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"Alternatively, of course, some may feel it isn’t necessary to possess the skills of a Bletchley Park code-breaker to discern that when newspapers say the Special One is overwhelmingly the people’s choice, what they might mean is that he was voted in by a landslide at an editorial conference."
The words, correct in substance but stylishly corrupt, are those of the Sunday Times "Voice of Sport" Hugh McIlvanney, who more and more reads like a man who is running out of tricks to pull out of his favourite box. It's sad to see a champion so diminished.
McIlvanney should maybe take heed of past articles, often written by himself, in which fading greats are gently chided for going on too long.
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