YOU BET HULL BROWNED OFF BY SPECULATION
DESPITE Phil Brown’s protestations that it is virtually business as usual at Hull City, William Hill are refusing to quote odds about him surviving in his job until the end of the season, or for him to be the first Premiership manager to lose his job this season.
‘Phil did his best to give the impression that all is hunky dory at Hull, but his body language suggested anything but’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘And as a result we have now opened a book on his successor and have installed Paul Jewell as 5/1 favourite.’
Hills also offer:
Paul Jewell5/1
Alan Curbishley11/2
Gareth Southgate11/2
Iain Dowie6/1
Slaven Bilic13/2
David O’Leary10/1
Peter Reid10/1
Peter Taylor12/1
Gus Poyet14/1
Alan Pardew16/1
Jan Molby16/1
Neil Warnock16/1
Phil Parkinson16/1
Steve Coppell16/1
Tony Adams16/1
Darren Ferguson20/1
Graeme Souness20/1
Gary McCallister25/1
Glenn Hoddle25/1
Dean Windass33/1
William Hill CARLING CUP LATEST:
William Hill make Chelsea 11/4 favourites to win the Carling Cup and also offer 4/1 Man C; 9/2 Man U; 9/2 Arsenal; 11/2 Spurs; 9/1 Aston Villa; 20/1 Blackburn; 25/1 Portsmouth.
Hills also offer 5/2 that the Final will be between two of the ‘Big 4’.
All Manc final 14/1
All London final 11/4
AFTER his Carling Cup goal on Tuesday night, William Hill have cut their odds for Michael Owen to make Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad from 5/2 to 9/4 – and offer 1/3 that he will miss out. ‘Owen really needs a run of games and goals, which Fergie doesn’t currently looking like giving him, so although he appears to be fit again he isn’t getting the games which would enhance his prospects of recapturing his best form and forcing Fabio’s hand’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
SWINE FLU 6/1 TO STRIKE PREMIER LEAGUE
William Hill offer 6/1 that one or more Premier League matches will be postponed because of swine flu this season. ‘Several clubs are apparently suffering from swine flu, so it is not impossible that games could be put at risk if entire squads are struck down’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe. It is 1/12 with Hills that there will be NO swine flu postponements.
WILL NEWCASTLE GET STADIUM SPONSOR? YOU BET THEY MIGHT NOT…..
WITH MIKE ASHLEY SET TO SELL naming rights to Newcastle’s St James’ Park, bookmakers William Hill have opened a book on whether those rights will actually be sold, and what the ground will be known as. Hills believe it is unlikely that a sponsor will come forward and offer 4/7 that the ground name has NOT changed at all by the first day of next season, and 5/4 that it HAS gained a sponsor’s appendage by then. ‘It is one thing putting the naming rights up for grabs, another getting the right deal – and Mr Ashley could quote conceivably have changed his mind and sold the club by then’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
And Hill’s make Tesco the most likely sponsor’s name to be added to the ground name, quoting the supermarket chain at 16/1, and also offering:
Northern Rock 20/1
Sports Direct 25/1
Greggs 33/1
Newcastle Brown 33/1
NE Tourist 50/1
Newcastle Building Society 50/1
Compare The Meerkat/Market 66/1
Tony Blair 100/1
Cheryl Cole 100/1
UK Coal 100/1
Paul Gascoigne Stadium 500/1
Ant & Dec 1000/1
(others on request)
Further information….graham sharpe…0780 3233702 .
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