I’ll set the record straight now, I’m not a big fan of the Israeli, so if I were to get him in a real life Secret Santa, I would be looking around the room to swap as quickly as possible. If truth be told, I want him to be out of a job for Christmas, but that just isn’t in the spirit of the season is it?!
In that vein, my Secret Santa present to Avram Grant would probably be paying for his bus fare to the Job Centre. I mean, I can’t handle the thought of the man being out of work, but if I knew his travel expenses were covered, then I could rest a little easier over the Christmas period!
Obviously we are only talking in jest here, but if you picked Avram Grant out of the hat for Secret Santa what would you buy him? A new striker perhaps? Remember money is no object here!
At the time of writing everyone connected with Oldham Athletic are tentative. If Robbie Simpson had missed a last-minute penalty on Saturday to dramatically rescue a point the feeling would be on the verge of panic.
Wycombe, Saturday’s opponents, have been kept at arm’s reach. Oldham are safe, so the majority of Athletic supporters sigh. However stranger things have happened. Only last week did Dean Saunders, the Doncaster Rovers manager, defiantly wander down memory lane – more in comfort than happily – as he reminisced about Bradford City’s sensational escape from relegation, owing to Wimbledon’s disastrous ten-match losing streak. As it happened, Portsmouth nailed the final nail into the Rovers’ coffin as they were relegated. But the point stands: stranger things have happened.
Oldham have three matches to rescue a season that has collapsed since Christmas. From Athletic’s point of view, it is by the saving grace of God that he has made it doubly hard for Gary Waddock’s men, as they face the daunting prospect of staging their amazing survival act on The Valley and Hillsborugh’s fine turf. It isn’t the turf that perhaps makes their task tilt in the direction of impossible, it is the fact they have lost four league games between them this season.
Should Oldham survive, which is highly probable, has this season been a success? The initial mood of this article certainly suggests a resounding no. How has Paul Dickov, with the likes of Shefki Kuqi, Zander Diamond, Kieran Lee, Dean Furman, and Robbie Simpson, come so close to leading Oldham into England’s last professional division?
In truth, there are valid excuses. A calamitous injury curse struck throughout the season, meaning Dickov has been forced to turn to the loan market or call upon unrespecting youth players. The Scot has rarely been able to field his strongest eleven, but their sudden descent after Christmas alludes to Dickov’s weaknesses.
Is he a manager who can only work when he has his best squad available? It might sound a little silly to say such a thing. Of course managers should only be analysed after working with the best that they have. Or should they? In a league dominated by five or six large budgets, it has separated the best clubs the league has accommodated for years and the rest. The rest are more or less on equal footing, so why then have Oldham been unable to beat Scunthorpe, Yeovil, Leyton Orient and Wycombe in recent weeks? Or Exeter, Colchester, and Rochdale before that?
The injuries to key players, particularly Dean Furman, Oldham’s captain, and James Wesolowski, ripped the heart out of the midfield, that much must be acknowledged. However, what has frustrated sections on the crowd this season is the manner in which teams have beaten Athletic with relative ease. Teams have arrived at Boundary Park, been met with a home side with no confidence, and more worryingly no fight. When boys had an opportunity to become men, to grip games, to show character, they wilted and faded,
It hasn’t been a season littered with gloom, and there have been moments of sheer joy. Dickov battled on three fronts for the initial stages of the season, contesting the Johnstone Paint Trophy (JPT) and the FA Cup whilst attempting to guide his side up into the top half of League One. For much of this season (owing to another winter of postponements) Athletic have mirrored that of a Champions League side playing twice a week.
The players’ hard work was rewarded with a dream cup date at Anfield, in which Robbie Simpson scored a brilliant goal in front of a disbelieving Kop. Sadly, with the help of some bad luck, Latics were defeated 5-1, but it is a game few fans will be in a hurry to forget.
Then there was a run to the Northern Area Final of the JPT. After recording a ridiculous 44 shots over the course of the two-legged affair with John Sheridan’s Chesterfield, Dickov saw his side lose both legs and fail just a step before a trip to Wembley.
This leads onto two fundamental issues that have arisen from this bizarre season. How could a side have over forty attempts on an opposition’s goal and only score a single goal? Shefki Kuqi arrived at Boundary Park amidst genuine excitement, but after a purple patch the Finn’s goal scoring form has fizzled to a point where it is non-existent. The 36-year old last scored a goal inside the opposition’s box, that wasn’t a penalty, on 19th November.
