Darts and Football

Thursday's haven't been too good for us lately, but I'm aiming to put that right tonight. Its easy to get carried away with the darts and have bets that arent of the highest quality, so tonight we'll rein temptation in.

7.35 Manley +3 legs to beat Lewis 4/6 (WON -2.45 - Some crazy darts, both good and bad at times, but never count Manley out until its over)
Peter Manley is the man who beat Phil Taylor 8-3 last week, and his only loss so far was 8-4 to Barneveld. Ady Lewis beat Wayne Mardle last week 8-6, but Manley is playing better than Mardle, whatever you may think about The Power's new darts, and so the 3 legs on offer from Skybet at 4/6 seems a leg too many. You wouldn't bet against Manley hitting the Jackpot (metaphorically or physically given their history!), and so +3 seems too good to miss.

8 Racing Santander to draw with Getafe 9/4 (LOST -3.45 - At 1-1 in the second half it was looking good, but Getafe edged ahead and followed up with a late to confirm the defeat and all but seal their place in the final)
The Spanish Cup doesn't have the kudos of the FA Cup, and is more like the Carling Cup, and both these sides will have designs on doing a Spurs when they play the first leg of the semi final tonight. Racing are currently 6th in La Liga and Getafe 10th, but Getafe will be bouyed by a splendid win on Sunday that ended Real Madrid's unbeaten home record. But Racing have had a definite strategy in the cup this year - in all three rounds so far they have drawn the away leg and won the home leg. And while Getafe would love to take an advantage into the second leg, they wouldn't be too upset with a draw given that performance in the Bernabeu. So expect a cagey performance, and Santander's slightly superior ability see them take things ahead all square.

9 Wade beat Barneveld 11/8 (LOST -4.45 - Having seen Taylor throw sublime darts, this match saw some ridiculous darts! One leg saw both players end up on Double 1 and stil noone wanted it! However, Barney finally regained enough composure to edge the match 8-6)
I see the Racing Post have tipped this, as well as Eric Bristow in Corals, but its easy to see why. With The Power short circuiting, these two are now the 'Big Two' and its Wade who comes in with the only remaining unbeaten record after Terry Jenkins completed a unique double, beating Taylor and Barney in consecutive weeks. Barney has won his other three and is still a class act, but until Jenkins he had only played the three weakest players in this year's league, whereas Wade has been on his mettle to see off Taylor, Jenkins, Part and a draw with Ady Lewis. I see Wadey as a future World Champion and tonight he will get to show his true credentials. VC Bet are the only bookie to make Barney favourite so take advantage.