Is Sven destined for the door? Can Scotland qualify?
England to qualify; Scotland , but....SVEN IS DEFEAT THE END OF THE WORLD?.....Sven Goran Erikkson is now odds-on to be an ex-England manager before the World Cup Final is played. William Hill quote him at 2/9 to have departed from the job before the last game of Germany 2006 is played.England, who were 1/20 with William Hill to qualify for the World Cup finals before the defeat by N Ireland, who were 14/1 for victory, are now 1/4 to get there and 11/4 to miss out with Hills, who have England at 8/13 to win their group, with Poland at 6/5. Hills have lengthened their odds of winning the tournament from 7/1 to 8/1 fourth favourites. Hills make Brazil 3/1 favourites and also offer 6/1 Argentina; 13/2 Germany;William Hill now offer odds of 1/3 that the next England manager will be English and make Steve McLaren 6/4 favourite and also offer 3/1 Curbishley; 7/1 Allardyce; 8/1 Bruce; 9/1 Mourinho; 10/1 Robson - Bryan.'Financially, we may be celebrating in the short term as very few punters believed N Ireland would win, but in the long term we need England to make the Final stages, as without them, betting turnover would suffer adversely' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.'Let's just hope this is not a bad omen for the cricketers.'**SCOTLAND are now 8/1 to qualify for the World Cup finals with William Hill who are paying out tens of thousands of pounds to canny Scots punters who took their price of 100/1 for Kenny Miller to score the first goal in both games against Italy and Norway.