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Michael Carrick Showing Early Signs of Promise as a First-time Manager at Middlesbrough
Playing over 300 games for Manchester United, Michael Carrick cemented himself as a Red Devils legend over many years at Old Trafford. Winning the Premier League, FA Cup and even the solitary Champions League accolade during his 12-year spell at Old Trafford, his career was decorated with the midfielder regarded as an all-time great. …
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Life After Nathan Jones: Who Next for The Luton Town Hot-Seat?
The last time Nathan Jones departed Luton Town, it was an acrimonious exit. Leaving in January 2019 for Stoke City, a second consecutive promotion was on the cards with The Hatters enjoying unparalleled success under their Welsh head coach. His subsequent failure at Stoke City – a 38-game spell mustering up an abject 15.8%…
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Iliman Ndiaye – One of the Most Exciting Players in the Championship Right Now
Iliman Ndiaye has been something of a bright spark for Sheffield United since he broke through into the first team in 2021. The 22-year-old enjoyed a productive season during the previous campaign, breaking through into the first team during a 6-2 victory against Peterborough where he grabbed two goals and an assist to ensure everyone…
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Tommy Conway – Bristol City’s New Kid on the Block Spearheading Success
Bristol City’s start to the 2022-23 season looked like it would mirror the past few dire campaigns at Ashton Gate, the Robins stagnating under Nigel Pearson with lower-half finishes in the Championship expected. The opening three games suggested that trend would continue, winless with a solitary point to their name. However, after a disappointing start,…
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João Pedro: Watford’s Brazilian Talisman in Attack
Almost every season in recent memory has brought to light a great gift given to the Championship and its fans. Through the combination of a small enough sample size of top-level quality and the ambivalence of Premier League clubs has allowed a handful of far superior players to slip through the net and into the…
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Ellis Simms – A Future Everton Star In The Making?
Starring out on loan away from Everton with Hearts and Blackpool, Ellis Simms might’ve expected some first-team opportunities under Frank Lampard this season. Scoring goals galore out on loan at two separate clubs is a healthy return for a player finding his feet in the men’s game, a useful backup option perhaps for the Toffees…
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Championship Underdogs Rotherham United off to Flying Start
No team defines the saying ‘yo-yo club’ as literally as Rotherham United, but the Millers are defying expectations this season. Paul Warne’s side last spent consecutive campaigns in the Championship between 2014 and 2016 before six years of promotion turning to instant relegation the following season. But an astonishingly formidable start in their opening fixtures…
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Alex Neil Answers Stoke City’s Call but Leaves Sunderland Resentful
There is little normality in the Championship, often providing the unexpected, with manager Alex Neil leaving Sunderland for Stoke City, an intriguing twist. Neil became a hero on Wearside after returning the Black Cats to the second tier after four years of frustration and underachievement in League One. The third tier is a division…
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Reading FC – A Case for Hope?
Reading Football Club, where to begin? Last season saw the club’s 150th anniversary, opportunities handed to numerous youth players and survival guaranteed for another year in the EFL Championship. Those are the positives. The negatives? A look at the table shows survival by an uncomfortably slim margin. Just 41 points, good enough for 21st…
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Jayson Molumby: Once Ball-Winner, Now Ball-Shepherd for West Bromwich Albion
Brave, resilient, industrious. Not many players possess such uncoachable assets, let alone at the age of only 18. Those were the attributes that encouraged Chris Hughton to hand Jayson Molumby his Brighton and Hove Albion debut back in 2017, where he played 90 minutes in a Carabao Cup second-round victory over Barnet. The midfielder…