During the second-leg against Chesterfield was an example of Oldham’s other woe this season. A calamitous mix-up between keeper Alex Cisak and defender Jean-Yves M’voto, Jack Lester was able to end the contest by scoring a 90th minute goal to stretch the Spireites aggregate lead to two goals.
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Oldham’s defending, overseen by assistant manager and former defender Gerry Taggart, has been error-strewn and at a standard that even the struggling sides in League One have not been made to fight for their goals, and so Paul Dickov’s task is difficult and could prove troublesome.
What is needed for next season? What must be done to improve on this season’s woes? That will all be in a future article.
Liverpool have been linked with the Stewart Downing since January. A lot of the complaints about us being linked with him have been down to one fact among many Reds fans: he isn’t Juan Mata . From my point of view though, the comparisons between the Spanish playmaker and the England winger are completely unfair, they are not similar styles of player at all. Mata on the one hand could only be loosely described as a winger as he prefers to play in the whole behind the strikers, while Downing has always been more comfortable down the flanks.
One of the probable reasons why Downing maybe a bigger priority for Dalglish and Comolli than Mata currently, maybe because they are looking for a more natural winger to compliment the characteristics of Andy Carroll. Of course Mata maybe a superior dribbler and has a better passing range, but I feel that Downing maybe favoured purely because he would give the team more width than Mata would.
For sure, Downing has played as a central midfield player both at Middlesbrough and Aston Villa , but you only have to look at the video footage by ElPistoleroJFT96 below to see that most of his assists last campaign came from crosses, many of which came from his weaker right foot too:
Even from a 3 minute clip, a person who hadn’t even seen the player before can see that Downing can keep genuine pace while running with the ball, can shoot and pass with either foot, and has a variety to his game which means he can provide through balls as well as being a decent crosser.
7 goals and 7 assists in a poor season for Villa, as well as the club’s player of the season award isn’t a bad case to put forward for buying the player.
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The question becomes though, is he worth the £15million being suggested? With two years left on his contract, would we be just paying over the heads for an above average player?
Somebody like Mata is only valued a £3million more, and at 23, he is 3 years Downing’s junior with probably a greater amount of vision and skill on the ball. Going by the stats, Downing wasn’t fantastic at either dribbling and delivering decent crosses last season, and although he has had a very good season, is he the sort of player which will push the club up to the next level of being league contenders once again?
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For many fans the answer is no, and every time I have put up a transfer rumour on this site linking the player with us, a few fans cry out at the apparent waste of money.
Still, I go back to the point I made at the top of the article. What sort of player is Kenny Dalglish looking for? He is looking for width, pace and guile to help out Andy Carroll and to give the side a different dimension, and if we do purchase Downing, it will be certain that he believes the 26 year old is the man to do that. Whether he is right, we will have to find out next season and how many assists he provides for the likes of Carroll.
What a tremendous achievement scoring five goals in a Premier League game is. Dimitar Berbatov becomes only the fourth player in Premier League history to accomplish such a high. Congratulations must go out to Dimitar Berbatov who netted five against Blackburn on Saturday. Without a question it is a phenomenal achievement but Manchester United fans shouldn’t get too carried away by this. Dimitar Berbatov has to be taken a game at a time. It would be very easy to write that the striker is back and ready to lead the title charge for Manchester United but do Manchester United fans truly belive that to be the case? Though his achievement should never be sniffed at, here are a few reasons why Manchester United fans must not get carried away by one performance…
1) He has consistency issues
Following Dimitar Berbatov’s immensely positive start to the season, Manchester United fans felt they were going to see the best of the Bulgarian. Before his goals against Blackburn on Saturday, the striker hadn’t scored in the Premier League since his third against Liverpool on 19th September. This is the issue. The striker has a very impressive assist record but his goalscoring tends to come in blocks. If Manchester United are going to win the league, he needs to score over the course of the whole season. Sure he netted a hat trick against Liverpool, but does anyone really expect him to win Manchester United a game against Arsenal or Chelsea? He has the ability, but his level of consistency at such a big club leaves something to be desired.
2) He disappears from games too often
The perfect example was against Rangers in the Champions League on Wednesday night. He went missing for most of the game, he offered very little and chose to shout at his team mates rather than work to win possession back. The Rangers defenders had a relatively trouble free night – again. Where has he been since the Liverpool game? It isn’t good enough for a player of such tremendous ability to offer the club so very little. Is he complacent or are their more damaging reasons for this.
3) Manchester United’s midfield were excellent
Aside from the hype of Dimitar Berbatov, Anderson was excellent against Blackburn. His passing was at an astonishing 94 per cent success rate for the game and he gave Manchester United fans a reason to believe he could now become the player his potential has always suggested. He was driving forward from midfield – something that United have missed this season. The performance of the midfield, especially Anderson set the tone for the game, getting Rooney and Berbatov and Nani on the ball early. The midfield performance was the game winner on Saturday.
4) Blackburn are/were dreadful
Christ they were bad. Blackburn were tactically inept and had it not been for Paul Robinson they could have been beaten by ten or more. Take Berbatov’s second goal. Pascal Chimbonda played a blind back pass straight to the feet of Berbatov. Their defending was atrocious, and although Manchester United’s midfield were full of running, flair and imagination, their opponents defending was not up to Sunday league standard. Blackburn lacked effort and determination – something which is so synonymous with Sam Allardyce’s teams. United were excellent but were given a few helping hands on the way.
5) The next sulk is just around the corner
When a Manchester United player crosses the ball to Berbatov and it goes out for a goal kick, cover your childrens eyes. He shouts at them and has an almighty sulk. His play then deteriorates and he turns into the lazy, lumbering Bulgarian with greasy hair. Its awful to watch, especially as Berbatov, so many times is guilty of wasting easy passes. Does Sir Alex Ferguson trust Dimitar Berbatov. Some would say yes but it seems not. Manchester United play Arsenal in two weeks and will Ferguson play Berbatov ahead of Rooney. I guess it will depend what happens in the next week, but the likely hood is United will go back to a 4-5-1 formation and Rooney will lead the line. A massive strop will occur and Manchester United fans won’t see the real Berbatov until February.
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It’s almost like we are waiting for the inevitable, this 12 game unbeaten run to stop or this remarkable run of form that has yielded just four defeats from 25 games since Steve Davis took charge in November, to finally cease and for the play-off dream to die.
Yet, it shows no sign of coming to a stop, the Railwayman are living up to their name and storming through the back-end of the fixture list like a steaming locomotive, there appears to be no limit to this awesome run of form that has occurred just at the right time of the season to lie us second in the form table and more importantly, so close to the play-offs that the nerves of that particular lottery can be felt already.
A tricky trip to Crawley loomed for the Alex on Good Friday and with the opposition ingrained in the automatic promotion places, to come away with a point and a performance that earned high appraisals lead by Crawley manager Steve Evans that reached a zenith with his “best team in the league” description, it was a job well done for the Alex who were denied all three points after a late penalty from Gary Alexander, gifted by a Lee Bell hand-ball.
Such surrender of a win was hard to take after a one-sided performance that saw Crawley keeper Michael Kuipers named man of the match for his continuous denial of Byron Moore. It was Moore’s first half strike that gave the Alex the lead and he, in tandem with Ajay Leitch-Smith, had numerous chances to extend the lead and put the game to bed, which would have been a deserved reflection of a superb footballing performance that Crawley were fortunate to escape with a point from facing. As it were, that second half “lull” that Steve Davis raised concerns over in his analysis post-Northampton, raised its ugly head again and a decision to fall gradually back to protect a slender lead cost the Alex after Lee Bell’s error.
After the disappointment and anger over that penalty concession had been ebbed away, there was the satisfaction of an eleventh successive unbeaten game and of course, the standard of performance which gives greater optimism than anything else that this run can continue, to take comfort from on the long journey home to South Cheshire from Sussex.
Compounded with Oxford’s defeat at Northampton in the late kick-off, it capped a decent day for the Alex who, after having to travel to the Broadfield Stadium where Crawley had only lost three times beforehand, ended proceedings a point closer to the play-offs rather than two points further away.
But however, the draw heaped more importance on the home game with Bristol Rovers on Easter Monday and the emphasis was put on the must win to keep up with the chasing pack for that elusive top seven spot. Big pressure then. “What pressure?” seemed to be the emphatic answer as the deadlock was broken within a minute by Ajay Leitch Smith, a welcome notch for him after going six games without a goal, and if there was any tension remaining after that, Kelvin Mellor duly swept it away with a header four minutes later.
It was an archetypal end of season performance by Rovers as they seemed to have more than one eye on the summer break and Crewe had done enough in the opening six minutes to routinely see the game out. Elliot Richards curled an effort wide for the visitors and Steve Phillips reacted superbly to deny Gary Sawyer’s strike, but that was the limit of Rover’s threat before Cian Bolger hauled down Nick Powell in the box and Harry Davis, back on duty after Crewe’s penalty woes of last week, thrashed it home for 3-0.
What followed was a non-eventful forty minutes of football as Crewe existed just to close the game out in the face of some sporadic Rovers attacking. Joe Anyinsah endeavoured to pull one back but was frustrated by some poor finishing while ex-Alex academy starlet Matthew Lund was denied some celebration on his return when his header rebounded off the cross bar.
Ultimately, eyes and ears were veering off to check on the results of Oxford and Cheltenham as a top seven place seemed a prevalent possibility. And the footballing fates turned in our favour again as Oxford were denied a win late on as Torquay snatched a last-gasp equaliser, while Steve Evans, Crawley’s manager on Friday, helped the Alex out in his new capacity as Rotherham boss as he watched a final minute strike from Ryan Cresswell earn the Millers a 1-0 win over Cheltenham. It was excellent news, filtering through that the Alex would move level on points with Oxford, two points off Cheltenham, and on the periphery of the top seven solely by the commodity of goal-difference.
It is a far cry from a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Wycombe in the corresponding Easter Monday fixture of this stage last year that consolidated Crewe in 13th position, and the excitement will exhume from South Cheshire as the Alex look ahead to the local derby with Macclesfield on Saturday.
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It is Crewe with no defeats in 12 and just four in 25, visiting 23rd placed Macclesfield who have just one win in 27 games, so the logic of the form book dictates an away win. However, matches are not decided by the form book and the nerves are surely due to set in as the Alex embark on the short trip across Cheshire to face their local rivals, but the quality of performance has not slowed down and with just four games to go, optimism is rife in the red corner of Cheshire. Only 9 points are needed from 12.
Former Barcelona and Real Madrid player Luis Enrique has struck an agreement with Roma to become head coach of the Serie A club.Although a proposed two-year deal is yet to be finalised, Enrique is expected to earn approximately 1.6 million euros a season – with the option of a third year being thrown into the package.
The 41-year-old Spaniard is set to take over from the outgoing Vincenzo Montella, who replaced Claudio Ranieri on a temporary basis in February.
Confident of completing the deal within days, Enrique is already looking forward to the challenge of coaching in Italy’s top flight.
“There is a total agreement with (Roma). All that is missing is my signature. In the next few days I will be in Rome,” Enrique told Sky Sport Italia.
“I am happy with the choice and enthusiastic about taking on the Roma project. It’s a winning project and I am an ambitious coach.”
Enrique succeeded Pep Guardiola as coach of Barcelona’s B team in 2008 and guided the side to the playoffs in Spain’s second tier last season, although they were ineligible to gain promotion to the top flight.
The former Spain international intends to produce attractive football in a bid to win over the demanding Roma faithful.
“My style of football is an attacking one and a spectacular one,” he said.
“I want to bring so many people to the stadium. I want the fans to enjoy the team’s play.”
“No one knows me in Italy but in one year’s time, I will be able to clear any doubts. Facts will speak for themselves.”
There was mounting speculation Enrique would take over at Atletico Madrid, who have turned to former Sevilla boss Gregorio Manzano.
Enrique will reportedly attempt to poach some of his former Barcelona youth charges, including Bojan Krkic and Jeffren Suarez.
“I want to play with the best players that I will find at Roma and some I will try to bring from Barcelona.”
After long-term owners the Sensi family relinquished control of the club in 2010, Roma were left in the hands of the administrators.
A consortium led by American businessman Thomas DiBenedetto completed their take over in April this year.
Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has admitted the late equaliser conceded in Saturday's 1-1 Premier League draw at Fulham was a bitter pill to swallow.
Brede Hangeland notched at the death to cancel out Marc Albrighton's opener at Craven Cottage and the Frenchman admitted that the last-gasp setback made the result feel like a defeat.
Despite the untimely leveller, Houllier praised the team for their goal and has backed his impressive youngsters in the process.
"The atmosphere in the changing room was like we had lost because we didn't get the points which we felt we deserved today," he said.
"I think we played well, we had chances before we scored and had we been a bit more clinical, I would say we would have won the game.
"The goal was great quality with young players involved. There were four players on the field who were aged 20 or under (Nathan Delfouneso, Barry Bannan, Albrighton and Ciaran Clark).
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Chelsea put the dismissal of Andre Villas-Boas behind them by beating Birmingham 2-0 on Tuesday night to reach the quarter finals of the FA Cup.
The game at St Andrews was Roberto Di Matteo’s first match in charge as interim boss, and second half goals from Juan Mata and Raul Meireles give the Italian a winning start.
Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech was pleased with his side’s efforts in the victory, and pledged that the players will try to have a successful end of season.
“It’s the decision of the owner and of the board, and as players we have to respect that,” he told ITV when asked about Villas Boas’ axing.
“Today was the first step, and we managed to make it, and hope to continue improving.
“It was tough, we had to fight. They are from the Championship, so they know how to fight for long balls, and they also have experience of the Europa League.
“It’s also historically a tough place for Chelsea to come.
“In the first half, we had the same levels of effort and running, and they made it tough for us.
“The second half opened up when we got the first goal, but it was a shame we couldn’t have had more with the missed penalty [from Mata] and some other chances,” he concluded.
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The win means that Chelsea will face Leicester City in the next round of the cup competition.
The Thai Tims and Paul Lennon need help to reach their goal. In the memory of Reamonn Gormley, lets get: “Just can’t get enough” by the Thai Tims to Number 1.
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The above is the official video for a charity single released by the Good Child Foundation (Thai Tims). This song came about after Reamonn Gormley was tragically killed after watching Celtic in an unprovoked attack. Reamonn in his gap year worked at the Good Child Foundation in Thailand.
Below is the news clip of the singles launch at Celtic Park.
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The Good Child Foundation was set up by Celtic Fan Paul Lennon and his wife to provide Love – Inclusion – Education – Independence to all and is the only school that offers placements to children of all abilities including pupils with Downs Syndrome at its school in Thailand.
To get an idea of the work they do read the story below.
This wee lad in my arms is called ‘Bee’. He goes to school with the Thai tims and he has Down syndrome. Bee needs an operation on his eyelids to improve his sight. His parents collect rubbish by the side of the road to sell for it’s recycle value. They are very poor and can’t afford the transport and care costs for the hospital trips to Bangkok, where the surgery must be carried out.
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The good news is that Bee and his family are not alone. The Celtic family is behind them and through the Good Child Foundation, little Bee’s family are in the arms of The Celtic Family.
The good news is that Bee will travel next week to start his hospital appointments. All down to the work of the foundation.
I’m going to go all Bob Geldof here. If like me you have become a big bubbling wreck after watching the above videos and reading Bee’s story then Download the fecking single now. Not, next week, not when you come back from the shop. Now. It will help children like Bee and also help stop knife crime that decimates the lives of innocents. Click on the image, buy each track separately it all helps.
So no pressure then. Ryan Giggs may not have said exactly that Nani would be the ‘next Ronaldo’, but certainly implied that the winger is beginning to blossom into a player as important as the great ego was at Old Trafford. What Giggs actually said was:
“I think Nani is ready to step up to that next level now. He has always been a match-winner but he needs to do it consistently.
“This season he has already made seven or eight goals and scored a couple but he can do better as well and improve and there is more to come.
“He’s definitely beginning to add something that perhaps we lacked since Cristiano left and he’s filling that gap better now. “What he needs to do now is add more goals to his game. He needs to score 20 goals a season and make 20 goals. If he does that – and he is capable of it – that is all you can ask from a wide player.”
Certainly Nani seems to be a far better player than in previous seasons. Even I, as one of his harshest critics, have been impressed with what he is producing at the moment. And there is no reason for his form, and progression, not only to continue, but to improve. In the league alone, two goals (both good ones; against West Ham, and at Bolton) have been supplemented by six assists (more than any other player so far this season).
Ronaldo’s shadow has loomed, and will continue to do so, over the young winger. The mere fact that their position and nationality are the same, are enough for those comparisons to continue. It will be something that Nani is used to, and may finally be able to use as impetus to drive him on, rather than a burden that weighs him down.
But we must acknowledge a sense of perspective: Cristiano Ronaldo was a freak of nature in the Premier League. No one player has decimated teams in the way that Ronaldo did during his last three years at United. Henry was pretty relentless, and Drogba is unplayable when in the groove, but for sheer consistency of performance, I have never seen anything like Ronaldo in the Premier League. Even if you took his goal tally alone (23, 42, 26), that wouldn’t tell the full story. Asking Nani to score 20 goals, as well as 20 assists, is a stiff ask; half that would be a very commendable return for a midfielder.
Giggs’ intention was obviously to instil faith in his teammate; show that they all believe he is capable of being the very best, and that the team now looks to him as one of the players to make something happen out of nothing. How much Nani will have wanted yet another comparison to Ronaldo is questionable, but like I said, it is nothing new to him.
While Nani has indeed developed into a potent weapon for Sir Alex Ferguson, he is by no means the finished article, and there is still work to be done (by both his and Giggs’ admission). It is still early on in the season, and still relatively early in his United career, which at this current juncture, is heading in the right direction. But it may do the player some good not to give such a high target to meet. He could never reach the heights of Ronaldo, and still have an incredible career, there is no shame in that. But in terms of his importance to the United set-up, he is certainly growing in stature. United and their fans will hope that growth continues.
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