Which teams does Fabio Capello watch play the most?

The England boss visits West Ham more than Everton and Villa

chickendinner have investigated how often Fabio Capello has watched every team in Premier League action this season and while the results make great reading for Matthew Upson and Carlton Cole, Joleon Lescott and Phil Jagielka won’t be pleased with their club’s position on the Italian’s radar.

Capello hasn’t watched Everton once in the league and despite Aston Villa’s recent reputation for nurturing English talent, the England boss has watched them in just three league games while checking out West Ham seven times:

Is the fact that all five London clubs are in Capello’s top seven most-watched a sign of a southern bias? Does his fondness of watching West Ham mean Upson will be joined by some club colleagues in the Spain squad? Let us know what you think with a comment below.

*08-09 refers to the league matches he has watched involving that team this season, while total refers to the number since becoming England manager*

Posted: February 5th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

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