It seems “logical” for Harry Redknapp to be the next England manager. He’s stated in the past his desire to manage the national side and The FA have stated, in the past, they’d like to go back down the homegrown route for the next England manager to be English. However, amid all this hyperbole there’s still a few obstacles to overcome for Harry to manage England.

Tottenham Hotspur Director, Daniel Levy, will not be wanting his manager to leave. Fact! Spurs are exceeding this season and are genuinely pushing for the ‘Holy Grail’ – the Premier League title – they’ll probably fall just short but should qualify for Champions League football with some conviction next year. Levy will be wanting BIG compensation if he’s to allow Harry to go off and manage England.

Then there’s the “Lukas Modric factor” – here’s a player that Harry was determined was not going anywhere last Summer – yet, with still nearly half of the season still to play, Harry is expected to wave goodbye to his Spurs players and especially his little playmaker, whom he’d grounded from moving away from White Hart Lane – if Harry does leave then you’d expect Modric would be telling his boss that he reeks of “double-standards“. Still this is football we are talking about and everyone knows just how fickle football really is…

During all this hullabaloo, we have Stuart Pearce taking temporary charge of the Three Lions. Pearce, himself is a contender in the next England manager betting stakes. Having cut his teeth for the U21′s for the last 5 years, Pearce will be given the reigns for the friendly England international match against Holland. Personally, I don’t think Pearce will get the job permanently. Although, this man is England through and through, their is a Euro 2012 Championship to contend with looming on the horizon and it’s too much of a gamble for the FA to appoint Pearce. As his managerial experience falls short on the big stage – Premiership or otherwise.

There are others who deserve a mention, in the next England manager betting odds. Most are foreign, such as Guus Hiddink, Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez and Arsene Wenger. All have a taste of the English culture and, most importantly, the English media. One darkhorse is Roy Hodgson, the current WBA manager. He’s got 37 years of experience, including International experience with Finland plus he’s bossed at some big European clubs including Inter Milan. The only besmirch on his impressive CV that being his premature stint at Liverpool.

Yet, it’s Harry who the English footballing public love and want… My advice, is be careful for what you wish for. For every Alf Ramsey or Bobby Robson there’s always a Don Revie, Glenn Hoddle or Steve McClaren scenario waiting to implode.

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Next England Manager Betting Odds

Harry Redknapp	4/11	4/11	2/7	1/4
Stuart Pearce	11/2	5	6	11/4
Gus Hiddink	12	8	9	6
Jose Mourinho	10	10	10	8
Roy Hodgson	12	10	20	12
Arsene Wenger	16	18	33	25
Rafa Benitez	16	33	25	33
Martin O’Neil	14	16	25	25

Next England Manager Betting Odds Last Updated: 09/02/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

 

This year, the Hennessy Gold Cup betting odds favour Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful, Quel Esprit. This 8 year old Gelding has showed superb form, winning his two previous Winter races (NAAS Chase and Beamish Stout Chase). Trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Paul Townend will be hoping that Quel Esprit has a decent race in order to declare him available for the big event at Cheltenham in 5 weeks time.

We’re still waiting to see if Synchronised will be declared to race at the Hennessy Gold Cup. Betting odds suggest the Jonjo O’Neill trained, nine year old, will feature but no official decision will be made until Thursday.

Jessies Dream hasn’t raced since March of last year and undoubtedly this will be a factor in the 9 year old Geldings racing ability. Hennessy Gold Cup betting odds of 7/1 refelect the bookies confidence that Jessies Dream might just be a bit race-rusty to win the 2012 Hennessy Gold Cup.

Quito De La Roque looks a good ante-post bet at 3/1. This 8 year old Gedling finished 3rd behind Synchronised in the Lexus Chase back in December and won the JNWine Champion Chase abck in early November. That Winter form has been decent enough for him to be finishing in the payout positions. Worthy of a placed bet!

Bostons Angel, China Rock, Magnanimity, Follow The Plan, Roberto Goldback and Treacle make up the rest of the 2012 Hennessy Gold Cup betting card.

