It’s known in gambling the gambling world – for those unaware of these things – as drifting like a barge and not worth backing when a manager, horse or greyhound goes from favourite to a big outsider.
This was how the bookies priced up “the next manager to be sacked” before a ball was kicked at the start of the Premier League season
David Moyes 6/4
Julen Lopetegui @ 2/1
Paul Heckingbottom @ 12/1
Marco Silva @ 14/1
Steve Cooper @ 14/1
Adoni Iraola @ 20/1
Dithering Daves?
Rob Edwards @ 20/1
Ange Postecoglou @ 22/1
Thomas Frank @ 22/1
Vincent Kompany @ 22/1
Roy Hodgson @ 25/1
Sean Dyche @ 25/1
Mauricio Pochettino @ 25/1
And four games in to the new campaign, what do we see?
Sean Dyche – 2/1
Paul Heckingbottom – 7/2
Rob Edwards – 7/1
Marco Silva – 8/1
Andoni Iraola – 10/1
Eddie Howe – 10/1
Gary O’Neil – 12/1
Vincent Kompany – 12/1
David Moyes- 14/1
Draw your own conclusions !