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Thread | PNE v Swindon Thread
at 17:37 24 May 2015
Oh Bollocks .. well I said that they'd win by 3 or 4 goals and they're 1-0 up and Swindon have lost their captain! |
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Thread | So any names in the frame?
at 10:59 9 May 2015
Suppose Holloway is the obvious but have to say that I don't think he's ready or would come back - after that I really haven't a clue who's out there or who could do a job. Any names? |
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Thread | Darren Oh Dear
at 12:14 7 May 2015
Ironic what he has to say here because in the 47 minutes on Saturday he was by far the worst player for both sides and arguably one of the reasons we did get relegated - bringing in players who just aren't good enough! Pot and Kettle springs to mind!!
Darren O’Dea fears Blackpool could face back-to-back relegations unless big changes are made at the club.
The defender has left Bloomfield Road, having not been offered a new deal by manager Lee Clark following talks last weekend.
The official retained list is yet to be released by the club, although The Gazette understands Clark has released almost all of his out-of-contract players. Tom Barkhuizen is the only player to have so far confirmed his departure.
O’Dea is worried about the club’s future. He said: “The manager was fantastic. I feel for him and I feel for the players who are going to be there, because if Blackpool don’t get their finger out they could potentially go down again.
“They were in the Premier League three years ago? Sometimes you wonder ...
“I think that if Clark gets his way, then Blackpool with be fine. But as manager there, I wouldn’t say getting your way is the easiest thing.
“There are some lovely people there but the club is poorly run and they are going to struggle.”
O’Dea made 19 appearances for the Seasiders, having signed initially on a one-month deal last December.
The 28-year-old Republic of Ireland international needed time to build up his fitness but ended the season in decent form, despite Pool’s terrible run of results and relegation.
O’Dea had spent the previous season in Ukraine and he added: “From the outside, Blackpool obviously had a disastrous season. But for me, going there was about playing.
“I had a bad injury before I went there, and having been out of the country before that I think there was a bit of a question mark over me in people’s minds.
“I wanted to put that to bed, which I think I did by playing 20 games and never missing a day’s training.”
The Gazette understands several clubs have shown interest in the defender, with Bolton being touted as one potential destination.
And he’s hoping his experience at clubs like Celtic and Leeds will stand him in good stead.
“You’re at the mercy of other people but if you look at my CV, I’ve been around for long enough now,” he said, “so hopefully I’ll get something sorted quickly.
“I’ve played more that 250 club games, never below the Championship, and I was in the SPL with Celtic.
“I’ve 20 international caps, so I think it’s fair to say I could do a job for someone.
“But in the end it’s down to who needs a central defender and who fancies me for their team.” |
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Thread | Do Players care what happens at clubs?
at 11:54 25 Apr 2015
Just thinking of Lee Clark's shopping list for next season and how many he'll have to put a red line through because they don't want to come after what has happened this season. It's always been tough to attract talent to Blackpool but will next season be especially so. If you get a choice of say Oldham or Blackpool - would you go with Oldham just because they don't have the awful reputation we have or is it still all about the money - and ironically will KO have to dig deeper to get the players that Clark wants? |
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Thread | Still nothing from Orlandi about next season
at 10:42 6 Apr 2015
Wonder if he'll disclose in his weekly column if he intends to stay? Anyhow here's his thoughts this week ...
And Gudjohnsen appeared… Now I remember last May, when the Champions League started to slip through Atlético de Madrid‘s fingers because of Ramos‘ goal at minute 93. Nothing to do, of course, but that comes to my mind when I think about what happened to us in Bolton. We had it in our hands, we were almost touching it… and Gudjohnsen emerged out of the blue to steal our first away victory, that what we had fought for. Guddy is not already in his prime, but he’s that kind of player who always knows where and when to be.
We played well, we worked, we fought, we devoted ourselves and we were solidary. Both teams had opportunities and could win or lose but the feelings are positive when I think about it. Last Saturday, after the match, I was sad and pissed off, as everyone in the team, but if we analyze it calmly we should feel satisfied because we are keeping our dignity and proud at this end of season. We are another team and that’s indeed a lot.
Returning to Gudjohnsen, we happened to meet while I was at Barça B. We didn’t have so much contact because most of the times I trained with the first team the international players weren’t there and he hasn’t missed a match with Island since he started to walk. I was thinking of say hello to him at the end of the match but I reject the idea when he scored the draw goal.
