Football Betting Guide to West Ham

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A Football Betting Guide to West Ham (Back to Football Betting Guide Intro) Online Bookmaker Free Bet Promotion: Ladbrokes, who are one of the most famous and trusted UK high street bookmakers, offer a free £10 bet on new accounts. The online bookmaker will match your first bet on a new account up to that value, giving you a nice little bonus with which to do your football betting. Along with a fresh new look to their website, Ladbrokes are very good for betting odds and football promotions. Football Betting Prediction: Relegation Battle Premier League Start: Aston Villa 3, West Ham 0 The Strengths: If West Ham do avoid relegation then it will be down to Avram Grant. Why? Because the quality of the squad is questionable at best. Grant has already added some new faces to the squad, with Tal Ben Haim, Frederic Piquionne, Pablo Barrera and Thomas Hitzlsperger. They aren’t names which are going to elevate the Hammers into any contention for a European place, but West Ham do need a big overhaul and things like that take time. There are still rumours of there being interest in brining David Beckham back to England, but it is unlikely to happen. So, instead of looking too far up the table, they must remain concerned over the threat of relegation. Scott Parker is one of the few strengths in the squad from the perspective of star quality players, but you can add into that Carlton Cole, who will be called upon again to bear the weight of the goal scoring responsibilities. Cole is a good talent now and for the future, and he has been attracting offers from Liverpool for his services. Just as West Ham kept Parker, they need to keep Cole too and try and build a better squad around them. The fans must be very restless at Upton Park and understandably. It must be hard seeing the likes of London rivals Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal all playing at the top level of the game, and being unable to match them. There is much work to be done at West Ham, but if sacrificing a little bit of flair for some good honest down to earth work secures their Premier League status for a bit longer than so be it. Grant is the key man in the whole set up and will need his man management skills to keep moral high. The Weaknesses: Really one of the teams beginning with the letter W which could find themselves in relegation trouble. There is a lot of work to do at West Ham, who got rid of Gianfranco Zola, and hired ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant. Grant took Portsmouth to the FA Cup final last season, but could of course do nothing for the troubles the club had at the foot of the Premier League. So West Ham will be looking for more stability and this will be a real test of what Grant can do. It is a long way from the star studded side of Chelsea, and far from the hopeless conditions at Portsmouth, but Grant could just tighten things up at West Ham. The style may not be great, but they have been quite resistant in approaches for midfielder Scott Parker, who had an outstanding season last year. Tottenham have been hungry for him, but the club have insisted that he stay, regardless of the money being thrown at them. That is a good sign for stability, and sticking with one of the few strengths they have. It will be tough season for Rob Green who has lost his place in the England squad after his howler at the World Cup, and he is bound to be nervy. Striker Benni McCarthy, who has really failed to impress for the club is another negative, after being told to lose weight. South African McCarthy missed out on the World Cup because he was too heavy. If he doesn’t shape up, then West Ham will have lost a lot of money on him. There is just the feeling that there is not enough quality in the squad in order for them to survive, and they will attract a lot of relegation football betting. Betting Home. Their best chances of picking up points with the rowdy Hammers fans behind the team. Every point will be vital for the Hammers this year, and as long as they can hold up their end at home, they should be just ok. They only had a 37% win percentage at home though, picking up just seven victories. The trouble for the Hammers though is that they scored thirty goals at home, but conceded 29, which is a terrible defensive record on your home pitch. Not sure if there is going to be too much improvement over that this season, so look for good away team bets when West Ham are at home. They will probably struggle again. Betting Away. Struggled badly last year on the road where they only had one win and twelve defeats. They scored just seventeen goals on the road, and again the lack of balance in the team showed. The defence is nowhere near strong enough and there is not enough firepower up front. Perhaps Avram Grant can find a better balance in the way the team approach matches, but they have to be sitting as one of the strong relegation candidates and their poor away record won’t help them. They will find life hard on the road again this year, just as they did on the opening day. Expect big losses for them on their travels in your football betting strategy. West Ham Best Betting Stat: Again, because they had a woeful defence, there was around 60% of Over 2.5 goal games which West Ham played in. You can expect more of that this season. West Ham Best Football Betting Odds: West Ham Relegation: 9/2 at Ladbrokes Robert Green Club After Summer Transfer Window: Arsenal: 9/2 at SkyBet Schalke 04: 5/1 at SkyBet Scott Parker Club After Summer Transfer Window: Tottenham: 7/4 at SkyBet Liverpool: 4/1 at SkyBet Season Points Under 40: 6/4 at Victor Chandler Top Goal Scorer: Carlton Cole: 11/8 at Victor Chandler Frederic Piquionne: 10/3 at Victor Chandler Alessandro Diamanti: 10/3 at Victor Chandler

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