Columnists
Graham Westley: I’m chuffed to see Dino Maamria back in EFL with Barrow
IN RECENT times, I’ve been really pained to see my former assistant Dino Maamria’s absence from the managerial scene. He is a pure, absolute, thoroughbred football...
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Adam Virgo
/ 1 week agoAdam Virgo: Tommy Watson has a chance to shine again at Millwall
When Brighton signed Tommy Watson from Sunderland in the summer, I assumed the plan was to send him back to the Stadium of Light on loan.
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Adam Virgo
/ 1 week agoAdam Virgo: Edward Still has taken a huge risk by taking charge of Watford
Taking on the Watford job is like going to a restaurant with a one-star hygiene rating where everybody got food poisoning last week.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney can rightly take a bow
It’s easy to sneer at Wrexham, isn’t it? At the hype and the hullabaloo. At the schmaltzy documentary and celebrity entourage. At the silly American owners with their gleaming grins, wry wisecracks and ostentatious humility.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Hayden Hackney is a class apart in the Championship
Don Goodman reckons Hayden Hackney is the best player in the Championship – and he’s probably right.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Jamaal Lascelles could prove incredibly important to struggling Leicester City
Jamaal Lascelles’ deadline-day loan to Leicester was hardly the most sexy signing of the window. But it could be one of the most important.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Sorry Watford have lost their heart and soul
Javi felt he no longer had the motivation and was not the right man to continue coaching this exciting group of young players
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Columnists
/ 2 weeks agoSimon Grayson: Perfect Sheffield United loan can revive Kalvin Phillips
If you'd told me four years ago that Kalvin Phillips would be back in the Championship at 30, I’d have said you were mad.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoGuy Branston: Preston forward Milutin Osmajic needs help to find the right path
Milutin Osmajic is a talented player but some of his behaviour on the pitch is completely ridiculous.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Marti Cifuentes should have let Leicester City run free
Marti Cifuentes did not help his cause - or his team - by sticking rigidly to a style of play that prioritised shape and possession over creative freedom.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Sheffield United scraps are not all bad
One red card last weekend. Two the week before. Chris Wilder combusting on the sidelines. Do Sheffield United have a discipline problem?
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoTame Terriers in hunt for lost spirit
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IS MANAGING Huddersfield Town the most difficult job in the EFL right now? Liam Manning is about to find out. On paper, the 40-year-old is walking into a...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoCLOSING ‘CHUTE PAYMENT WILL DO FOR ME…
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL PLEDGE: David Kogan DAVID Kogan, the chair of the new football regulator, has promised to review the impact of parachute payments on the EFL. It shouldn’t take long,...
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Adam Virgo
/ 1 month agoAdam Virgo: Ibrahim Osman must grab big Birmingham City chance
It's make or break time for Ibrahim Osman, the Ghanaian winger who has just joined Birmingham on loan from Brighton.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: James McClean’s time at Wrexham shows the value of a veteran
James McClean’s success at Wrexham shows that there is value in the older generation.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoCHAMP FAILURE CAN BE PATH TO THE TOP
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CHANCE: Michael Carrick DOWN in the dumps after being sacked by a Championship club? Don’t worry – you might be heading for the top. Michael Carrick’s return to...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Oops! Josh Sargent has made a major error
Josh Sargent clearly hadn’t done his homework on Philippe Clement when he fired off the explosive text that may have ended his Norwich City career.
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Graham Westley
/ 1 month agoGraham Westley: Collaboration can work – with effort
Gareth Southgate was reported as saying this week that the erosion of a manager’s authority has been a gradual process over many years. He added that the process has accelerated with the widespread introduction of...
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Graham Westley
/ 1 month agoMATT & JON HAVE TOOLS TO TURN THE TABLES
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER ENERGY: Matt Bloomfield BOTH Matt Bloomfield (Oxford United) and Jon Brady (Port Vale) have picked up fantastic new challenges. Young managers who inherit relegation threatened squads in...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 months agoLATE? YES BUT TIGER CALL WAS CORRECT
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL TRAGEDY: Billy Vigar HULL should have called off last weekend’s game with Watford a lot earlier, but that does not mean the decision was wrong. Though the surface...
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