Who picks the Championship Team of the Week

Posted on October 20, 2008
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Who picks the Championship Team of the week? Someone that doesn’t watch the matches. From the dire game that was Doncaster V Blackpool two players made the starting 11. Shaun Barker of Blackpool and Neil Sullivan the Doncaster keeper.

To start Barker was dicked on for the first 20 minutes by Stuart Elliot. The Donny winger beat him about 4 times in the air from long balls and found himself out of position numerous times.

Sullivan didn’t do too bad, but Paul Rachubka at the other end pulled off the save of the match, that save alone from a Hayter shot should have made him the pick of the keepers on the day!

England 5-1 Kazakhstan

Posted on October 12, 2008
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Well the first half didn’t go to plan but we got the result in the end. Overall it was an entertaining match and a good overall result. I thought that Big Emile Heskey was brilliant and unlucky not to get a goal, his through ball for Defoe’s goal was awesome.

He’s not everyone’s cup of tea and only 5 goals in an England shirt isn’t a great return but he brings something different to the team, like…..Big Ben Burgess!

Blackpool 1 - 1 Cardiff

Posted on October 4, 2008
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We were a little lucky this afternoon to grab a point against Cardiff, we were awful for the most of the match and it wasn’t for Cardiff being poor upfront we should have been 2, 3 down by the time Alan Gow struck the equalizer in extra time.

The goal from Gow was a great strike from the edge of the box into the bottom corner, it was surprising to see Cardiff stand off Gow as he brought the ball down on the edge of the box.

It could have been a different match if Ben Burgess’s goal in the first half stood, from my angle there was no offside, in recent weeks there’s been some shocking referee decisions, pity as towards the end of last season and the start of this one the bastards in the black have been pretty good.

It was good to see Stephen McPhee back in on the pitch but Adam Hammill still flattered to deceive after he started ahead of the injured Jorgensen.  With the international break coming up it’s going to be a while til next match but at least we have England to look froward to! Were really good now!

QPR 1 - 1 Blackpool highlights

Posted on September 30, 2008
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Another good point picked up tonight against QPR and another goal from Gary Taylor-Fletcher, and what a goal it was, see it on the highlights video below. From the match reports it sounded like a typical away performance with the QPR pushing for most of the match and us nicking the goal in the first half.

All three point would have been nice as that would have put us on level points with PNE and up to 9th in the table. Currently we sit in 14th place on 12 points with another 4 teams with the same points tally.

Roll on Cardiff on Saturday who beat Coventry 2-1 tonight.

Freddie Eastwood spoils the day again

Posted on September 29, 2008
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That bloody Freddie Eastwood spoiled the day on Saturday after a great opener from big Ben the Romany forward scored a equaliser to share the points. He’s now scored against us for three different clubs. From my angle there was a big deflection from Rob Edwards to knock the ball in at the near post, so technically it wasn’t his goal. 

To be honest it wasn’t the greatest match ever and Burgess as normal for a home game did pretty much nothing but scored and hit the bar.  It did look like the players had a hang over from the Birmingham match. 

The worring point was that at times we were awful in defence but seemed to ride our luckk. Both full backs Barker and Camera were caught out of position and a few dodgy clearances from Evatt didn’t help things. 

Anyway next week it’s Cardiff with a stupid 12:30 kick off which means an early start for me, I don’t think I’ll make the trip to QPR tomorrow night.

Poll Results - Pick of the new lads

Posted on September 22, 2008
Filed Under Adam Hammill, David Vaughan, Kaspars Gorkss, Poll results, Steve Kabba | Leave a Comment

Another poll comes to an end, the vote was for the pick of the new lads and Rob Edwards deservedly came on top with 28% of the votes. The former Wolves centre back has impressed all since his summer move and has been handed the captain’s armband too.

In second place Steve Kabba the loan man from Watford with 24% of the votes. After a slow start due to injury Kabba has hit two goals and was instrumental in the Birmingham win. 

In third place David Vaughan who also had a slow start to the season. With 13% of the votes Vaughan beats Adam Hammill to third with one vote extra. 

 

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The next vote looks at the winner of this poll, Rob Edwards. Theres been plenty of discussion about this subject both online and at the ground…

Is Rob Edwards better than Kaspars Gorkss?

The voting form in on the side bar so get voting!

Birminghan 0 - 1 Blackpool

Posted on September 20, 2008
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Get in 1-0 win over Birmingham this afternoon thanks to a great goal in the second half from Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

It’s puts Tuesday’s result to the back of the mind. Pool lined up 442 with Steve Kabba playing upfront with Ben Burgess and David Vaughan on the wing in place of Adam Hammill.

Althought the blues pressed the back five impressed with the central pairing of Evatt and Edwards being the pick of the bunch.

What a day, what a win! Up to tenth in the league!

Burnley 2 - 0 Blackpool - Not good enough

Posted on September 17, 2008
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After being the champions of Lancashire last season I was hoping for a similar run of victories over our Lancashire Rivals this season. First up last night, the Clampets - the Dingles - Burnley. The night didn’t start well with news that Steve Kabba was injured and we’d be playing a 4-5-1 with Ben Burgess on his tod upfront.  Kabba has a sore thigh and calf.

Anyway we played awful, in the first half there must have been 4 formations, starting with 4-4-2 with GTF upfront with Burgess. Then 5-4-1 with GTF on the right, Adam Hammill on the left and David Vaughan in the hole. Then the wingers swapped etc etc. We were lucky to be level at the break after Rachubka pulled off a couple of good saves. 

A sub at half time would have been good, Hammill off with Nardiello upfront with Burgess, going 4-4-2 with GTF and Vaughan on the wing. But that change didn’t come. Martin Paterson, who looks a really good player, took his goal well, and the penalty scored by Gary Alexander was incidental. 

The most worrying points from the night, Hammill being awful (he was slighty better in the first half) and the stat that we only had two shots all night!

Will Steve Kabba be called back to Watford?

Posted on September 15, 2008
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Another great win this weekend over Barnsley and all thanks to a great goal from Steve Kabba. A sweet strike from outside of the box proved to be the difference between the two sides, it looked like we weren’t going to get the win after two shots were cleared off the line.

It’s all good for Steve Kabba who’s scored two goals since his loan move from Watford, but does this mean that Aidy Boothroyd will be looking at bringing Kabba back? Non of the Watford strikers have scored in the league yet and with Kabba hitting form does it mean an early return for the frontman?  I hope not.

If he does keep on scoring we’ll have to have a chant for him, how about Culture Club - Karma Chameleon.

Kabba, Kabba, Kabba, Kabba, Kabba, Kabba, Kabbaaaaaaaa He scores great goals, he score great goaalllllsssss ??????

Have a sing-a-long.

Alan Gow does sign

Posted on September 1, 2008
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Alan Gow has now signing for Blackpool. It appears that the deal was off this morning but loan deal has now been arranged. This morning the deal was for a £250,000 signing with a 3 year contract. This evening it’s been confirmed by the Rangers chairman, David Murray, that Gow would be signing on a long term deal.

He play either upfront, in midfield or on the wing, which seems pretty similar to GTF. Starting his career at Clydeank, he moved onto Airdrie United then Falkirk. His move to Rangers didn’t go to plan as never started a game with plenty of players ahead of him in the pecking order. Lets he gets some first team action at Pool!

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