Sarcastic texts from pals as my Reading favourites tumbled 3-0 to Watford last Spring did little to improve my mood as even the BBC implied that the Royals had laid down to preserve the Hornets’ Championship status (not that Mr. Claridge was at the game of course), but my annoyance at the time was exacerbated by the Hertfordshire club’s all out superiority on the day and the fact that Reading had actually tried. Now that result doesn’t look so bad. The close season looked grim for the Golden Boys and The Seventy Two were even inspired to ask a portentous…
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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…
A New Man at Coventry: Aidy Boothroyd
Aidy Boothroyd’s recruitment of Gary McSheffrey to the Coventry City ranks is one of those signings it’s tricky to assess. In the middle years of the last decade, the inside forward shone in sky blue, moving on to win a Championship promotion with Birmingham, before finding the Premier League to be a bit too elevated a platform. Nonetheless, turning to an old hero is a classic Boothroyd ploy. Well versed in the psychology of the game, this laying down of a marker so early in his Ricoh tenure will be met with approving nods.The very definition of the word journeyman,…
24: Season Review, Part Six: SHE to WES
Decidedly mixed fortunes for this final foursome. West Brom sprang back into the Premier League with ease but will the string once again be elasticated? Swansea were tidy but punchless in a failed play-off bid, Watford relied on the loan system to just about keep themselves afloat and Sheffield Wednesday will still be pinching themselves at how horribly wrong it went.Sheffield WednesdayWell that was avoidable. A determined performance in a 1-0 defeat at St. James’ Park in August and a Luke Varney inspired coast to victory at Home Park soon after and the Yorkshire Owls were looking a fair bet…
TTU Awards 2009/2010: Best website
As newcomers to the blogging game, the excellent range of online materials pertaining to football has been amazingly useful in helping us learn more and to take our first fledgling footsteps. We shall be conducting a more detailed review of the offerings out there in the coming weeks but as far as these awards are concerned, our contributors have identified two sites that are of a particularly impressive nature.Matt Rowson’s BHaPPY is as exemplary a club blog as you will find and we return again and again to his Watford match summaries as well as his End of Term Report,…
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