MARK Robins has dismissed suggestions managing Stoke City is an impossible job.
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Emotional gaffer Paul Warne is real deal
Chris Dunlavy – A fresh take on football Cards on the table. I’ve spoken to Paul Warne umpteen times over […]
Expect a call soon, Nigel Clough
GARY Bowyer played alongside Nigel Clough at Nottingham Forest and is planning to lean on his old mate’s expertise after being unveiled as the new manager of Burton Albion.
Bosses tempted to take ‘selfish’ route
HAPPY Christmas? Not for Des Buckingham, sacked by boyhood club Oxford United just months after winning a fairytale promotion to the Championship.
Sheffield Wednesday need to be wise and prepare for Danny Rohl’s exit
Chris Dunlavy Danny Rohl may not have wound up at Southampton and may yet be overlooked by Hamburg but that […]
Patient Sheffield United fans get the best present
SHEFFIELD United’s remarkable ascent to the summit of the Championship has never felt quite as joyous as it should on the terraces of Bramall Lane.
Watford v West Brom: Hornets boss Tom Cleverley has a trick up his sleeve
TOM Cleverley says he is taking inspiration from Sir Alex Ferguson to plot his way through Watford’s hectic festive schedule.
Ruff times are in the past! Huddersfield Town’s Josh Ruffels reveals injury troubles
JOSH Ruffels assumed he had a common-or-garden hernia when he felt a twinge in a game against Watford last season.
Mike Phelan wisdom to help Wayne Rooney
Plymouth Argyle boss Wayne Rooney is hoping the ‘vast experience’ of Mike Phelan will pay dividends at Home Park.
Expect a big battle if Jack Clarke is available
PASSENGERS have no place in a Premier League squad, so could January see Ipswich winger Jack Clarke head back to the Championship?
Don’t blame Neil Harris for cutting ties with Millwall now
IT IS no surprise that Neil Harris quit Millwall just a few days after calling a group of abusive supporters “thickos”.
After David Coote’s dismissal, it’s little wonder referees are hard to recruit
David Coote’s dismissal was probably inevitable after his comments about Jurgen Klopp, but the whole affair stinks of hypocrisy.
Lee Cattermole excited by Bristol Rovers opportunity
MATT Taylor says Lee Cattermole will provide “fresh ideas” and a “new voice” after the former Sunderland hardman joined Bristol Rovers as a set-piece coach.
You simply can’t beat a goalkeeper scoring a goal
YOU can keep your last-minute winners and 35-yard thunderbolts. You can forget promotions and trophies.
Famous faces help build the brand…
DOES Frank Lampard deserve the Coventry job? Is Wayne Rooney the right man for Plymouth?
Burton Albion regime need to wise up
BURTON Albion’s FA Cup exit at the hands of Tamworth was coming a mile off, the Brewers are a mess and it’s difficult to know where to start.
Shaun Barker: ‘It hasn’t been my whole focus and that helped me’
SHAUN Barker never attempted to conceal the fact that he had no burning desire to play football.
TANAKA AND ROTHWELL SHOW CLASS
Chris Dunlavy TAKING CONTROL: Leeds midfielder Ao Tanaka in action against Luton in midweek PICTURE: Alamy WHEN Ethan Ampadu and […]
Prince puzzle puts Blades in the dark
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CLARITY? Chris Wilder must be joking. When it comes to Prince Abdullah, smoke, […]
‘People writing us off helped – It gave us a point to prove’
WATFORD, we were told in August, is a broken club. A rookie manager. A disinterested dressing room. An owner who couldn’t tell his a*** from his elbow.