Bookie odds on Harry Redknapp to quit

IRISHSPORTSGUY · 02-10-2009 12:28pm #1

.........have slashed dramatically this morning. Might be nothing in it but rumours, you never know though.....

http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/next-manager-to-leave-post

CHD · 02-10-2009 12:30pm

Hopefully FIFA are banning him from football, need some consistency after what they did to Chelsea.

glanman · 02-10-2009 12:35pm

11/8 on skybet from 50/1!!

What the hell is going on???

JPA · 02-10-2009 12:36pm

One bet of a couple of hundred can slash odds these days.

glanman · 02-10-2009 12:38pm

Ya I know but why would someone throw a few hundred on the gangster geezer leaving? To push out other odds (hart and brown) and lump onto them??

CHD · 02-10-2009 12:38pm

To be fair, by his standards he has been there for ages, probably time to move on.

JPA · 02-10-2009 12:40pm

glanman wrote: »

Ya I know but why would someone throw a few hundred on the gangster geezer leaving? To push out other odds (hart and brown) and lump onto them??

Don't know, maybe someone saw odds of 50/1 and thought, hey, it's Harry, that's very generous, he could leave any minute.

Headshot · 02-10-2009 12:42pm

bookies always do this
they're trying to regenerated a stagnate market

anyone remember rafa to quit and ribery to liverpool :rolleyes:

IRISHSPORTSGUY · 02-10-2009 12:42pm

http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/next-manager-to-leave-post

02-10-2009 12:43pm

My mothers auntie's kenyan twin norweigan step father told me he is leaving Spurs.

02-10-2009 12:44pm

In fairness, only idiots bet on this market.

_blank_ · 02-10-2009 12:44pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

My mothers auntie's kenyan twin norweigan step father told me he is leaving Spurs.

How the hell would Peter Kenyan know?

Karmafaerie · 02-10-2009 12:45pm

CHD wrote: »

To be fair, by his standards he has been there for ages, probably time to move on.

Harry would beat the rats off of a sinking ship alright.

premierstone · 02-10-2009 12:45pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

My mothers auntie's kenyan twin norweigan step father told me he is leaving Spurs.

So what your sayin is this is an international betting coup. fcuk me I better get on quick

JPA · 02-10-2009 12:48pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

In fairness, only idiots bet on this market.

Betting on Phil Brown are Paul Hart as first manager to leave their job at the start of the season would have been a decent bet IMO.

I'm sure plenty did.

Neil3030 · 02-10-2009 12:49pm

Nothing in this. The man doesn't pass gas without first involving the media somehow.

JPA · 02-10-2009 12:51pm

Neil3030 wrote: »

Nothing in this. The man doesn't pass gas without first involving the media somehow.

That'd be a good press conference.

_blank_ · 02-10-2009 1:05pm

JPA wrote: »

That'd be a good press conference.

Same as any other managerial press conference. They all talk through their arse.

Xavi6 · 02-10-2009 2:07pm

Rumour or not, my fingers are crossed as always.

Aidric · 02-10-2009 2:08pm

JPA wrote: »

Betting on Phil Brown are Paul Hart as first manager to leave their job at the start of the season would have been a decent bet IMO.

I personally can't wait till Phil Brown gets the boot so I can unload those you've been tangoed gifs.

Headshot · 02-10-2009 2:09pm

Aidric wrote: »

I personally can't wait till Phil Brown gets the boot so I can unload those you've been tangoed gifs.

why the hate for phil ?

shotamoose · 02-10-2009 3:20pm

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=harry+redknapp

Says he's been arrested, NOTW story apparently.

kryogen · 02-10-2009 3:25pm

The odds on Harry Redknapp becoming the next Premier League manager to either be sacked or resign have been cut to evens by the bookmaker Victor Chandler. Redknapp began the day as 50-1 outsider to be the next man out, but after a run of bets from punters the longest odds available is 2-1 with Paddy Power.

"There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this one and frankly it's left us baffled," said Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power. "But no matter what price we cut Redknapp to punters keep backing him– surely they don't think he's going to go back to save Portsmouth for a third time?"

Graham Sharpe, of William Hill, added: "It is probably a bandwagon effect as usual, based on unsubstantiated gossip, but in volatile markets of this nature you can't afford to take a chance and we are being inundated with calls from punters wanting to bet that Harry will be the first to go."

Before the run of bets on Redknapp, Paul Hart and Phil Brown had been the favourites to lose their jobs. They have now drifted out slightly to 7-2 with Skybet.

source : http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/02/harry-redknapp-odds-sack-race

Statement from William Hill on the matter

more pf the same here

The flurry of activity has surprised bookmakers Paddy Power, who said that punters are still laying down large sums despite odds being cut severely.

On Thursday night Redknapp was 50/1 with the bookmaker to be the next Premier League manager to leave his job. They have since slashed the odds to just 2/1, and this despite Tottenham currently lying in fourth place.

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Darren Haines, a spokesman for Paddy Power, said: "There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this one and frankly its left us baffled.

"But no matter what price we cut Redknapp to punters keep backing him. Surely they don’t think he’s going to go back to save Portsmouth for a third time?"

William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe added: "It is probably a bandwagon effect as ususal, based on unsubstantiated gossip, but in volatile markets of this nature you can't afford to take a chance and we are being inundated with calls from punters wanting to bet that Harry will be the first to go."

Hills make Paul Hart 11/10 to be the first out, with Phil Brown at 5/4 and Redknapp 5/1 third favourite.

Redknapp is due to give a scheduled press conference this afternoon ahead of the weekend game against Bolton.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/tottenham/6254522/Harry-Redknapp-betting-surge-mystifies-bookmakers.html

but it does mention he is due to give a press conference this afternoon so i guess we will have the answers then