Next England Manager odds

It came as no surprise following England’s failure to qualify for Euro 2008 after their loss to Croatia last night that the FA have acted swiftly in sacking Steve McLaren (and his assistant Terry Venables). All the speculation now is over who will replace Second Choice Steve in the job.

One thing to note is that whoever the next England Manager is, he will have plenty of time to mould his team, with the next meaningful games (qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup) a year away. And they’ll be free to scout the potential opponents at Euro 2008 in Austria, thanks to the current squads lack of ability (or some might say lack of effort)

Early favourite for the poisoned chalice is former Chelski manager Jose Mourinho (4/1), and Martin O’Neill (also 4/1) – Whilst Mourinho is the choice of many, he may prefer the more hands-on management of club football for a few more years yet. O’Neill was turned down for the job after Sven left, so will he want to put his name in the hat again?

Fabio Capello (8/1) is the first mananger to publically decalre he would like the job. Which probably means he’s desperate, and won’t get it. That and he’s a bit controversial and defensive. Alan Shearer (with no managerial experience whatsoever?!) is at 16/1, so keep your money in your pocket for that one. “Big Phil” Scolari is out at 20/1 – although the FA’s first choice last time, the fact he turned them donw will no doubt be held against him (that and the fact his Portuguese team liked to cheat at evey opportunity).

You’ve then got the usual names that won’t get the job (Stuart Pearce 25/1 , Sam Allardyce 25/1, Alan Curbishley 40/1) . If you think that the FA would like to hire Terry Venables after sacking him twice (most recently, this morning!), then he is available at 40/1 alongside Mark Hughes and Jurgen Klinsmann.

Martin Jol looks worth a punt at 66/1, but then you enter true outsider territory: Kevin Keegan and Paul Ince, Dennis Wise and Glenn Hoddle all out at 100/1, and if you really fancy throwing your money away, then why not have a few quid on failed Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton at 1000/1

All odds are correct at 12:50pm on Thursday 22nd November. For the very latest odds, please see above, or click here.



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