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In the hall of fame
Finally felt as if we joined in with the rest of what is a brutal Premier Division last night when winning 4-1 at Sleaford.
Our policy of playing youngsters is starting bear fruit. Al - looks like you were right - we should have been starting Dan Clements and the 19-year old had a sparkling full debut, scoring 2 and setting another up. We even got 16-year old midfielder Andy Buckle onto the pitch late on along with 18-year old Josh Moreman.
Really enjoying the challenge - Kings Lynn was a great day at Chestnut Avenue and we played well - our visitors were verty complimentary about us as a team and club. Also good to go to St Neots and come away with a point. Most of the people there were very hospitable and gracious as well - a shame that some of their fans felt the need to go on their own forum and belittle us with "pub team" comments and the like, but as you can imagine I just lap that sort of stuff up!
Deeping next Tuesday at our place again as we see how long we can defend the Hinchingbrooke Cup for before another tricky trip to St Ives - bring it on!
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Called up to the national squad
Think you will give St Ives a game Tommy, i watched them against Yaxley last night and it was a bore draw 0-0. As long as you get your shooting boots on like it looks like you have you will get a result. Thats mt prediction
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AL Lenihan
i ve know young clememts since his psv days, a class act, have to say that chris seems to have his favs (oldies), if the kids are good enough they should play, moreman should have played the whole of the season last time round, then maybe pns wouldnt have been runners up. good to see that plumbs is learning from it.
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In the hall of fame
I think by definition all managers have their favourites (i.e. the 11 they pick!) and all will have 1 or 2 that the majority of other people may not pick. In the past I used to love to have Dave Pierre and Micky Bullard in my teams and more recently Eddie Patten because of what they brought to the team aside from footballing ability, when others could not see what I did. Someone like Chris Garwell is also a "marmite" player and he got double figure goals from midfield the year we won UCL Division 1, but raised a lot of eyebrows for getting selected.
Our squad on Tuesday night had 9 players aged 22 or younger and we made a conscious effort in the summer to rdeuce the age of our squad on the basis that we just wanted to settle into the Prem and go for it over the following 2 seasons, so it was a bit pointless having old players that we would have to replace in the near future anyway.
The result is a squad with loads of pace and youthful exhuberance, albeit a little naive at times and we will continue to lose games this season because of that, but gain valuable experience.
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Good posts these guys, keep them coming, it's great to get an insight into how you're doing things and how you percieve them etc...
Hope Hunts and PNS do well this season - your posts do keep you guys in mind and on the odd occassion some of us will end up down supporting your teams when possible (I know I will anyhow.)
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AL Lenihan
my team has changed massively since last season, we have a very young side which is 65% huntingdon lads now, a young and talented team. a stable bunch who now train every week, work hard for each other, confident and in with a real chance to join you next season in the prem i hope. jamie graham has only played 1 game this season, chris brown amd brett bellamy have played none.have just signed another two 18 year olds who played in our youth set up last season. huntingdon town is on the up and up. bigger gates now, just need a local top business man with plenty to give to join our ranks, htfc is set in 34 acres, much bigger then most pro clubs, so i feel it is a real sleeping giant just waiting for a max griggs. if this happens it could spell the end for me, but i only set out to make clubs better then when i joined them.
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Called up to the national squad
Good work Al. Dont forget to post your fixtures so we can get down to watch.
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Administrator
It's all about moving onwards and upwards Al. You need people that you can rely on to be there every week and not stir any trouble in the background; players that work for each other and want the club to succeed, not just themselves.
It looks like you have that now. I will be keeping an eye on your reserve team's results too, as that's a good indicator of the strength in depth at the club, plus I know a couple of lads at Bourne too, who you'll be playing against.
Like Ross and Bezza said, it's great to get a UCL/semi-pro perspective from Al and Tommy. It's a shame that Yaxley, Blackstones & Deeping Rangers officials can't get on here too.
I live near Mr Weston from March, so may have a word with him too, to keep us updated as to his club's progress.
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AL Lenihan
jamie isnt happy with things at the mo with march, so until they start to do well best he keeps his ranting to his players.
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In the hall of fame
Heady days down at Chestnut Avenue!! 8 wins and a draw in the last 9 and yesterday was our best performance to date with a 4-1 mauling of St Ives who boast the likes of Danny Matson, Lee Ellison & David Cobb in their ranks.
Might have to enjoy it while it lasts though as we have a tricky looking derby with St.Neots Reserves (sorry Deeping Rangers!) away on Tuesday night and then long trips to Long Buckby and Southern League Daventry Town in the county cup - personally I will be happy with just 1 win out of that lot.
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Called up to the national squad
3 out of 3 Tommy. Come on stay positive
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