I know my match was not brilliant. I had no clarity with the ball, which is precisely what I never miss, so I took the right way: to run and to work for my partners. Years ago, I learnt you must double your efforts when it’s not your day. Be solidary and help. And I did it. At least, we’re playing again tomorrow, at home against Reading, and I die to play well and enjoy. And I want to win.
Win. We need to include this word again into the club’s mentality because I’m fed up with losing and I hate to give the impression we are a team of losers. The day I start a match thinking “there’s nothing we can do”, I will turn around and go home.
I’ve had a particular satisfaction, a remarkable thing considering the season. The ‘Four Four Two‘ magazine have made a survey to decide the best 50 players in Championship, League One and League Two this year. And they have published the list of those who didn’t enter the list by inches. A friend of mine called me yesterday to tell me I was among these, in the 54th position, which is at least a recognition of my work.
During last week, I was surprised with the critics to Spanish Team for their defeat against Netherlands. It seems like they should win always, as if winning two European Cups in a row was a piece of cake. Spain is in renovation but I can’t understand some things I have read. In some ways, it’s bound to FC Barcelona‘s renovation. They have an idea and a very specific football who granted to them all the honours, something that was taken to the national team, and now they both are in a change process.
Football is made of cycles but that’s the way we Latins are: when you win so much, you don’t know how to lose and any defeat is hard to bear. What happened in Brazil was terrible to us, sure, but it’s not a reason to attack the team the way they do.
I was delighted to watch the Italy vs England match. I like the azurra. We were used to see them under the crossbar, defending with clenching teeth, but now they play the ball well. And England was not any less with a great Carrick. England is like Spain before winning the 2008 European Cup to me. If you look at them player by player you realize it’s a great team… but they always misses something. And sometimes it’s a question of bad luck.
Last week someone from the PFA came to give us the ballot papers to vote for our team of the year, best young Premier player and best player. I vote for Harry Kane because it’s difficult to make a better season. I still remember playing against him when he was in Leicester and he couldn’t be always a starter… Now he dashes in the Premier League and with the national team. A proof that football is very strange and sometimes unfair.
My Championship team of the year has got a bit of everything. I will be sincere: some friends of mine occupy several places, but I think I’m fair in my choices. I could not choose other wingers than Calderon and Bruno Saltor although I had to change of wing one of them. For the rest, I guided myself by the sensations I had in the pitch. Michel Antonio (Forest) and Matt Richie (Bornemouth) had to be there, as Gary Hooper (Norwich), maybe not the best striker of the season but great against us. Wes Hoolahan is also included in a pretty offensive team. I tried to be fair because I don’t like to make fun of these things. And yes, I’ve voted two friends as best wingers… but they haven’t got rival in the category.
To finish off I’m making you jealous. Last week was not special… but the 1.5 kilogram chop we had my friend Adam El Abd and I was historical. Such a chop in the north of England! And in the company of a great guy who I spent a great time with in Brighton. He is playing at the Bury and I think he deserves to play in a better category.
That’s the way football is…
See you tomorrow at Bloomfield Road. Happy Easter and…
Vamoooooooossss!!! |
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Thread | Michael Jacobs?
at 15:43 4 Apr 2015
Must say his arrival kind of past me by but what's the deal was he out of contract and has come until the end of the season. He sounds like another one we could do with next season. |
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Thread | Anyone else going to Neil Diamond at BR?
at 09:17 4 Apr 2015
Just bought me and the missus £100 tickets in block B1 which means I'll just be in front of my season ticket seat in the South Stand! Think I'll probably spend most of the performance tutting at the damage it's doing to the pitch!! |
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Thread | Who isn't available for the cup?
at 11:45 29 Dec 2014
Potentially Murphy, Foley, Daniels, Kennedy, O'Keefe, Lundstram  - plus can we rule out Nosworthy and Davies and will Peter Clarke be suspended? |
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Thread | Pittman's hand ball
at 18:01 21 Dec 2014
Should such an obvious cheating tactic have been more severely punished than just a yellow card? Did the ref have any means to punish him further? Certainly when he handled it again in the middle of the pitch I wondered if he'd pull out another yellow. |
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Thread | Wonder what Lundstram was thinking today?
at 22:50 22 Nov 2014
Not only dumped out of the first XI but out of the whole squad. Can't help but think it won't be long before we cancel his loan deal? |
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Thread | Newbie to the new board
at 10:18 25 Oct 2014
Have been watching from a distance whilst still vacating the other sites and thought I'd join in! Looks decent - notice there's no 9 ball  - maybe AVFTT could get a 10 ball just in case? So anything I should know about, posters to dodge, threads to join in with and am I too late to join the Prediction League? |
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