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Sometimes it does pay to keep the faith

Chris Dunlavy A fresh take on football

NICK Daws was given four games before he was sacked by Scunthorpe. Over in Bradford, the hapless Michael Collins got six. Yet on the day they were fired, both men had accrued more points than either Steve McClaren or Garry Monk.
When QPR and Birmingham played out a turgid 0-0 draw at St Andrew’s on the first of September, it looked inevitable that the occupants of the dugouts would soon be joining Daws and Collins in the DHSS.
Eight points, seven goals and one win between them. McClaren, in particular, was skating the thinnest of ice; during a...

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