So my big moment was ruined. A new look, a tremendous competition prize and they go and call off a game 27 hours before it's supposed to kick-off in the most densely populated city in the country, when all the local transport is working and both sets of fans have little distance to travel.*
Don't worry, I'll be giving the iPad away next year as knowing my luck it'll probably get lost in the snow if I try to give it away again.
Anyway, have a fantastic Christmas, I'll be glued to the darts and cricket as
everything else will no doubt be called off and we'll be
forced to talk to our relatives.
Yours in being back in
the New Year (the 7th in fact)
*Locational United dig there for anyone who missed it.
club bottom at Xmas to escape relegation in 18 Prem seasons
Chelsea victories in last 7 meetings v Arsenal
Australia's average 1st wicket partnership this series
Villa Loss Percentage under Gerard Houllier
avg points in last 5 Green Bay v Giants meetings
England's avg 1st wicket partnership this series
avg last match goal in Arsenal home league games this season
Jets win percentage on the road this season
No matter what people say about BBC Sports Personality of the Year (usually it's derogatory), it still provides plenty of talking points; i.e. why is David Beckham (who is a tremendous lad) getting a lifetime achievement award when he's still only 35 and playing? And is Monty (who I also admire greatly) really 'Coach of the Year', a golfer who has never even warmed up properly before playing a round let alone studied technique and tactics! Anyway, it's still something you can bet on and when you've had a cheeky buy of both McCoy and Phil Taylor on our SPOTY 50-25-10 Index at 27 for £30 and 6 for £100 respectively then you're going to be on for a good night. Maybe I'm just bitter about getting my Jenson Button bet beat by Giggsy last year so I offer my congratulations to the punter who scooped £2,590.
Here's an event that doesn't happen very often, no not a Premier League superstar publically asking to leave then getting a huge wage increase and deciding to stay for a bit longer (that's twice this season now alone), it's a Corner Supremacy bet that brought absolutely no yuletide joy to one incredibly unlucky client. We're talking Man City v Everton on Monday night as one punter sold City over on the Jack Warner Supremacy at 1.5 for a turkey choking £1,000 stake. And choke he would've preferred as despite troubled Everton (just about) pulling off a tremendous away win, they didn't force one single corner! While City managed 11 by themselves (around the number we usually expect both teams to come up with during any normal game). No festive fortune and a crippling lack of width in the game to blame for that £9,500 loss.
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust? It was all going so well for England ‘Down Under' after the first two Tests. The hosts couldn't take 20 wickets, the selectors didn't know their best starting XI and the normally vocal Australian Cricket fans were firmly on the back-foot. One devastating Mitchell Johnson spell in Perth changed all that, as the tourists succumbed to the WACA's famous bounce and Australia levelled the series at 1-1. England head to Melbourne knowing victory will see them retain the Urn, but has their confidence been rattled beyond repair? England Series Win Index is down 13 points to 58-60.
The above is just pure unadulterated improvisation.
Watch these hardcore Lech Poznan fans show their support for their beloved team with raucous noise, singing and flares...er, that's their under-12 team they're supporting right?
