Tag: survival

Omer Riza: Boss says Cardiff ‘nervous’ but confident of survival
4 April 2025 Off

Omer Riza: Boss says Cardiff ‘nervous’ but confident of survival

By Total Football News

Riza became manager in daunting circumstances, initially on an interim basis after Erol Bulut was sacked last September following Cardiff’s worst start to a league season in their history.

A former Watford coach whose only previous English Football League managerial experience was a short and unsuccessful stint at Leyton Orient, Riza oversaw a significant initial improvement and was eventually handed a contract last December to make him Cardiff boss until

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Plymouth Argyle 2-3 Derby County: Marcus Harness double keeps Rams survival hopes alive
17 March 2025 Off

Plymouth Argyle 2-3 Derby County: Marcus Harness double keeps Rams survival hopes alive

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic told BBC Sport:

“We simply gave away two easy goals from throw-ins that we could not defend.

“When you’re in a six-pointer and 2-0 down, we knew that nothing after the second goal would be easy for us

“But our response was positive and we managed to get back into the game and we found the right tactical approach and the right words at

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Preston North End 2-1 Portsmouth: Thordarson’s late strike dents Pompey’s survival bid
16 March 2025 Off

Preston North End 2-1 Portsmouth: Thordarson’s late strike dents Pompey’s survival bid

By Total Football News

Pompey came the closest to an opener in a relatively uneventful first 45 minutes through Andre Dozzell’s curling effort on the stroke of half-time, but the game burst into life in the second period.

Preston boss Paul Heckingbottom made four changes at the break in an attempt to liven up his side, with Liam Lindsay, Jayden Meghoma, Mads Frokjaer-Jensen and Ryan Ledson all withdrawn for Ben Whiteman, Robbie Brady, Sam

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Derby County 2-0 Coventry City: Rams boost survival hopes in win over in-form Coventry
12 March 2025 Off

Derby County 2-0 Coventry City: Rams boost survival hopes in win over in-form Coventry

By Total Football News

Derby boosted their hopes of Championship survival after goals from Matt Clarke and Marcus Harness saw them beat in-form Coventry at a raucous Pride Park.

Clarke opened the scoring against the run of play after latching on to a Harness cross from the right after 23 minutes.

Having set up the first, Harness then scored the second with a neat finish at the start of the second half, guiding the

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Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl targeting survival guarantee of 50 points
28 February 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl targeting survival guarantee of 50 points

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl remains focussed on guaranteeing Championship safety despite being 15 points clear of the relegation zone.

Wednesday currently sit 13th, six points adrift of the play-offs.

But Rohl is keen to reach the 50-points mark and is refusing to look any further ahead.

“It is always about going forward and being on the front foot but it has always been about 50 points,” he said.

“We’ve

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Portsmouth FC: The five steps behind Pompey’s Championship survival surge
26 February 2025 Off

Portsmouth FC: The five steps behind Pompey’s Championship survival surge

By Total Football News

You have to be careful choosing your metaphors at this time of the season.

Portsmouth clearly aren’t over the finish line. I’m not sure it’s even quite in sight yet.

However, after three wins in a row it feels like they’ve come around the final bend and are on the home straight towards Championship survival.

To be 17th and nine points clear of the relegation zone considering where the team

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Miron Muslic: New Plymouth Argyle head coach targets Championship survival
14 January 2025 Off

Miron Muslic: New Plymouth Argyle head coach targets Championship survival

By Total Football News

Muslic is the fourth permanent manager of Argyle in 13 months.

Steven Schumacher, who led the Pilgrims to the League One title in 2023, left the club in December of that year to take over as Stoke City boss.

He was replaced by former England youth coach Ian Foster, but his three-month tenure saw the Pilgrims drop into the relegation zone, and it was director of football Neil Dewsnip and

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Leicester 0-3 Wolves: Vitor Pereira predicts Wolves’ survival after dream start
22 December 2024 Off

Leicester 0-3 Wolves: Vitor Pereira predicts Wolves’ survival after dream start

By Total Football News

Pereira’s first game as a Premier League manager has been a long time coming.

The 56-year-old thought he was going to be given the Everton job in 2013, and says he “did many job interviews with English clubs”.

A two-time title winner with Porto, he has finally been given an opportunity in England, but surely did not imagine making such a comfortable start.

Wolves were 3-0 up by half-time, but

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Winless after 10 games: What the stats tell us about Premier League survival
3 November 2024 Off

Winless after 10 games: What the stats tell us about Premier League survival

By Total Football News

Wolves fought back from a goal down against Crystal Palace but couldn’t hold on for what would have been an important three points.

The defensive frailties of O’Neil’s side proved costly once again, with errors and poor marking essentially gifting Palace both goals.

“I don’t think it’s all on him. The whole group has a lot of responsibility,” said Wolves striker Matheus Cunha when asked about the pressure on O’Neil.

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Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: Sammie Szmodics double strike ensures survival against the champions
4 May 2024 0

Leicester City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers: Sammie Szmodics double strike ensures survival against the champions

By Total Football News

Leicester City head coach Enzo Maresca told BBC Radio Leicester:

“The best feeling is to see all the fans happy. If we think about less than a year ago, some of them were very sad, kids crying.

“To see them happy, to be honest I wake up and work every day for this moment.

“It’s about the players. They have been fantastic because they’ve been open minded since day one.

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