Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

NIGEL Pearson once fought a pack of wild dogs, publicly called a journalist an ostrich and grappled with an opposition player on the touchline.
Bristol City’s head coach doesn’t do things in moderation and the recent treatment of Keith Downing and Paul Simpson offers a vivid demonstration.
Downing and Simpson were poached from roles in the England youth set-up when Dean Holden succeeded Lee Johnson in August last year, and retained as assistant head coaches when Pearson arrived six months later.
Capable
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