Is the honeymoon over for Keegan? Toon fans already betting on a quick departure from St James' Park
Disgruntled Newcastle fans have started voting with their wallets about Kevin Keegan's future.
Four games into his second spell as Magpies manager, Keegan has yet to register a win and has only managed one goal in all that time.
And leading bookmaker Ladbrokes has revealed a huge surge in betting that the former England boss will be the next Premier League sacked has come in - from Newcastle fans themselves.
The odds on him joining Sam Allardyce out the exit door have shortened to 4/1 as a result and Keegan is now the joint second favourite to go with Reading's Steve Coppell.
Ladbrokes spokesman Robin Hutchison said: "Punters who were welcoming him with open arms a few weeks ago appear to have changed their minds judging by the post codes on the internet accounts backing him to leave."
Liverpool's Rafael Benitez is the 6/4 favourite to be the next up for the dreaded axe.
Ladbrokes also make Newcastle just 9/4 not win any of their next five Premier League matches as the Magpies sit just seven points above the drop zone.
Of all those games, bookies make the home match against Blackburn at 5/2 the most likely to win and with away trips to Aston Villa, Birmingham and Liverpool, plus a St James' Park clash with Manchester United also in that run, it is hard to argue with that.
