June 2010

England fail on big stage again

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Another tournament, another disappointment. The usual rhetoric of “learning lessons”, “looking in the mirror” and “analyzing where it went wrong” was immediately spouted by a group of players who once again failed to deliver on the big stage. The biggest problem, though, is that we don’t ever seem to learn lessons. Here’s our take on England’s footballing woe.

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The kids are alright

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Whilst the first team squad were getting all the attention throughout the course of the season, our array of younger talent probably slipped under the radar. Now there’s a bit of a lull in close-season activity, we take a look back at the various loan spells spent lower down the pyramid.

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League Cup pits Daggers against Dons

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Having barely finished glugging the champagne after our famous League 2 play-off victory at Wembley two and a half weeks ago, we now know our opponents in the first round of the Carling Cup. The draw was made this morning and the Daggers face a tricky tie away to League 1 rivals (still sounds unbelievable!), MK Dons.

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League 2 2009/10 team of the season

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The PFA named its League 2 team of the year way back in April. Needless to say we disagree entirely with several of their selections; some of the choices never really shone against us and other less-renowned players had possibly their best games against ourselves. Here are the best we’ve seen in opposing line-ups over the course of the season.

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League 2 2009/10 review part 2

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Following on from part one earlier in the week, here we take a look at the fortunes of the 2nd half of the division in 2009/10. This time we look at Grimsby to Torquay as we compare performances to our pre-season predictions.

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League 2 2009/10 review part 1

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Way back in August, we gave our predictions and expectations for all of League 2′s twenty-four clubs. Instead of attempting to brush our awful predictions under the carpet, it is time to look back and see how we did, with our first part covering Accrington to Darlington. Part two to follow later this week.

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