gfnx25
12 years ago
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Lee "The Transfer One" Clark has struck again! Not once but twice! Our squad size must be around 30 now!

First up we signed Rohan Ince on a season-long loan from Brighton. I am very pleased with that. I thought he played very well in a very shit Swindon side last season and looked an absolute unit in the middle of the park. Probably the replacement for Stephen Dawson, who is indeed out for a few months.

Second is yet ANOTHER loan signing from Huddersfield. We might aswell merge and call ourselves Huddersbury Town, play all the big PL games at the John Smith's and the irrelevant cup ties at the Energy Check Stadium at Gigg Lane or so. Anyway, Jordan Williams joins on loan. Young lad, been capped for England youth teams. Don't know a lot about him but heard he played really well against Rovrum in his professional debut in mid-week. Thoughts? @terriersmad

Big game at Rochdayul tomorrow. Surprsied this wasn't picked by Sky but nevermind. Be interesting to see how we bounce back from last week's shocker against Brizzle Rovers. If we lose this, expect quite a meltdown Plenty of amends to be made if we do get a win though
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Lee Clark will go down as one of the worst managers in our history...and we had Colin Hendry and Mugdonald. I can't even remember his real name...Fat Sam's old number 2.

I agree Rohan Ince should do well for you, easily good enough for League 1.

Oldham visit us tomorrow, confident of a win for a change!
gfnx25
12 years ago
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Lee Clark will go down as one of the worst managers in our history...and we had Colin Hendry and Mugdonald. I can't even remember his real name...Fat Sam's old number 2.

I agree Rohan Ince should do well for you, easily good enough for League 1.

Oldham visit us tomorrow, confident of a win for a change!


Neil McDonald? I believe that's who you think of. 99% sure he was Peter Jackson's assistant when he was at Lincoln, needless to say that didn't quite work. Works as manager at Limerick in Ireland now and is under heavy crossfire there but picked up a win last weekend at Bohs if my memory serves me right
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Aye, that's him. Fucking useless.
gfnx25
12 years ago
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Well, drew 0-0 at Spotland today. Must be pleased with that given that Joe Murphy was sent off for handling the ball outside his area. Not really much action. Many fouls, not a lot of football, pretty meh game all around. LC has already predicted a hectic deadline day so here we go then
DNZY
15 years ago
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Should just play the remainder of our games at Huish Park, decent win over Coventry and more surprisingly...A CLEAN SHEET.
terriersmad
16 years ago
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Williams is only 17 - I'm surprised he went to League One. Definitely a player in there - and a very good one - but whether League One's a bit high for him just now I'm not sure. Looked assured against Rotherham, but that was only 90 minutes and very different to a full season. Still, it'll toughen him up, get him experience of first-team football now we've signed Hadergjonaj (no, I don't know how to pronounce his name either).
Grimnir
16 years ago
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@gfnx25




Wonder where he will end up?
gfnx25
12 years ago
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@gfnx25




Wonder where he will end up?


Never actually signed for us as he just joined on non-contract forms for our game at Wigan. Might be too shit for Villa, so not going where daddy's at I suppose.

HOWEVER, the defender we signed from Southend earlier on in June..... has signed for Bradford on loan for the season, so there you fucking go.

We also signed some Romanian winger from Bournemouth today, called Mihai Dobre. I know absolutely nothing about him, but if he gets past the 2 game mark he must be qualifying for a fucking testimonial nowadays GOOD GOD I want the transfer window too end so much, jesus
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Ah, the joys of Lee Clark
terriersmad
16 years ago
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Does he still sign 4 million midfielders only to not settle on a regular pairing? Thinking about his midfield signings for us, he made a fair few (some of whom were quite good, to be fair.)

Antony Kay, Danny Drinkwater, Scott Arfield, Joey Gudjonsen, Damien Johnson, Anton Robinson, Tommy Miller, Kevin Kilbane... I'm not convinced he ever really brought in anyone in central midfield who improved upon the regular Jim Goodwin/Michael Collins pairing. Though that was probably because he played those two together week-in, week-out for six months before starting to sign players - worth pointing out that two of those midfielders he signed are Premier League regulars these days
gfnx25
12 years ago
6 years ago
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Does he still sign 4 million midfielders only to not settle on a regular pairing? Thinking about his midfield signings for us, he made a fair few (some of whom were quite good, to be fair.)

