Premier League Wrap

Another revealing week in the PL as this topsy turvey season begins to take shape.

Starting at the top, I turned down a massive hospitality gig at Old Trafford on Saturday as the champions elect once again found a forgiving ref to bail them out.

The joys of being single dad are severely tested when a 5.30am finish is being missed - do I really want a jolly including free football, booze, lap dancers and a casino?

Never mind, most of the controversy washed over me as i have no access to Setanta and as a Fulham fan a defeat for any team in the bottom half is always welcome.

Liverpool once again failed to win at home, and any followers of this blog hopefully layed Benitez's men when advised many months ago. Despite the multi million pound budget, the Reds are miles away from sustaining a proper domestic challenge

The same could be said of Arsenal, who failed to capitalise on Villa's defeat at the hands of a rejuvenated Chelsea with another 0-0 draw at home to Sunderland.

The Gunners failed at a price of 1.44, but lump your mortgage on Wenger's side to beat Fulham on Saturday @ 1.46. A 46% return for 90 minutes work is just too much for a team that has never beaten Arsenal away in their history.

Talking of Fulham, which I do on a regular basis, how good is Roy Hodgson? we rolled over at Old Trafford last wednesday, but then produced our best performance of the season against WBA.

The massively underrated Bobby Zamora at last found the net as the Whites propelled themselves to the edge of a European place.

Swansea in the cup tomorrow night, £20 pay on the door is too tempting to turn down, and with Hull and Blackburn scheduled to visit the Cottage in the next 2 weeks this could be a prolific period for BZ.

Talking of Hull, another home defeat tonight against Spurs, your record signing and best payed (one legged) player out for the season - the Tigers are in deep shit.

Trading wise, I don't want to after event so will not go into detail about winning bets. I have a profit of c. £50 on the month to date but I spent £30 on beer,food and cigs tonight.

Small regular profits are great, but I would prefer more to support my lifestyle!