FOOTBALL managers love a smokescreen. If you walk into a press room or in front of a camera expecting criticism of yourself and/or your team, get in early with a talking point to distract the media.Read
STOKE City do not tick any boxes for the football purist, but you will not hear a bad word said against them by Alan Pardew. Chief sports writer Luke Edwards reports.Read
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