Tag: Chris

Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Sheffield United: Blades boss Chris Wilder says team can decide direction of season
23 November 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Sheffield United: Blades boss Chris Wilder says team can decide direction of season

By Total Football News

United have made a record-breaking start to the campaign – in an unwanted sense.

No team in second-tier history has ever had a bigger drop-off in points across the first 15 games of a campaign than their hefty deficit of 23 from last season.

The Blades had accrued 33 points by that stage last term – but began Sunday’s derby on just 10.

They have lost 11 league games already,

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v singer Olly Murs – and AI
21 November 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v singer Olly Murs – and AI

By Total Football News

Murs is a talented footballer as well as a successful singer and has been a star of several Soccer Aid matches down the years – but he is not planning a serious comeback as a player.

“I actually played in a charity game the other night for a friend of mine,” he told BBC Sport. “My team was losing 3-1 when I came off in the 60th minute, and they

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Birmingham City v Norwich City: Chris Davies on Philippe Clement
21 November 2025 Off

Birmingham City v Norwich City: Chris Davies on Philippe Clement

By Total Football News

Boss Chris Davies has admitted “it’s hard to prepare” for Birmingham City’s Championship fixture with Norwich under their new manager Philippe Clement.

Clement was appointed by the Canaries on Tuesday to replace the sacked Liam Manning.

“He’s obviously a very good manager, did a really good job initially at Rangers, winning a trophy,” Davies told BBC Radio WM.

“[It’s a] challenging landscape in Glasgow as everyone knows when Celtic are

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Patrick Bamford: Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder ‘did not care’ about chant
21 November 2025 Off

Patrick Bamford: Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder ‘did not care’ about chant

By Total Football News

Sheffield United striker Patrick Bamford has praised the “rare” honesty of boss Chris Wilder.

Bamford, 32, who has joined the Blades on a deal until until January, phoned Wilder to apologise after starting a derogatory chant about him during Leeds’ Premier League promotion celebrations in April.

Wilder said at the time he had “no issue” with it although the pair have previously clashed.

In 2019 Wilder called Bamford “a muppet”

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Philippe Clement ‘won’t play fantasy football’ at Norwich City – Chris Sutton
18 November 2025 Off

Philippe Clement ‘won’t play fantasy football’ at Norwich City – Chris Sutton

By Total Football News

New Norwich head coach Philippe Clement is a “realist” who will not be afraid to “ruffle a few feathers” at Carrow Road if necessary, according to the club’s former striker Chris Sutton.

The Belgian, previously manager of Scottish giants Rangers, has been appointed on a contract to run until 2029, replacing Liam Manning, who was sacked earlier this month.

Sutton’s work covering Scottish football meant he kept a keen

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Bath and England rugby star Ollie Lawrence – and AI
7 November 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Bath and England rugby star Ollie Lawrence – and AI

By Total Football News

Lawrence also excelled at football and cricket as a boy, and was with the academies of Aston Villa and Birmingham City, as well as Worcester Warriors, before focusing on rugby at the age of 16.

Sutton is a keen cricketer himself, and has regularly turned out for Norwich cricket club in recent years, but says his rugby career did not really take off.

“I only played rugby once, for my

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Birmingham City boss Chris Davies pleased with team’s progress
1 November 2025 Off

Birmingham City boss Chris Davies pleased with team’s progress

By Total Football News

Saturday’s visit of Portsmouth is the first of two homes game in four days, and Davies accepts it is an opportunity to pick up points.

“Yes, it’s an important week for our season,” he said.

“We’ve had a difficult run. We’ve hung in there. I think the Preston game was a big one to win, and win away from home.

“We’ve proved we can win at home, away, clean sheets,

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Football Manager, the game – and AI
31 October 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Football Manager, the game – and AI

By Total Football News

Arsenal know how to win games in so many different ways, and that puts them in an unbelievably strong position.

They have got flair players, but also have this amazing record of scoring from set-pieces and are strong defensively too.

We talk about machines when I go up against AI or a computer game at predictions but, let’s face it, Arsenal are a machine at the moment and no-one is

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Chris Wilder: ‘This is why I do it’
18 October 2025 Off

Chris Wilder: ‘This is why I do it’

By Total Football News

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder admits he is addicted to the buzz of winning at Bramall Lane with his beloved Blades.

Callum O’Hare’s winner earned United their first home victory of the season and lifted them off the bottom of the Championship and above city rivals Sheffield Wednesday on goal difference.

Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield: “It was in the 93rd minute and I got asked the question by one

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Aya and Addison from Jamie Johnson FC, plus AI
17 October 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Aya and Addison from Jamie Johnson FC, plus AI

By Total Football News

The treatment that Ange Postecoglou is getting from Nottingham Forest fans is just ridiculous.

It saddens me, actually, that they are calling for him to be sacked after just seven games – and I don’t think it’s fair at all.

I covered Forest’s defeat at Newcastle before the international break. That was the result I expected, and Newcastle thoroughly deserved to win too, but it still showed all this talk

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