You can’t beat the unpredictability of sport

 

Those of us who like to see ourselves as sporting experts feel worthless at times like these. After Manchester Utd’s shock defeat to Portsmouth on Saturday, one would assume the HarryRedknapp’s giant killing Pompey would have no trouble overcoming the premiership’s whipping boys- Watford. 

Lesson number 1- Never assume anything in the premiership. An embarassing 4-2 defeat followed as the hornets stung a jaded Portsmouth outfit who seemed to be buried in the joy of their previous game’s aftermath. 

Even Harry “Houdini” Redknapp didn’t know what to make of it as he said “We worked hard against Manchester United and defended well, but couldn’t do it here. I don’t know why.”

Despite his attack on his team’s performance he was quick to ignore talk of a poor focus. “There was no hangover from the United game. We just threw away a chance to really get ourselves into a good position today.”

The premiership race is now the most exiting since the turn of the century as Man Utd’s lead was reduced to 3 points this weekend with the daunting task of a trip to Stamford Bridge still lloming in the darkness.

Due to the seeming unpredictability of the premiership, this blog will now have a weekly feature of match previews and predictions to really see if you can beat the bookies with the form book.  My early guess is no but only time will tell.