Blackpool - Restoring pride

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FOOTBALL FOCUS: THE FALL OF BLACKPOOL FC

In 2010 Blackpool FC where mixing it with the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. Just 4 years on, The Tangerines find themselves in disarray, predicted to finish a lowly 23rd in the Championship this season, with a wage budget of just 90k which when coupled with a lowly transfer budget of just 300k and a team of unproven and ageing talent you begin to think, perhaps 23rd is slightly generous? Blackpool fans certainly seem to think so anyway.

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Disgrace: the pitch has been compared to farmland.

Derek Risken a lifelong Blackpool fan said “It’s disgraceful, the chairman is ruining this club, he’s stripped us of all money, the final straw was when he sanctioned the signing of Nile Ranger, he’s a liability and it’s laughable really. And have you see the state of that pitch? More use to a farmer than a footballer! Actually that’s not a bad idea; we may as wellsign a few farmers, better than the no hopers we’ve got down here at the moment”.

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Riga: gone over broken promises.

The club are currently without a manager after Jose Riga walked out this week over broken promises, just another subplot to add to the deep rotted turmoil at Blackpool, yet club chairman Karl Oyston remains in positive spirits “There is no need to panic. We have weeks to go until the season starts and I’ve got interviews lined up with plenty of suitable candidates, it’s only a matter of time before we finalise something”.

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Ranger: getting himself into trouble already?

But with the club's first pre-season friendly just a matter of days away, fans and players alike are understandably frustrated and uncertain what the future holds, well everyone with the exception of notorious bad man Nile Ranger who had this to say “I just want to get going, I’m trying to knuckle down here and turn my career around, if we don’t get a manager soon I may have to apply. But nah, we should be alright, got a good bunch of lads here and it’s a good laugh in training at the moment, we just play a bit of heads and volleys really, it’s decent and I get paid for it”.

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Oyston: decision time.

The pure unbalance of this club is there for all to see, conflicting characters and opinions need to be resolved and that’s what makes this latest appointment so important, Karl Oyston, quite simply, needs toget it right. We will bring you any updates from Bloomfield Road as we receive them, as Blackpool look to appoint a new manager to restore the pride and dignity to this once proud club.
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CRISIS CLUB BLACKPOOL REJECTED BY OVER 10 MANAGERS

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SkySports can officially confirm Blackpool have spoken to over 20 managers this week of which at least 10 have rejected the terms offered to them. Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston commented "I'm not going to be played around with, I've put down competitive contracts but each and every contact has asked for more." He added "It should be a privilege to work for this club, not a money making exercise".

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Sammy Lee: You'd be mad to join Blackpool.

One candidate for the job, former Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee spoke to Blackpool regarding the vacant post, and has spoke of his astonishment at how the seaside club is being run. "I tell you what, you'd have to be mad to join that club, no money, no vision and in my opinion a corrupt boardroom". "I don't see how they're going to attract anyone to be honest with you, the clubs in dire straights, you have to feel for the fans".





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CLUB STATEMENT

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Blackpool FC are delighted to announce Olly Whyte as the clubs new manager. The 19 year old has joined the club on a one-year deal.

We would like to take the opportunity to reassure fans that this appointment has been made with the clubs long term future in mind and despite Olly Whyte's perceived inexperience, we assure you his pure passion and motivation to succeed in the game made him our prime target.

On behalf of myself, the management team and the playing squad I'd like to ask all fans give the new manager their full support, giving him time to build a legacy and in his own words "Restore the pride to this great club", a theme we believe everyone can agree with.

I’d also like to invite you, the fans to attend a Q&A session with the new manager 18 July 2014 at 5pm prior to our pre-season friendly with European giants Real Madrid. There will be the opportunity to hear the thoughts of our new manager, we look forward to welcoming as many faces as possible.

After an admittedly turbulent pre-season campaign to date, now is the time to concentrate on returning the feel good factor to this club, and I genuinely feel we have the right man at the helm to help us achieve this.

Yours sincerely,

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Karl Oyston
Blackpool FC Chairman



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WHYTE Q&A

Karl Oyston – Good evening, it’s nice to see such a big turnout tonight. I’d like to take the chance to formally introduce our new manager Olly Whyte. We have a 10 minute Q&A session scheduled in now and then Olly has said he’s willing to hanng around to mingle amongst the fans. Well I guess, its time to fire away!