Antony Kay, Danny Drinkwater, Scott Arfield, Joey Gudjonsen, Damien Johnson, Anton Robinson, Tommy Miller, Kevin Kilbane... I'm not convinced he ever really brought in anyone in central midfield who improved upon the regular Jim Goodwin/Michael Collins pairing. Though that was probably because he played those two together week-in, week-out for six months before starting to sign players - worth pointing out that two of those midfielders he signed are Premier League regulars these days


He's evolved an signs tons of defenders nowadays. In fairness, we had hard luck in pre-season with O'Connell and Edwards picking up bad injuries there, so we were on the backfoot from the start. We wanted to play 4-4-2 but when our midfield talisman Stephen Dawson got injuried vs. Sunderland in the League Cup, things went a bit tits up. Clark went back to 5 at the back after this, then realized that due to injuries we don't have the amount of defenders to play 5 at the back and signed loads of them. He then realized, our midfield was still very light and signed Rohan Ince to make up for that. Given that we have just signed a winger I believe we might go back to 4 at the back again.

Clark has already lost the plot. I don't really think he knows what his best XI is.
gfnx25
12 years ago
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Wonder where he will end up?


Wigan is your answer, son
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Oh no, we've done it now too. Peter Hartley signed for us in the summer, thought he was a decent option, has today joined Motherwell on loan.

Still unsure if we've kept hold of Bright Osayi-Samuel or if he is having a medical with old boss Holloway at QPR.
terriersmad
16 years ago
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He's evolved an signs tons of defenders nowadays. In fairness, we had hard luck in pre-season with O'Connell and Edwards picking up bad injuries there, so we were on the backfoot from the start. We wanted to play 4-4-2 but when our midfield talisman Stephen Dawson got injuried vs. Sunderland in the League Cup, things went a bit tits up. Clark went back to 5 at the back after this, then realized that due to injuries we don't have the amount of defenders to play 5 at the back and signed loads of them. He then realized, our midfield was still very light and signed Rohan Ince to make up for that. Given that we have just signed a winger I believe we might go back to 4 at the back again.

Clark has already lost the plot. I don't really think he knows what his best XI is.

He'd lost the plot by 2011. As evidenced by HTFC World's take on his selection after picking the same team two weeks in a row...

http://www.htfc-world.com/reports/LeytonO4/leytonorient240911_r6_c1.jpg
gfnx25
12 years ago
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Imagine the following scenario: You sign tons of players with good quality for League One and you end up playing 38 year-old player-coach Ryan Lowe upfront. That is exactly what happened yesterday.

Can't even blame the lads for not trying, but we never ever looked like we're going to score. Hence, Josh Morris free-kick, 1-0, loss. Shit is getting real
Vercoe
11 years ago
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If any team wants to beat us, apparently all they have to do is withstand 15-20 minutes of admittedly good football with no end product and then score first and we'll crumble.
gfnx25
12 years ago
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Vercoe
11 years ago
3 years ago
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3 red cards in 3 consecutive home games \o/
gfnx25
12 years ago
6 years ago
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Lost 2-3 at Fleetwood. Jermaine Beckford missed a last-second penalty to equalize.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFhobTXXYAAu2XR.jpg:large
terriersmad
16 years ago
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I'm inordinately pleased to see that Forest Green are seriously struggling. I normally like seeing different sides get in and do well in the League, but they're an obnoxious lot.
BR.
17 years ago
2 years ago
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We're pish. AFC Wimbledon at home? We continue to plumb new depths.
gfnx25
12 years ago
6 years ago
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Drew 0-0 vs Plymouth. Reasons for the draw are us being incompetent in front of the goal, Lee Clark being incompetent by taking out our only proven goalscorer this season and the goalie playing a FUCKING BLINDER
Vercoe
11 years ago
3 years ago
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Drew 0-0 vs Plymouth. Reasons for the draw are us being incompetent in front of the goal, Lee Clark being incompetent by taking out our only proven goalscorer this season and the goalie playing a FUCKING BLINDER


Best 'keeper in the league.
Grimnir
16 years ago
2 months ago
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We seem to be playing well and scoring a lot of belting goals, fair play to Bowyer.

I just can't enjoy it as much until something happens at the top of this club. Roll on October and hopefully judgement day.
BR.
17 years ago
2 years ago
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We seem to be playing well and scoring a lot of belting goals, fair play to Bowyer.

I just can't enjoy it as much until something happens at the top of this club. Roll on October and hopefully judgement day.


Bowyer could never get us above 8th/9th place in the Championship despite having a very good squad for the division, I was surprised he took you up and even more surprised at how well you've started, fair play to him indeed.
gfnx25
12 years ago
6 years ago
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Blackpool will quietly sneak into the play-offs and end up winning them, put your house on it
Grimnir
16 years ago
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Blackpool will quietly sneak into the play-offs and end up winning them, put your house on it


It's what we do best.

Oh that and fuck over fans.
Vercoe
11 years ago
3 years ago
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Fucking hate football. Still, 4 red cards in 4 home games isn't bad I guess.
gfnx25
12 years ago
6 years ago
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Drew 1-1 at Charlton. Not a bad result tbh, seeing as there is still plenty of fight in the team but those draws get us nowhere.

Beckford won SSN goal of the day with his strike to make it 1-0 though

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