Yesterday saw Roy Keane backed into 1/3 from 14/1 with Sky Bet for the Ipswich job. He held his first press conference as the new coach, and the bookies are already taking bets on how he fares in the Championship next season.

Totesport go 4/1 that Ipswich are promoted next season, something which Jim Magilton failed to acheive in his three years at the club.

Victor Chandler are taking on Roy Keane’s new side, offering 18/1 for Ipswich Town to win the Championship Title in 2010.

If you think that Keane’s mission will take longer than a season, you can take totesport’s 6/4 that Ipswich are promoted by the start of the 2011/2012 season. That’s if you don’t lose your betting slip down the side of the sofa by then.

Sky Bet go just 1/4 that Ipswich finish in the top half next year, but offer a generous 25/1 about them being relegated.

Keane is just 4/9 to see out his contract with Totesport.

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Kevin Pietersen has left his position as England Cricket Captain today, following a row with coach Peter Moores. Although the details are still not clear, it looks like Moores has quit as England coach. That means there are 2 new markets this Wednesday on bookies.com, Next England Captain and one for the Next England Coach.

Paddy Power must have made a mistake by offering 11/10 on Andrew Strauss, as he is now 2/5 favourite with Ladbrokes. The markets have been shambolic this morning, with Kevin Pietersen priced up at varying prices from Paddy Power’s 11/8 and Coral’s 14/1. Unsurprisingly, Coral and Paddy Power have taken down their markets whilst things calm down a little.

Check the terms with your bookmaker before placing a bet, because although most are taking bets on the captain for the 1st Test against West Indies, William Hill have specified that their market is on the captain for the 1st Ashes Test. Meanwhile Ladbrokes will void bets if Pietersen is captain for the West Indies Test Series, so their 2/5 about Strauss is probably a better price than other firms’ 8/13.

Andrew Strauss has enjoyed some great form recently and is a well respected player who deserves his place in the side. That said, we may well see 2/1 KP return as captain under a different coach. Pietersen is currently the 7/4 second favourite on Betfair, so perhaps there may even be value in 2/1 with Stan James.

Other contenders are 8/1 Flintoff and 20/1 Collingwood. As for 33/1 Michael Vaughan, it looks like his time is up. Robert Key has had some interest in the market, 20/1 from 40/1.

In the Next Coach market, Andy Flower is the 2/7 hot favourite, who may take over as an interim coach. He was made assistant coach in May 2007, and the bookies reckon that he’ll be promoted. Ashley Giles is 6/1, but 5/1 Graham Ford is probably more of interest, in from 12/1.

This turmoil means that Australia have shortened for the Ashes, with Boylesports offering the stand-out price of 6/5, although some bookmakers go odds-on.

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