It will be a mixed night for English sides in Europe

Click here to claim a free £25 bet with Paddy Power

All three of the teams representing the continent’s most debt-filled league in the Europa League head into their round-of-32 second legs with a lead but we think that only two will go through.

We’re backing a treble comprising of victory for Liverpool, a draw for Everton, which is all they need, and a loss for Fulham, a combination that pays out £85.50 for a stake of only £10 with Paddy Power.

Want some reasons? Liverpool have conceded just once in seven games, so

Posted: February 25th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Back Southampton to sink Pompey in tie of the round

Click here to claim a free £25 bet with Paddy Power

Portsmouth have lost four of their last five away games without scoring, they haven’t won on the road since early October and to make matters worse, they have a dismal record at the home of their nearest and dearest.

Their last five trips to The Dell/St Mary’s, two of which occurred in the FA Cup, have all ended in defeat and the aggregate score in those games is an uninspiring 12-2 to the League One side.

Southampton boss Alan Pardew’s most unique strength as a manager is his ability to manufacture an electric atmosphere, not that he needs to do much

Posted: February 12th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Roy Hodgson will regain hero status against Pompey tonight

Click here to claim a free £25 bet with Paddy Power

It’s largely gone unnoticed but Fulham are currently enduring their worst Premier League losing streak since February 2002, having been beaten in each of their last five games.

There are mitigating circumstances – four of the matches have come away from home, opponents have included Chelsea, Spurs and Villa, and they’ve had bad luck with injuries – but they need to turn things around quickly, with

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

World Cup hosts South Africa won’t suffer a group stage exit

Click here to claim a free £25 bet with Paddy Power

Today’s bet is fairly simple. Back South Africa at 15/8 to get through World Cup Group A - where they are joined by disjointed France, aging Mexico and so-bad-they-were-outclassed-by-Maradona’s-Argentina Uruguay.

The main reason to fancy them is that no World Cup host has ever failed to

Posted: January 21st, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

Revenge is on the cards for Man City and Carlos Tevez

Click here to claim a free £25 bet when opening a Betfair account

Who would have thought it: the new-and-improved Newcastle rediscovered their old habit of disappointing to deliver a blow to the chickendinner wallet last night. Not to worry, we’ve found another team who aren’t exactly famous for their reliability to try to get back on track.

It’s been years since there was a Carling Cup semi-final clash as eagerly anticipated as tonight’s Manchester derby at Eastlands and we’re betting on Manchester City’s utter desperation to take home the trophy, and the likelihood of them fielding a stronger team, being enough to ensure that they

Posted: January 19th, 2010 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment

There’s more chance of Angelina Jolie becoming US President than…

Click here to claim a £25 free bet with Paddy Power

chickendinner were pretty shocked to find Paddy Power offering odds of just 20/1 that Angelina Jolie becoming US President before she dies. That means that the Irish bookies believe there is more chance of that happening than:

» Padraig Harrington retaining the USPGA Championship (28/1)

» Portsmouth finishing bottom of the Premier League (22/1)

» Bayern Munich or Juventus winning the Champions League (22/1)

» Robin van Persie or Carlos Tevez winning the PFA Player of the Year (22/1, 25/1)

» Madonna adopting her next child from England (33/1)

Posted: July 9th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment