Last year, I identified a common feeling among lower divisions fans whereby, in the absence of anything to shout about at one’s own club, vicarious pleasure can be obtained from the feats of former heroes. I labelled this Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Syndrome.An international break can provoke similar feelings - I wonder how many Reading fans pumped the air when Shane Long swooped to score at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday? Did Boro fans seek solace as Tarmo Kink played a blinder in Estonia’s historic 3-1 win in Serbia?But those players at least still sport blue & white and red respectively. Taking…
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The Monday Profile: Jamie Mackie
If QPR’s 3-0 win against Doncaster at Loftus Road on Saturday was remarkable, then it was only for the fact that Jamie Mackie failed to take his goal tally to nine for the season. So convincing has the team and their Dorking-born forward’s recent form been that no fixture looks too troublesome for either at this stage.It was all a little different last season, of course. While Rangers had one Flavio Briatore-sized hand tied behind their back, Mackie spent practically the entire season in the Championship’s bottom three as ex-club Plymouth struggled for air at the foot of the table….
Looking for chinks in the QP Armoury
Another year, another trailblazer. Cardiff City’s defeat against a wounded and angry Leicester City side has left Queen’s Park Rangers atop the pile. 3-0 wins over Middlesbrough and Ipswich send out a statement of intent and the chasing pack will already be nervous that one berth has already been reserved.Capturing Adel Taarabt on a permanent deal was one of the canniest moves of the Summer, even if it remains surprising that other clubs failed to challenge Rangers for the Moroccan’s services. Last season, Neil Warnock injected impetus into a flailing club thanks to a few smeltings of his customary Sheffield…
TTU 2010/11: Season Preview: Championship (Part Two)
See Part One of the TTU 2010/11 Championship Season Preview here.MiddlesbroughHeadline of the Summer’Scottish Invasion!’ in relation to the number of players from across the border Strachan has recruited.Ins/OutsINAndrew Halliday (Livingston)Kris Boyd (Rangers)Nicky Bailey (Charlton)Stephen McManus (Celtic)Kevin Thomson (Rangers)Tarmo Kink (Győri ETO)OUT:Chris Riggott (released)Emanuel Pogatetz (Hannover 96)Jérémie Aliadière (released)John Johnson (Northampton)Mido (Ajax)Any major worries?Gordon has rightly strengthened the spine of the team but the flanks look a little bare . More signings are promised, having been spearheaded by Estonian winger Tarmo Kink, who agreed terms just to meet our publication deadline. Goalkeeping remains a concern. Brad Jones is yet to…
24: Season Review, Part Five: QUE to SHE
Three expected challengers who never came close and one mooted set of whipping boys who did Lincolnshire proud. Topsier-turvier times would be hard to conceive for the hoops of Reading and QPR as Kevin Blackwell meddled with his line-up like a demented pharmacist and the amiable Nigel Adkins proved he was more than just a mate of the BBC’s Mark Clemmit.Queen’s Park RangersQPR were scintillating in the Fall, a televised comeback at Derby evoking memories of Seventies legends. This came on the heels of batterings of Barnsley and Reading at the Bush and a syrupy forward line looked way too…
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Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
Going through Worcester...
Frank Heaven: LR - yes, that's right, with Albion and Wolves being in Staffordshire....
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Eoghan Darbyshire: Quality player, could see he was head and shoulders above the rest of...
