Don't let him near any saloons.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
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Don't let him near any saloons.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
Interestingly, Adam has only started on the left-hand side of midfield 6 times in 23 league games this season. He is much more often the centre of a 3 man midfield with Vaughan to his left and Varney in a more advanced left-hand side of attack role. Looking at his passing for his last few games, he ends up all over the pitch really, even when he has technically started as a left-midfielder, so I think he'd be OK with Reid tucked in alongside him. It'll be interesting to see whether Holloway will be willing to accommodate him anyway. Assuming he's not really fat / unfit, I'd say it's likely he'll play both Adam and Reid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Starting tonight for Blackpool on the right of a three man midfield.
He has been excellent so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapAPony
He looks quality on the ball and that was a smart innovative chip attempt on Rob Green, but I'm not sure how that Blackpool midfield will compete with other teams' energy and physicality. They are 1-3 down so far.
Their midfield is being destroyed by west ham. They'd utilise andy better as a winger i would say.
The whole team is being destroyed. They've already been caught in possession several times across the back four in the second half. Really amateurish stuff.
Substituted on 60 mins.
I think Bpool will go down, in a similar manner to Burnley last year.
Ya but i think a lot of that coincided with Coyle leaving. at the time they were 4th from bottom and bolton were 2nd bottom.
Blackpool aren't that far from safety now, they really only need about thirty-nine points to stay up I reckon.
that tangerine jersey does andy reid no favours lol
I was thinking of having a sly tenner on this myself, they are dropping fast and there are teams below them improving, if they get sucked in they could go.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
I suspect the "safety" total will go back above 40 this year for the first time in a few seasons. The league in general is that bit tighter than it has been.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
Havent Blackpool lost 7 out of their last 8 or something? I cant imagine the odds on them going down are that great, its not like the likes of Hull, Burnely etc.. havent shown that a bit of early form guarantee's you feck all.......
2/1 with Powers. I think they'll go down too. The others are Wigan 4/9, Wolves 1/2, West Ham 5/6, West Brom 5/2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Hopefully Reid can get a run of games and stay injury free. If he proves his fitness he could pick up a move to another promoted team or lower half Premier team.
Pretty generous odds for a team in free fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
I was mulling the same last night. Momentum and all that. I reckon they'll actually stay up but I think they'll cut it very fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by elroy
didn't see the game - marks for reid overall? seems like he started well - did he fade badly? i've a lot of time for him but putting him in a midfield three seems a bit risky.
He was very lively in the first half hour and was decently lively in the last 15 of the first half, which was pretty frantic anyway. Blackpool were getting dominated in the second half and he came off after about 60 minutes (I'm assuming due to lack of match fitness). A few times he cut in from the right and tried the left footed curler into the far corner (as he did against Cyprus back in '04, as I recall) and wasn't far away. Coming off the commentators decribed his debut as "impressive."Quote:
Originally Posted by ken foree
It was hard to notice anybody else on that pitch, other the messianic figure of Robbie Keane making his return. It was as if all the floodlights were focused on Robbie, such was the illumination that surrounded him.
Andy did a few nice things in the game, but it was not hard to be the outstanding talent in a dire Blackpool team. It is regrettable that Reid is not in the squad, as was already pointed out at the time, it was very hard to credit Keogh coming on as a sub against Slovakia when Fahy had to come off..
I love Reid but if Blackpool go down he'll be a very bad investment for Holloway. One million pounds sterling for Reid is what I've heard. Reid will be lucky to play ten game in the Premiership before the end of the season. That's 100k per match plus wages which are rumoured to be pretty high as well.
If they go down all of his signings will have been bad investments.
One million for Reid is a bargain and a great buy low sell high possibility for Holloway.
You really think Andy Reid will be sold for more than a million pounds at some point in the future?Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
its not beyond the realms of possibility CR. He's a very good player when he quits the cake and stays fit. All he needs is one manager who can motivate him.
that says a lot about the man himself.
yes, for sure it does. But he is not the only player who requires motivation or guidance to stay focussed and out of trouble. I wouldnt necessarily hold it against him.
It's been the ruination of many a young fellaQuote:
He's a very good player when he quits the cake and stays fit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w
Warmed the bench for the whole game yesterday. Hope this doesn't continue.
I don't know what formation Blackpool played today, but the guy who likely replaced Reid in the lineup (Jason Puncheon, who is a winger and I imagine played on the right with Adam in the lineup) scored, so perhaps some competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by gastric
What's that got to do with it? Staying up would be worth a packet to Blackpool, and every incremental final league placing is worth about 500k I think. Reid definitely augments their squad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colbert Report
If they go down they'll sell Adam and have a very good player proven at Championship level, and who has shown his quality on occasion in the EPL. Good business I reckon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...meobi-mendieta
Ms. Taylor says some very nice things about Andy here. I know she's a fan but, in fairness, she's probably seen him play a lot more times than any of us on here.
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One substitute jogging along the touchline appeared a little less athletic and somewhat rounder than the others. Armed with a laptop, I found the temptation irresistible. "Andy Reid looked more like the winner of a competition to be part of Roy Keane's squad for a day than a professional footballer," I typed.
A slight exaggeration and a bit of a cheap shot perhaps but it was Sunderland v Wigan and making the match report interesting had turned into a struggle destined to endure until the new £4m signing from Charlton ran on.
Reid's first act revealed a velvet first touch as he expertly dispatched a sumptuous crossfield pass towards Daryl Murphy, whose ensuing 25-yard shot sealed Sunderland's victory.
It was February 2008 and, if Keane's newly promoted side were learner drivers in the Premier League, Reid had begun teaching them clutch control.
Whether deployed wide or, even better, as a central playmaker, his wonderful left foot, gloriously varied passing range, adroit dead-ball ability and occasionally spectacular finishing undeniably helped avert relegation.
More importantly the Dubliner served as an antidote to a sport increasingly dominated by fully ripped, formidably pacey, six-foot-plus athletes choreographed by formulaic coaches harbouring an often blind faith in Prozone statistics and the virtues of high-octane pressing.
Quite apart from an innate ability to put his foot on the ball, slow things down and introduce calibrated passing triangles, Reid possessed imagination. In an era when too many footballers play as if painting by numbers, arguably the best Irish midfielder of his generation much preferred improvisation.
Admittedly the attendant risks sometimes prompted concessions of possession and extravagant indulgence in 'Hollywood' balls. Allied to niggling injuries and less than Usain Bolt-esque acceleration, such vulnerabilities convinced Steve Bruce that even a newly slimline Reid had no place in Sunderland's high-tempo future. There was a sense of inevitability about the headline which late last month declared: "Black Cat turns into Tangerine."
Blackpool have secured a treasure but Ian Holloway's reluctance to accommodate his new No43 and Charlie Adam indicates an uncertainty about displaying it. Let us hope Reid does not do a Gaizka Mendieta and, almost imperceptibly, fade into virtual invisibility.
Warming the bench for the game against Spurs :(
Adam picked up a 2 match ban against Spurs. He should see some game time now
Only on bench today despite Adams absence.
Starting tonight against Chelsea.
That'll put the chills up Ancelotti's spine.
Playing in the 2 of a 4-3-2-1 according to BBC5 Live.
Those bright orange shirts do nothing for his figure :p