The dismissal of Lee Clark from his last job inspired our then second most read post of all time and that he clings on for grim life at Birmingham City might seem incredible. To boot, he’s been allowed to completely overhaul the squad in a ferocious frenzy of downsizing. But Birmingham International Holdings remain in charge of the second city club for the moment, with acting chairman Peter Pannu benefitting strongly from emoluments of various hues, providing therefore an illustration of the thinking behind the continuation of Clark’s sinecure. A takeover is sorely needed at St Andrew’s and for now, replacing…
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TTU Go Predicting: Best Free Agent
A look at the Professional Footballers’ Association list of out of contract and available players becomes more depressing by the year, even if there are Premier League outcasts aplenty whose current availability is often more a consequence of protracted contract negotiations and a choice of suitors. Hence, Chris Baird, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Carlton Cole and the like will end up somewhere eventually. Of those, the pick of the list is perhaps Hitzlsperger and whilst ‘The Hammer’ may well find interest from a top tier team in Europe, his recent injury record and failure to last more than a year at any…
TTU Go Predicting: Best Loanee
Alright. Whose idea was it to kick off our thematic predictions with a loan category…? Do people realise that it’s still July? In defence, although the days are but early, loans have become such a key aspect in every club’s year-on-year recruitment that transactions are happening much earlier than they might have previously. Of course, a great number of deals are yet to see light of day but – as our contributors for these posts Rob Langham, Chris Walker, Gav Barber, Ian Rands, Tom Furnival-Adams, Lloyd Langman, Chris Lines, Gary Andrews and Ben Woolhead make clear – plenty of moves…
TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club League 1 Preview
Following yesterday’s start to pre-season, in which we looked at all 24 League 2 clubs, our intensive schedule continues as we move on to League 1. Tomorrow, attention will turn to the Championship. Bradford City Fairytale Bradford City have added a little sheen to their well built squad as they look to attack League 1 at a canter – Rochdale’s Jason Kennedy and experienced winger Mark Yeates join the standout performers James Hanson, Carl McHugh and the quicksilver Nahki Wells in Phil Parkinson’s promotion winning squad. Much will be expected of Wells’ second shot at this level after a failed…
A Football League SWOT Analysis: The Threats
The stethoscope we have applied to the Football League over the past week has revealed a not altogether satisfactory heartbeat and the fact that the weaknesses section of our study has been easily the most read does indicate that there is concern for the competition’s health among supporters. Which leads us to the threats section, the most portentous of the four categories, and one which can often appear indistinguishable from the weaknesses discussed on Wednesday. Indeed, it’s when such shortcomings escalate that weaknesses become threats. In the world of business (and I’ll go on record here by stating that I…
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