By Tim Robertson<o
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WagerWeb.com Contributing Writer<o></o>
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To look at the odds being offered, it would be easy to believe that three or four Premiership managers will be sacked before the end of the month.<o></o>
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Well, don’t bet on it. <o></o>
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For all that has been said in the last few days, every Premiership club is still employing the same manager that led it into the season. <o></o>
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The speculation has been most intense around four clubs – West Ham, Charlton, <st1lacename w:st="on">Manchester</st1lacename> <st1lacetype w:st="on">City</st1lacetype> and <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1lace> – but none of them have offered any genuine signs that the gaffer’s job is on the line. <o></o>
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The safest of the bunch is City boss Stuart Pearce. Monday's 1-0 win over <st1lace w:st="on">Middlesbrough</st1lace> aside, City’s start is not much worse than indifferent.<o></o>
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While they have stunk away from home -- only one point from five -- City are yet to concede even a goal at home, and Pearce’s huge popularity with the fans and the board -- as well as recognition that he has not had much money to spend -- will keep him in a job.<o></o>
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Pearce knows as much.<o></o>
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"I've had no pressure internally," he said after Monday's win (City lost on Saturday as well, 1-0 at Charlton).<o></o>
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"Not once have I heard any disenchantment from the fans or the chairman or anyone else connected with the club. It comes from outside and its good media coverage. <o></o>
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“It is me this week, it was (Charlton's) Iain Dowie last week and (West Ham's Alan) Pardew the week before, and it just wears a little bit thin."<o></o>
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Pardew was also cheered by three points this weekend as veteran Teddy Sheringham returned to the side and the scoresheet against <st1lace w:st="on">Blackburn</st1lace>. <o></o>
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The result was a huge relief after the embarrassment of losing to <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chesterfield</st1:city></st1lace> in the Carling Cup, but the fans had remained behind Pardew throughout.<o></o>
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The man who guided them to the FA Cup final in their first season back in the top flight remains a hero in <st1lace w:st="on">East London</st1lace>, and the only threat to his job right now is the continued takeover talk at Upton Park. <o></o>
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That resurfaced this week, much to Pardew’s frustration.<o></o>
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"The uncertainty of the takeover means my position is under question and every player's position is too,” he said. <o></o>
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"The sooner it ends, the better it will be for everybody." <o></o>
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At Charlton, where Iain Dowie has managed just two wins in his first 11 Premiership games in charge, the players remain behind the manager. <o></o>
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Although it was not enough to move them off the bottom of the table, Saturday’s 1-0 win over City represents one of the better results of the season, and <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1lace> winger Dennis Rommedahl sees reason for optimism.<o></o>
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“The manager is trying to get us playing good football, and trying to get the most out of us -- that's all he can do,” he said. “And we are playing better than in the two previous years I've been here.<o></o>
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“We feel we're close to getting things right.<o></o>
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“And that's why the manager must not change his ideas. I think that, under pressure, you should keep doing the things you believe in -- that's the only way you'll get through the tough times.” <o></o>
Charlton have never been a club to make rash decisions, and Dowie will be given time to improve a squad which remains short of quality. <o></o>
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When it comes to resources for such a task, Dowie will no doubt be jealous of the money that Glenn Roeder was allowed to spend at <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1lace> this summer. <o></o>
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Of all the managers in trouble, Roeder perhaps has the most to fear. After splashing out £10 million on Obafemi Martins and £5 million on Damien Duff, 19<sup>th</sup> place is not good enough -- injury crisis or not. <o></o>
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But even the Magpies’ trigger-happy chairman Freddy Shepherd seems happy to sit this one out for now. <o></o>
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He fired Graeme Souness in just this position last season, and it had little effect, so he has perhaps realized that a more long-term view is the solution. Either way, he was backing Roeder this week, dismissing a link with former <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1lace> coach Sven Goran-Eriksson by simply saying “we already have a manager”. <o></o>
