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Things are looking more and more bleak for Tottenham, with BetUK going just 7/2 on the North London team being relegated this season.

The price on Juande Ramos’s side to be relegated collapsed following Sunday’s defeat at Stoke, the latest in a series of drastic market moves which have followed each of their increasingly disappointing results. However, defender Jonathan Woodgate claimed yesterday that the squad were right behind Ramos. Now that’s something I wouldn’t bet on!

England travel to Belarus on Wednesday night for the latest World Cup Qualifier but is it really correct to write them off as just another team of minnows? BetUK has taken a typically patriotic line on the game, going 1/3 on England and a huge 8/1 on the hosts (with 16/5 the draw).

Granted, they are ranked 59th in the world (below the likes of Honduras, Saudi Arabia & Congo) but coach Bernd Stange has turned them into a side capable of beating anyone on their day. Euro 2008 qualifying saw them defeat Holland 2-1 at home in a famous night for Belarusian football. And since then they have recorded sensational friendly results in drawing with Argentina (0-0 at home), Finland (2-2 away), Germany (2-2 away) and Turkey (2-2 home) before World Cup qualifying. They were unlucky to concede a controversial last minute penalty to go down 1-0 in the Ukraine (which is proving a very tough place to go) and beat 184th ranked Andorra 3-1 away in their other group game to date.

The whole nation has been buoyed by the fortunes of BATE Borisov, who became the first Belarusian side to reach the group stages of the Champions League this season, and the attacking philosophy of the former Iraqi coach has taken superior sides by surprise in recent months (as demonstrated by their results). So clearly, if England are not on their game then the hosts are capable of at least denying the favourites all three points on Wednesday. Betting the draw could be the value play here.

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It is surprising that a club as big as Tottenham are as short as 7/1 with BetUK to be playing in the Championship next season. The north London team have had a terrible start to the new Premier League and have garnered just two points from their first seven games.

Manager Juande Ramos will at least have some time to reflect on what has been a dismal start to the season at White Hart Lane and will be praying his side can gain their first success of the season in their next match against Stoke, who stand one place above them in the table, on October 19.

The Spanish manager, who guided Seville to two Uefa Cup triumphs before taking up the reins in north London, is 5/6 to be out of the door by the turn of the year, a price that will be shorter still should he lose that crucial clash against fellow struggler Stoke next week.

On Wednesday Chelsea will make a trip into the unknown when they travel to face Romanian outfit CFR Cluj (7.45pm K/O).

Before you steam into Chelsea at 2/5 you should know that the little-known club caused one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history when they beat Roma 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico two weeks ago. Can they repeat that triumph here? It’s unlikely, given the Blues’ scintillating start to the new campaign and 4-0 win over Bordeaux in their first fixture – but after what happened last time out the Romanians will undoubtedly attract interest at 13/2 on home soil.

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