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Chris Dunlavy

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
Throwback Gaz can still bully defenders

MUCH has happened in the last 12 months to shatter old certainties and perceptions of normality.
But when Sam Allardyce deployed a ‘False 9’ in West Brom’s FA Cup defeat to Blackpool last weekend, you sensed the world had finally broken its moorings.
Where was Kevin Davies? Where was Carlton Cole? Where was the muscle-bound lummox who has acted as Big Sam’s calling card for the best part of 30 years? Rarely can the 66-year-old have inherited a set of players so unsuited to his preferred style of play...

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