Of all the categories this year, our opinion formers were most divided on this. Sure, the collection of silverware is all important but it’s as much about the raw materials and how far they are stretched. Hence, a number of bosses deserve credit for exceeding expectations - those gentlemen who chose to forget this when assessing Nigel Adkins and last year’s winner Brian McDermott would do well to take …
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TTU Awards 2012-13: Manager of the Season
By The Two Unfortunates on June 7, 2013 in the Category TTU Awards with 3 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Bristol Rovers, Burnley, Burton, Coventry, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, Hull, Ipswich, Leyton Orient, Yeovil
Are You Experienced? Old Pros in the Championship
By Lanterne Rouge on December 28, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with 4 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Brighton, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff, Championship, Charlton, Crystal Palace, Derby, Finances, Huddersfield, Hull, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, Wolves
The January transfer deadline is less than a week away now and message boards everywhere are heralding a cry for more experience to be added to Championship squads. The judicious addition of a central defender with a Premier League background or a proven striker could be enough to convert pretenders into serious challengers. An extra injection of class could elevate a team above the hoi polloi scrambling to avoid the …
Weighing in on the Price of Football
By Gary Andrews on October 22, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with 16 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Brentford, Charlton, Exeter, Fulham, Hartlepool, Leyton Orient, Oxford, Sheffield United, Stevenage, Wycombe
Politicians like to talk about the squeezed middle - a concept that focus groups tell them plays well to a hard-working and hard-pressed often middle class demographic who have done nothing wrong financially but find the costs of living creeping ever further up so, through no fault of their own, fall towards the poverty line.
It may make for a catchy soundbite at party conferences but said squeeze is …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Player of the Season
By The Two Unfortunates on June 7, 2012 in the Category TTU Awards with 3 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff, Charlton, Huddersfield, Southampton, West Ham
Of all the categories in this year’s awards, the most clear cut winner was Rickie Lambert.
The barrel chested scouser swept all before him in 2011-12 and how heartening it was to see this 30 year old veteran of Edgeley Park and Spotland so dominate the division. The parallels with Grant Holt have oft been drawn and no wonder – Lambert has every chance of matching the Norwich man’s …
TTU Awards 2011-12: Young Player of the Season
By The Two Unfortunates on June 7, 2012 in the Category TTU Awards with 4 CommentsTagged with Barnsley, Birmingham, Blackpool, Burnley, Charlton, Cheltenham, Crewe, Huddersfield
A couple of the nominees for this year’s best young player – Jordan Rhodes and Matt Phillips – have been so well tracked by the blogosphere that any further attempt to describe their abilities is probably about as welcome as the sight of the Cornish national flag on the Olympic Torch Relay.
Some of our other suggestions have perhaps been less heralded, though. Charlton’s Chris Solly has kept a …
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