GARY: What drama at the bottom of the Premiership table.

Aston Villa's Olof Mellberg tackles Wigan Athletic's William Palacios (far left) during their English Premier League match. Picture: AP

First, we had Fulham beating Birmingham convincingly. And Bolton repeated that 2-0 feat against Sunderland.

How different the table looked a few weeks ago. We all thought Fulham and Bolton were doomed.

How wrong was I.

BRIAN: It's sad, really. But some teams have to be relegated. Actually, I'm rather pleased that Bolton will be playing Premiership football next season.

Everyone thought they would go down when Nicolas Anelka left.

They didn't - and that's good.

IAIN: It's a good sign for Fulham, who play Portsmouth on Sunday. There are signs that Roy Hodgson is beginning to build a decent side, but they'll have to do a lot better next season.

GARY: What really shocked me were the defeats that Everton and Aston Villa suffered, especially the latter.

I thought Martin O'Neill's men were napshots to nail Wigan.

And they ended up losing 2-0 to a team which had won only one away game prior to Saturday!

And Everton shot themselves in the foot in the race for the Uefa Cup spot, as they couldn't avoid a 1-0 defeat against an second-string Arsenal at Emirates Stadium.

I can still hear the punters screaming in agony.

BRIAN: Not so much Everton. I expected to see them lose to Arsenal.

But don't talk to me about Villa. I had a wager on them winning by two on the 1/2 Goal. I even had Home-Home.

Hats off to Wigan. But when you lose money - like I did - it is always disappointing and you want to shoot someone.

What were O'Neill's men doing? They were rubbish. And to think they were gunning for a Uefa Cup spot.

GARY: Up at the top end, Manchester United were showing no signs of letting up when they beat West Ham despite playing with 10 men for almost an hour.

Surely now, the Premiership title is United's.

But as soon as I said that, memories of how Liverpool lost the crown to Arsenal on the last day of the 1988/89 season came flooding back.

You know what, I better keep my mouth shut in case I end up with a coconut in my mouth.

But if you ask around, most punters would tell you United look poised for a Champions League and Premiership double.

And I won't stray too far from that opinion either.

IAIN: After Alan Curbishley's risky comments about the rightful destination of the title, I was surprised to see such an anaemic performance from West Ham.

I thought Man Utd would win, but I expected West Ham to at least try and put up a fight.

Not a single shot was fired on target in a second half - and they were playing against 10 men.

Manchester United could have sat in deckchairs and they wouldn't have been anymore comfortable.

BRIAN: I'm with the multitude who believe that United will do the double. I want them to left both Cups.

They have been good to me this term and I will say that they won me quite a bit at the betting window - enough to compensate for my losses when betting on other teams - like Villa on Saturday.

IAIN: I got Liverpool's match completely wrong.

I thought Manchester City would come out in full support of Sven-Goran Eriksson and try and put in a performance that would save his job.

Once again I reckoned without Fernando Torres. Not many players can hold off Richard Dunne to score a goal like that. El Nino is a football genius.

BRIAN: I tipped a Liverpool win but I had a hard time convincing my friends to have a punt on the Reds.

Most were hesitant because of all the talk coming out of Anfield concerning Fernando Torres not playing. Not only did he play. He scored the only goal of the match!

It was so fishy. Truly a red herring tossed at us by Rafa Benitez.

IAIN: Still, it wasn't all bad.

My bet of the week came in with flying colours as Middlesbrough beat Portsmouth by two goals.

I reckoned correctly that their attention would have been diverted by that FA Cup final and I didn't think they'd have a chance here.  Back to Sports