The upturn in Sagan's fortunes and performance levels looks over, they were pretty awful in Hiroshima at the weekend and back to early season standard, they had just one attempt ITB on Saturday and looked worn out. Since September 19th , that's 18 days they will have played Marinos, Kobe, FC Tokyo, Marinos (again), Sanfrecce and now Gamba, all are amongst the top 8 clubs in the country and playing catch up fixture wise has caught up with and found out Tosu.

 

 

 

 

There is an article on the Sportmarket blog which refers to the terrible state of finances of most clubs in football and I have taken the liberty of reproducing the following couple of paragraphs which highlight how little money filters down the pyramid in the English game........

 

 

 

 

Sweden: THANKS !   (see bet attached)

 

Netherlands : Hah !!!! Nice double there. Woah !

 

UK: Just wanted to say, this is very fine work and the recipe for a good weekend.

 

Finland : thank you for very accurate predictions.

 

Croatia : Boooommmm, thanks !

 

Finland : This was the best pick you have ever sent. 

 

UK :Thanks for a lovely win on Hoffenheim. Here’s hoping for a Leicester win for a really bumper day !

 

 

 

 

Bayern made the midweek notes in their Super Cup game with Sevilla ............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to give you a look at yesterday's newsletter (see below) . It only covered three games , but ran to 3,500 + words. The whole point of the newsletter is to provide you with food for thought and with information you can use not just for the day in question, but for the future. Most previews contain something you can go back to down the line, whether that be for another game or two, or longer.