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1641  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Worst player on: April 23, 2012, 13:46:49 pm
Considering how bad we have been all bar the last two months of the season I was wondering......
Who is the worst player we have had play for us this season???
I think that the team around Christmas time was the worst team as a whole I have seen
in my 27 years of following the club.
I have also seen many abject attempts to wear the shirt with pride.
Whatdyathink.
 Embarrassed

Corker, Salihu, Savage, Arthur........can't be just one!

Oh, and biggest girls blouse of the season JAKEY ROBINSON
1642  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: The Official Summer Rumours Thread 2012 on: April 23, 2012, 12:38:59 pm
Mark my words, Steve Howard will be back at Sixfields very soon... in around a month's time I reckon... Smiley

Yes, as he's playing in the Richard Butcher memorial game on 24th May...
1643  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Thanks To Aidy and DC on: April 21, 2012, 17:11:42 pm
After feeling suicidal on New Years eve, I still cannot believe we've managed to stay up!

DC needed to appoint AB, but I never thought we could attract him.

AB will continue to sort the mentality out at our Club and the future looks promising. Interesting to hear only he will be in on Monday, to show a couple of potential new signings around and to tell a some players they have no future at the Club, not just those that are out of contract.
1644  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Hereford Game and Support on: April 21, 2012, 16:55:27 pm
Bit of an anti-climax in the end, but we shouldn't underestimate AB's achievement in securing safety with two games to go given the shambles he inherited.

It's all about next season now, and the next two games should give us a chance to experiment.  

Yes.

Would be nice to end Gillinghams play-off ambitions and laugh at that c u n t Jackman  Grin
1645  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch!!! on: April 20, 2012, 10:58:19 am
So, tonight it's Southend v Barnet... COME ON SOUTHEND!

A win or draw for Southend would mean Barnet MUST win their final two games to overtake us (due to their inferior GD).

Obviously, a Southend win would be preferable as it would negate the GD issue!

Every little helps...
1646  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Aaron Davies on: April 19, 2012, 12:20:38 pm
Was wondering what will his future be? I still think in a more confident and forward thinking side, he'd be like a new player!!

If AB rated him, he would have played him.

He will be shipped out in the Summer, providing someone is willing to pay his "GJ esq" wages...
1647  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Ressies v Luton Town on: April 18, 2012, 12:37:09 pm
Northampton Town's reserves drew 3-3 with Luton Town at a soaking wet Sixfields on Wednesday in a behind closed doors friendly.

Brett Williams, Arron Davies and Lewis Young were all on target. The game gave a run out to Freddy Hall, Jason Crowe, Anthony Charles, Byron Webster, Ryan Gilligan, Arron Davies, Toni Silva, Lewis Young, Lewis Wilson and Brett Williams.
1648  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Top five on: April 18, 2012, 09:17:11 am
What about now?

Oh and how smug you must feel  Roll Eyes

Give the lad a break FFS, as previously stated, he will make mistakes but as long as he learns from them then that's fine. He got us a point at Crewe and helped us hugely to get all 3 points v Oxford. He also made a great save in the 2nd half yesterday.

Granted, it will be a real test of his mental strength on Saturday but, he'll be getting my full support...
1649  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Crawley on Tuesday on: April 17, 2012, 15:39:38 pm
Alexander is their danger man. Keep him quiet and we've got a chance.

Still not expecting anything out of tonight's game. Must avoid a drubbing as it could still come down to goal difference in the end....

Have we seen the last of Silva? I know he went back to Portugal but nothing from the Club since...
1650  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Nana and Higgs on: April 17, 2012, 10:54:27 am
AB said the other week that Higgs should be ready for the start of the new season...
1651  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Top five on: April 17, 2012, 09:00:15 am
Am I the only one who has seen a few things from Kitson that make me think, if you forget the penalty saves, he's maybe not all that?

He's only played 4 league games and will obviously make the odd mistake (ALL keepers make mistakes). I still feel more confident with Kitson between the sticks than I ever did with Dunn...

Kitson has fantastic potential and will only get better...
1652  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilligan and Crowe to be released at end of season on: April 16, 2012, 18:05:02 pm
That's a shame. I would've thought that if he isn't going to use Holt as a player, and with the size of the squad being what it is that he would use Holt, but AB knows what he's doing I suppose.

In terms of the clear out, the main priority is getting rid of the likes of Davies and Turnbull (failed GJ signings), but then we also need to get rid of people who are hindering us signing new players, like Webster, Robinson and Nana (though since he is injured we'll have to keep him). With Davies apparently on £3000 a week, it may be tough to move him on and this will hurt us next season.

