Snooker and Football

Another odds on shot goes badly awry as Harry Redknapp turns down Newcastle - Hills had even closed their book on Friday afternoon because they thought it was a done deal. New manager markets are dangerous to take short prices, as £100 here or there can really move prices and on very little hard fact. As for sport this week, well for the first time in nearly a month we have no darts, but the snooker's back!

11am Fu 6-2 Davis 6/1 (WON +18.99 - a good showing from Fu and despite a drawn out 7th frame the scoreline looked on once Fu went 2-0 up)
Marco Fu has found his form again this season, having won the Royal London Grand Prix in October, beating John Higgins and then Ronnie in the final, and reaching the quarter-finals of the UK Champs last month. Steve Davis however is grimy hanging on having now reached 50 years of age. He was knocked out of the Grand prix 5-1 in the second round, and 5-0 in the second round of the Northern Ireland Trophy before going down 9-4 in the first round of the UK Champs. Hence Fu is only 4/9, but with his confidence high, and Davis tendency to roll over easily these days I am going for 6-2

7.45 Leeds to beat Crewe 1-0, 2-0 13/2, 17/2 (WON 1-0 + 21.74 - solid performance from Leeds and Jermaine Beckford found the net again after a few games without a goal)
Everyone knows the Leeds story this season, but there results have come about in the right way. In 13 matches against teams in the bottom half of the table they have conceded only 7 goals and kept 10 clean sheets in 25 games. And away from home they have won 6 out of 12, but only scored more than 2 goals on one occasion. Crewe are the reverse, having played four matches against top 7 sides and are yet to score, and have lost three of them 2-0. So I don't see them getting on the scoresheet tonight, and expect Leeds to move up to third with either a 1-0 or 2-0 victory. Half a point on each.