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In a sense it never went away - we’re still updating the table so that you can find out how your bet is looking. But the big news is that our football traders have shown the sort of fearless attitude that made them famous and stepped back into the fray!
Yes, you can start punting again on the most interesting market in football. Of course this has nothing to do with Hull having failed to win any of their last six matches. Oh no. Despite their poor recent form, however, Hull remain the hot 1/3 favourites to take this title. They’ve already racked up 79 points and we reckon mid-90s is what you need to win. That means another 18 points from 23 games should see them home.
But they have challengers. Stoke are only seven points adrift and their recent form suggests a possible title challenge. 9/1 looks tempting and the Potters would like nothing better than giving us a metaphorical poke in the eye (or a real one come to that) after we paid out on them being relegated on the first day of the season.
Elsewhere the only realistic challengers from the upper reaches of the table are Liverpool (16/1) and Aston Villa (14/1) but both these clubs have a lot to do. As far as our boffins are concerned the contest won’t be won from the front - Chelsea and Manchester United are effectively out of it.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Hmm I dont think Chelsea are out of it. If they hit a run of form like they have done in the past they could rake up a lot of points in the second half of the season.
I would like to back one against Hull but they are looking v solid for this title
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
How much of a handicap is Robbie Keane
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm
what a signing that keane fella is eh? keep up the good work rafa! IN RAFA WE TRUST!
villa at 14s would be my outside bet but hull looking very good for this.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
2 mancs together talking nonsense!! Table doesn’t lie lads and your man Berb has hardly set the world alight, keep your stones as you’ll need when we come to knock down your glass house!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm
delusional doesn’t even begin to describe it….
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Are you idiot boy in another guise tonton?
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Spud the table dosent lie but its the table in May that matters.Agreed on Berb but sur well wait and see Keane was always going to be a failure panic buy.Stoop calling me a Manc as you know im no more a manc then your a scouser
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Sorry Sully I know it is a derogatory term. Tonton isn’t a manc either but would like to be!
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
as everyone knows, i’m ghanian but grew up in sweden. derby county were my first love but it didn’t work out. my pal bojan djordjic was on united’s books at the time so i started following them and haven’t looked back since.
to be fair, the one thing you can’t accuse liverpool fans of is being gloryhunters. it brings all sorts of oxymorons into play.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Why not show all divisions handicap status in-running , and not just the prem?
December 4th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Glad to see you back in the market, will you be offering EW terms?
December 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I backed Hull on the handicap at 4/7 in September.. I think if the manage to get +100 points on the handicap system then paddys will pay out. i also went for Sunderland at 11/1 as they had a 41 point handicap but the way they are playing at the moment would suggest that they will probably end up with that amount lol.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
How can you say your traders are ‘fearless’ when at the start of the season you gave the impression you’d be updating this blog more-or-less every week, including updating and offering the latest odds?
(no odds currently being offered, and it’s been this way for a couple of weeks now, at least).
Are your traders scared or bored (or hibernating)!?
January 11th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hello, any response to Lins?
where are your fearless traders?
January 16th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Wakey wakey!… Earth to Tom, come in Tom!
To quote this page… “In a sense it never went away… (we just can’t be ar$ed)” (Dec. 2nd).
(Phill, glad to hear that you agree with me, and there actually is some other sign of life here!).
January 17th, 2009 at 9:36 am
http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go_fb_type&ev_type_id=9680&ev_oc_grp_ids=91672
January 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Where are you then?
But the big news is that our football traders have shown the sort of fearless attitude that made them famous and stepped back into the fray!
January 19th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
The market is there Phill:
http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go_fb_type&ev_type_id=9680&ev_oc_grp_ids=64396
January 19th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Rob, Thanks for the info.
Just tried the link… it says “This market is currently unavailable”.
Julie - Thanks for the other link… another interesting related market… will have to have a think about that one! Why don’t Paddy Power put a link to that from here? (very strange!)
January 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
The link is active again Lins
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
“The link is active again Lins ”
Oh no it isn’t !!
March 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Thank you for the table
In my opinion Aston Villa now have lower form and they will more hard to reach upper table
March 5th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I backed WEST HAM on Feb 10th @8-1 to WIN the PREMIER LEAGUE H”CAP with a 38 Point start.Looking OK at the moment,Top with a combined total of 77 Points with 10 Games left.Not the hardest run in left and looking forward to collecting a few quid after THE HAMMERS beat Middlesbro at home on May 24th.HAPPY DAYS.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Tom, just wondering when you’re going to update this blog and the table, please?
The table is several weeks out-of-date, showing only 30 games played by the ‘top’ teams when they’ve actually now played 32. I’m interested as I have a bet on Fulham - it’s looking like a three-way battle between them, Hull and Stoke, with only a point separating them:
Hull 90 pts
Stoke 90 pts
Fulham 89 pts
Wigan and Villa (especially) have gone off the boil…
April 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Looking increasingly like it’ll hinge on the following fixtures:
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Barclays Premier League
Fulham v Stoke, 15:00
Saturday, 09 May 2009
Barclays Premier League
Hull v Stoke, 15:00 (hoping this’ll be a draw!
April 13th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
LADS cant believe PP hasn,t paid out on Munster for the magners league in all fairness their a bigger cert than old whiskey nose,s team.Like the faster he gives it to us the faster he gets it back (in theory anyway ) Now paddy paY US OUT NOW AND WE CAN GET LANGERS FOR THE WEEK.
April 17th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
So, Paddy Power traders, I’ve had a look at the (finally!) updated table, and I STILL don’t see any latest odds! Tom, you were talking out of your ar$e, weren’t you?