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FWA Interview: Patrick Collins
Patrick Collins thinks the game is better than ever but...SUMMER OF TRANSFER SAGAS LEAVES PEOPLE DISILLUSIONED
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
In Patrick Collins’ ideal summer his beloved Charlton Athletic would have signed Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta, perhaps Bastien Schweinsteiger, Andrea Pirlo and Robert Lewandowski. With that front six Chris Powell’s defence could stay intact.
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FWA Interview: Geoff Shreeves
‘My job is to ask questions – nobody is interested in my opinions’ – Geoff ShreevesBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
SIR ALEX FERGUSON may not have allowed Geoff Shreeves the last word on his final game at Old Trafford, but the Sky Sports interviewer always has the first word.
A familiar face of the station, Shreeves has been with Sky Sports since 1992, the first season of the Premier League. It can be a thankless task, a no-win job. Ask soft questions and you are accused of avoiding the main issue, ask about a manager’s future and it’s insensitive. Criticised for ...
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The mind games that saw Carlton Cole become a lion
Sports psychologist DAN ABRAHAMS explains how he helped the West Ham and England striker...By CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
THE BRITISH seem to have an inbuilt aversion to psychology. If we have a bad tooth, we go a dentist. An ingrowing toenail can be cured by a chirpodist. A few visits to an osteopath and that bad back becomes history. Yet if we have a problem in our mind, whatever it may be, too often the misguided response is: "sort yourself out." To see a psychologist or a counsellor still carries a certain stigma, despite the ignorance of such views.
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FWA Interview: Ian Ladyman
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESMEMBERS of the Football Writers’ Association have praised the press facilities at Euro 2012.
Not only is the entertainment on the pitch first class in Poland an Ukraine, Ian Ladyman, northern football correspondent of the Daily Mail, said: “There have been no complaints about the facilities out here.”
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The FWA Interview: Ian Ridley
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR NERVE WHEN FANS TELL YOU TO SACK THE MANAGER says Ian RidleyBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
IT IS tempting to say that the chairman stormed in the newspaper office, sought out the person responsible for the outrage against his club and gave the poor hack the hairdryer treatment, albeit the non-league variety.
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The FWA Interview: Oliver Holt
SPORTS WRITING HAS NEVER BEEN SO GOOD says Oliver HoltBy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
OLIVER HOLT believes the standard of British sports writing is higher than it has ever been.
The Daily Mirror writer recently won the Sports Journalists’ Association Sports Columnist of the Year award which, for once, left Holt almost speechless.
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