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RYAN Cole used to sneak into Newmarket Town’s ground to practise his freekicks – now Jockeys boss Michael Shinn is hoping their EFL-bound starlet can break in at Wycombe Wanderers.
KAI WAGNER BIRMINGHAM CITY LEFT-BACK By Chris Dunlavy CLASSY OPERATOR: Expect Kai Wagner to shine for Birmingham in 2026 PICTURE: Alamy KAI Wagner, Birmingham City’s new left-back, boldly self-identified as an “assist machine” upon completing a £2m switch from Philadelphia Union last week. True to his word, the 28-year-old German...
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL FRUSTRATION: Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has seen his bright start fade away PICTURE: Alamy FOR a while there, it looked like Tonda Eckert might be the solution to Southampton’s post-Premier League malaise. Now? The German looks as helpless and frustrated as Will Still,...
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL TRAGEDY: Billy Vigar HULL should have called off last weekend’s game with Watford a lot earlier, but that does not mean the decision was wrong. Though the surface was playable 20 minutes before kick-off, the perimeter was frozen solid. If a player’s head...
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...
