Steve Bruce's Birmingham future surrounded by uncertainty

Betfacts / Top Dog / 08 October 2007 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

Betfair's Top Dog sniffs around the truth behind the latest tabloid tales.

Top Dog
Betfair's top dog sniffs around the truth behind the latest tabloid tales.

• Cruft's champion - Top stories that can dominate the news agenda
• Pedigree chum - Insights that tell you something you don't know
• Dog's dinner - Speculation, guesswork, or ideas that just don't come off.

Top Dog says:

Eight Premier League games on a Sunday means the papers have little room for anything but match reports and as far as news goes, if you've seen one you've seen them all. The Rugby World Cup has come alive too, after England's dramatic victory over the Aussies. The holders talk all day about their guts and courage. You can still get a patriotic punt at 9.6 for Brian Ashton's team to go all the way.

Cruft's:

Daily Star and others - Bruce: I'm out - Steve Bruce came out after Birmingham's defeat at Blackburn to reveal potential new owner Carson Yeung is refusing to rubber stamp the new contract he agreed with the current board. Well done The Star for seeing the wider interest and leading their back page with the story while others have buried it in match reports. Bruce's odds to be next Premier League manager to lose his job have already crashed to 4.

Pedigree Chum:

Daily Mirror - United for the title says Roy Keane - Sunderland's straight talking boss says the Premier League race is between Arsenal and Manchester United - just like the old days. And Keane, veteran of a good few of those contests, thinks Sir Alex still has the edge at Old Trafford. United remain 2.64 favourites, the Gunners 3.25.

Daily Mail - Boot camp mentality for Grant - Neil Ashton claims Avram Grant has approached the head of the Israeli army's fitness department to join the club's coaching staff, as talks continue to secure Henk Ten Cate from Ajax.

Dog' s dinner:

Daily Express - Jol gets backing of Levy - Spurs' manager reached the end of his six game 'trial' with two wins and four draws and reporter Paul Joyce reckons chairman Daniel Levy is backing him. The quote is: "There's nothing to discuss, everything is fine." Yeah, sure. Spurs haven't actually won a League game since August. How fine's that? Jol is now 2.6 to be the next manager to lose his job.

Today's other stories:

The Sun - Glowin - 28 page football pull-out - Spotlight on Paul Robinson's form

Daily Express - Just eight football pages

Daily Star - Owen warms up - 20 pages of weekend football reports

Daily Mirror - Owen sew brave - 20 page pull-out - Elano the buy of the season - Stan Collymore

Daily Mail - Is Grant Mourinho in disguise? - Torres steals the show - ten weekend football pages

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