Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The greatest trick Carlo Ancelotti ever pulled was raising one eyebrow at 45 degrees. Ancelotti’s left eyebrow has become a symbol of his management style: easy-going, slightly rakish, the Jeffrey Lebowski. It’s in total contrast to the hyperactive supercoaches who dream of chalkboards and third-man runs. Even when he’s facing the sack or when his team are losing 5-1 on aggregate, Ancelotti is doubtlessly dreaming of cigars and opera. But Ol’ Man Carlo must know something because he just keeps rolling on. The next stop is Brazil. Well, OK, Europe because that’s where Brazil play most of their games these days, but you get the point: DON CARLO X SELEÇÃO!Having read Ken Muir’s idea for Newcastle to use a QR code for a logo (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), it strikes me that this is less than an ideal plan, given that their home shirt is already a barcode. What next, using RFID chips implanted into every shirt?” – Nick Jeffery (and 1,056 others).At least Dave Challinor’s Stockport crew had the chance to recover from the ridiculous decision in their playoff first leg (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs – full email edition). Allow me to present the FAI Cup final from 2003, as Longford Town, leading 1-0, break away following an injury-time corner for St Patrick’s Athletic (about 10 minutes into the linked video). It doesn’t look wrong, but the St Pat’s ke
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