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Being an EFL boss now isn’t half hard

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 April 2023

Newport County manager Michael Flynn

David Connolly - FORMER EFL STRIKER AND TALKSPORT PUNDIT

Michael Flynn’s dismissal at League Two side Walsall on Wednesday means that exactly half of the 72 EFL clubs have changed manager this season.
This week has also seen League One Port Vale sack Darrell Clarke on Monday after a seven-game winless run.
I can’t see too many more sackings now with so few games remaining. Nonetheless, the precarious nature of being in charge of an EFL club means you go into this environment with your eyes wide open, knowing what a short, medium and long term plan might look like as a football manager in 20...

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