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Wednesday 18 June 2014
The Shoreham View End Of Season Awards
Player Of The Season
This is self explanatory, twenty one years old, over a hundred first team games, always gives his all and so often delivers a powerhouse defensive performance, as well as being a good footballing defender.
Surprise Package Of The Season
Ryan Flynn wasn't expected to deliver much this season, to often we saw him as a defensive winger, no strength, no flair, no pace no skill, scared to go forward or attack. Then along with a new manager came a new Flynn, from goals against Villa to tearing apart full backs with a new found confidence Flynny put plenty of smiles on plenty of fans faces this season, and long may this continue.
Unsung Hero Of The Season
Neil Collins, week in week out, alongside Harry this lad has worked his backside off. Despite taking a lot of flack from the crowd and having every mistake highly scrutinized Neil Collins gets on with it. And I feel this season he should have been the one wearing the armband. His level headed approach and the way he has adapted his game completely eclipses his limitations as a player. Without Neil Collins this season that rut that had us in second bottom, well it may not have been salvageable.
Cult Hero Of The Season
FEAR THE BEARD!
Flop Of The Season
Fourteen games, no goals, two red cards, one verbal warning, missing the team bus, missing open nets, constantly on the floor and now transfer listed, need I say more??
Chant Of The Season
HE'S GUNNA BRAZIL, HE'S GUNNA BRAAAZIIIL, THAT LAD CHRIS PORTER, HE'S GUNNA BRAZIL!!!
So About Last Season
With last season firmly in the history books and the new season fast approaching we have a lot to reflect on.
First of all I think it only fair to apologise to you readers for my prolonged absence, my adventure in Greece at the end of the season and a very hectic work schedule before that writing became very difficult, after all I do this because I enjoy it, and there was not much enjoyment in sitting with matchsticks in my eyes trying to force my brain to force out ramblings that would have been as legible as a cat with a crayon.
But now thanks to a new chapter in my life I can return to enjoying what I do and putting my humble opinions about our club into words.
So after Wembley The Blades had the bittersweet task of returning to league football, five fixtures, three wins and two draws helped us finish in seventh, seven points away from the play offs. In a normal season we as Blades would see that as a failure. So why is it currently we as a fan base are full of optimism, counting down the days until we can get going again? One word, belief, belief that if a simple change of manager can guide us from second bottom to seventh in half a season, belief that if than same man can guide us past two Premiership sides, two Championship sides and reward us with three goals at Wembley in The FA Cup, belief that Nigel Clough can finally add stability and ambition into our football club.
When we look back to last year and we remember the belief we had when we destroyed Notts County on the opening day, and how quickly it faded with the sale of a key player along with the following plunge in moral and form is it dangerous to have belief? No is my answer, why is this? Nigel Clough, this man knows football, he knows what he wants, he knows what kind of players we need at this level, and he has the contacts and know how to properly do his job.
When I look back at last season I do not just see a season of two halves, I think there is more to it that that, I see a rebirth, a revival. Last season saw the arrival of 'individuals', and look what Clough thinks of individuals, Clough knows its about a team, not about a player. He quickly removed any players he saw as not being team players and brought in some shrewd loan signings to fill the gaps, what we ended up wit was a tight nit, small squad that played for each other, the simple theory of football should make this philosophy simple, but from Europes elite to teams at grass roots it so often gets over looked.
Here's to next season and the welcome arrival of belief.
#BelieveInTheBlades
-Jonathan Gascoigne
First of all I think it only fair to apologise to you readers for my prolonged absence, my adventure in Greece at the end of the season and a very hectic work schedule before that writing became very difficult, after all I do this because I enjoy it, and there was not much enjoyment in sitting with matchsticks in my eyes trying to force my brain to force out ramblings that would have been as legible as a cat with a crayon.
But now thanks to a new chapter in my life I can return to enjoying what I do and putting my humble opinions about our club into words.
So after Wembley The Blades had the bittersweet task of returning to league football, five fixtures, three wins and two draws helped us finish in seventh, seven points away from the play offs. In a normal season we as Blades would see that as a failure. So why is it currently we as a fan base are full of optimism, counting down the days until we can get going again? One word, belief, belief that if a simple change of manager can guide us from second bottom to seventh in half a season, belief that if than same man can guide us past two Premiership sides, two Championship sides and reward us with three goals at Wembley in The FA Cup, belief that Nigel Clough can finally add stability and ambition into our football club.
When we look back to last year and we remember the belief we had when we destroyed Notts County on the opening day, and how quickly it faded with the sale of a key player along with the following plunge in moral and form is it dangerous to have belief? No is my answer, why is this? Nigel Clough, this man knows football, he knows what he wants, he knows what kind of players we need at this level, and he has the contacts and know how to properly do his job.
When I look back at last season I do not just see a season of two halves, I think there is more to it that that, I see a rebirth, a revival. Last season saw the arrival of 'individuals', and look what Clough thinks of individuals, Clough knows its about a team, not about a player. He quickly removed any players he saw as not being team players and brought in some shrewd loan signings to fill the gaps, what we ended up wit was a tight nit, small squad that played for each other, the simple theory of football should make this philosophy simple, but from Europes elite to teams at grass roots it so often gets over looked.
Here's to next season and the welcome arrival of belief.
#BelieveInTheBlades
-Jonathan Gascoigne
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