The day Big Sam hung Wayne Rooney out to dry

Our man inside the game says that Wayne Rooney has long been finished as a top player

I don’t bet. Mainly because I haven’t got the money to lose but also because I don’t know what I’m doing. The only card game I know how to play is ‘snap’ and I know nothing about ‘the going’ at Newmarket or whether one heavyweight boxer is more likely to deliver a knockout blow against another. Although, I’ll go on record as saying that where boxing is concerned, like tennis and cycling, I don’t believe anything that I see.

But there are a few bets that speak for themselves. That is to say that the result is never in doubt and can often be seen coming from a mile away.