Former Albion manager Gary Megson is at a higher risk of the sack than current boss Tony Mowbray, according to the bookies.
Mowbray has been made a 10-1 shot to be the first Premier League manager to leave his job.
Those odds make Mowbray fifth favourite with bookmakers Blue Square, who reckon Bolton manager Megson is joint second favourite at 6-1.
West Ham’s Alan Curbishley is 5-1 favourite, with Kevin Keegan of Newcastle also 6-1 and Everton’s David Moyes 8-1.
Villa’s Martin O’Neill is a 33-1 outsider to be the first for the axe while Tony Pulis, manager of top flight new boys Stoke, is locked together at 12-1 with former Wolves midfielder Paul Ince, now boss of Blackburn.
Alan Alger, PR Manager at Blue Square, said: “Although many people would expect the likes of Tony Mowbray, Tony Pulis and Phil Brown to be favourites for the sack race, they are actually in relatively safe positions having recently gained promotion to the Premier League.
“The fans know it’ll be a tough season and will back their manager.
“Managers such as Gary Megson and current favourite Alan Curbishley are actually under far more pressure, as the fans are a lot more expectant.
“West Ham are an established Premier League club with money to spend. People will be looking for them to show early signs of improving on last year’s 10th place.
“There has been a lot of money on David Moyes over the last couple of days, as a result of a bit of turmoil at Goodison Park.
“Everton have failed to secure major signings and Moyes has still not signed his new contract. There is also a lot of early money being placed on Kevin Keegan.
“Although the fans hold him in a very high regard, Newcastle is a famously temperamental club and Keegan has failed to secure any really big summer signings.
“With a very tough start to the season, including away games against Arsenal and Manchester United, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Kevin leave the club.
“Martin O’Neill’s job at Villa is definitely one of the safest in the Premier League. He had a tremendous campaign last season and appears to have the full backing of Randy Lerner.”
Odds for the first manager to leave his job: -
5-1 Alan Curbishley; 6-1 Kevin Keegan, Gary Megson; 8-1 David Moyes; 10-1 Tony Mowbray; 12-1 Paul Ince, Roy Hodgson, Phil Brown, Tony Pulis, Gareth Southgate; 14-1 Harry Redknapp; 20-1 Juande Ramos, Mark Hughes; 25-1 Luis Felipe Scolari, Rafa Benitez; 33-1 Martin O’Neill, Steve Bruce, Roy Keane; 50-1 Sir Alex Ferguson; 66-1 Arsene Wenger.
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Not a chance that Mogga will get sacked this season. He could walk out when Southgate or Strachan get sacked (but I really hope not), but why the hell would JP want to sack his best asset?
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Managers are often sacked as a result of fans unrest (i.e Alladyce) so on that basis I think ToMo would be safe.
Other managers are sacked due to unrealsitic demands from the club (Billy Davies) and i think JP is aware of our limitations.
other managers are sacked cos they are just useless (insert your personal fave) - again I think JP and the club know how good TM is…
So hopefully, the gaffer is safe, whatever happens - unless we win the league, in which case expect chelski to come knocking !!!!
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No chance Mowbray will get sacked. You are absolutely expected to get relegated. Megson has got huge boots to fill with Allrdyce getting them in Europe and then narrowly avoiding relegation. Bolton are a bigger club than Albion and our an established premiership side the agreed that the pressure is on Megson. Wish both sides all the best.
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Seasons not started and already your manager is tipped for the chop.
I don’t think Mowbray has really been tested in terms of his qualities as a manager for you lot.
This season will make or break him.
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What a ridiculous non-story this is… You would get Rafa Benitez would have been more likely to get sacked last season than Tony Mowbray - must mean he’s a better manager then… idiots. It’s all circumstantial i’m afraid.
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LW
No offence mate, but would you mind awfully,
go and boil your head.
Thanks in anticipation.
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Benitez at 25/1 is the long shot value imo. A bad start would see the press jump straight on to his back. The boardroom arguments will surface again too…..
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4. I agree to a certain level. I feel Mowbray inherited much of his title winning squad BUT..he also lost key players and replaced them with better team players and when they went 1-0 up against us at Molineux the way they kept the ball was impressive. However, I don’t think Mowbray has brought in enough quality to stay up and with JP looking for the Exit I think the Albion will go down. Jury very much still out TOMO but impressive so far.
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Clapham Wolf- “I don’t think Mowbray has really been tested in terms of his qualities as a manager for you lot”. You don’t rate your league or your club then!!
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I know we are talking Premiership here … but just for interest what odds for MM ?
Must be a better bet !
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Is it just me or are the wolves fans really getting thicker ?
“Your manager is tipped for the sack” - no he isn’t.
This story actually says he isn’t. Every manager is in the list of potential sackings - Ferguson is on the list (albeit at the bottom), so is Wenger ect….
