Chris Dunlavy
Scarred Saints are always near to hell
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL FRUSTRATION: Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has seen his bright start fade away PICTURE: Alamy FOR a while there, it...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 11 hours 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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Chris Dunlavy
/ 11 hours agoLISTEN, AXED MASON NEEDS TO LEARN FROM BAGGIES FLOP
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL RYAN Mason was sacked because West Brom lost too many games and he struggled to implement a coherent style of play. But the 34-year-old also had a communication...
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/ 1 week 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
/ 2 weeks 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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/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Hayden Hackney would be mad to leave Middlesbrough in January
From being seen as a source of funds to rebuild an imbalance squad, Hackney has now become the single-most important cog in a promotion push
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks 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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/ 3 weeks 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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/ 4 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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/ 4 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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/ 4 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
/ 1 month 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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/ 1 month 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 2 months 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
/ 2 months 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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/ 2 months 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
/ 2 months 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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