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So there you go, we qualify for Euro 2012, but as always with England nothing is straight forward. In fact you couldn't make it up - Rooneys dad suspect of a betting scam when a player gets sent off and son Wayne goes and does just that!

I wasn't comfortable with my predicts when I saw the rain pouring down in Montenegro. A wet slippery surface can often make for an open game and added to that the bobbly pitch made mistakes more likely. When it kicked off we started like a house on fire and Montenegro looked very second rate.

I did say we would draw the game and at 3.5 it was a decent shout, but the 1-1 or 0-0 I thought it might end up was never going to happen though. Just when I thought the game was settling down Darren Bent rounds off a decent move that looked all too easy.

The sending off means Rooney will miss vital games and so going close in Euro 2012 doesn't now look a real possibility.