Fan – Karl, I feel nothing but sorry for that young man. How is he supposed to lead men, I think I speak for many here when I say we need a change at the top, that starts with you.

Karl Oyston – I’m not willing to answer that, tonight’ s all about Olly.

Fan – Olly, how do you feel to be working under a corrupt con man like Karl?

Karl Oyston – Don’t answer that Olly. Can we please ask sensible questions please, this should be a celebrated time in our history not a slanging match.

Fan – Slanging match? Are you kidding me Karl, yes I’m looking forward to celebrating our low budget, small squad, teenager manager and conman chairman. This clubs a mess top to bottom.

Olly Whyte – Look’ I’m not here to take sides. I’m here to let the football do the talking. I feel I can restore dignity to this club, I don’t care about the animosity between the fans and chairman. I want a good relationship with you and Karl, that balance is key, I can unify this club.

Fan – Fair enough. Do you think you’ll get the respect of the players?

Olly Whyte – If I didn't I wouldn't be here, If a player doesn't respect me because of my age or inexperience, I’ll ship them out. Part of a successful club, is a unified club.

Fan – Do you plan to make any signings?

Olly Whyte – Depends what Karl says! But in all seriousness, yes I’d like to make a stamp of authority on this club.

Fan – Staff? Any changes to that?

Olly Whyte – I’m keeping the previous regime, think its good to keep some form of consistency to aid the transition period.

Fan – Do you honestly feel you can keep us up this season?

Olly Whyte – Sure. We have a decent team, I won’t deny other teams in this league have an advantage and we do not have the same resources. But I see no reason why we can’t compete in what is historically a close and combative league.

Fan – So you feel you could take us to the Premier League given time?

Olly Whyte – I’m a winner, but lets not get to far ahead of ourselves. I’ll need time and patience.

Fan – I’d just like to wish you all the best, you seem a really decent bloke. I feel for you at such a young age, but hope you can prove a lot of people wrong.

Olly Whyte – I hope so too, cheers mate means a lot. I maybe young but I can’t stress enough how ready I feel.

Fan- What experience do you have in the game?

Olly Whyte – Well, um, I’ve taken Torquay to Premier League glory... On Football Manager! But no, Iv’e played to a local standard, and Level 2 coaching with Plymouth Argyle FC. Apart from that, I’m a raw football fan that understands what you want, I can be your voice and reflect that on the pitch.

Fan – Are you going to play Nile Ranger? Seems a right t**t, Karl what were you thinking?

Olly Whyte – Not going to go into specific plans. But everyone will get a chance to prove there worth.

Fan – Reckon we’ll beat Real tonight Olly?

Olly Whyte – Well, I’m a winner. We won’t be sitting back and giving them too much respect anyway.

Karl Oyston – Okay I think we will wrap this up now. Olly will stay here for a little while before getting the squad ready for tonight's game. Thanks for you attendance.

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PRE-SEASON ROUND UP

BLACKPOOL 1-4 SOUTHAMPTON
Lundstram

Played two different teams in both halves. Poor performance overall, but more of a training exercise at this stage anyway.

BLACKPOOL 1-6 REAL MADRID
Davies

Rare chance to play Real Madrid. Players were totally startled and where thoroughly beaten, a footballing lesson. 25 yard strike from Steven Davies giving the fans something to cheer about!

STRANRAER 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Davies, Delfouneso

Not a bad performance. In control from start to finish despite scoreline sugesting otherwise. Another Davies goal. Seem to have found a decent partnership in Davies and Delfouneso - DAD!

BARNET 1-1 BLACKPOOL
Ranger

May only be pre-season but drawing to a conference team isn't really good enough. Nile Ranger has proven to be garbage despite scoring, but his lowly wages of £150 have tempted me to give him a chance.

HARTLEPOOL 2-0 BLACKPOOL

Poor performance from my strongest possible team at this stage. Made plenty of opportunities but couldn't convert, need to start scoring soon. Season approaching and fast.

BLACKPOOL 2-0 AUGSBURG
Wooton (2)

That's more like it. Towering performance from Scott Wooton! Oops that's given a sneak peak into my transfer business! Update to come shortly on my business at this stage in time. Roll on Nottingham Forest!

PLAYER OF PRE-SEASON

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STEVEN DAVIES

Far from brilliant but scored a couple great goals and led the line well, lets hope he does it competitively!