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Hennessy Gold Cup Betting Odds

Quel Esprit	5/2	5/2	5/2	5/2
Quito De La Roque	3	11/4	5/2	3
Synchronised	3	4	7/2	7/2
Jessies Dream	7	7	6	6
Bostons Angel	6	7	7	7
China Rock	8	10	10	10
Magnanimity	20	14	16	18
Follow The Plan	33	25	25	25
Roberto Goldback	33	25	25	25
Treacle	50	50	50	50

Hennessy Gold Cup Betting Odds Last Updated: 08/02/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Both teams had an under-par Rugby World Cup. Scotland, despite playing well, failed to qualify from the group stages for the first time in their history. Failure of their forwards to capitalise on try scoring, meant that the Scots were ever-reliant on the boot of Chris Paterson. In the end, it wasn’t enough and the Scots limped out of the New Zealand World Rugby Cup.

England are on a rebuilding program since their Rugby World Cup escapade ended in failure. Thanks mainly to off-the-field shenanigans that seen the England team labelled as ‘posh hooligans’ by some elements of the press. New England coach, Stuart Lancaster, has drafted in a few rookies to freshen up England, however, the lack of experience in England’s set-up at International level is one of the main the reasons the Scotland v England betting is so tight.

Scotland do have the suppoprt of Murrayfield behind them, and if they play the type of rugby that’s expected of them, then it could become a cauldron too hot to handle for this ‘wet behind the ears‘ English team.

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Scotland v England Betting Odds

England	5/6	8/11	1/20	1/16
Scotland	6/5	9	11/8	11/8
Draw	14	33	18	20

Scotland v England Betting Odds Last Updated: 03/02/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Recession Proof’s ommission has certainly opened up the Betfair Hurdle betting with ante-post favourite Zarkandar now the bookies out-and-out choice to win the biggest bite out of the guaranteed £152,500 purse.

Zarkandar was unbeaten last year as he stormed to victory in the juvenile hurdle events including winning the Triumph Hurdle. This year he steps up and is geared towards the Stan James Champion Hurdle in March. However, his appearance at the Betfair Hurdle will be his first since last April and will be a good indication of what lays ahead for the rest of the season.

Raya Star looks promising, his winter form has seen him pick up an impressive £90,000 in prize money from two wins in three races (the £86,000 prize from winning the Ladbroke back in December helped to boost that figure). That victory in the Ladbroke (2M) has seen Raya Star handicap gain 6lb to a mark of 140 – although trainer Alan King isn’t too despondent.

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Betfair Hurdle Betting Odds

Zarkandar	7/2	3	10/3	7/2
Darlan	6	7	8	8
Raya Star	8	8	8	8
Soldatino	12	12	12	10
Citizenship	8	12	14	12
Olofi	12	14	14	14
Sire De Grugy	12	12	12	14
Empire Levant	14	14	14	16
Get Me Out Of Here	12	12	14	16
Final Approach	14	12	12	16

Betfair Hurdle Betting Odds Last Updated: 01/02/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Current Super Bowl XLVI betting has the NE Partiots as pre-match favourites, this despite the NY Giants beating the Patriots 24-20 the last time they met back in Week 9 of the 2011 season. So, what’s changed since that Giant’s win to make the Patriots the bookies betting favourites.

The Patriots have simply moved up the gears, their loss to the Giants back in Week 9 was the last of their campaign. Their domination was evident in the Playoffs as the Patriots wiped the floor with the Denver Broncos 45-10. The AFC Championship Game saw the Patriots come up against sterner stuff against the Baltimore Ravens. They eventually won the match by 23-20 but if Ravens kicker, Billy Cundiff, hadn’t missed a last second 32 yard field goal we might have been talking of a different team facing the Giants at Super Bowl XLVI.

Such is the expectation amongst New York Giant fans, that their team will win the Super Bowl XLVI, that one of their celebrity fans ’50 Cent’ has claimed he’ll post a picture of himself naked on social media site ‘Twitter’ if the NY Giants don’t beat the Patriots. Even Governor Andrew Cuomo, has urged people to “Bet all your money on the Giants.”

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Super Bowl XLVI Betting – NE Partiots V NY Giants

New England Patriots	20/27	69/100	8/11	5/7
New York Giants	5/4	5/4	23/20	6/5

Super Bowl XLVI Betting Odds Last Updated: 27/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Earlier in the week we heard the nominations for each category and immediately the bookies published their Oscar 2012 betting odds on whom Billy Crystal will be announcing come ceremony night.

Best Picture seems to be a two-horse race between the black and white, silent film ‘The Artist‘ (which collected 10 nominations overall) and family drama ‘The Descendants‘ (which collected 5 nominations overall) starring George Clooney.

