Tom Allen redeemed himself with a good tip on Martin Jol's Hamburg to beat Slavia Prague, at the grand price of 2.50. A 2-0 victory away from home saw us in good profit heading into the weekend


To start with I must offer my first apology in over three years of writing this column. The tip of unders in the eight goal thriller at Old Trafford last night was truly wretched but, although I can't promise it will never happen again, if you are to bust your bank then you may as well do it in style.

To Thursday's Uefa Cup action and if there is anybody left with any faith in my predictive abilities then Hamburg must be supported to get the better of Slavia Prague.