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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...

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  Chris Dunlavy: Oops! Josh Sargent has made a major error

  Josh Sargent clearly hadn’t done his homework on Philippe Clement when he fired off the explosive text that may have ended his Norwich City career.

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  Graham Westley: Collaboration can work – with effort

  Gareth Southgate was reported as saying this week that the erosion of a manager’s authority has been a gradual process over many years. He added that the process has accelerated with the widespread introduction of football, technical or sporting directors who now oversee long-term football strategy, reporting directly to CEOs...

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  MATT & JON HAVE TOOLS TO TURN THE TABLES

  Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER ENERGY: Matt Bloomfield BOTH Matt Bloomfield (Oxford United) and Jon Brady (Port Vale) have picked up fantastic new challenges. Young managers who inherit relegation threatened squads in January will quite often do very well. Youth brings an energy, a positivity and a...