Mowbray is 5th apparently (which i disagree with - the guy is a genius) - which is better than your good friend paul ince !!
The tedium of certain morons posting anti albion stuff on every thread just makes me long for the end of the school hols when us grown ups can go back to discussing real footy issues.
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happy_bogie- I am a Wolves fan and if you read my comment no.3 this is making a valid point. But to say he’s a genius is a little bit far fetched to be honest. no.10 I agree aswell Mc Carthy has to deliver or he will be gone. Back to happy I think Incey will be given time and do a cracking job the blackburn board are very supportive and I think he will be fine, in a way I hope it doesnt go too well cause I want him at Wolves. Now Ince was a genius on the pitch.
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moyes 8/1?
cant see everton sacking him only him walking
curbs is dead cert be gone by xmas
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happy_baggie- want to see thick. I will refer you to Nedball and comment no.6. These are hardly comments of intelligence.
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How pathetic is this story.
Obviously the whoever came up with this nonense hasn’t got anything better to do.
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God I’ve been quiet for a while but had to post this
LMFAO @ Wbaforevers post No 6…..quality my friend
Loffingwulf the last few days you’ve made yourself look more idiotic than I ever thought even you could manage….give yourself a pat on the back Gollom (loved that one too from H_B)
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I picked up that comment too Happy,
“tipped for the chop” but never let the truth stand in the way of a good dig.
Let`s for one moment read the article from a dingle perspective, and having done so, we conclude that TM is indeed walking a managerial tightrope, and his P45 is a destiny from which only Houdini could hope of escaping.
As we know, there are no poor bookies, however they do occasionally get things hopelessly wrong, a perfect example was when they jokingly installed Wolves as favourites for the championship last term.
As bad decisions go, that one was almost as profitable for me as it was hilarious.
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Happy Baggie Its very ironic that you say that the wolves fans who come on the baggies site are morons, thick, etc etc where on the wolves site the majority of postings are done by albion fans like Terry Baggie who incidentally has a mental age of 3. So please dont spout rubbish on here having a pop at wolves fans were your lot aint much better.
So dont be so touchy, but again I would be if you have had an horrendous pre-season like the one Baggies are having at the moment!
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Agree with most of what you say. Are you including your friend Terry as a grown up who discusses real football issues though?
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6 Forever.
Again. Wish I’d said that.
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Bolton are a bigger club than Albion?! You must be joking!!!
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laughingwolf said: Aug 7th, 2008 at 2:18 pm happy_baggie- want to see thick. I will refer you to Nedball and comment no.6. These are hardly comments of intelligence.
We have just seen thick thanks LoffingWulf for making me laff again, the post was actually made by WBAforever, Nedball ain’t even posted on this thread yet
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oops I look thick now Nedball was No 1…..hehe
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TonyWBA Nedball AND comment no.6. Blimey talk about making yourself very very silly an inability to read!
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‘these are hardly comments of intelligence’ these as in more than one, albion fans happybaggie and tonywba step forward for numptys of the century!
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21. A bigger and better stadium, a bigger fanbase, more history (a bitlike wolves and yourselves) but bolton are an established Premier club. To say your a bigger club than bolton is ridiculous.
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Brilliant - a Wolves story entitled
‘Boss hails his Number 2 impact’
Finally, the E&D are posting the truth, he did have the impact of a giant number 2 last season didn’t he?! Just like the rest of the club, and I don’t think they’ll make much of a ’splash’ next season either.
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LW
In all likelihood, it has been pointed out to you that comment 6 was made by myself, and not Nedball.
And i must say, being called unintelligent by someone so pious and self important as yourself is heartwarming.
Thank you.
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TonyWBA
Not getting involveds with your debate but Nedball has commented.
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The dingles old favorite Ince will be gone first. The players are already in revolt at Blackburn. He has signed 47 year old Robbie Fowler who played 3 games for Cardiff last year, and wants to sign that brilliant ex Wolves star Keith Andrews.
I wish Ince had have gone to Wolves. He would have been that poor he would have made Mad Mick look like Brian Clough.
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We are all touchy today must be pre match nerves.
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Yes I spotted my little mistake immediatley, but thankyou for all showing an interest. Much appreciated.
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Loffing - go on then, where was the stupidity in my 1st post?
I’d be interested to know, as obviously I don’t want to look silly, and as you appear to be the oracle on all things WBA, I’d appreciate your wise and knowledgeable input.
All help appreciated Shadrag.
Kind regards,
Silly little Nedball
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Who cares who sacks who!!!!!!!
Football must be the only type of employment where a manager gets the sack and has compensation for the privilage!!!.
TM should be about 1000-1 because he aint got a chance of being sacked next season ( unless he puts one on JP’s nose)he may well leave when southgate gets the sack (although I believe TM is a man of principle and see his contract out)
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In fact, don’t bother….you bore me, and I realise that I’ve just egged you on.
