Originally Published February 1st 2024 for For Green Fields clients
West Ham United v Bournemouth
This match has the least leakage to betting market of any Premier League game to date this season with TNT / BT Sports being in a dominant position.
Nice that Hooper and Robinson are now joined by England with England and Scott having swapped games for their 4th Official roles tonight in a sweet detente.
Bournemouth have serious goals under Foley and the south east block that continues to consolidate is by far the more interesting of the fragmented entities. The club's supportive role at Hibernian is a nice shot across the bow and the team have been special for one and a half seasons now under two of the very best new breed of managers - O'Neil and Iraola.
If this game wasn't on TNT / BT Sport, it wouldn't be corrupt at all in any way.
But it is, so it is, so there you go.
Wolves v Manchester United
Now doesn't it just seem like an eternity since United were gifted their first PGMOL dividend on Day One of The Season.?
And now they're back with Sky Sports doping doctors, INEOS medical team, a rogue pair of knights of the realm, a new team in day to day charge.
Watching the 'alteration' in fitness at United now the whizz kids are on board would make an excellent piece of academic research.
Ha!
That's what we'll do, we'll write a paper on it at ArXiv.
So many inputs to this hot little number from Gillett as referee, to the insider trading that splurges out of Old Trafford, to rogue media output to facilitate enhanced insider price to people betting who really shouldn't be doing that sort of thing, to Gillett being referee, to sachets in fridges, to other people insider trading who shouldn't be, to the targeting of Wolves and O'Neil, to Gillett being the referee... that sort of thing.
Netflix should make a prequel to Better Call Saul called Bettor Call Saul where the inevitably entertaining decline of Ten Hag slides to its inevitably entertaining conclusion.
Well, I'd watch it.
But.
How will United fare without the intellect of McClaren?
Does nobody think these things through?
Just like previous event was a legitimate football match with rogue media attached, this game is not legit in any way shape or form.
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