Snooker and Football

Well we couldn't quite extend the winning run to three but we'll plug on with the snooker today. And I've had a few people ask me where I get the best prices. Unsurprisingly there is no one bookie consistently offering the best odds, so the next best thing is www.oddschecker.com which allows you to compare almost all prices on a particular market, and make sure that even if you're not getting the absolute best price, you are at least not getting the worst.

1.30 Ding Junhui to beat John Higgins 10/11 doubled with Rangers to beat Gretna 1/4 (WON +23.13 - Ding started slowly but found his form and won 6-4. Rangers were 1-1 at half-time and won 2-1, which wasn't as comfortable as expected, but its a win nonetheless)
Ding is the second most talented player on the circuit after Ronnie O'Sullivan, but has a much better temperament, and in time will undoubtedly become World Champion and Number One. He is yet to win a tournament this season with only quarter-final appearances to show, but he played well at Wembley last year, only to lose to Ronnie in the face of a fairly hostile pro-Ronnie crowd. Higgins however is in decline. He has had two first round losses and a two second round losses this season, and is struggling to buy a win. So quite how Sportingbet have both players at 10/11 is beyond me.
Rangers are champions elect for me in Scotland if they don't lose their rescheduled New Years match with Celtic. And Gretna have finally found a ceiling to their rapid rise and have just 10 points from 20 games. Rangers beat them 4-0 earlier in the season before really getting into gear, so 1/4 is just buying money and safer than having your savings in Northern Rock!

7pm Stephen Lee to beat Graham Dott 6-5 13/2 (WON +29.63 - This looked dead and buried at 5-2 to the Scot, but Lee is a gutsy, some would say dull, grinder of a player, and he clawed his way back with the help of a couple of misses from Dott, and in goes another correct score)
I was going to just tip Stephen Lee to win this, as their form has been pretty evenly poor this season, but Lee has a 5-1 head-to-head record, so odds on looks a good bet. However, and maybe I'm still getting carried away with Monday's wins, 6-5 has a real good look about it. Dott's one win over Lee was their last match, in the Shanghai Masters earlier this season and the score then was 6-5. Their previous encounter was at Wembley last year, and the scoreline? 6-5 of course. You could do worse than back both players 6/5 as some insurance, but given Lee beat Dott at Wembley in 2005 (6-2 this time) I'm going to side with him and go for it.