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TRANSFER ROUNDUP - SUMMER 2014

OUT

David Perkins - Leeds (300k)
Bobby Grant (40k)
Joel Dielna - Released
Andre Blackman - Released
Sergei Zenjov - Released
Formose Mendy - Released
Tomasz Cywka - Released
Francois Zoko - Released
Jeffrey Reintmeister - Released
Alleu Nije - Released
Elliot Pond - Released
Bright Osayi-Samuel - Released
Kit Gregory - Released
James Doyle - Released
Anthony Cato - Released
Rowan Richardson - Released

IN

Lloyd Doyley - Watford (76k)
Scott Wooton - Leeds (Season-long loan deal)
Fraser Fyvie - Wigan (Season-long loan deal)
Javier Arizmendi - Free
Dedryck Boyata - Man City (375k)
Jakub Vojitus - Free
Modibo Tounkara - Free
Bahrudian Atajic - Free

VERDICT

Delighted as far as signings go, especially happy with Javier Arizmendi who has even been capped for Spain!. As this story progresses you'll begin to realise how ruthless I am when it comes to chopping and changing, I've released a lot of players and decided to go for a bit more quality as opposed to quantity! Although, admittedly, quality still is a little thin due to budgetary constraints.

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DOYLEY APPOINTED CAPTAIN

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Blackpool manager Olly Whyte has tonight confirmed that Lloyd Doyley will become the official club captain with immediate effect.

He explained "Lloyd has a lot of experience in the game, his determination, work rate, bravery and focus on the team makes him the perfect leader".

We expect Lloyd to line up in his new role away to highly fancied Nottingham Forest this weekend.​
 
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AUGUST PROGRESS


NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-1 BLACKPOOL
Delfouneso

Massively frustrating not to get something from this game. 2-0 down, Delfouneso comes on a changes the game with his direct running which leads to a great team goal. With 1 minute to go Steve Davies is brought down inside the area, penalty! Dusts himself down and blazes wide, gutted! But we did at least show a lot of character. Something we will need in our position!

BURY 1-4 BLACKPOOL (LEAGUE CUP FIRST ROUND)
Delfouneso (4)

What can I say? The Delfouneso show! Definitely a player I hope to get the best out of!

BLACKPOOL 0-0 BLACKBURN

The less said the better. First point on the board though, onto bigger and better things now!

BLACKPOOL 3-5 BRENTFORD
Delfouneso (2), Atajic

Wow, what a game. Unfortunately being 5-1 down at half time in a home game is never going to end well! Credit to the player for sticking at if in the second half though, another couple for Nathan.

WIGAN 0-3 BLACKPOOL
Delfouneso (3)

Brilliant stuff, Wigan never got a sniff! Delfouneso was simply faultless, the boy is on fire! That's 10 goals from 5 games for the lad this season so far. A result to build on.

ASTON VILLA 3-0 BLACKPOOL (LEAGUE CUP SECOND ROUND)

Rotated my squad for this one, the league has to be priority this season. Staying in this league would enable me to build a platform to base future success around. Deserved and accepted defeat if truth be told.

MILWALL 2-1 BLACKPOOL
Orlandi

Ah, balls. 1-0 up with ten to go and we blew it! That rounds off the month quite poorly, yet I'm happy with the overall progress of my team at this stage!

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

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Nathan Delfouneso

With 10 goals from six games, it couldn't really be anyone else could it! Delighted with his performances and long may it continue!​
 
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Expecting a big update tonight! Got through a couple more months, can't wait till the weekend so I can play more lol! Enjying this game and hope people are/will enjoying this!
 
Apologies for no update last night, got three months to update on now!! Planned on getting everything up, but fell asleep watching Liverpool, no real surprise really... A little hint is I started slow but doing better than expected!
 
Fair play to you mate I've been pool for 2 seasons finished 21st both times koko the clowns just done one now though new chairman has given slightly more £££ so who knows might get 20th this season
 
Looks like it could be a good story! Will defo follow! Ranger really only on £150 per week?
 
defo, be following this being a blackpool fan myself, that fan in the conference with KO is lucky not to be getting sued haha
 
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SEPTEMBER PROGRESS


BLACKPOOL 2-3WOLVES
Delfouneso (2)

Was gutted with this result, honestly battered them for long periods of the game only to be broken down by 3 sloppy goals! Nathan with another two though!


