Jose only 8-1 to leave his post

Sport Betting: PAUL Dickov’s exit from Doncaster Rovers yesterday – the second Sky Bet League One casualty in just over a month of the season’s kick-off – shows just how precarious a manager’s job can be.

The Premier League is even more cut-throat, given the vast sums of money at stake, so one should not be surprised that there are many punters out there who like to wager on the identity of the next man for the chop.

The smart money has already gone on Sunderland’s Dick Advocaat (2-1 favourite) to make that unwanted march through the exit door.

Surprisingly, Liverpool’s Brendan Rogers (6-1) and Chelsea’s mercurial manager Jose Mourinho (8-1) are next in line - the latter because of his uneasy alliance with club owner Roman Abramovich and a poor start to the defence of the title the Blues won so easily last season.