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CHOPPER MADE THE RIGHT CALL TO LEAVE THE LIONS

WHEN Enoch Powell said all political careers end in failure, he could just as easily have been talking about football managers.
For every Alex Ferguson, there are a hundred Arsene Wengers, whose 22 years of service at Arsenal culminated in a humiliating resignation.
And who can forget the image of Bobby Robson, a legend in his own lifetime, sadly sloping out of St James’ Park with a putter under his arm having been sacked by the charmless Freddie Shepherd?
In management, a reputation can be shredded by two bad months. A decade of adoration reduced to jeers of derision for a few tactic...

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