We put an end to our Monday Profile series in the Summer after a two year run but, in a bid to occasionally recapture the spirit of that venture, will occasionally shine a light on a Football League player of our choice. Today, Ian Rands of A United View on Football surveys the first few months of Nick Blackman’s Sheffield United career and wonders if his encouraging early momentum can be maintained. As Sheffield United have ground their way to second place in League One, displaying the sporting flair and efficiency of the Canadian snooker player Cliff Thorburn, one player…
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A Big Day for Macc
With fellow relegation candidates Plymouth seemingly coughing and spluttering towards the finishing line, today represents an excellent chance for either Macclesfield or Dagenham to push on and leave their rivals in mental tatters as the two meet at Victoria Road. Here, Macc fan and Magic Sponger Rob MacDonald wonders how it’s come to this for the Silkmen and what the implications for relegation would be in Cheshire East. Since Macclesfield Town were sitting (relatively) pretty in 14th place in League 2 on New Year’s Eve, I’ve joked with ever-lessening joviality about the fact that we appear to have been stuck…
The Thursday Preview: Plymouth V Macclesfield (Fans Reunited 1)
TTU regulars will know that Plymouth Argyle receive more than their fair share of coverage on these pages; although we try to split our attention 72 ways it can be difficult to abstain from repeat postings when there’s so much to be said. The goalposts in this long-running saga have moved daily, so we’ve largely played the admiring onlooker of late as others, such as twohundredpercent, have, to paraphrase Rio, taken up the mantelpiece. Just last week, though, we jumped back on the bandwagon, a Red Stripe-fuelled mini-post nodding with hope to a new dawn at Home Park. Of course,…
The Seventy Two Unfortunates League 2 Preview
Today, our bumper (there really is no other word) preview of the coming football league season has gone live, a collaborative venture with The Seventy Two. The whole thing is presented in pdf format and is available for free download or via the link below. http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf Open publication - Free publishing - More championship There is a whole lot to enjoy from a myriad of the blogosphere’s best writers, but if your particular bag is League 2, you’ll probably find yourself thumbing forward virtually to page 82. Therein, we have been delighted to welcome the likes of Michael Wood from…
How do you solve a problem like Paul Ince?
His early coaching success now a distant memory, Paul Ince found himself out of a job once again this month after leaving relegation-threatened Notts County. With several of his former Manchester United teammates having enjoyed relatively straightforward routes into top-level management, is it circumstance or something else that’s holding back Ince’s managerial career?The latest change of manager at Notts County attracted press coverage mainly centred around Martin Allen’s admission that it was the pay cheque waved under his nose by the club’s board that persuaded him to abandon his Barnet rescue mission for a similar one at Meadow Lane. An…
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