Bookies have made ‘The Artist‘ favourite on the Oscars 2012 betting for Best Picture. The Artist is currently a best bet of 2/7 from Ladbrokes. The Descendants is not far behind with Sky Bet offering odds of 9/2 that it will pick up some goldenware come Oscar night. You can receive the latest free bets news on all sorts of Entertainment betting news by signing up to Free Betting Online’s newsletter.

Oscar Betting : Best Picture 2012

The Artist	1/4	1/4	2/9	2/7
The Descendants	4	4	4	9/2
Hugo	12	12	11	10
War Horse	12	12	14	16
Midnight in Paris	33	33	33	33
The Help	33	33	25	33
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	33	40	40	50
Moneyball	33	50	40	40
The Tree Of Life	50	50	50	50

Oscar 2012 Betting Odds Last Updated: 25/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Best Actor betting currently has George Clooney as favourite to collect his first ever leading male Oscar. Clooney won a best supporting oscar back in 2005 and has been nominated twice before for the Best Actor category but without success. There’s every possibility that Jean Dujardin from ‘The Artist’ might steal Clooney’s thunder, won the Golden Globes, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, ok, not quite the same thing but it’s enough to keep Clooney sweating on the award.

Oscar Betting : Best Actor 2012

George Clooney	4/9	2/5	4/9	2/5
Jean Dujardin	7/4	2	7/4	2
Brad Pitt	14	14	14	14
Gary Oldman	25	33	20	33
Demian Bichir	25	-	11	25

Oscar 2012 Betting Odds Last Updated: 25/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Best Actress betting seems to be sewn as Meryl Streep’s depiction of Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron lady’. This is Streep’s 17th Oscar nomination but you need to reverse all the way back to 1982 for the last time she won this award. Viola Davis (The Help) is second-favourite and looking to emulate Halle Berry as only the 2nd black actress to win an Oscar in this category.

Oscar Betting : Best Actress 2012

Meryl Streep	1/2	1/2	4/9	4/9
Viola Davis	3	10/3	3	9/4
Michelle Williams	7/2	10/3	7/2	7/2
Glenn Close	25	33	20	22
Rooney Mara	25	20	22	25

Oscar 2012 Betting Odds Last Updated: 25/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

From the rest, Best Supporting Actor looks to be between Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn) in the Oscars 2012 betting. Best Supporting Actress will be a close call between Octavia Spencer (The Help), Berenice Bejo (The Artist) and Jessica Chastain (also The Help).

Roberto Mancini has seen his team turn in some indifferent performances since the turn of the new year. Three defeats and two wins have tempered the earlier furore of punters claiming that Man City would walk towards the league title this year. Granted, two of those aforementioned defeats came in the Cups, but it has punctured the mood that Mancini’s City were all-conquering.

Tottenham’s form of late, has been impressive. Three wins and one draw since the start of 2012 has mobilised Spurs up to 3rd in the Premier League, just 5pts off Premier League leaders Man City. The fact you need to go back to the 11th of December to find Tottenham’s last league defeat is a testament to the style of football which Harry Rednapp has Spurs playing at the moment.

Vincent Kompany is still suspended and his admission from the Man City team in the last two games is apparent. Yaya and Kolo Toure are away playing in the Africans Cup for the Ivory Coast. While Tottenham will definetly be without Emmanuel Adebayor as his loan contract dictates he’s not allowed to play against Man City whom he’s still an employee off.

Last time this pair met, Tottenham were beaten convicingly at home 1-5 by Man City. Could this be payback time for Tottenham?

Man City have a proud home record in the league this season (unbeaten in 10), however you have to back to the 1991-92 season for the last time Man City did the double over Tottenham in the league.

You tend to lean towards a score draw when thinking about a prediction for the Man City v Tottenham betting.

Man City v Tottenham Betting

Man City	10/11	10/11	10/11	10/11
Draw	11/4	13/5	11/4	5/2
Tottenham	3	3	16/5	10/3

Odds Last Updated: 20/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

Murray faces Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the 2nd round on Thursday after he endured a tough 1st round match against American youngster, Ryan Harrison, which took the UK’s #1 four sets to see out the match. The win, although laboured at times, will certainly give Murray, and his new coach Ivan Lendl, food for thought towards Murray’s hope for progression through this tournament.

