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SAWYERS’ JOB IS TO KEEP THE POTTERS MOVING

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Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

FLAK: Romaine Sawyers

ROMAINE Sawyers, the Stoke City midfielder, attracts criticism like Donald Trump attracts conspiracy theorists.
Too lazy. Too casual. Terrible body language. As a teenager, such concerns saw him released by West Brom.
Later, at Walsall, he was dropped amidst pelters from his own fans. Even at Brentford, where he rose to become captain, plenty voiced concerns and his return to the Hawthorns ended amidst a storm of abuse from the terraces, culminating in one supporter being jailed for racism.
Now on loan at Stoke, Sawyers is facin...

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