Ladbrokes Premiership Commentary

Ladbrokes can report that much of the money they have seen suggests the Premiership title race is over, despite the fact that a ball has yet to be kicked.Ladbrokes spokesman Warren Lush said: " Everybody wants to be on Chelsea, they've been backed off the boards. David Dein said when Abramovich took over at Stamford Bridge that the Blues had parked a tank outside Highbury that was firing £50 notes. This tank is certainly no longer alone, Chelsea have a squadron of tanks on the lawns of Highbury, Old Trafford and every betting facility in the country.""Chelsea seem to be in everybody's accumulators, we are already looking at a multimillion pound payout. If they fail we'll be able to buy a yacht and station it off Monaco." "Liverpool were heavily backed in May following their historic Champions League victory but interest in Rafa Benitez's side has been thoroughly eclipsed by the money we have seen for the defending Champions.""Money suggests that Graeme Souness could be the first manager to go but odds suggest that we could see the first Premiership boss going in November.""The prospects staying up for the newly promoted clubs look as difficult as ever. It is 12/1 that all the promoted sides avoid the drop.""Thierry Henry is hot favourite for the golden boot and at 2/1 is the shortest price he has ever been at the start of the season. With Van Nistelrooy's form slipping away and Chelsea spreading around their goalscoring exploits it is hardly surprising." Wigan are 7/1 to beat Chelsea in the season opener.PREMIERSHIPChelsea 4/6 Arsenal 3/1 Manchester Utd 7/2 Liverpool 14/1 Tottenham Hotspur 100/1 Everton 150/1 Middlesbrough 200/1 Newcastle United 200/1 Aston Villa 250/1 Bolton Wanderers 350/1 Manchester City 350/1 Birmingham City 500/1 Blackburn Rovers 750/1 Charlton Athletic 750/1 Fulham 1000/1 Portsmouth 1500/1 West Brom 1500/1 Sunderland 2000/1 Wigan Athletic 3500/1 West Ham United 5000/1 2005-08-13 15:00:00 Each-way bets 1/3 TOP GOALSCORERThierry Henry 2/1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 6/1 Wayne Rooney 8/1 Didier Drogba 12/1 Hernan Crespo 12/1 Jermain Defoe 14/1 Djibril Cisse 18/1 Milan Baros 20/1 Aiyegbeni Yakubu 22/1 Fernando Morientes 28/1 Robin van Persie 28/1 Alan Shearer 33/1 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 33/1 Jose Antonio Reyes 33/1 Mikael Forssell 40/1 Craig Bellamy 50/1 Eidur Gudjohnsen 50/1 Frank Lampard 50/1 Kevin Phillips 50/1 Robbie Keane 50/1 Robert Pires 50/1 Andy Cole 66/1 Arjen Robben 66/1 James Beattie 66/1 Juan Pablo Angel 66/1 Mark Viduka 66/1 Nathan Ellington 66/1 Peter Crouch 66/1 Shaun Wright-Phillips 66/1 Frederic Kanoute 80/1 Jared Borgetti 80/1 Steven Gerrard 80/1 Alan Smith 100/1 Carlton Cole 100/1 Cristiano Ronaldo 100/1 El-Hadji Diouf 100/1 Louis Saha 100/1 Luis Garcia 100/1 Marcus Bent 100/1 Darius Vassell 125/1 Darren Bent 125/1 Jason Roberts 125/1 Kevin Davies 125/1 Marlon Harewood 125/1 Mido 125/1 Shola Ameobi 125/1 Azar Karadas 150/1 Collins John 150/1 Collins Mbesuma 150/1 Damien Duff 150/1 Francis Jeffers 150/1 Jon Stead 150/1 Kevin Campbell 150/1 Lomana Tresor LuaLua 150/1 Morten Gamst Pedersen 150/1 Paul Scholes 150/1 Robbie Fowler 150/1 Robert Earnshaw 150/1 Tim Cahill 150/1 Bobby Zamora 200/1 Brian McBride 200/1 Clinton Morrison 200/1 Dennis Bergkamp 200/1 Emile Heskey 200/1 Heidar Helguson 200/1 Paul Dickov 200/1 Shefki Kuqi 200/1 Stephen Elliott 200/1 Svetoslav Todorov 200/1 Teddy Sheringham 200/1 Tomasz Radzinski 200/1 Geoff Horsfield 250/1 2005-08-13 15:00:00 Each-way bets 1/4 odds first 4TOP SIX FINISHChelsea 1/100 Arsenal 1/50 Manchester Utd 1/50 Liverpool 1/6 Newcastle United 6/4 Everton 6/4 Tottenham Hotspur 6/4 Middlesbrough 5/2 Aston Villa 3/1 Bolton 7/2 Manchester City 7/2 Birmingham City 9/2 Blackburn Rovers 8/1 Charlton Athletic 8/1 Fulham 12/1 Portsmouth 16/1 West Brom 20/1 Sunderland 25/1 Wigan Athletic 33/1 West Ham United 66/1 MONTH FIRST MANAGER LEAVES CLUBAugust 10/1 September 9/2 October 7/2 November 3/1 December 9/2 January 9/1 February 14/1 March 20/1 April 25/1 May 33/1 No manager to leave 20/1 FIRSTFIRST MANAGER TO LEAVE CLUBGraeme Souness 7/2 Chris Coleman 4/1 Alain Perrin 5/1 Alan Pardew 6/1 Alan Curbishley 8/1 David O'Leary 12/1 Sir Alex Ferguson 12/1 Bryan Robson 14/1 Martin Jol 14/1 Mick McCarthy 16/1 Paul Jewell 16/1 Stuart Pearce 16/1 Sam Allardyce 20/1 Mark Hughes 25/1 Steve Bruce 25/1 Steve McLaren 33/1 David Moyes 40/1 Jose Mourinho 40/1 Rafa Benitez 66/1 Arsene Wenger 100/1 MULTIPLETNOW OR ADD TO MULTIPLETOP CHELSEA GOALSCORERCrespo 2/1 Drogba 2/1 Lampard 5/2 Gudjohnsen 8/1 Robben 12/1 Wright Phillips 12/1 C Cole 33/1 Duff 33/1 J Cole 33/1 Terry 66/1 RELEGATIONWest Ham United 4/7 Wigan Athletic 4/6 Sunderland 8/11 West Brom 10/11 Portsmouth 6/4 Fulham 5/2 Blackburn Rovers 6/1 Charlton Athletic 6/1 Birmingham City 8/1 Aston Villa 12/1 Bolton Wanderers 12/1 Manchester City 12/1 Middlesbrough 20/1 Newcastle United 25/1 Tottenham Hotspur 25/1 Everton 28/1 Liverpool 250/1 Manchester Utd 500/1 Arsenal 1000/1 Chelsea 1000/1 Go to Ladbrokes now!