Betting Spy: Wedding bells toll for Wayne Rooney

Grant Prior 9 years ago
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It never ends well when a drunk bloke in a tracksuit tries to bunk into a posh wedding.

But Wayne Rooney has more to worry about than being caught on the razz during his night off.

Snaps of Rooney looking a bit worse for wear may give manager Gareth Southgate a convenient excuse to drop his captain.

Because the brutal truth is a past-his-peak Rooney is not worth a place in the national side.

We saw glimpses against Spain of how a pace-filled England attack could possibly trouble even the top sides.

And Rooney simply doesn’t have a place in that sort of set-up now his physical abilities are waning.

It’s been obvious for a while that Rooney is not the force of old yet rather than be brutal a succession of managers have tried to shoe horn him into unfamiliar positions.

A once great striker doesn’t automatically make an international midfielder.

But still Rooney’s supporters in the media consider him undroppable for England.

Perhaps that ill-judged duck into the wedding reception last weekend might do us all a favour in the long run.

I doubt we’ll see Wayne line up against Arsenal at Old Trafford on Saturday and the visitors are tempting at 17/10.

But Jose Mourinho will be desperate not to lose against his old foe Arsene Wenger and I can see a draw suiting both sides.

Let’s look elsewhere for a punt and and the slightly less glamorous “SaS” double of Stoke and Sunderland to win looks appealing.

Stoke are in decent form with a few coming back from injury which should see them past a Bournemouth side who struggle on the road.

Sunderland finally bagged their first win before the international break and the visit of Hull is a must-win game which they should have just enough about them to see out.

The Stoke/Sunderland double pays around 4/1 which might make a dent in our rather depressing running total for the season.

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Running total of all bets to a £10 stake for 2016/17 season: £-95.00

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