Chris Dunlavy
Chris Dunlavy: Norwich City fortunate to hang on to ace Josh Sargent
If you had to assemble an identikit Premier League striker, it would probably look a lot like Josh Sargent.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Big Ben Brereton Diaz simply has to chime in at Derby County
If you’re a glass half-full type of guy, Ben Brereton Diaz has lived the dream over the last couple of years.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Forgotten Isaac Hayden can make his mark at QPR
Isaac Hayden was due a testimonial at Newcastle United next season. With the exception of club captain Jamal Lascelles, the 30-year-old midfielder was the Magpies’ longest-serving player.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoCHAMPIONSHIP STAGE MAY BE TOP FOR TYLER
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL RISING STAR: Southampton’s Tyler Dibling takes on Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson last term and, inset, ex-Saint Gareth Bale PICTURE: Alamy COMPARISONS with Gareth Bale are inevitable for Tyler...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Leicester City’s high-wire fall is lesson to all
On the day Leicester City’s victorious captain Kasper Schmeichel hoisted aloft the FA Cup in May 2021, Nottingham Forest had just finished 17th in the Championship.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Service & system hold key for Macaulay Langstaff
Imagine, for a moment, that Thierry Henry had not been rescued by Arsenal in the summer of 1999.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month 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 months 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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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 months 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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
/ 5 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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Championship
/ 5 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,...