I personally think goal getter Jakey Robinson is more of a GJ failure than Davies is. At least Davies knows where the goal is...
1653  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilligan and Crowe to be released at end of season on: April 16, 2012, 14:28:03 pm
Holts legs have long gone (as we unfortunatly found out this season more than ever)

As for Wedderburn, i've always liked him but his weight/fitness is obviously a big issue. He certainly can pick out a pass and could have been perfect in the new found "Tozer" role
1654  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Top five on: April 16, 2012, 14:22:42 pm
Surley, this should be 5 players who are out of contract/on loan/pre AB signings?

Players signed by AB for next season such as Harding, Gutts and Langers will obviously be part of the squad?

Based on that, mine would be...

Kitson
JJ
Tozer
Crackers
Bayo

Obviously, would be happy with Carlisle too but would not blow a huge portion of our budget on enticing him...

1655  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Gilligan and Crowe to be released at end of season on: April 16, 2012, 12:42:25 pm
Assume Holt and Wedderburn will be next...
1656  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch!!! on: April 16, 2012, 10:37:12 am
This is the horrendous scenario i've got going around in my head...

We lose at Crawley...

Southend beat Barnet on Friday night...

Hereford know by beating us they could move out the bottom two on Saturday, hence they beat us...

Gap then down to 5 ponts. We then play two play-off chasing teams in Gillingham and Rotherham who both need to win to have any chance of making the play-offs...we will need at least a point in either of these two games. We lose both...

Granted, for two of the bottom 3 to catch us, it would take an almightly fook up from us & bizzare results elsewhere but the way our season has been twisting and turning it would not surprise me.

I hope i am talking bollox!


1657  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Gilligan and Crowe to be released at end of season on: April 16, 2012, 09:20:25 am
Via Twitter...

Northampton Town @ntfc
Northampton Town manager Aidy Boothroyd has confirmed that Jason Crowe and Ryan Gilligan will be released at the end of the season.
1658  General Category / General Chat / Re: Join in with your Youtube classics on: April 13, 2012, 16:37:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E-7A5DiquI

Thoughts of "Simply The Best" blasting out at Wembley 97' will never be the same again!  Grin
1659  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Sports Scientist... on: April 13, 2012, 15:37:40 pm
http://www.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/Sport/Cobblers/Boothroyd-looks-to-future-with-sports-science-improvements-12042012.htm

Aidy Boothroyd is determined to forge better links with organisations in the area that ensure Northampton Town do not miss out on benefitting from the latest sports science developments.

English football has, perhaps, been slower than other European nations on the uptake when it comes to realising the benefits in spending time focusing on player fitness and injury reduction techniques.

That is all changing under the new generation of managers such as Boothroyd, with most clubs now having their own fitness coaches, or in some cases whole strength and conditioning departments.

But the Cobblers boss is also keen to glean knowledge from other sports. He has spent time observing training at the Leeds Rhinos rugby league team, and soon after taking his current job he met with Northampton Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder to swap ideas.

Boothroyd is in no doubt that Town have failed to make the most of these opportunities in the past, and while they may not yet have their own equivalent of AC Milan’s renowned medical research facility he aims to at least ensure that they can utilise some of those in Northampton.

"We've got some fantastic facilities and organisations that we don't link with like Northampton University and the colleges around the place,” said Boothroyd.

“We don't have enough contact with them. We've got a top rugby union team not even half a mile away from us and we don't speak to them enough, and they are the best at their level.

“We're talking about the Manchester United of rugby union, and we don't speak to them enough.

“We've been a little island and you've got to have like minded people working with like minded people and getting best practise from all over.

“We've got a big sports science place up at Moulton College and we need to be getting involved with that so that we can tap the benefits of that.

“That way everybody will get something out of it; the students will be able to work at a local team and also we'll be able to get the best of the cutting edge stuff that is out there."

He has already started to get things moving within the club as well following the appointment of sports scientist Craig Smith from Championship side West Ham United.

Smith started work at Sixfields on Monday and straight away has been tasked with ensuring the squad are in a much better shape physically when they return after the summer break.

Boothroyd said: "Part of what we do as a staff is to make sure that we have got a good support system in place - particularly with the preparation in the close season and testing that needs to be done right now to get our fitness levels much higher, then we need to have a professional in place.

“The first thing he will be doing is assessing the squad as they are now physically, testing them and making sure that when we go away for the close season they come back in a healthier state than when they left.

“The last thing we need to be doing is having a load of players back that are three or four stone heavier than when they left.

“That was my day and then you go and run yourself close to death to try and get yourself fit.

“You've got to be a professional footballer for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year now.

“While it is important to have a change and a rest, it's still important to keep yourself in top condition so that when we come back for pre-season we can start pushing much harder."
1660  The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Relegation Watch!!! on: April 13, 2012, 14:02:48 pm
Never thought i'd say this but tonight it's COME ON BARNET!

I just want a nice relaxing end to the season...
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