QuoteI put €20 on Houllier at 40/1 with Paddy Power on the day that Staunton got the sack.
Venables and Deschamps in the last week.Originally Posted by DotTV
I put €20 on Houllier at 40/1 with Paddy Power on the day that Staunton got the sack.
Is that Houllier cursed then?
Not so exciting then. Let's see if he goes further.
The stake on Houllier jumped from €128k to €134k in a few seconds so I guess that was a single €6k bet at around 8/13.
Apologies for all the posts but I'm surprised at the lack of activity in this thread atm. The only person to get backed this heavily was Venables when RTE posted a story on their website:
"Venables set to be panel's choice"
I've heard nothing about Houllier and the Ireland job today so it's been kept very hush hush.
Who is making money on this only the bookies. It looks to me like another Deschamp type situation. Houllier is going to be interviewed tonight on Fox soccer so I will see if he has anything to say about the managers job.
The Deschamps rumour spread like wildfire before the odds changed though. Roy Keane even mentioned it before the change in odds. I'd still say there was contact between him and the FAI though.
Houllier now getting backed at the lowest odds since the market opened. 1.44.
It´s entertainment.
What can we say, is it up to 200k yet?
We need SoccerC for the sourced rumours.
Coppell has just said he is not interested in the job
Last edited by Noelys Guitar; 17/01/2008 at 7:53 PM.
€155k. It seems to have slowed down a bit. The people in the know have run out of money.
I can picture the Bookies splitting their sides laughing as another coup bites the dust.
Can they resurrect another run on Giles?
Good luck to anyone backing Houllier at 1/3! He couldn't have been interviewed today seeing he's in the States atm, so there can't be any subsatnce to this plunge.
Just another windfall for the bookies.
I still hope I'm wrong but for the last month I think it is between Brady & Tel. Backed Tel myself but was also tempted with Brady at 20s the other day.
San Marino are going to be a handful as the group goes on." - Steve Staunton reacts to performance against San Marino.
Giles who I believe has has a major say in the targeting of candidates suggested this evening that Brady would be a good choice for manager. We already know he likes Venables. So you could be right.
Just out of interest/curiousity, do the interviews/informal chats have to be done face-to-face or can they be done through video conference type calls?
Anyway, Eirebhoy, I'd imagine until we hear something akin to a press conference being called or a pic of the 3 amigos and a candidate in a London hotel then I doubt anyone is going to get worked up over fluctuating odds with PP, its happened that often now.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Not like that though. Venables was never even backed that heavily in such a short period.
Where did all this betting rumpus come from?
Could be as Noely said that it´s coming from Houllier, maybe he was seen ordering a pint of Guinness in Baltimore and joked that nows as good a time as any to start practicing.
Givens sounded convincing enough when he denied that they were the source of leaks.
I just can't agree with people saying it's the bookies controlling this. No doubt they're making a bit by laying the likes of John Giles but there was about €150k put on Houllier in a few hours today on Betfair (that's over 20% of the total amount of money staked on everyone since Day 1). You're not going to get that much activity just from people seeing his odds cut. About 10 people have had really short odds at one point.
AFAICS on Betfair, Houllier is Evens.
It's a crazy volatile bull ring market there if he was 1/3 an hour ago.
I don't know what the chances are so probably a silly question but could that not be because everyone that knows something has got their money on him already?
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