Weekend of International football ahead!

What a big weekend it is for the home nations and the Republic of Ireland. Steve McLaren's England play Macedonia in what should be a straight forward game where a win is surely certain. My prediction for that one 3-1. Elswhere Scotland who have started thier campaign is style with 6 points from 6 play France. While a draw would represent a good return the Scots must go for the win on their home patch, my prediction is 1-1. The Republic are away to Cyprus missing a host of top names including Shay Given, Stephen Reid, Kevin Doyle and Stephen Carr. I think this game will be a lot tighter than many suggest and can see Ireland just getting away with a one goal win, perhaps it could end up 2-1 to the boys in Green. Also in the Irish group Wales host Slovakia in a crucial game for the dragons. Ceri Barnett tells me there are some injuries in the Welsh squad so I'll predict a draw here 0-0. And finally in Copenhagen a resurrgent Northern Ireland will face Denmark after their incredible win over Spain last month. However a difficult test this and I think Denamrk will win 3-1.

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Flock of Seagulls - 8:36 - 13/1

Since joining Mark at the slowstables in mid September Flock of Seagulls has found a level of consistency which evaded him in the previous month. The 2 year old colt may still be without a win from his 12 starts but his three places in his last three races suggest he may have turned a corner. This is a shorter distance than he is normally used to and he's only raced over muddy once before without success, however at these fantastic odds he's hard to avoid. Solid each way chance.

Confuzion - 8:57 - 16/1

All was going nicely for this 2 year old colt. The places were piling up, the vital first win had been achieved and then he goes and finishes 12th out of 14 in a progress race for juvenile colts! I think more than anything else this is the reason for tonight's long odds. To be fair Confuzion is a handy horse who has tremendous ability. In total he's won once and has been placed six times in 10 races. Owned by Red Halo racing the owners will be wise enough to know that their boy can do well tonight if he gets the right jockey.

Shine - 9:24 - 12/1

Sebonline stable stumbled across a little gem when they bought this 3 year old colt from the sales ring in May of this year. In less than five months Shine has clocked up 8 wins and 17 placed finishes from 44 races earning £926 for the yard. With two wins in the last five races the black dart has high confidence levels and if he gets the right rider tonight then he could challenge for top honours. Well rested Shine hasn't been out since the 4th of October and should have what it takes to give a good account of himself this evening.