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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:
So did you take Top Dog's advice to lay Leeds for promotion at [2.0] yesterday because of Dennis Wise's public rant at defender Frazer Richardson? If so there's a profit to be had already because the Yorkshire club are out to [2.4] after Wise walked out on them to join Newcastle. He knew he was going on Friday night, making his parting public rant at one of his players even more unnecessary. The big question now is how will Wise's new role as executive director match up with Kevin Keegan? Keegan's odds to be next Premier League manager to lose his job have already plummeted to just [5.8] The Sun sums it up best with the headline that after 12 days in charge Keegan is already sitting on a Tyne bomb.

Cruft's:

Daily Mirror - Rougher Benitez - David Maddock reveals that Rafa Benitez lost his rag at half time to shake up Liverpool against Havant. 'Sometimes you look for solutions by analysing things but sometimes you have to find solutions by raising your voice' says the Anfield boss. Can that sort out Liverpool's slump? They are [2.02] to win at West Ham tomorrow.

Pedigree Chum:

Daily Express - Light the red touch paper - Richard Tanner takes a walk down memory lane to start licking lips over the FA Cup's top fifth round tie between Manchester United and Arsenal. The draw has made Chelsea the new [3.5] favourites to win the Cup, with United [4.6], Liverpool [4.9] and Arsenal [7.8]

Daily Express -No need for cover as Gunners' flying doctors check on Toure - Good news for Arsenal fans. Arsene Wenger sent his medical team to Paris, and paid for Kolo Toure to fly there too, for scans on the injury he picked up playing for Ivory Coast in Ghana. Not too serious, which is good news for Toure's club and country! Ivory Coast are now [3] favourites to win the African Cup of Nations

Daily Mail - Keane: No repeat of Forest nightmare - Roy Keane reveals he still has nightmares about getting relegated with Nottingham Forest, the worst period of his career. He's warning his Sunderland players not to let the same thing happen to them. The Black Cats are [2.32] to beat Birmingham tonight and [3.6] to be relegated

The Sun - No heart - Surely the Sven Goran Eriksson who took charge of Manchester City can't be the same bloke that used to be England manager. Here he is having a go at his players accusing them of lacking the bottle for Sunday's Cup battle at Sheffield United. 'Elano has to learn that in England no one will just let him do what he likes', he says. City are [1.74] to put things right at Derby tomorrow night.

Dog' s dinner:

Daily Star - New Joey is back - Joey Barton makes his football comeback tonight and Kevin Keegan has been telling the Star's Ian Murtagh how he'll be a changed man. Funny, that's just what Sam Allardyce said. And pretty much what Stuart Pearce said at Manchester City too.

The Sun - Ian Wright column - Arsenal legend Ian Wright usually puts some good sense in his column, but today he says Fabio Capello should put Matt Derbyshire in his first England squad. Wright clearly didn't go to Aston Villa on Saturday where the Blackburn youngster made next to no impact. Capello was there, though!

Daily Mirror - Sven's love affair - Not another girlie scandal, just Alan Nixon linking Manchester City with Brazilian striker Vagner Love, as well as fellow Brazilians Jo Alves and Daniel Carvalho who all play for CSKA Moscow. But by the end of the piece Nixon admits City would be unlikely to get work permits for them.

Today's other stories:

The Sun -Wise up Kev! - Wood you believe it? - Kev's sitting on a Tyne bomb - Barton's on bench - Fergie promises Ron a pay rise if he gets 30 League goals - Hayles a stormer for Leicester - Roy Keane on his new signings

Daily Express - Wise is Mr Fix-it - Only captains to speak to refs - Ricardo rates Chelsea chances - Background on Dennis Wise appointment - Alan Curbishley column - new Derby owners - Spurs still fretting over Hutton

Daily Star - Wise up Keegan - Woody sparks transfer spree - Wenger dig at FA Cup foe United - King Kev won't be throne off target - Fergie warns Ronaldo to forget scoring records - Brum's £5m Cahill bid - New Derby owners make promise to Jewell - Borow Brew up a Stew

Daily Mirror - Woodgate transfer mystery - Wise job shock for Keegan - FA fear new Cup explosion - Keegan's Wise guy or Dennis the menace? - Keane on the survival fight - Ronnie's lucky 13

Daily Mail - Kev's Wise Guy - Keegan living in the shadows - Spurs land Woody as fears grow over King - Barton go-ahead to face Arsenal - Capello makes Becks sweat - Wenger jibe at Fergie's nomads - Warnock's run ended by Hayles - We won't be like Liverpool say Derby

Tags: Dennsi Wise, football betting, Kevin Keegan, Leeds United promotion