Chris Dunlavy
Owls fans deserve more than stopgap
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL WHEN the architects contracted to refurbish Newcastle’s corporate facilities paid a visit to St James’ Park following the Saudi-led...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 days agoHACKNEY WOULD BE MAD TO MOVE ON NOW
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL LOYALTY: Hayden Hackney MIDDLESBROUGH’S hopes of a £20m windfall last summer were scuppered when Hayden Hackney rejected a move to Ipswich Town. Ironically, they will now be praying...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 days agoLAMPARD HAS DELIVERED PERFECT RIPOSTE TO DOUBTERS
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL AFTER years of sniping and ridicule, 2025 will be remembered as the year Frank Lampard conclusively dismissed any doubt about his managerial competence. From the moment he first...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 week agoChris Dunlavy: Ipswich Town – Finding their feet or a team in crisis?
Ipswich Town are rubbish! No, they’re coming good! They’ve definitely turned a corner this time! Oh wait… they’re back to square one again.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Blackburn Rovers woe is just tip of the iceberg
Another week, another washout at Blackburn Rovers. At this rate, the only sport you’ll see at Ewood Park will involve Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoTONDA’S SYSTEM GIVES SAINTS ACE ADAM CHANCE TO SHINE
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IN WHAT seems like the blink of an eye, Adam Armstrong is suddenly leading the Championship scoring charts. A brace in the 3-2victory over West Brom in midweek...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoBACK THE REBORN BLADES TO CUT LOOSE…
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL ABILITY: Gus Hamer UNDER normal circumstances, any team in Sheffield United’s position at this point in the season would be written off. But the Blades are not just...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Championship managers all support Leeds United!
Championship managers across the land breathed a sigh of relief when Daniel Farke saved his skin on Wednesday night.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Kieran McKenna should ignore Chuba Akpom No.9 call
Ipswich Town look a shadow of the well-oiled machine that romped to promotion two years ago and are clearly lacking a focal point following the summer departure of Liam Delap.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Blades’ US owners shouldn’t think franchise here
Chris Dunlavy DID Sheffield United’s American owners really make an enquiry about buying Sheffield Wednesday and merging the city’s bitter rivals into a superclub? COH Sports, who bought the Blades for £111m last December, certainly...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Philippe Clement knows size of the task now
Chris Dunlavy TEST: Philippe Clement WHEN Philippe Clement took charge at Norwich last week, the reaction in his native Belgium was one of disbelief. A comment piece in Flemish daily newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen was...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Swansea City must learn from pass masters
Judged in isolation, Joe Allen and Leon Britton could each stake a strong claim to be Swansea City’s greatest modern-day player.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Bolton Wanderers sweat on their super Amario Cozier-Duberry
Steven Schumacher is getting sick of talking about Amario Cozier-Duberry, the 20-year-old attacking sensation currently lighting up League One for Bolton Wanderers.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Let’s not be taken in by this percentage game nostalgia
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IS IT my imagination? Or has everyone simply forgotten how terrible percentage football is to watch? The revival of the long throw has been greeted with an outpouring...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Cherries & Dons show it’s broken
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL BATTLE: AFC Wimbledon BOURNEMOUTH’S average home attendance in the Premier League last season was just 11,214. AFC Wimbledon’s average gate in the current campaign in League One is...
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Bristol City
/ 1 month agoGary Johnson: Windass goal still gives me sleepless nights
When Bristol City crumbled to a 6-0 aggregate defeat at the hands of Sheffield United in last season’s Championship play-off semi-finals, it brought back painful memories for Gary Johnson.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: Errors? Yes, but don’t be too harsh on Rob Edwards
Rob Edwards, you rat. So read a banner hoisted above the Riverside’s South Stand in the second half of Middlesbrough’s 2-1 victory over Birmingham last weekend.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 1 month agoChris Dunlavy: If Patrick Bamford stays fit, Sheffield United have got a class act
Patrick Bamford, who this week joined Sheffield United as a free agent, has seen more flak over the years than the average bomb disposal expert.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 months agoChris Dunlavy: Tatsu Sakamoto proves to be bargain buy for Coventry City
Eyebrows were raised when Coventry City paid £2m to sign Tatsu Sakamoto from KV Oostende in 2023.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 months agoChris Dunlavy: Flailing Foxes need changes at the top
Leicester City are having a shocker, but sacking Marti Cifuentes would not fool anyone – least of all the club’s supporters.
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