Monthly Archives: September 2012

Money back on your accumulator from across England’s top four divisions if one leg lets you down

If your 5-fold or bigger accumulator bet placed on matches to be played on Saturday in any of the top four English divisions lets you down by one leg, Paddy Power will refund your losing bet.

With a full domestic calendar on offer across England, Paddy Power are offering customers a safety net for their multiples this weekend. This offer is open to both new and exisiting Paddy Power customers and full terms and conditions can be found here.

The offer applies to all five-fold or bigger accumulators with selections on win-draw-win markets across the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two.

With so many top class games from the Premier League, there is potential for a longshot winner this weekend. Arsenal are 6/5 (2.20) favourites against Chelsea in the early kick off, while Manchester United are 1/2 (1.50) shots to beat Andre Villas-Boas’ Tottenham side in the televised evening game.

After a morale-boosting win over West Bromwich Albion in midweek, Brendan Rodgers leads his Liverpool side to Norwich, with both sides still searching for their first Premier League win of the season.

The Reds are available at 5/6 (1.83) to triumph over the Canaries at Carrow Road.

Stoke City will look to inflict a third consecutive defeat on previously high-flying Swansea at the Britannia Stadium.

Tony Pulis’ men are aiming to claim their first victory of the campaign, but credible draws with Arsenal and Manchester City have been encouraging for Potters fans.

The defending Premier League champions have not had a good week by their exceptionally high standards, slipping to defeat in the Champions League after leading twice against Real Madrid, followed by a draw against Arsenal and an extra time exit from the Capital One Cup.

On Saturday they face another potential banana skin when they travel to Craven Cottage to face a Fulham side who have won their last two league matches. The visitors are made 10/11 (1.91) shots to leave south west London with three valuable points.

Backing Arsenal, Manchester City, Stoke, Manchester United and Liverpool would trigger a payout of 20/1 (21.0) but this offer is not just restricted to the Premier League. Any five fold on the win-draw-win markets from matches across the top four divisions is valid.

If your 5-fold or bigger accumulator bet placed on matches to be played on Saturday in any of the top four English divisions lets you down by one leg, Paddy Power will refund your losing bet.

Jim Knight is Betting Editor at Goal.com and has been tipping football games since he was old enough to place a bet. He is a Leicester City fan, writer and member of the We Are Going Up Podcast
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Suarez: I have no doubts Liverpool will succeed under Rodgers

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has insisted success is not far away for the team, despite a shaky start to life under new manager Brendan Rodgers.

The Reds have taken only two points from a possible 15 to make their worst start to a league campaign since 1903, and with Rodgers replacing club legend Kenny Dalglish over the summer, much of the blame for the poor results have been placed on him.

However, Suarez has dismissed any such claims and insisted the former Swansea City boss is the right man to propel the club back up the table.

He told the club’s official website: “It makes it more difficult when your opening fixtures of the season are against strong teams like Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United – they are not easy games.

“We also have a new manager and I think we’ve been a bit unlucky at times, but we’ve been playing the kind of football he wants us to play.

“What everyone clearly wants from now on is to pick up as many points as we can. Everyone is keen to turn the situation around and put an end to what’s happened in the last few games.”

And, although admitting Liverpool are falling below their expectations this season, Suarez was adamant the belief is there in the team and manager to turn things around.

He added: “I believe in my team-mates and the quality of the individual players and the squad as a whole, that’s the most important thing.

“If everyone is together and we believe in each other, that’s the best way to keep moving forward. At the moment, we are not in the position where Liverpool Football Club has to be, which is battling it out at the top end of the league.

“But we’ve been a bit unlucky, and I still believe – and will continue to believe – that we have a lot of quality here and a manager who is giving everyone the confidence to believe in their opportunities. The results will definitely come.”

The controversial 25-year-old continued to back his under-fire boss, claiming he is impressed with the style Rodgers has brought to the club.

“He has a great philosophy on how the game should be played, similar to the football you see in the Spanish league,” he said. “I think we are all trying to adapt to his style and similarly he is getting used to us.

“We’re trying to do our best for him and he is also a manager who really trusts in his players and backs his team. So let’s hope that results start improving, based upon the togetherness of the squad working closely with the manager.”

It’s been a difficult time for the club after the Hillsborough revelations in recent weeks and Suarez admitted he has been affected by the special feeling around Liverpool.

“It’s been an emotional time in every way,” he acknowledged.

“I think that even the Manchester United supporters must have felt it. There was an incredible feeling amongst everyone in the stadium for those families who’d finally got the justice they’d fought for after suffering for so long.

“Everybody now knows the truth and they can rest a little easier.

“It was a very special moment to be a player out there on the field too, because of all that’s been said and everything that has gone on over the years, and now, today, everyone is aware of the truth.”

Rodgers questions referees’ motives after ‘legitimate’ Suarez penalty appeals rejected

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has questioned whether referees assume Luis Suarez is diving when he goes down inside the area.

The Uruguay international has made a reputation for himself as being a ‘diver’ after a number of acts of simulation in the past, but his boss the striker is being wrongly punished for his actions.

Rodgers is referring to the last two games against Sunderland and Manchester United which saw Suarez have two “legitimate” penalty appeals waved away.

“The likes of Suarez have had a couple of good penalty appeals. He hasn’t dived, they have been legitimate, and he’s actually got booked,” Rodgers told reporters.

“He went down at Sunderland and it looked a clear penalty and he ended up getting booked for it.

“Last weekend in the Manchester United game there was more contact in his case than there was in Antonio Valencia’s and Valencia gets a penalty and we get nothing other than a hard luck story.

“I’m not sure [Suarez’s reputation is influencing officials] you’d need to ask the referees but he is a wonderful talent and irrespective of whether he goes down if it’s a penalty, it’s a penalty.

Rodgers is worried that if his side continue to be ignored in certain situations by the officials, it will have a negative impact on this team in the future.

“What I have seen, he certainly doesn’t ever look like he is going to get a decision and that is something which would bother me going forward,” he added.

“It would be a shame if players who respect the rules and managers who are asking players to stay on their feet and not dive are not getting the decisions because of it.

“I think it is important that referees understand that.

“It has been a criticism of the last few years of players going down too easy – it is not something we want to encourage but if you’re not going to get decisions because of it players may do that.”

Rodgers insists he always sends out his teams to be truthful on the pitch, but believes playing fairly so far has not done Liverpool any favours.

“I always send my teams out to be sporting and try to respect everything about the game and ask players not to dive and stay on their feet,” he said.

“It is how I ask the players to play: we want to win the game but we want to win it by fair means.

“But by doing that we need to make sure the players don’t get punished because that is certainly what is happening from my own eyes.

“To me, in this opening period of the season, it hasn’t worked for us.”