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This time I have to bow to the greater knowledge of Betfair Ambassador Lee Dixon. Spot on Lee - Draw, Gerrard to score - excellent work. I do think Liverpool did have the chances to win it though and came close to that 2-1 correct score for what would have been a massive 12.5. The losing punters catchphrase "what might have been" springs to mind. I did recommend Liverpool to win with draw no bet so the main recommedation ended up as a shot to nothing. I would have liked Kenny to have started with Carroll and Suarez and I think that says everything about the his respect for Man Utd.

It does look like happening anytime soon but I was casting my eye over Specials - Next Man Utd Manager betting, and one man jumps right out. He is of course Mark Hughes. As a player he was a great pro and as well as being a United legend played at Barcelona and Chelsea. As a manager he transformed Wales, cut his teeth in the Premier League with Blackburn and then went on to Man City and then Fulham. Make no mistake with this CV and his meticulous and professional approach to management, he should be favourite in this market. If Ferguson retired tomorrow, I would advise taking any price above 3 but today with no prospect of a quick appointment he is available at a tasty 18. A long term play for the serious investor.

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...

England go to Montenegro tonight just needing a point to qualify for Euro 2012. I think we'll all be relieved if we do qualify after the massive downer that was the World Cup we need sometihing else to get us excited about England again. Capello's England are good in qualification though. Tonights game I think could be another cagey affair (It was 0 -0 at Wembley). Of course Montenegro need 3 points to enable them to top the group but they also need something out of the game to prevent Switzerland from sneaking into second place. They play Switzerland in the last game - the score was Montenegro 1 Switzerland 0 when they met this time last year. So for me Montenegro have the real dilemma, do we open up and go all out for the win or do we play safe try to get a point and make sure...