Some decent value to be had in the "first manager to get sacked" Premier League Odds.
http://www.thesackrace.com/competitions/premier-league
I'd say Rodgers (20/1) and Villas Boas (25/1) are decent value. I think not finishing in the top 4 for teams that harbor this ambition is a big disaster, and in that sense if Spurs start to slip away from the top four I could see Daniel Levy changing things. If Spurs dont make the CL this year their whole squad could come under pressure from top 4 teams (the likes of Bale, Walker and even Lennon might leave). They've also lost a few key players (Modric looks to be off, King has gone - even though he didnt play that much in the last few years he was a very good senior pro at the club, and Adebayor is in a bit of limbo). Some decent back up players have also gone, Kranjkar, Chorluka, Pavyluchenko, Saha and Pineaar all added strenght in depth - and a lot of the rest of the squad is heading (or has headed already) the wrong side of 30 - Friedel, Gallas, Defoé. The little Portguese fella might sign some new players in addition to Sigurdsson and Verthongen, but he's running out of time, there is only just over a month left in the transfer window and once the European Club competitions kick off there are complications with players being cup tied. Even if Villas Boas can pull off some signings, they might be no good or could take time to settle. Spurs are also coming off a pretty dire run of form since Jan - Feb and I think the rut might continue into the new season.
I think Rodgers has a potential to be a good manager but Liverpool is very difficult job. He's said things along the lines of, "I just want to play good football and win trophies", but will the Liverpool fans by that? I have a feeling there will be a desire for the fans to see goals and put weaker teams to the sword. I dont know if the fans will want to see Liverpool go 1-0 up against a team like Norwich and then play keep ball and pass the game out. Swansea's football was good at times last year, but towards the end of the season it seemed as though teams had established a way of defeating them. They would tend to pressure the team a lot, deny them space on the halfway line and harry them. I think teams might do this against Rodgers' Liverpool and the team will also have to adapt to Rodgers' system. They have also got rid of a lot of players from the edge of the squad (Maxi - who ironically might have been the most suitable player to Rodgers' style, Kuyt, now Carroll it seems) I dont know if Borini (and maybe Joey Allen) can add much to the first team.
I also think both managers are starting to show a very slight lack of dilligence in terms of comments. Last year Villas Boas launched a huge tirade at Lambert (it was about a penalty in the Chelsea v Norwich match), and he seems to be going down the public critism route at Spurs. So far he's criticised Modric (which he had a fair point about), Charlie Adam's tackle (again he made a valid point but went on to dwell on speculating that Adam had a personal vendetta against Bale), and more recently had a go at Dos Santos wanting to leave Spurs. This last point seems to show a lack of knowledge about the Mexican's situation over the last 4 years at Spurs. Dos Santos, a player of immense talent, had been repeatedly marginalised by Redknapp, having less than 10 starts, despite regularly playing well for the Mexican team (esp in WC2010) - he has reached a dead-end at Spurs and needs to move to restart his career. If Villas Boas can't see that you worry about his ability to empathise with his players (which seemed to be a problem at Chelsea especially with the Alex and Anelka incidents). If you compare his stance over Modric with that of Van Der Vaart (who was more measured and bascially said, "Modric is great player, I understand him wanting to play CL football, but hopefully he will see that we only missed the CL by a very fine margin, and next year we have a great chance to make it, so I hope he stays at the club") you can see the Dutchman seems to have a more measured stance.
Will use the picks for the weekend or might as well just put an alarm lol 
wow, that is some serious professional shit!
