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Posted: February 27th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

STAT ATTACK

Why Villa are still unlikely to break the Big Four and more

Five stats about this weekend’s football

1. Steve McClaren’s FC Twente are up to third in the Eredivisie after a 6-2 win over Sparta Rotterdam. It was the second home league game in succession where the Dutch side scored six goals, something McClaren never managed while with either Middlesbrough or England.

2. When Everton broke the Big Four in 2004-05 they had 33 points at this stage, compared to Aston Villa’s 28. They were also nine points above the team they displaced, Liverpool (who had a game in hand), indicating that Martin O’Neill’s side are unlikely to finish above Arsenal this season.

3. Is David Bentley really worth thirteen points? Paul Ince thinks the press have an agenda against him but Blackburn had 26 points after sixteen games last season, double the number they have at the same stage this season.

Posted: December 9th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

SACK RACE

Keane and Ince’s struggles make for intriguing betting

Vulnerable managers drift out in the next manager to go market

Roy Keane is now 4/7 with SkyBet to be the next Premier League manager to leave their post and Paul Ince is not far behind at 9/4 - meaning that some other vulnerable bosses are reaching big prices.

Things are going badly at Sunderland but they have more points than they had at this stage last season and will do even if they lose their next four games. There is a danger of Roy Keane quitting but it seems unlikely that Niall Quinn will make the rash decision to sack his compatriot at this stage because while there is a sense that they are underperforming for the money spent, they were going nowhere before Keane arrived.

Posted: December 3rd, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment