It's a marathon not a sprint...

Slowly and steadily we're starting to find some new year form.
Two TWITTER posted snooker selections (@rudgey76) collected for us yesterday, winning us around 6 unit stakes.
The first, Mark Allen to beat world number 1, John Higgins, was documented in yesterdays post. Once that collected we played up at just over even money on Welshman Ryan Day -1.5 frames against Joe "The Gentleman" Perry, who graciously lost by 6-0, giving us the easiest of collections.
Todays first set of Quarter Finals includes our ante post pick for the tourney, RONNIE O'SULLIVAN. We took 6/4 before his first round match and with the world champion out of the picture, the "Rocket" is now trading at 5/4 (almost feels like a victory in itself.)
His opponent today is Peter Ebdon, the most boring player alive today, Ronnie's record against him is 5-2 and I can't see today holding any fears for our selection.
The other Quarter Final today sees another Welshman, Mark Williams, play one time world champion Shaun Murphy. Murphy reached the final of last years Premier League beating our outright selection quite easily, but Williams has been showing a return to form lately, after a rather lengthy spell of indifference.
Tough one to call but we'll stick our neck out.
LONDON MASTERS SNOOKER Q-F MARK WILLIAMS +2.5 v Shaun Murphy (7:00p.m break) 8/11 BETFAIR.
Late last night a TWITTER selection was posted, recommending England to win the fourth test against South Africa.
That has got off to a disasterous start with four of Englands wickets falling for less than forty runs, fingers crossed for improvement.
Yesterdays football picks were so-so results wise.
The African Cup of Nations is becoming a bit of a minefield, with suprises and shocks a plenty.
Our short priced favourites suffered a loss and a draw yesterday.
Only because we like to have an interest in televised action, minimum stake recommended.
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS THURSDAY 14TH JAN GAMES BOTH TO FEATURE OVER 2.5 GOALS DOUBLE (parlay) 7/2 BETFAIR (both games live on EUROSPORT 4:00p.m k.o)
Finally tonights League Cup encounter between Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa.
With this tie being settled over 2 legs, Aston Villa may not be that ambitious in their tactics and with the pace they have out wide and up front, they could easily catch Blackburn on the counter late in the game, with Rovers not being the most prolific Premier League side, I'm leaning towards a low scoring affair with the second leg being the decider.
ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP SOCCER BLACKBURN ROVERS V ASTON VILLA UNDER 2.5 GOALS 4/5 BETFAIR (8:00P.M K.O SKY SPORTS)
N.B Found a great tipster on TWITTER with a strong 2010 S.R (27-8), they post free plays @Soccer_Bet on TWITTER and have members only picks available at soccer_bet@live.nl
C'MON!!!