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Friday, November 28, 2008

Unfulfilled Potential

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 06:43 AM.

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Despite another stellar performance away from home,a hard fought 3-1 win over Sheffield United,the Molineux faithful was rocked by the news that on-loan keeper Matt Murrey had suffered another knee injury.The irony of this was it was his healthy right knee that has ruptured a tendon!!
Poor Matt was on-loan to Hereford United,who play in the lower tier 2nd Division,getting some match fitness and confidence after an 18 month rehab on first a broken shoulder followed by doing his cruciate ligement ... Read More

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Turning a Minnow into a Whale-a Football Manager Odyssey

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 05:46 AM.

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Getting value for money out of your latest gaming purchase can be one of the biggest influences in actually buying a game.All the bells and whistles in the world mean jack if you're you're walking into EB Games with your game and reciept in hand a week later.I buy 4 games a year-Madden,NHL and Fifa from the EA stable and Football Manager from Sega.The EA games are for my 360,I've got the surround sound hooked up,108cm hi-def plasma and modem ready to go for some on-line action.Surprisingly most ... Read More

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

One Man Down

Posted on November 18, 2008 at 05:29 AM.

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American sports can differ from other sports in many ways-helmets,mits,padding,single arm stockings to name a few,but a player ejection doesn't impact a game the way it does in football and the rugby codes.Sure Tim Duncan getting ejected for an atomic wedgie on the opposing centre will mean the Spurs lose their main go to guy,but it'll still be 5 V 5 on the court.If a player gets flicked for unsportsmanlike conduct in the NFL,the coach has another 52 players to fill the gap as the culprit walks ... Read More

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Redditch United-Onward and Upwards

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 02:42 AM.

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My gaming year is pretty well sorted now,I have my copy of Fifa09 for the 360 and now I have my copy of Football Manager 09[worldwide soccer manager to you guys in the states].
Although my beloved Wolves take pride and place on my 360-online and off,it's my hometown team-Redditch United-the mighty Reds-that will be ruling my P.C.!!!!
There's something really satisfying about taking a team with a weekly wage budget of 4,000 pounds[Beckam's weekly haircare product bill]from the Blue ... Read More

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS-THIS IS THE YEAR-again??

Posted on November 13, 2008 at 02:18 AM.

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What a brilliant start,6 points clear of 2nd place Birmingham City and 7 points clear of Reading,the 2 Premier League drop-outs that the pundits predicted to be striaght back through the BarclayCard revolving door.
Now I'm not getting my hopes up too high yet,any Wolves supporter will now how close we've come before,in fact our last foray into the land of the Premiership was for only one season and we we're lucky to get there.
A 1-0 win at Molineux Stadium over Man u was a definate ... Read More