By Betting Zone
September 12 2006

Jonathan Woodgate is confident he will only get better at Middlesbrough as he attempts to prove himself all over again. The 26-year-old opted to join his home-town club on loan for a season to show new Real Madrid boss Fabio Capello that his injury problems are behind him.


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At the same time, new manager Gareth Southgate will hope to persuade Woodgate his future lies in the Barclays Premiership rather than La Liga as Boro look to exercise their option to buy the player outright next summer.

Much will depend on the former Leeds and Newcastle defender's fitness but, if he debut for Boro is anything to go by, he will be in demand in May.

Woodgate was a tower of strength as his side claimed a hard-fought 1-1 draw at Arsenal on Saturday, with his former employers at St James' Park looking on enviously with their defensive problems refusing to go away.

He modestly played down his own contribution, preferring instead to concentrate of the task of re-establishing himself as one of the country's most cultured defenders.

Woodgate said: "I am paid to play football and I want to play football as much as I can.

"Obviously, in the last two years, I have not been able to do that, but hopefully this year I can progress and keep on learning from the manager, who has been a great centre-half himself."

Woodgate decided to return to England after being told he could spend the season on loan.

He had options - he could have stayed in Spain and had several suitors in the Premiership.

But with Newcastle wary of the injury problems which blighted his short stay on Tyneside, he decided to fulfil a dream and join the club he supported as a boy.

It was a decision which is already paying dividends.

Woodgate said: "There is a great team spirit here. I look forward to going to training every day because for one, the training is fantastic with the manager and the coaching staff and the players.

"They are mainly English lads, but all the foreign lads fit in just as well."

Southgate played with his loan signing for England when the younger man was still a teenager, and is delighted to have landed him.

The manager said: "He has matured enormously since the last time I worked with him.

"He feels this is an opportunity for him to show people what he can do, and he is putting in an incredible amount of work before and after training to make sure his body is up to it."

Boro's draw at the Emirates Stadium was an excellent response to their 4-0 home drubbing by Portsmouth, in itself an unexpected reverse following a 2-1 victory over champions Chelsea at the Riverside Stadium.

Woodgate is aware of the inconsistency which has hindered the Teessiders in recent years, and is determined to help stamp that out.

He told the club's official website, www.mfc.co.uk: "We have to go into the next game looking to get three points at Bolton. We have got to try to win as many matches as we can.

"We have shown we can play against the best teams like we did against Chelsea and against Arsenal.

"We have got to be more consistent. We have got to beat teams, the likes of Portsmouth and Blackburn, teams who are nearly the same as us.

"We have got to beat those teams because we know we can raise our game against the big teams.

"That is where we have got to concentrate and be mentally stronger."

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A GUARANTEED PROFIT ON PSV EINDHOVEN v LIVERPOOL

The Champions League proper kicks off tonight and it's great to have it back. There's some cracking fixtures and we can guarantee a profit on PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool in Holland this evening.

What we are going to do is back the draw with Betfred in the hope of cashing in the Betfred bonus of your first bet winnings matched, up to £100.

We are also going to back both teams to win so that we ensure that it is not possible to lose any money on this bet. Read on and you will find out how.

We're going to lay out a total of £140.00 on the match and we will collect £187.00 if it's a draw. If either team collects three points, we will win £0.25 and gain £50 in free bets which we can cash in at the weekend.

Here's how it's done. Just follow these simple instructions.

1. Open accounts with Betfred and Bet Internet and Stan James. This shouldn't take you any longer than ten minutes.

2. Make the following deposits into your new accounts. Deposit £34 into your new Betfred account. Deposit £55 into your new Bet Internet account. Deposit £51 into your new Stan James account.

3. Now make the following bets.

Place £34 on the draw at 9/4 with Betfred.

Place £55 on Liverpool to win at 35/20 with Bet Internet

Place £51 on PSV Eindhoven to win at 7/4 with Stan James

You have temporarily laid out a total of £140. I stress, temporarily... Now sit back, crack a beer open, crank up Sky TV and enjoy the match.

4. Here's what happens at the end of the game.

If it's a draw, you will collect £187.00 from Betfred, including your stake back and your first win bonus. This money can be withdraw immediately.

If Liverpool win, you will collect £140.25 from Bet Internet

If PSV Eindhoven win, you will collect £140.25 from Stan James.

Bet Internet will also credit your account with a £25 free bet and Stan James will also credit your account with a £25 free bet.

5. This means that the worst case scenario on the PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool match is no draw and you get all your money back, plus £50 in free bets.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at all about this bet and we will come straight back to you.

Please note that the free bets and bonuses are valid for new customers only so if you already have an account with one or more of the bookies we are using, you won't be able to do this. If that is the case,contact us and we'll try and find you an alternative.

This method of betting was used very successfully during the World Cup and you can read all about how it was done right here.

It's understandable that some people will not believe that it is possible to do this. "What's the catch?" I hear you asking. My answer to that question is that we have been publishing arbitrage bets for three seasons now and literally hundreds of people have profited from following the advice on these pages.

Just enjoy the profit and stay posted for many more of these throughout the season.