Tag: Sutton

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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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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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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Premier League final-day predictions: Chris Sutton v superstar DJ & producer Paul Oakenfold
23 May 2025 Off

Premier League final-day predictions: Chris Sutton v superstar DJ & producer Paul Oakenfold

By Total Football News

This might seem like one of the most stupid things I have ever said, but this is a massive game for Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim.

In the fall-out after their Europa League final defeat, there have been further question marks over his inability to change his system, and also how there is seemingly a lack of thought going into his substitutions after how late he left them against Spurs

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v grime stars Footsie & Strategy
8 May 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v grime stars Footsie & Strategy

By Total Football News

Arsenal were really good against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday, and I was impressed by how brave they were, but they still went out of the Champions League.

There will be Gunners fans out there who will think they should be winning more trophies than they have managed under Mikel Arteta, who has still not added to the FA Cup he lifted in his first season, 2019-20.

Arsenal are still heading

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Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v British-Colombian singer Sasha Keable
1 May 2025 Off

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v British-Colombian singer Sasha Keable

By Total Football News

The Premier League’s bottom two meet at King Power Stadium on Saturday, so will Leicester or Southampton manage to pick up a rare victory?

“Saints still need a point to beat Robbie Savage’s useless Derby side, and avoid a share of the ‘worst Premier League team ever’ trophy,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.

“But it says it all about how bad both teams have been this season that

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Chris Sutton: Ex-Norwich City striker disappointed with Thorup sacking
25 April 2025 Off

Chris Sutton: Ex-Norwich City striker disappointed with Thorup sacking

By Total Football News

Norwich City “failed to hold their nerve” by sacking head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup, according to former Canaries striker Chris Sutton.

The Dane was relieved of his duties on Tuesday following a run of six defeats from their past eight games and just one win.

“I’m really surprised – I didn’t see it coming because like most fans I thought Johannes was in for a bit of a long haul

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