The careers of artists often follow a narrative arc of early promise, before a steady waining of powers until the reels of bad product outweigh the hits. As with Woody Allen, so too new Sheffield Wednesday recruit Clinton Morrison has failed to match the Oscar-winning heights of previous years.As the most experienced of Sheffield Wednesday’s summer recruits, much will be expected of the ex-Crystal Palace striker. Sadly for Wednesdayites, his story has been an all too familiar tale of promise descending into mediocrity. After his debut in the blue and red stripes at 18, there followed a four-season spell of…
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24: Season Review, Part Two: COV to DON
Our next tranche of the appraisal process casts light on four who will still be amongst us next season: Coventry, Crystal Palace, Derby and Doncaster. Of these, Palace’s has been easily the most tempestuous twelve months, suffering the ignominious fate of administration, while Donny have perhaps provided a model for how things should be stewarded, both on and off the pitch. As for Coventry and Derby: days of yore seem ever distant.Coventry CityIn a mid-season post, I theorized that the problem at Coventry is one of slow decline. We are currently seeing evidence of how a drop into League One…
TTU Awards 2009/2010: Bargain Buy of the Season
Recently featured in our Monday Profile feature, in the wake of a skimming drive to keep Crystal Palace in the division, Darren Ambrose’s future is uncertain at the time of posting; his ex-gaffer Neil Warnock clearly fancying a repeat performance from the silken midfielder a few miles to the northwest of his current home. Whether the ex-Tractor Boy ends up at Loftus Road or not, his one season at the Palace provided rare succour for the Addicksphobic Simon Jordan, captured as he was on an inspired Bosman after losing his way somewhat at Charlton. Prominent in a strong field of…
The Monday Profile: Darren Ambrose
Perhaps a predictable choice for the profile this week but anyone who was able to ignore Mark Bright’s constant sledging of those called upon to replace him in the position of striker for Crystal Palace FC on the Beeb yesterday will have had underlined to them once again how much of a fulcrum the Harlow sired player has been for the Eagles this season. One fact of significance that Bright did recount was the midfielder’s notching of a round score of goals: double that of opponents Sheffield Wednesday’s top scorer. It’s no exaggeration at all to state that Palace are…
The Thursday Preview: Sheffield Wednesday Vs Crystal Palace
From my experience, football fans tend to enjoy hypothetical conversations. Whether it’s conjecturing which lower league strikers would look good a level up, compiling themed-XIs, or arguing the toss over club versus country scenarios (for the record, The Two Unfortunates advocates the “I’d rather see my team win a corner kick in the 90th minute when they’re 3-0 down than England win the World Cup” stance), us supporters are more than partial to a bit of football fancy.Another such whimsy is whether you’d prefer your team to sort its status out with time to spare, or whether you’d opt in…
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