The Media get behind England as Terry calls for passion and commitment

Today's Papers / Top Dog / 12 September 2007 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

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:

Amazing the difference a win makes. The pre-match build up before Israel was mostly negative - today the back pages are tub thumping merrily for the England cause. Perhaps they've remembered how many copies a successful trip to a major finals will sell! John Terry wants a powerful, passionate start from the players and he's certainly got one from the papers. England leading at half time and full time is 2.62

Cruft's:

Daily Mail - Dramatic new arrest in football fraud probe - Charles Sale's brilliant Sports Agenda column has followed the corruption enquiries closer than most and he says a 28-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud by City of London police. Sale speculates he's a well known Premier League player - but not part of any of this week's international squads. A story that won't go away but will get bigger.

Pedigree Chum:

The Sun - Steven Howard talks to Slaven Bilic - The Sun's Chief Sports Writer has managed to drag Croatia's boss out of his 39th birthday party to give his verdict on tonight's Wembley contest. Bilic wants a draw to all but guarantee his own team's place at the top of Group E and warns England must win to be sure of reaching the finals themselves. Bilic says it will be tight - making 3.1 for under 1.5 goals a good bet. Croatia are 1.66 to top the group.

The Sun - Lenn Back - News from White Hart Lane that Aaron Lennon will be fit to face Arsenal on Saturday. Boss Martin Jol says quite rightly "It is very positive news" And it's an extra option for Tottenham who are 3.05 to win a home game.

Dog' s dinner:

The Sun/Daily Mail - Roman's reward - Chelsea's owner is said to have put up a £40,000 a man bonus for the Russians to win at Wembley tonight. He could fund that by punting a mere £5,700 a man at the odds of 8 available on Betfair! The claims come from a Russian paper and the small print says Abramovich's people have denied it. The Sun and Mail follow the old axiom of not letting that stand in the way of a good story!

Today's other stories:

The Sun - Terry's Russia vow - Heskey to play - Noble's first Under21 goal - Roon's return cheers Fergie.

Daily Express - Up and at 'em says Terry - McClaren warns we need iron or it's curtains - Gus Hiddink profile - Scots pin faith in McFadden - Bellamy plays happy

Daily Star - Go Get 'Em says Terry - Macca's bulldogs full of bite - Hiddink's warning - Bellamy pleads for patience

Daily Mirror - Rushin roulette - John Terry interview - McClaren's challenge to show Hiddink he was right man for job

Daily Mail - Don't blow it, McClaren - I suffered like Bentley says Barnes - David Platt on tactics - Guus Hiddink interview - Scotland, Wales and Ireland previews

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