Chris Dunlavy

REALISM is a dirty word in football. Ambition is where it’s at. Because even the smallest acorn can become a mighty oak.
It’s a fallacy that costs chairman their fortunes, managers their jobs and, in the tragic case of Bury, a town its football club.
This week’s victim was Daniel Stendel, who was sacked as head coach of Barnsley just six months after guiding the Tykes to promotion from League One.
Stendel’s men - or boys, to be realistic - hadn’t won a match since the opening day of the season.
But nobody at Oakwell was kicking off. Nobody w...