By Betting Zone
September 6 2006

Gareth Southgate has warned his Middlesbrough players every position is up for grabs now he has concluded his transfer-window shopping spree.


Soccer betting £25 in free bets with totalbet.com

The rookie manager has served notice complacency will not be tolerated in a new-look squad that has been bolstered by the incoming Robert Huth, Jonathan Woodgate, Jason Euell and Julio Arca.

Southgate can now boast two Premiership-hardened players for virtually every position on the pitch.

It is a luxury he has been seeking ever since he took charge in July.

Monday's shock 4-0 hammering at the hands of Portsmouth clearly rattled the Boro boss and heads will inevitably roll.

For starters, it's likely Woodgate and Euell will start against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium next Saturday, with Emanuel Pogatetz and Gaizka Mendieta likely to step aside.

When Huth is finally declared fully fit, Chris Riggott's place comes under threat.

Competition for places is hotting up on Teesside, according to Southgate.

"We've signed two international defenders this week, both are hungry, both have a point to prove, both have huge ability but also the potential to improve," he said.

"We've conceded eight goals in three games this season and we conceded too many goals last season, so defence is an area I knew needed attention.

"We've now got competition for places and that's something I've wanted all along."

Southgate refused to pin the entire blame on the defence for the team's goals against record.

Skipper George Boateng has yet to reach top form in the centre of midfield, while Fabio Rochemback has proved to be frustratingly inconsistent.

"Nobody should be able to take their position for granted," said the manager.

"But it's not just the defenders who have to take responsibility for defending, we're working as a team to defend as a team - everybody must play their part."

Southgate must have aged rapidly since replacing Steve McClaren in the Boro hotseat and that process can't have been helped with the protracted transfer talks with Chelsea over Huth.

But now such business has been concluded, he can concentrate exclusively on the training ground.

"It has been a long process," he admitted. "We've had to be very patient, but the quality of the players we've brought in has been top drawer.

"I wanted big people, players I think are strong characters. Robert and Jonathan give us great physical presence at the back.

"Jason Euell gives us options of goals from midfield, which we haven't really had in the past."

Euell could barely conceal his glee at moving from Charlton to Boro.

The 29-year-old Jamaica international is hoping to resurrect his career on Teesside.

"This is a massive club," he said. "In the last two weeks, I've not featured in (Charlton manager) Iain Dowie's plans and when I got the phone call to say I could talk to Middlesbrough I couldn't get up here quickly enough.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to get my career back on track and I'm delighted to take it. I've got a chance to start playing football again."

VC BET JONATHAN WOODGATE SPECIALS

NOW HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE FORUM

Soccer betting £25 in free bets with totalbet.com

By Bettingzone.co.uk
Used with permission.

******************************

A GUARANTEED PROFIT ON FRANCE v ITALY
by Harry Haverton

International week can sometimes be a bit of a drag but we can really liven this one up by making some money on tonight's France v Italy Euro 2008 qualifier.

Betfred are offering new online customers a bonus of up to £100, completely free with your first bet. Whatever you win from your first bet, Betfred will give you an extra 100% on top, up to the value of £100. For example, if you win £100 with your first bet, they will double it up and give you another £100 completely free. And you can withdraw it immediately as well.

So what we are going to do here is back the draw with Betfred in the hope of collecting the bonus. But if either team takes all three points, we will still make a decent profit anyway.

We're going to lay out a total of £110.00 on the match and we will either win £40, £2.50 or break even but whatever happens, we will also gain a total of £35.00 in free bets, with more to come later, and we can cash these out on the Premier League matches at the weekend.

If you already have accounts with one or more of the three bookies we are using, you won't be able to do this but if that is the case, just let me know and I'll find you an alternative bookie of which there are a few.

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

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

2. Make the following deposits into your new accounts. Deposit £30 into your new Betfred account. Deposit £30 into your new UK Betting account and deposit £50 into your new Stan James account.

3. Now make the following bets.

Place £30 on the draw at 2/1 with Betfred.

Place £30 on Italy to win at 11/4 with UK Betting.

Place £50 on France to win at 6/5 with Stan James.

You have temporarily laid out a total of £110. 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 £150.00 from Betfred, including your bonus and your stake back.

If Italy win, you will collect £112.50 from UK Betting, including your stake back.

If France win, you will collect £110.00 from Stan James, including your stake back.

5. You will also be credited with a free £10 bet from UK Betting and a free £25 bet from Stan James and if you decide to keep on betting with UK Betting, you will also receive further free bets up to the value of £15.

This means that the very worst case scenario on the France v Italy match is £35 of free bets if France win.

If you want us to work out the best way to cash out the free bets on the next matches, just contact us and we'll do all the maths for you and tell you the best bets to place.

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

We guarantee this bet

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.

Only once has our refund guarantee been triggered and that was when I did all the figures wrong and sent refunds out to those who had followed our advice and made a small loss.

Our refund guarantee works like this. If this bet doesn't work like we say it will and you end up out of pocket, we will refund your losses. Simple as that.

That means that you simply cannot lose on this, whatever happens and even if I messed up the numbers.

The only stipulation here is that you must click on the links on this page to be eligible for the refund guarantee, not that you'll be needing to claim anyway. Just enjoy the profit and stay posted for many more of these throughout the season.