Is my Manchester City and Newcastle United 250/1 wager now set to payout? nufc
Readers of a certain age will remember Doug Moscrop, racing editor at The Journal, who for decades was known as “the man the bookies fear.”
Maybe they did quake in their boots when he approached, though the ones I met at Gosforth Park and other assorted racecourses nearly always greeted me with a smile. Even then, the words “mug punter” must have been written in capital letters across my beaming face when I selected a rank outsider, handed over a quid and chirped: “Fifty pence each way on King’s Ransom.”
This is not a racing website and I am certainly not here to promote gambling. The best tip I ever received was: “Don’t bet.” That ranks alongside the legendary advice from a Spurs-supporting friend: “Be good; and if you can’t be good, be careful.” Shame for her they were neither good nor careful last Sunday!
I heard one of their many friends in the media state this week that to say they were “chokers” was unfair. That ex-Arsenal pundit’s logic was that because they were the youngest team in the Premier League, they had never before experienced such pressure. Really? Yeah, me too! I would describe their recent run as the epitome of choking.
Everything points to an Arsenal home win, though London derbies, like most local conflicts, tend to be unpredictable. Chelsea might spring a massive surprise by selecting a central striker from the start. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, for example? Wouldn’t he love to score against his former club! Joking apart, they looked reasonable in losing 2-0 against Brentford on Wednesday.
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