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  Tame Terriers in hunt for lost spirit

  Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IS MANAGING Huddersfield Town the most difficult job in the EFL right now? Liam Manning is about to find out. On paper, the 40-year-old is walking into a dream job. The Terriers have a fabulous stadium, a generous owner in Kevin Nagle and...

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  CLOSING ‘CHUTE PAYMENT WILL DO FOR ME…

  Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL PLEDGE: David Kogan DAVID Kogan, the chair of the new football regulator, has promised to review the impact of parachute payments on the EFL. It shouldn’t take long, and it certainly won’t require the “indepth analysis” the watchdog has pledged to undertake. A...

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  Osman must grab big Blues chance

  Adam Virgo BRIGHTON LEGEND AND TV PUNDIT IT’S make or break time for Ibrahim Osman, the Ghanaian winger who has just joined Birmingham on loan from Brighton. If he doesn’t make an impression at St Andrew’s in the second half of the season, it’s hard to see how he has...

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  CHAMP FAILURE CAN BE PATH TO THE TOP

  Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CHANCE: Michael Carrick DOWN in the dumps after being sacked by a Championship club? Don’t worry – you might be heading for the top. Michael Carrick’s return to Manchester United as caretaker manager for the rest of the season marks the 44-year-old’s first...