5 To Watch Takes An Early Battering

Our 5 to watch this weekend takes an early battering

Sentiment hardly ever pays dividends in sport. Occasionally there will be the perfect synergy of a story and event that somehow cannot fail – Aldaniti and jockey Bob Champion at the 1981 Grand National – but most often than not we come a cropper.


So it was with the early stages of out 5 to Watch this weekend.


Sentiment made me back Air Chris Hoy in the sprint at the World Cycling Championships in Denmark. Just shows you what I know. He lost in the quarter-finals.


Then I let my heart rule my head when I thought West Ham would beat Stoke. It was 1-0 but Stoke came out on top to plunge Gianfranco Zola’s team deeper into relegation trouble, especially since Hull beat Fulham.


Finally, Leeds couldn’t continue their Guinness Premiership run and fell 19-0 against Gloucester.


But are we down?


Lewis Hamilton may step forward to win the Australian Grand Prix but he faces a fight against the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vetter and Mark Webber.


Incidentally, the funniest story of the weekend has to be Michael Schumacher complaining of Fernando Alonso and Hamilton blocking him on the track during his qualifying laps. Pot, kettle, black?


We still have the mighty Huddersfield Giants on Sunday to look forward to against St Helens.


It’s not all over.