26 Quotes by Graham Sharpe

With the Aussies needing only to avoid defeat in the final two matches to retain the Ashes, punters reckon that they will play safe -- and that, combined with the likelihood of the weather taking a hand early on in the game, swings the balance of probabilities towards the draw as the most likely outcome.

Up until the injury we were consistently taking substantial bets for England but now the support has dried up - although we do face seven figure liabilities for an England victory.

We cannot now see beyond these five as serious candidates, despite having taken bets for some thirty contenders in all

Both of these gambles took us a little by surprise and left us facing a hefty payout should either get the job.

At the weekend Paris were way out in front as red hot favorites, but over the past 48 hours London's odds have been dramatically cut several times.

Dr Fox's decision to run does not seem to have excited political punters.

The Tory decision wouldn't seem to have done Ken Clarke's hopes a great deal of good and we think David Davis now has the clear edge over his opponents with Liam Fox - whose odds we have halved from 12/1 - potentially his main challenger

A few years ago this match would have been inconsequential but we now have clients in these markets and feel obliged to offer odds.

The odds are that Sven can survive this latest embarrassment but you wonder just how much more humiliation the FA will be prepared to put up with.