Well done Shadrag, you got a rise out of me ever so briefly.
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I think MM will be gone before TM !
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Let’s just suppose, and I shall include the Wulfies in this, Baggies do get relegated. In 2007 ToMo took over with the season part gone, we got to the play-off final. In 2008, after losing ’stars’ we won the League. What sort of sense does it make to sack a bloke who can do that in so short a space of time, turn a doubting crowd of supporters all with their glass empty, into disciples, 20,000 of them. JP is also far from daft. He knows that he has unearthed a gem in TM. Get this, and get it good. We want him to stay, whatever happens, because we know we could come back again and again, with scintillating football. If TM left, would you Wulfies like him? Of course you would. Quod Erat Demonstrandum.
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Gosh it really is a slow news day today, those from the Dark Side again distorting the story and every body else having a silly pop at each other.
Thank goodness the season starts next week then we will have something of substance to talk about not these non stories that are flying around.
Mind you I did hear…………
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If Mowbray was a safer bet wouldn’t his odds be shorter?!
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HAPPY
IS THAT GROWN UPS LIKE YOU WHO JUST SPEND YOUR DAYS SLATING WOLVES AND OUR FANS AND SITTING AT YOUR KEYBOARD WAITING FOR YOUR NEXT BENEFIT PAYMENT.
SADO
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I think you are all being a little harsh on our financial wizzard that is shadrag/laughing wolf.
He did enter the affray with a debatable subject and concluded by wishing us all the best, which is very hard to do while boiling your head wbaforever.
Regards the article, errm ok, slow news day, my bet for first sacking at those odds would be Roy Hodgson, anyone who signs Zubi booby needs to seriously consider retirement and a bit of fishing!!
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37. LOOK WHAT MEGSON DID FOR YOU AND YOU SOON TURNED ON HIM. SHORT MEMORY YOU SANDWELL FANS HAVE GOT.
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Anyway laughing wolf, now i have stuck for you can you answer this question?
What is your quantitive active equity strategy?
And how do suggest is the best way of sourcing alpha?
Come on mate your financial credibility is on the line here!!
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Have you ever walked down a path that is used by dog walkers ???
You find yourself stepping round these little steaming piles of unpleasantness, making sure that you don’t get some on you.
Thats how I feel on this page with all LW’s posts…. I don’t read them but I make sure I don’t get a bit on me shoe !
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paul ince was a great player just like robson,but he turned out to be a rubbish manager,great players don’t always become great managers
ince is in the same position as mowbray untried in big league and i will bet anyone mowbray will do better
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New to this but why are there so many Dingles on the Albion threads? Do they want to join us on the Brummie Road?
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21 AJ.
Don’t really know how you judge this bigger club thing but as Bolton have had several continuous years in the Prem while we’ve been in the other place, yes at the moment they are a bigger club than us. If you try to judge on other things history, trophies crowd size, liquidations etc, it gets very messy and a bit silly, so best ignore it.
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42. You need to get your facts right. No Albion fans turned on Megson. He fell out with the chairman and they parted company. Most sensible Albion fans hold him in great regard and are grateful for what he did at WBA. He grabbed us by the collar and dragged us back to the big league. He could do a good job for Wolves. He gets rid of the time wasters and light weights.
As for Mowbray, he won’t be sacked even if Albion are relegated.
Who’s bigger, who’s best. Only thing that counts is on the pitch and the league tables gives you the pecking order.
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48. as i said short memory you sandwell fans and you post just proves it. most you sandwell fans wanted him out, and the point i was making is you cant live on what people have done in the past. and im not suggesting tony moany will be sacked if you get relegated, but one thing is for sure if you are doing badly in the Prem then you will soon turn on him.
its amazing how you all said Derby should not have been in the prem last saeson but know you take a different attitude.
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18-19 i am grown up i went to town on my own yestesday and i crossed over the arberetum ireland you have to be grown up to do that. aye boing boing up the MOWBURY WAY
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Jest when i was starting to worry about him he returns, hi michael hope you are well. Why do you keep disappearing?? You dont write, call, or email, and we all start worrying.
Busy at work mate?
Is there much call for jesters these days??
Or do you work for Jez Moxey, hang on a minute Michael!! Or do you prefer to be called Mick??
Moment of clarity, it has all become clear, i like the way you have disguised your Barnsley accent!!
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i see that superbstardwilf as refered to me as TERRYS all gold on wilf pages thanks mate i knew you liked me really, you aint so bad yaself aye boing boing
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51. Busy at work mate but you have to find time to jest with the old enemy.
how are you looking forward to the new season.
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im off to highbury next week anybody know the best way to get there aye boing boing
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Tezza - i think its just a pile of bricks now mate - try the Emirates - that might be better !!
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mowbray should be sacked and never to appear on tv again,just 4 being so damn ugly…spitting image would have a field day with him!!!
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56 Kiddywolf.
This site is for grown ups.
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