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A super job for American Football writer
Nothing left to chanceFootballers must speak to the media
Living in the spotlight
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IMAGINE the scene: Manchester United and Manchester City players are handed booklets containing the names, photographs and details of the football writers covering the clubs. Ditto every club in the Barclays Premier League.
Tags: editorial, features, media, nfl, Press
My Week: Janine Self
You can read the winceyette pyjama-wearing, long distance driving Janine’s glamorous job in the People and Daily Mail.Sunday November 20
Door to door, the commute takes about 30 seconds. Roll out of bed, stagger down corridor, enter office, plonk down in front of PC. None of this “what shall I wear” malarky. Winceyette pyjamas and hair rollers meet the dress code at Self Towers. Hah, you thought this job was glamorous? My first task of this working day (weekends are working days, generally) is to put the finishing touch to part of my match order from the previous ...
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The Road to Brazil starts…in Trinidad
ONE DOWN...831 to go. Belize 5, Monserrat 2 (att 150) was never going to knock Alex McLeish or Luka Modric off the back pages but the game was significant as it was the first 2014 World Cup qualifier.The road to Brazil started at the Ato Bolden stadium in Trinidad because there is no suitable venue in Monserrat, an island near Antigua which was almost destroyed by the 1995 reawakening of La Soufrière volcano. Deon McCauley claimed a small slice of history with the first hat-trick of the 2014 campaign.
Tags: brazil 2014, Christopher Davies, editorial, opinion, world cup
What Advice Does Chelsea Adviser Hiddink Give?
"It works well with Chelsea. Since I left two years ago I've been advising the club on things concerning the squad. Sometimes I become a sounding board. It costs me very little time and I can combine it well with my position with Turkey. There is no conflict at all." – GUUS HIDDINKTags: Chelsea, editorial, guus hiddink, opinion, roman abramovich
Exclusive – What An Exclusive Really Is
A WELL-RESPECTED football writer told me when I was making my way in what we still call Fleet Street that there are usually about five meaningful -exclusives per season.‘Get one and you’ve done well.’ he said. ‘Two and you’ve done really well. Three, prepare for an award.’
Tags: Christopher Davies, editorial, exclusives, Newspapers, opinion
Who could England face at Euro 2012?
WILL ENGLAND QUALIFY?Well, despite their mediocre display against England should reach the Euro 2012 finals one way or the other.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER...?
The nine group winners qualify automatically plus the best runner-up. As things stand Montenegro, second in Group G behind England on goal-difference, would qualify as the ‘fastest losers.’
Tags: Christopher Davies, editorial, england, euro 2012, fabio capello, opinion, wayne rooney
Barcelona since 2008
On the field – 10/10In the transfer market: 5 hits, 7 misses
Total loss: £206.6m
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
PEP GUARDIOLA is hailed as the best young manager in world football. No one can doubt his Barcelona Dream Team are one of the greatest of all time.
Yet Barcelona’s dealings in the transfer market in the three years since he was appointed have proved much less successful than Guardiola’s on-field triumphs.
Tags: barcelona, Christopher Davies, editorial, lionel messi, opinion, pep guardiola
Joining the Enemy
HERE ARE a couple of exclusives. Sir Alex Ferguson will take over from Roberto Mancini at the noisy neighbours and Kenny Dalglish will be appointed manager of Everton.No, I haven’t been at the wine gums again. But the news that the [soon to be] former Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is in line for the Aston Villa job raised eyebrows to a new height. English football, particularly at the top level, is not littered with managers joining the enemy.
Tags: Christopher Davies, editorial, liverpool, opinion
Refereeing the managers
THE SCENARIO may make football writers break out in a cold sweat while those in charge of Sky Sports would have nightmares about the possibility. Imagine managers, coaches and players being banned from talking about match officials. It would change the face of football reporting dramatically and that's putting it mildly.Tags: Christopher Davies, editorial, opinion
FA must use new FIFA powers
IT WAS good to see the Football Association finally admit that they CAN take retrospective action against players.Footballwriters.co.uk pointed out last week that there was no FIFA regulation preventing the FA from upgrading a yellow card to a red to rectify an obvious error by the referee.
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