Chris Dunlavy
Chris Dunlavy: Why West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo needs to go on the attack
Chris Dunlavy questions whether Nuno Espirito Santo’s cautious approach can deliver the attacking football West Ham United’s Championship title favourites are expected to produce.
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Adam Virgo
/ 1 week agoAdam Virgo: Give West Ham skipper Jarrod Bowen credit for his loyalty
Adam Virgo believes Jarrod Bowen has made a smart decision by staying with West Ham, with the former Brighton defender arguing there is no guarantee a move elsewhere would improve the winger’s career or life.
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Championship
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Championship play-off expansion keeps the promotion dream alive
With Tony Mowbray backing the move, Chris Dunlavy argues that extending the Championship play-offs gives more clubs something meaningful to fight for and supporters a reason to keep dreaming.
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoGuy Branston: Expect enormous interest in ace Will Lankshear
If Tottenham get relegated from the Premier League, I don’t see any reason why Will Lankshear shouldn’t be given a chance to lead the line next season.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Dreadful Leicester City go from bad to worst
Ten years after Jamie Vardy and a team of overachieving grafters went down in history as the greatest Leicester City side of all time, the class of 2025-26 will almost certainly be remembered as the...
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Columnists
/ 4 months agoSimon Grayson: Sizzling Southampton have got the momentum
Southampton are on the march – and I know exactly how it feels to be Tonda Eckert right now.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Coventry City fans deserve return to heaven
To hell and back. Now, after 25 years of humiliation and despair, Coventry are heading back to the Premier League.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Southampton’s good timing is so vital – just ask Will Still
Will Still could have been forgiven for putting his foot through the TV as he watched Southampton annihilate Wrexham on Tuesday evening.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 months agoChris Dunlavy: EFL must battle to avoid VAR misery
Marcelo Bielsa, who returned to England with Uruguay last weekend, was always a man of the people.
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Adam Virgo
/ 5 months agoAdam Virgo: Birmingham City are best off sticking with Chris Davies
With each passing game, it’s looking more and more likely that Birmingham City will fail to reach the Championship play-offs. Could that mean curtains for the manager Chris Davies?
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 months agoChris Dunlavy: Yousef Salech makes big difference
By Chris Dunlavy Quite how fit Yousef Salech will be after more than two months out with neck injury is open to debate, but there’s no doubt Cardiff have missed him. It is no coincidence...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoJohn Lyons: ‘Special’ Dom Ballard has lit up League One at Leyton Orient
Having witnessed Dom Ballard bag his third hat-trick of the season for Leyton Orient recently, I would be amazed if there wasn’t significant interest in him this summer.
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoGuy Branston: Bim Pepple has risen to the challenge at Plymouth Argyle
Earlier in the season, I was very harsh on Plymouth Argyle’s Bim Pepple. He’s proved me wrong by scoring a ton of goals in League One, but I was only harsh on him because I...
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoGuy Branston: Rotherham United have to find tough spirit of old
When I look at Rotherham now, I don’t see that fear factor. It’s gone, and part of that is the new stadium.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 months agoChris Dunlavy: Stoke City have got to change the culture
Speaking in the aftermath of last weekend’s 3-1 defeat at Preston, Robins criticised his players for making “stupid decisions” and blasted a “totally unacceptable” performance.
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoGraham Westley: Dino Maamria’s hurting but this will fire him up
When I commented in my last column that I was sure Dino Maamria would have his ups and downs as he got Barrow going, I had absolutely no vision whatsoever that he could possibly face...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 months agoChris Dunlavy: Sad all Dover, but now Lincoln City feel on top of the world
Ten years ago last weekend, 743 people watched Lincoln City get annihilated 4-1 by Dover Athletic in a National League game at the Crabble.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 months agoChris Dunlavy: Jordan James can hold his head high at Leicester City
Leicester City have been awful this season, and their dressing room must take the lion’s share of the blame.
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoGraham Wesley: Don’t underestimate Wrexham’s spirit
Wrexham have secured three consecutive promotions – and a fourth would represent an incredible achievement.
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Columnists
/ 5 months agoNOW IT’S TIME TO SEE WHO SHINES…
IT WAS told to me as a young man that diamonds shine under pressure and that imitations will crack. Put differently, winning is about using pressure as fuel and losing is about allowing doubt, fear...
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