicted an £840 blow to the hip.

New one day world beaters England had a chance to seal the series against India on Sunday but injury and a dose of realism dented their hopes. One client, who obviously got carried away with the hype, sold India runs at 230 for £200. In, what seems like the 37th one day international these teams have contested this summer, India were mistakenly put into bat by Paul Collingwood and without any swing to trouble what is the best batting order in the world openers Ganguly and Tendulkar fired the visitors to 115 after 20 overs to drive India to a final total of 324. 94 was the difference between the final total and the price the client sold at, times that by £200 and our man was left £18,800 adrift.

 

Premiership Pace, power and panache all words you could use to describe Fernando Torres at this moment. 'El Nino', as every Spanish wonder kid seems to be called, is up eight to 26-29 on our Premiership Golden Boot Index.

Rugby World Cup Have we underestimated how exciting this World Cup is going to be? You certainly seem to think so and have had your finger firmly on the 'buy' button this week. Total Tournament Tries is up seven to 334-342 while Total Points is up 25 to 2760-2800.

Look away Portugal, Namibia and co! Our 'Highest Individual Team Score in Pool Stages' market is climbing. It's now up four to 119-122.

So you've no faith in the home nations? Another big RWC mover is our North v South Supremacy market (number of points scored over the other). The North's supremacy has dropped a massive 20 points to 140-150 after a hammering this week.

La Liga After their mauling of Villarreal, Real Madrid seem to have injected some class into La Liga this season. But then again when you spend €120 during the summer months maybe you can expect performances like the one against Villarreal? Nevertheless Los Blancos are up two on our Primera Liga Outright Index to 42-45

 

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in GPs

 
 


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margin
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