Two more defeats since the last column and things really need to start improving quickly if the Stags are to avoid relegation.
I was as disappointed as any with the 2-1 home defeat to Grimsby last Saturday, but at least we made a little money to buy the kids their Easter eggs.
I hope you backed the away win and 2-1 scoreline at 6/4 and 8/1 with Boylesports, as well as buy
ing total goals at 2.6 with Sporting Index.
Saturday's huge game at Notts County could decide the Stags fate and it will undoubtedly be a nervous occasion.
Paul Holland has now been appointed permanent manager until the end of the season and his players will want to impress him over the next couple of weeks.
Although County are unbeaten in three games, they have only scored one goal in the past five, but have also only conceded once in those five games.
Three goalless draws in the past five don't spell for a tremendously exciting game, but a dull 1-0 win for Mansfield would be exactly what the doctor ordered.
I'm going to suggest backing two scorelines in this one, as I really think it will be tight.
Back the goalless draw at 15/2 and a Stags 1-0 victory at 8/1 with Boylesports.
Perhaps the most sensible bet though would be a sell (bet lower) of total goals at 2.2 with Sporting Index – only two of County's last 14 games have seen two goals or more.
The key racing action of this weekend is in Dubai, in which the world's classiest animals line up for the world's richest race – the Dubai World Cup.
We won't get rich by backing Curlin, the US Champion and Breeders' Cup Classic winner, at 2/5 for the showpiece, even though he will surely win.
However, the interesting one each way for me is Godolphin's Jalil at around 8/1 with Boylesports.
The son of Storm Cat cost an extortionate $9.7m as a yearling and having only won once in a five runner maiden at Ripon last year before the start of this season, you would have been looking at more like 1,000/1 for the Dubai World Cup then.
However, he is a completely different animal on the sand in the Middle East and it is very hard to see him being out of the first three.
Bill Esdaile has written for the Racing Post, Sportsman, Sporting Life and the Smart Gambler. He previewed major betting events for the Telegraph, Financial Times, Shares Magazine and the Business. The full article contains 441 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
