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Chris Dunlavy

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
This Pilgrim may be better off staying put

WATCHING Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Chris Wilder pit their managerial wits this week, I was reminded of a sweltering July day at the Kassam Stadium in 2010.
Solskjaer, then cutting his coaching teeth as Manchester’s United’s reserve manager, had been dispatched by Alex Ferguson to lead a makeshift side against Wilder’s Oxford United in a pre-season friendly.
Ravel Morrison played for the Reds that day. So, too, Josh King. Most of the pre-match chatter concerned Rodrigo Possebon, a Brazilian teenager si...

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