What are the odds Warnock would top a Most Annoying Prem boss poll? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

By Derek McGovern in Betting Blog

Published 22:00 04/01/12

Premier League managers are largely ’orrible, not to mention largely large.

They only stop whingeing about the referee when they’re whingeing about the linesman.

Should their team collect silverware they are happy to take all the credit (stand up, Fergie), but should they flop it’s because of the referee (grow up, Fergie), FA sabotage (shut up, Fergie), or the colour of the opposition shirts (bottoms up, Fergie).

They never see misdemeanours from their own players but should an opponent transgress they become hawk-eye in the blink of a blind eye.

Take QPR boss Neil Warnock. Someone take him, please.

Warnock has a split personality – it split when he was younger.

To the average fan, his matey-matey, aren’t-I-reasonable posturing in post-match interviews turns the stomach. To the average Newcastle fan, it turns both stomachs.

Take Arsene Wenger, aka the London Eye.

Famed for spotting talent, he couldn’t spot a red-card offence by a Gooner from five yards.

Even Burnley legend Steve Kean, who has kept his dignity under dog’s abuse, irritates with his wildly optimistic outlook.

He took an IQ test last week and the result was negative, just like most of Blackburn’s.

Hills have furnished me with odds for the most annoying Premier League boss should a poll ever be conducted among 5,000 fans (obviously not at Wigan).

It’s no shock to see Warnock the 3-1 favourite, but it is a surprise to see Wenger shorter in the betting (5-1) than Fergie (6-1). Wenger won’t see it, though.

Harry Redknapp is the only top-six gaffer who doesn’t figure among the most unpopular – just wait until he’s England boss.

Most unpopular Premier League manager: 3-1 N Warnock, 5-1 A Wenger, 6-1 Sir P Nose, 7-1 A Villas-Boas, 8-1 K Dalglish, 12-1 R Mancini, 16-1 M McCarthy, A McLeish, 18-1 O Coyle, 20-1 S Kean, T Pulis, 22-1 M Jol, 25-1 R Hodgson, M O’Neill, 28-1 B Rodgers, 33-1 P Lambert, A Pardew, R Martinez, 50-1 D Moyes, H Redknapp

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A New Year can mean only one thing – another Celebrity Big Brother.

Or to be precise, as many “celebrities” as Channel Five can afford.

Casting the show must be similar to picking a fantasy football team because after three big-money signings the budget is blown and you need to make up the numbers with a bunch of deadbeats you’ve never heard of.

It’s rumoured Hollywood A-Lister turned shoplifter Lindsay Lohan may find herself among the housemates - good news for the viewers and even better news for Frankie Cocozza.

Lohan is in dire need of money and the two options she’s considering are reality TV or a bank heist. She said the Big Brother house will make a change from the Big House.

One name definitely on the list is Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen. One newspaper front page screamed: “Ear-Slice Psycho joining BB House.”

I’m not sure you can call Madsen an ear-slice psycho – using that daft logic, Robert De Niro could be termed a serial killer and Hugh Grant an actor.

Natasha Giggs, Ryan’s mistress, has reportedly bagged herself a spot as a housemate.

God knows how she managed to do that. Nepotism is the most likely answer.

Natasha could come face to face with arch rival, glamour model Nicola McLean.

Nicola is the WAG of Kettering footballer Tom Williams and WAGs have a well-earned reputation for being dim.

The chances are either Nicola thought Kettering play in the Premier League or Tom pretended he was Ryan Giggs when they met.

It will be fascinating to see if the two girls lock horns.

Hills offer 33-1 that police have to be called in to break up a fight and 8-1 for any contestant to do a Frankie – get thrown out for bad behaviour.

Boylesports bet: 5-1 Natalie Cassidy, 11-2 Denise Welch, 6-1 Georgia Salpa, 7-1 Frankie Cocozza

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