BLACKPOOL 1-4 WATFORD
Fyvie

Can't even justify that defeat we just seem unable to defend. And with Delfouneso off form in this one we didn't have an outlet!


BRIGHTON1-3 BLACKPOOL
Lundstram, Delfouneso, Davies

Opted for a refined formation for this one, back to basics. A simple 4-4-2, with a target man, two wide attacking wingers a playmaker and ball winner. Paid dividence at this stage!!


BLACKPOOL 1-1 NORWICH
Delfouneso

Should have won this, but would have taken a draw start of play. 4 points from the last two and conceding less - progress.


MIDDLESBOROUGH7-4 BLACKPOOL
Arizmendi (2), Miller (2)

Crazy end to end game which believe it or not we could have come out on top of really! We were losing then winning then eventually lost. Delfouneso stretchered off so will miss the next game!


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Javier Arizmendi

The Spanish winger has proven his worth this month with three assists and three goals! Hopefully he can keep up this form and we can climb the league table as we only have 8 points from 10 games so far! Eeeek!​
 
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OCTOBER PROGRESS
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BLACKPOOL 2-4 CARDIFF
Arizmendi, Miller

Start the month the way you mean to go on eh? Or not, poor performance with no real fighting desire, need to start picking up points soon!


HUDDERSFIELD 3-3 BLACKPOOL
Fyvie, E.Oriol, Delfouneso

Decent enough away point. Can't really complain at the amount of goals I'm scoring, but conceeding still seems to be the problem eurgh! Few more tweaks to be made I think, heavy focus on defending in training for a while too I think!


BLACKPOOL 2-2 DERBY
Mellis, Orlandi


Good to see a couple new names on the score sheet from two players that are just starting to find their feet now I'd say, Mellis has become a permanent fixture as my attacking play maker and seems to create a fair few chances. Orlandi is my attacking left winger at the moment. 2 conceded this time out, improvement on three...


READING0-2 BLACKPOOL
Mackie o.g, Wooton

Just what the doctor ordered! A win that was made to look very easy against a very capable Reading side. Great full volley goal from Scott Wooton following a corner as well. Realised I haven't yet won a league game at home this season, three away wins so far, want to break that habit soon.
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Andrea Orlandi


Great month from a great player, makes things look so easy! Scored a great goal at home to Derby and has contributed a couple of assists too, one of those players you get consistency from. Destined to become a fans favourite at this rate!


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NOVEMBER PROGRESS


BLACKPOOL 0-3 IPSWICH

The less said the better, this was an awful performance. So frustrating after bein 3 unbeaten, had this lined up as my first home win!

FULHAM 3-5 BLACKPOOL
Voser o.g, Delfouneso (2), Boyata (2)

The away specialists? On away form we'd be in play off contention, thats one positive. A real end to end game which we thankfully came out on top of, thats 8 points from the last 5 games, massive improvement from the lads.

LEEDS 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Delfouneso, Miller

Nothing gave me more pleasure than beating Leeds at Elland Road, they must have hated it! Probably didn't deserve this but who really cares? Thats 16 points from 9 games away from home, compared to 3 points from 8 games at home!! Absolutely bonkers, need to get the team taking their away performances to Bloomfield Road asap.

BLACKPOOL 4-3 BOLTON
Mellis, Arizmendi, Orlandi (2)

By asap why not the next game, 3 wins in a row!! Finally found my strongest line up and tactics to match, certainly produces a lot of goals but is leaving us vulnerable at the back. You score 5 we'll score 6 attitude, it'll do for now but isn't viably sustainable long term.

ROTHERHAM 3-6 BLACKPOOL
Boyaya, Fyvie, Davies, Delfouneso (3)

May as well milk it while I can haha! Another six goals improving our remarkable away form. Delf at the hat-trick, taking his tally above what I expected him to achieve in a full season!

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

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Nathan Delfouneso

When you take a player that has only scored 13 goals in almost 100 career games you don't really expect him to fire home 21 goals in 18 games in all competitions. Another 6 this month for the ever improving forward - exciting times.​
 
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Anything I could do to improve this story? Or is all okay at the moment, suggestions and comments welcomed! I'd like to make this a long term game!!
 
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Anything I could do to improve this story? Or is all okay at the moment, suggestions and comments welcomed! I'd like to make this a long term game!!
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Its agood story mate...i suggest you can add some side stories like backroom meetings and other such things to make it better
 
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