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Not that any of this will end the ongoing managerial witch-hunt in the press.<o></o>
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As soon as the final whistle went on Monday night, radio talk-shows -- perhaps disappointed Pearce had not lost -- quickly began speculating as to whether Gareth Southgate had the experience to coach <st1lace w:st="on">Middlesbrough</st1lace>. <o></o>
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What were the odds? <o></o>
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WagerWeb Soccer<o></o>
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></o>To look at the odds being offered, it would be easy to believe that three or four Premiership managers will be sacked before the end of the month.<o
></o><o
></o>Well, don’t bet on it. <o
></o><o
></o>For all that has been said in the last few days, every Premiership club is still employing the same manager that led it into the season. <o
></o><o
></o>The speculation has been most intense around four clubs – West Ham, Charlton, <st1
lacename w:st="on">Manchester</st1lacename> <st1lacetype w:st="on">City</st1lacetype> and <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1lace> – but none of them have offered any genuine signs that the gaffer’s job is on the line. <o></o><o
></o>The safest of the bunch is City boss Stuart Pearce. Monday's 1-0 win over <st1
lace w:st="on">Middlesbrough</st1lace> aside, City’s start is not much worse than indifferent.<o></o><o
></o>While they have stunk away from home -- only one point from five -- City are yet to concede even a goal at home, and Pearce’s huge popularity with the fans and the board -- as well as recognition that he has not had much money to spend -- will keep him in a job.<o
></o><o
></o>Pearce knows as much.<o
></o><o
></o>"I've had no pressure internally," he said after Monday's win (City lost on Saturday as well, 1-0 at Charlton).<o
></o><o
></o>"Not once have I heard any disenchantment from the fans or the chairman or anyone else connected with the club. It comes from outside and its good media coverage. <o
></o><o
></o>“It is me this week, it was (Charlton's) Iain Dowie last week and (West Ham's Alan) Pardew the week before, and it just wears a little bit thin."<o
></o><o
></o>Pardew was also cheered by three points this weekend as veteran Teddy Sheringham returned to the side and the scoresheet against <st1
lace w:st="on">Blackburn</st1lace>. <o></o><o
></o>The result was a huge relief after the embarrassment of losing to <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chesterfield</st1:city></st1lace> in the Carling Cup, but the fans had remained behind Pardew throughout.<o></o><o
></o>The man who guided them to the FA Cup final in their first season back in the top flight remains a hero in <st1
lace w:st="on">East London</st1lace>, and the only threat to his job right now is the continued takeover talk at Upton Park. <o></o><o
></o>That resurfaced this week, much to Pardew’s frustration.<o
></o><o
></o>"The uncertainty of the takeover means my position is under question and every player's position is too,” he said. <o
></o><o
></o>"The sooner it ends, the better it will be for everybody." <o
></o><o
></o>At Charlton, where Iain Dowie has managed just two wins in his first 11 Premiership games in charge, the players remain behind the manager. <o
></o><o
></o>Although it was not enough to move them off the bottom of the table, Saturday’s 1-0 win over City represents one of the better results of the season, and <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1lace> winger Dennis Rommedahl sees reason for optimism.<o></o><o
></o>“The manager is trying to get us playing good football, and trying to get the most out of us -- that's all he can do,” he said. “And we are playing better than in the two previous years I've been here.<o
></o><o
></o>“We feel we're close to getting things right.<o
></o><o
></o>“And that's why the manager must not change his ideas. I think that, under pressure, you should keep doing the things you believe in -- that's the only way you'll get through the tough times.” <o
></o>Charlton have never been a club to make rash decisions, and Dowie will be given time to improve a squad which remains short of quality. <o
></o><o
></o>When it comes to resources for such a task, Dowie will no doubt be jealous of the money that Glenn Roeder was allowed to spend at <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Newcastle</st1:city></st1lace> this summer. <o></o><o
></o>Of all the managers in trouble, Roeder perhaps has the most to fear. After splashing out £10 million on Obafemi Martins and £5 million on Damien Duff, 19<sup>th</sup> place is not good enough -- injury crisis or not. <o
></o><o
></o>But even the Magpies’ trigger-happy chairman Freddy Shepherd seems happy to sit this one out for now. <o
></o><o
></o>He fired Graeme Souness in just this position last season, and it had little effect, so he has perhaps realized that a more long-term view is the solution. Either way, he was backing Roeder this week, dismissing a link with former <st1
lace w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region></st1lace> coach Sven Goran-Eriksson by simply saying “we already have a manager”. <o></o><o
></o>Not that any of this will end the ongoing managerial witch-hunt in the press.<o
></o><o
></o>As soon as the final whistle went on Monday night, radio talk-shows -- perhaps disappointed Pearce had not lost -- quickly began speculating as to whether Gareth Southgate had the experience to coach <st1
lace w:st="on">Middlesbrough</st1lace>. <o></o><o
></o>What were the odds? <o
></o><o
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