Managerial Merry Go-Round

Tony Adams and Big Phil Scholari have both been relieved of their duties today, leading to some fun and games on the next manager markets on Betfair.

Pompey have been unlucky to lose to both Fulham and Livepool in recent weeks, but with defending almost as naive as Adams' press conferences the writing was on the wall for the ex England international.

Portsmouth are in serious danger of going down as they look to find their 3rd manager of the season.

Avram Grant is currently trading as favourite, but a small investment in Alan Curbishley at 7.00 may be the better bet.

At Stamford Bridge, things just get better. Scholari was hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread after a decent start to the season, but his one dimensional tactics have been rumbled and Chelsea could be in danger of dropping out of the top 4.

Any side that can stop the threat of the Chelsea full backs has half a chance of getting a result.

Ray Wilkins surely won't be allowed more than one game in charge, as some of the highest profile european managers are being linked with the job. Hiddink is currently favourite, but I would be surprised if he left the Russian national job to salvage Chelsea's season.

Even before news of Scholari's exit, I was advised by a very good judge that if i was going to have one more bet in my lifetime I should be backing Juventus to qualify against Chelsea in the champions league. Juve currently trading @ 2.34.

It would be sweet for the Tinkerman Ranieri to heap further misery on Abramovich and Chelsea