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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? THEN WE’LL BEGIN…

The new fad for missing games after taking the reins at a club is really grinding the gears of PAUL CANTWELL

“On Friday night the new Blackburn manager Michael Appleton watched his side earn a one all draw at Wolves from the comfort of his living room.”
THERE are several things wrong with that sentence, from football being played on a Friday night to the fact that Appleton was on to his third club in barely two months. But the main problem with the sentence was that Appleton wasn’t watching proceedings from the dug out.
With the details of Appleton’s two-and-a-hal...

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