18th January 2008

No trading last night apart from another dabble in the oz v india test match and a review of the next manager markets. I managed to back ozzie again when they hit 2.84, they actually traded much higher than this last night but once they took a few wickets the odds settled back down to around 2.4 - I had already traded out at 2.6. A trade that I had set up to come in whilst I was in bed. That takes the book to +13% whoever wins.

The next Ireland manager market is still all green for me though my profit is slight reduced on the new favourite -gerard houllier. To be honest Im not sure why his odds have dropped, it sounds like it would be a strange appointment in my opinion but stranger things have happened. MY lay of Deschamps has proven correct though as he has now drifted out to 44. While I have also gained a free bet on John Sheridan. The Oldham man may not be in with much of a chance but I felt the 700 offered up on him on betfair was a tad high so I took this and then managed to lay off around 200. A profit of over 1k if it comes in. That would be nice! :p

Souness has now dropped to second favourite behind mark mcghee to be the new scotland boss and i cant argue with that. I have a small green on mcghee and a small red on souness and im pretty hopeful that mcghee will get it but anythings possible.