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

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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:

Tottenham fans should avoid this morning's papers, or at the very least put the sports pages straight to recycling and just get on with the crossword. Those headlines which aren't dealing with the fall-out from Monday's defeat at Newcastle are pumping praise no neighbours Arsenal for scoring seven in the Champions League. And just to rub it home a little bit more two-goal Theo Walcott says "the most pleasing part was we kept a clean sheet". Spurs have only got through three Premier League games in 12 months without conceding a goal, and one of those was last October 28! Incidentally Wayne Rooney's goal in Moscow takes means he's scored in each of his last seven games for club and country - yet he's still as long as 14 to be Premier League top scorer.

Cruft's:

Daily Mirror - It's war if Megs does a runner to join Bolton - Alan Nixon stays ahead of the game with the Bolton story and reveals Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric has already sent warning letters to Reebok Stadium chairman Phil Gartside. It's still the one thing that could stop Megson taking the job. Chris Coleman remains the alternative contender at odds now of 6.6.

Pedigree Chum:

The Sun - Goon's a goner - Jens Lehmann insists: "I'm an Arsenal player and I will not just quietly fade away." As Mark Irwin says he's right, he won't quietly fade away, he'll simply be bombed straight out because nobody crosses Arsene Wenger at The Emirates. Meanwhile Seventh Heaven Arsenal are 9.8 to go all the way and win the Champions League.

Daily Mail/The Sun - Jol's end game - Neil Ashton in the Mail and Paul Jiggins in The Sun have both heard the whispers at White Hart Lane that Martin Jol will make his last stand to keep his job against Blackburn on Sunday. The Mail backs up the story with a good Jamie Redknapp column on sulking striker Dimitar Berbatov.

Dog' s dinner:

Daily Star - Jol could be stuffed by Christmas - Don't blame North East man Ian Murtagh for only using Paul Robinson's quotes off the telly to analyse the Tottenham crisis, but back in London nobody was sharing the briefing that Spurs' boss must win against Blackburn on Sunday to keep his job. That's not even the start of November, never mind Christmas!

Today's other stories:

The Sun - Faba Daba Roo - Jol's a Goner - Wayne's world - Theo sparks rout - Drog: I've got my mojo back - Jol's lost it on training ground says Tim Sherwood
Daily Express - Gunners rout of this world - Grant vows to put on a show - Zokora's three games to save Jol - Hot shot Rooney - No Mour regrets for Cech - Reds must show best hand - Aidy's Hornets in cruise control - Give refs an extra pair of eyes

Daily Star - United Ron em ragged - Seventh heaven for Guns - Megson signs off on a loser - Grant: I'll be a style guru - Don't Stubb out passion - Oba will be a Toon idol - I'd sub Gerro again says Rafa

Daily Mirror - Two great wins - Benitez warning to sulky Gerrard - Theo's fantasy - A Blades stunner - Dim sulker will get Jol sacked

Daily Mail - Boy wonder - Bitter Lehmann warns Wenger - An Arsenal avalanche - United goal glut - A month in the life of Chelsea - Benitez: I'll sub Stevie if I have to

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