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Smith suffers broken leg

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed Alan Smith broke his leg and dislocated an ankle towards the end of the 1-0 FA Cup defeat against Liverpool.

The England international came on as a substitute for Darren Fletcher with 15 minutes remaining of the fifth-round tie at Anfield. And, as he attempted to block John Arne Riise's shot following Dietmar Hamann's free-kick, his left leg crumpled underneath him.

Smith, whose hopes of a place in England's World Cup squad appear to be in jeopardy, needed oxygen as he was carried off on a stretcher, and Ferguson reported it was "one of the worst" injuries he had witnessed.

"He has broken his leg and dislocated the ankle joint," the United boss told MUTV.

"It is a bad one. He has gone to hospital, it looks very long term - it is one of the worst I have seen. I am sure he will be back."

It did look very nasty on TV.

Congratulations to Andy Murray for winning the SAP Open in San Jose. He beat Andy Roddick in the semi's and Leyton Hewitt in the final. Still 18 I think.

harlosh did not think he had it in him well done andy

Yes, he is certainly a dour Scot Woodie but a real tennis prospect for GB

harlosh,
Its great to see that you do not mind a dour scot coming down south of the border to show you how to play the game

B-P, with a surname of Macpherson and parents and family from the west coast of Scotland, I take a certain pride too. :-)

Hi all

been away for a few days and wasnt planning on trading today, though with 2 Barney Curley runners later on I may do an hour :-)

The two to keep an eye on are:

4.10 Bold Phoenix - blinkers back on, should be plenty good enough to win if it is wanted to!

4.45 Ndola - usually runs well after a break (when the price is bigger) - ran an absolute stinker last time having drifted like a barge beforehand

Be surprised if neither these are off today, and if the first one loses then expect more money to go onto the second one.

As always with Barneys horses, watch the market and wait for the big money to guide you

Thanks for the info on barney's nags. Will certainly watch out later.

Anyway, hope you had a decent time away.

4.10 Bold Phoenix - Price all over the place

Barneys horse - what a joy to trade - a lump on the way up then a lump more on the way down

Looking forward to Ndola :-)

and wins at a canter :-)

Ndola gone from 8 to 6 since Bold Phoenixs win lol

Steve

I owe you a few drinks for Bold Phoenix :-))

Cheers!

No probs - Ndola still to come :-)

Ndola from 5.7 to 11.0 :-)

Comical - driven hard early, given no cover and raced very wide and emptied the tank very quickly lol

now theres a shock after the drift lol

Fundy can I be a bit naive - genuinely! Like Scrip the price movements on BP confused me completely, yet you profited. It went out from 10/3 to 11/2 then back in to 4/1 (we are talking SP here). I can't see how you played it from that. The first moves suggest a lay (to me) but then you can't cover yourself when it comes back in. I suppose once you see the move back from 11/2 to 5/1 and 9/2 you can dive in to back it, and then lay it on its way down to 4/1.
As I say, naive, but I am trying to understand more about the trading game.
Ndola I can follow - once the price starts to go for its walk, you lay it and collect. Done and dusted.

Schiff

Yes, i laid Bold Phoenix then when the money started to come i covered my bet by backing it back and then backed it again. Once the price shortened again i laid it off again then greened up.

With barneys horses, invariably the first move is a false one - Bold Phoenix drifted before being backed, Ndola was backed from 8 to 6 then the dirft all the way to 11. They key is getting out before it turns too quickly

Thanks Fundy.