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/ 11 years agoOne bad move cost Connor Wickham dear
THIS is it for Connor Wickham. Time to deliver. Which is a ridiculous thing to say when you’re talking about a...
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/ 11 years agoExperts give tips on how to reach the top
The League Managers’ Association hosted their fifth annual conference in London last week. The BBC’s Manish Bhasin and former England cricketer...
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/ 11 years agoBurnley strike force are a delight for Dyche
HATS off to Sean Dyche – I didn’t think his Burnley side would be good enough to beat QPR last weekend....
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/ 11 years agoWhy Lee Tomlin is losing more than his temper
DURING the summer, I asked Paul Fairclough, the former Barnet manager, to name the most difficult player he’d ever worked with....
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/ 12 years agoCome on Rangers, turn on the style too
IT’S often said that a club is too good to go down. QPR, on the other hand, are too good to...
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/ 12 years agoThe best bosses know a united team is crucial
We will only fight for the title at the end of the season if every player accepts my decisions, otherwise we...
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/ 12 years agoYou need luck to survive in the sack race
WELL, the sacking season is well and truly upon us now. After David Weir at Sheffield United, this week has seen...
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/ 12 years agoSo petty, to monkey about with a joke
YOU know that scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Donald Sutherland suddenly realises everyone in San Francisco is an...
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/ 12 years agoMK Dons boss lacks style
Karl Robinson let himself down on Tuesday night after my Stevenage side played well to beat his MK Dons team 2-1...
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/ 12 years agoWeir needed a Messi at Sheffield United – or more time!
BACK in May, David Weir sent his CV to Bill Kenwright, the Everton chairman, asking to be considered as a replacement...
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/ 12 years agoHave some Hart and give Joe a break
I found the clamour to annhilate Joe Hart this week quite astonishing. What on earth is wrong with us? Joe is...
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/ 12 years agoNugent’s a nugget in front of goal
IT’S great to see David Nugent banging them in for Leicester. OK, so a lot of his goals have been penalties,...
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/ 12 years agoSad and shameful sacking of Clough
THERE’S a tired old cliché in football, one trotted out by inane talkshow callers and eagerly peddled by chairmen to justify...
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/ 12 years agoPaolo’s ban on ketchup was too saucy
I HATE to see a manager sacked but I wasn’t surprised to see Paolo Di Canio leave Sunderland. Everywhere I’ve been,...
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/ 12 years agoFeeder clubs? Try a taste of Italy
SIENA is a beautiful town. Terracotta tiles, winding cobbled streets and a big church tower with spectacular views across the Tuscan...
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/ 12 years agoLet’s take the pain out of blood injury
ONE of the most frustrating things in football is the way in which we handle blood injuries. The circumstances of the...
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/ 12 years agoHearn keeps nerve and Orient prosper
DOWN at Leyton Orient, Russell Slade is going through the kind of period every manager dreams of – a genuine once...
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/ 12 years agoGive Rhodes more help and watch him fire
BLACKBURN boss Gary Bowyer took a thinly-veiled swipe at Scotland manager Gordon Strachan after Jordan Rhodes‘ late leveller salvaged a point...
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/ 12 years agoGraham Westley: Going back to Preston was no big deal
As a manager, returning to a former club is a strange experience. In the last 12 months I have returned to...
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/ 12 years agoGreg will be relieved at getting the sack
IT didn’t surprise me to see Greg Abbott sacked by Carlisle. And I’m sure it didn’t surprise him either. When you...