Can Murray really win the Australian Open?

There’s no doubt that Andy Murray has the ability to win a Grand Slam – he’s reached three finals in his short career so far. But in each and everyone, something happened to Murray. Shockingly, Murray has never won a single set in any of his Grand Slam Final appearances. OK, he was up against Roger Federer (2008, 2010) when he was playing some of his best tennis ever and then again against Novak Djokovic (2011), who would go onto win an incredible ten tournaments in 2011, in those final appearances but it was more Murray’s own performance rather than his opponents feats which brought about his downfall.

Now, Andy Murray, has the capable stewardship of Ivan Lendl in his corner. Will this be the difference which Murray requires to turn Slam final defeats into victories? Only time will tell.

Mens Australian Open Winner Betting 2012

Novak Djokovic	5/4	6/5	11/10	11/10
Roger Federer	4	7/2	7/2	4
Andy Murray	5	11/2	11/2	11/2
Rafael Nadal	13/2	5	11/2	6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	16	20	18	16
Juan Martin Del Potro	20	16	25	14

Odds Last Updated: 18/01/2011 (Betting Odds Correct at Time of Writing)

The unpredictable Dereck ‘Del Boy’ Chisora (17, 15W, 2L, KO’s 10), who lost his British and Commonwealth titles to Tyson Fury back in July last year, then followed that defeat up with another against Finnish boxer, Robert Helenius, for the vacant European heavyweight title, must have thought all his christmases had come at once when he was lined up to contest for the WBC heavyweight title against Vitali Klitschko (45, 43W, 2L, KO’s 40).

Chisora, is a massive underdog in the Klitschko v Chisora betting odds, and it’s hardly surprising that the bookies favour the 40-year-old Ukrainian. Vitali Klitschko seems to be playing a tantilising game of ‘bring David Haye out of retirement‘ by dangling the coveted prize of his WBC belt as a temptation.

The chances of Chisora beating Klitchko are slim, but upsets do happen in boxing – in fact, the biggest sporting upsets probably come from the boxing betting world. However, even if Chisora were to beat Klitschko – then it’s highly unlikely that Del Boy would be able to swagger back over to London and start making his own preperations of a defence. Because Chisora has signed up to an agreement, that if he wins, then he must fight Klitschko again – it might not even be Vitali but the younger brother Wladimir who is the current IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight champion.

Is Vitali beatable? Of course! But the question we need to be asking here, “Is Dereck Chisora the man to make that happen?” Doubtful! But that’s not a straight out ‘No!’ So, there is hope for the young British boxer to upset the Klitschko v Chisora betting odds and breathe some much-needed life into an otherwise stagnant heavyweight division.

Vitali Klitschko v Dereck Chisora Winner Betting Odds

Vitali Klitschko	1/16	1/20	1/16	1/16
Dereck Chisora	7	8	13/2	7
Draw		40	35	33

Vitali Klitschko v Dereck Chisora Betting Odds Last Updated: 13/01/2012 (correct at time of writing)

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Martin Adams v Tony O’Shea or if you prefer ‘Wolfie’ v the ‘Silverback’ is bound to be an epic affair. Martin Adams is seeking his third BDO title in a row and is the bookies favourite in the Martin Adams v Tony O’Shea darts betting to proceed into the semi finals.

Martin Adams has progressed through his previous two rounds without having to throw big darts. An 90 darts average score has been enough to see of both Scott Mitchell and Gary Stone without Adams conceding a set.

Tony O’Shea has at least bettered his 2011 appearance in the BDO Championships, where he exited quickly in the first round. This time around, O’Shea, the 2009 BDO runner-up, has answered his critics with somewhat comfortable victories over Ross Montgomery and Steve West.

Despite the bookies installing Adams as odds-on favourite, the Martin Adams v Tony O’Shea match is bound to be close. Yes, Adams does have the experience of winning the BDO Championship (3 times) at the Lakeside behind him. And yes, O’Shea still carries the memories of that shock first round exit at last year’s tournament with him, but what a better time to start too eradicate that memory for good by beating Adams.

Martin Adams v Tony O’Shea Winner Betting Odds

Martin Adams To Win	4/9	4/9
Tony O’Shea To Win	7/4	13/8

Martin Adams v Tony O’Shea Betting Odds Last Updated: 11/01/2012 (correct at time of writing)