Hockaday’s Quiff
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A pivotal point and looking back, a raised flag that we were on the slide. What a decade it has been between then and now.
How very true, you could write a book on it …….oh wait a minute someone hasA pivotal point and looking back, a raised flag that we were on the slide. What a decade it has been between then and now.
The foundation wasn't there. Great early performances papered over the cracks, internally they didn't have the belief to take a punch on the mouth and keep going, something they once had in droves. Ollie was finished with the penny pinching after Karl wouldn't buy DJ Campbell for a million, he went on to score 10 in 17 for Ipswich on loan. All the players knew they were in for huge pay cuts, and the story about Owen taking £11m had come out. It was a squad built on togetherness and morale, but there's only so long that can continue when wages are declining while the owner is taking millions, and your own chairman won't pay for the return of a striker who had a 1 in 2 goalscoring record for you.Still can't get my head round how that season fell apart so badly. The first 10 games we were playing the best football I had ever seen a Blackpool side play.
I was in the changing room for this last match as my son was mascot. It was quite clear Ollie was broken, his Mrs was almost holding him together in the corridor.The foundation wasn't there. Great early performances papered over the cracks, internally they didn't have the belief to take a punch on the mouth and keep going, something they once had in droves. Ollie was finished with the penny pinching after Karl wouldn't buy DJ Campbell for a million, he went on to score 10 in 17 for Ipswich on loan. All the players knew they were in for huge pay cuts, and the story about Owen taking £11m had come out. It was a squad built on togetherness and morale, but there's only so long that can continue when wages are declining while the owner is taking millions, and your own chairman won't pay for the return of a striker who had a 1 in 2 goalscoring record for you.
Wow, quite a thing to witness. I wish I could have spoken to you about this a year ago as I was writing! Can you elaborate anymore?I was in the changing room for this last match as my son was mascot. It was quite clear Ollie was broken, his Mrs was almost holding him together in the corridor.
I just thought the same today funnily enough! It was quite a weird place to be. Stayed in the hotel as well and he was still living there with Kim, so got the whole weekend view. Happy to expand.Wow, quite a thing to witness. I wish I could have spoken to you about this a year ago as I was writing! Can you elaborate anymore?
Nothing as blind as those who choose not to lookIronically, I remember back then and many around me in the stands still had their blinkers on and were suggesting Ollie's departure was a good thing for the club going forward. Even then, despite the rumours etc, the groundswell of opinion against the O's hadn't quite risen.
Not so sure about that. Some of Ollie's biggest critics were also first on the Oyston Out bandwagon.Ironically, I remember back then and many around me in the stands still had their blinkers on and were suggesting Ollie's departure was a good thing for the club going forward. Even then, despite the rumours etc, the groundswell of opinion against the O's hadn't quite risen.