The day after a club fires its manager is a time of innuendo, prophecy, and doubt. And if you’re a newspaper at such a time, you’ll want to cover as many bases as possible. Still, if you’re the Independent, and these are your top four sports headlines:
Ancelotti emerges as main Chelsea target
Grant may return after Chelsea sack Scolari
You may want to ask yourself if you’re just being indecisive. Isn’t the cardinal rule of honesty in soccer journalism that you’re supposed to pick three stories, and stick to them?
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by Brian Phillips · February 10, 2009
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Better to just carpet bomb every option so the editors can high-five each other later for being so prescient.
Which is why I propose this headline:
Tony Adams Hasn’t Yet Ruled Out Move to Stamford Bridge
And why stop there? Here’s a list of other candidates who haven’t expressly ruled out the move:
* Sir Alex Ferguson
* Roy Keane
* Robbie Keane
* Arsène Wenger
* Marcello Lippi
* Pele
* Bob Paisley
Sensational headlines are just being missed right and left, and for what? Journalistic integrity?
Richard, in fine journalistic tradition, you lifted my idea from the other thread.
Just in: I have yet to rule myself out of contention.
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