Chris Dunlavy
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Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IMAGINE, for a moment, that Thierry Henry had not been rescued by Arsenal in the summer of 1999. That...
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Columnists
/ 1 week agoGuy Branston: Keep eyes on Will Lankshear, Charlie Kelman and Bobby Clark
This time last year, most people hadn’t heard of Nathan Lowe. By Christmas, he was the highest scorer in the country.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Medals? Barry Bannan has won bigger prize
Show us yer medals. Isn’t that what the old pros say? If you haven’t won anything, you haven’t done anything.
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Championship
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Big-hitters and rookie bosses join Championship madhouse!
The Championship season hasn’t even kicked off yet, and already we’ve seen transfer embargoes, unpaid wages and a host of other off-field issues.
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Adam Virgo
/ 2 weeks agoAdam Virgo: Talented Julien Stephan is big coup for QPR
Julien Stephan may be an unknown quantity in England, but the new Queens Park Rangers manager is someone I know very well from my time covering French football.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Spiky Sorba Thomas could prove big bargain
Sorba Thomas. Good player. Bad attitude. That’s the narrative, anyway. What’s incontrovertible is that Stoke City have signed the best dead-ball specialist in the Championship.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Outdated Cardiff City need to modernise
Vincent Tan may care about Cardiff City – he may well be upset by relegation, share the frustration of supporters and kick every ball, as he insisted in the superficially contrite statement that followed the...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Don’t expect to see Wayne Rooney back in a Championship dugout again
The 2024-25 season will go down in history for a variety of reasons – Burnley’s impenetrable defence, Birmingham City’s record-breaking points haul or Wrexham’s unprecedented hat-trick.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Red-hot Wrexham need to take a breather
Wrexham have made no secret of their desire to reach the Premier League, and who would bet against it?
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: It’ll be hard to revitalise sad Norwich City
Johannes Hoff Thorup couldn’t hope to survive what has been an incomprehensibly awful season for Norwich City.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Burnley have got to add attacking threat for Premier League
Is anyone at Burnley bothered that the Clarets bored their way into the Premier League on a tide of tedium?
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Plymouth Argyle Miron Muslic shows he’s got what it takes…
Regardless of whether Plymouth Argyle’s gallant bid for survival is successful, Miron Muslic deserves to manage in the Championship next season.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoBam! Patrick Bamford’s back in the good books…
When Patrick Bamford emerged from the dugout and jogged down the Elland Road touchline to raucous cheers last Saturday, the irony was not lost on the former England striker.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Gary Bowyer deserves credit for the way he’s revived Burton Albion
Gary Bowyer was, understandably, omitted from the final shortlist for League One Manager of the Year.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoThere should be big interest in buying Sheffield Wednesday
Dejphon Chansiri says he has received no offers for Sheffield Wednesday and would not block a sale at the right price.
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Championship
/ 4 months agoThrowback wideman Josh Murphy delivers the goods for Portsmouth
By Chris Dunlavy During the fag end of a disappointing spell at Cardiff City, Josh Murphy didn’t even look like a Championship player. Three years of modest returns followed by an aborted loan spell with...
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Adam Virgo
/ 4 months agoAdam Virgo: With Chris Davies, Birmingham City can shoot for the Premier League
By Adam Virgo - Brighton Legend and TV Pundit Birmingham City’s American owners took all sorts of stick for appointing Wayne Rooney last season – and rightly so. The former England captain took the Blues...
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Adam Virgo
/ 4 months agoNathan Lowe’s recall a blow for Walsall, but it’s not over yet
By Adam Virgo - Brighton Legend and TV Pundit Not so long ago, it looked a matter of time before Walsall won the League Two title. Now, they might not even get automatic promotion. It’s...
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Championship
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Josh Coburn shows he’s the perfect fit for Millwall
By Chris Dunlavy - A fresh take on football The importance of Josh Coburn to Millwall’s unlikely bid for the play-offs should not be underestimated. Since the on-loan Middlesbrough striker returned from injury in February,...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 4 months agoChris Dunlavy: Bottom three agony tells a bigger story
By Chris Dunlavy - A fresh take on football Pathetic. There’s really no other word for the way Leicester played against Newcastle on Monday night. Well, maybe a few. Gutless. Witless. Hapless. Eddie Howe’s side...