The League Paper

NEIL IS THE OLD MASTER IN THE RUN-IN

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The LeaguePaper Team
25 February 2018

WINNER: Neil Warnock

CARDIFF’S gritty 1-0 victory at Ipswich in midweek was the archetypal Neil Warnock performance – and a reminder of why the 69-year-old remains a master of his craft.
These days, a coach is nothing without a philosophy. Warnock, though, shows pragmatism still has its place. Square pegs in square holes. Leaders all over the park.
Facing the division’s set-piece specialists on a windy Wednesday at Portman Road, Warnock deployed a squadron of muscular giants, marked man to man and bashed it back to front.
Pretty it wasn’t, but this isn’t the...

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