WELL, when you get off to the sort of start that Leicester did I suppose the spotlight is going to be on. But let's be honest, eight games is not a long time and personally I think the directors have hit the panic button too soon.

One things for sure Taylor won't be the only casualty this season, I'll bet there's a few managers checking their contracts and fixtures list.

Top Tips

I can see this weekend being the busiest of the year. All bets are tax free from tomorrow, which coincides with the England v Greece game. On Sunday we see the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp.

Frankie Dettori let me off at Ascot this year, but I expect he will have a lot of backers in the Arc for his hot favourite Sakhee. The danger to the Italian could be Milan trained by Aiden O'Brian who was impressive last time out.

England v Greece is the biggest game of the season so far. England are hot favourites to win so it may be worthwhile backing a correct score or first scorer. If you are really confident you could try 'a first player to score/correct score double'.

I now offer the best prices around on these bets, here are a couple of examples:

£5 Beckham first goal & England win 3-0 wins = £305

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As far as the result is concerned - I feel that a good bet could be England to be drawing at half time and to be winning at full time, available at 4/1.

Amazing results

A red hot 45 minutes from Man United at White Hart Lane saw what will probably be the most amazing results in the premiership for many a season. Man United were a 28/1 shot at half time, being on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline. A 3-5 final score was 150/1, 50 points more than my competitors would have been offering and shows that nothing can be taken for granted in football.

On the other side of Manchester, City were shocked by a 4-0 reversal against Wimbledon. I was sleeping easier knowing they were a bit further away from achieving 100 goals and 100 points.

Most of Sam's boys will be enjoying a rest this weekend. They deserve it and they'll need it. October is going to be an important period of the season with games against Newcastle, Villa and Man United. Let's hope the defeat against Sunderland was just a hick-up and not a sign of things to come.

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WELL, when you get off to the sort of start that Leicester did I suppose the spotlight is going to be on you. But let's be honest, eight games is not a long time and personally I think the directors have hit the panic button too soon.

One thing's for sure Taylor won't be the only casualty this season, I'll bet there's a few managers checking their contracts and fixtures list.

Top Tips

I can see this weekend being the busiest of the year. All bets are tax free from tomorrow, which coincides with the England v Greece game. On Sunday we see the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp.

Frankie Dettori let me off at Ascot this year, but I expect he will have a lot of backers in the Arc for his hot favourite Sakhee. The danger to the Italian could be Milan trained by Aiden O'Brian, who was impressive last time out.

England v Greece is the biggest game of the season so far. England are hot favourites to win so it may be worthwhile backing a correct score or first scorer. If you are really confident you could try 'a first player to score/correct score double'.

I now offer the best prices around on these bets, here are a couple of examples:

£5 Beckham first goal & England win 3-0 wins = £305

£5 Gerrard first goal & England win 3-0 wins = £405

As far as the result is concerned - I feel that a good bet could be - England to be drawing at half time and to be winning at full time, available at 4/1.

Amazing results

A red hot 45 minutes from Manchester United at White Hart Lane saw what will probably be the most amazing result in the Premiership for many a season.United were a 28/1 shot at half time, being on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline. A 3-5 final score was 150/1, 50 points more than my competitors would have been offering and shows that nothing can be taken for granted in football.

On the other side of Manchester, City were shocked by a 4-0 reversal against Wimbledon. I was sleeping easier knowing they were a bit further away from achieving 100 goals and 100 points.

Most of Sam's boys will be enjoying a rest this weekend. They deserve it and they'll need it. October is going to be an important period of the season with games against Newcastle, Villa and Man United. Let's hope the defeat against Sunderland was just a hiccup and not a sign of things to come.

My exclusive Bonus football coupon saw a disastrous set of results. The "away" section which offers increased odds for the away team saw six out of eight win. By noon on Monday I was ringing my bank asking them to send me a new cheque book!

All the prices quoted in my column are correct at time of going to print and available from Done Bookmakers shops throughout the area.

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