Columnists
Guy 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 days agoChris Dunlavy: Marti Cifuentes should have let Leicester City run free
CARLO Ancelotti’s unprecedented success hinged on the principle that great players should never be constrained by tactics. It was a lesson learned the hard way. As a young coach at Parma in the summer of...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 days 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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Adam Virgo
/ 1 week 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 week 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 week 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 week 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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Graham Westley
/ 2 weeks 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
/ 2 weeks 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 weeks 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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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks 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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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoSimon Grayson: Don’t expect quick fix at soft Leicester City
The thousands of empty seats at Leicester’s game against West Brom on Monday said everything about the state of my old club.
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoSimon Grayson: Frank Lampard’s Coventry City have the class to overcome wobble
If you spoke to Frank Lampard in private, I don’t think he’d be too worried about Coventry City’s dip in form.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Scarred Southampton need mental reset to improve Championship form
For a while there, it looked like Tonda Eckert might be the solution to Southampton’s post-Premier League malaise.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Listen, axed Ryan Mason needs to learn from West Brom flop
Ryan Mason was sacked because West Brom lost too many games and he struggled to implement a coherent style of play.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks 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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Columnists
/ 1 month agoGuy Branston: Zan Vipotnik can keep Swansea City afloat in the Championship
Swansea City are a club who shouldn’t be struggling in the Championship, but they just aren’t run properly.
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Columnists
/ 1 month agoGuy Branston: Martin Hodge is the driving force of Hull City
Hull City have surprised a few people this season, but not me. From the moment they appointed Martin Hodge as their head of recruitment in May, I knew they’d come good.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: It’s time to cash in and seize the day for Championship hopefuls
January, almost invariably, ends in disappointment and deflation for the average football supporter. It begins with hope of transformative signings and vital reinforcements. It ends with…
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Sheffield Wednesday fans deserve more than a stopgap ownership
When the architects contracted to refurbish Newcastle United’s corporate facilities paid a visit to St James’ Park following the Saudi-led takeover in 2021, they were shocked by what they found.
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