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LISTEN, AXED MASON NEEDS TO LEARN FROM BAGGIES FLOP

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

RYAN Mason was sacked because West Brom lost too many games and he struggled to implement a coherent style of play.
But the 34-year-old also had a communication problem. Like so many of today’s media-trained ex-pros, his first instinct is to be seen and not heard; to talk a lot and say nothing; to deploy the straight bat.
As a player, it serves a purpose. As a manager, it just irritates supporters. Not everybody needs to have the cockney chumminess of Harry Redknapp or the bombast of Jose Mourinho, but you do need to show a bit of heart, ...

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