NYHETER: Ex-player/-manager news, Part I

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MANCHESTER UNITED striker Alan Smith has offered Rob Hulse counselling as he recovers from a double leg break.
Smith, who has only just returned after 10 months out with a broken leg and dislocated ankle, has told the Sheffield United striker to contact him whenever he needs support.
Hulse faces six months out but Blades’ physio Dennis Pettitt revealed: "Rob’s in a positive frame of mind."

The Sun

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Hulse feared his career was over


Hulse looks dazed after suffering an awful leg break

Sheffield United striker Rob Hulse has revealed he thought his career was over after his horrific leg break suffered playing against Chelsea last Saturday.
The 27-year-old is recovering from Sunday's successful operation to mend a double fracture of his left leg, an injury which has ended his season.
He said: "For a moment, I thought 'That's it for me'. I knew I'd done something serious straight away.

Hele saken: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/6475049.stm

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Cardiff trailing Luton's Feeney


Feeney is out of contract in the summer

Cardiff say Luton striker Warren Feeney is one of a number of potential loan signings ahead of Thursday's deadline.
"I've made some bids, and I believe Feeney would like to talk to us, but Luton have rejected us at the moment," said Cardiff chairman Peter Ridsdale.
"There are a number of other players we are chasing, but clubs aren't making it easy and we have to do the right deal."
Northern Ireland international Feeney, 26, is out of contract at the end of the season.
He joined the Hatters from Stockport for £150,000 in March 2005, and would be valuable cover at Cardiff for injured top-scorer Michael Chopra.
"If the prices are right we will bring in new faces before Thursday's deadline to give us the best chance of getting out of this division this season," Ridsdale told BBC Sport Wales.

Kilde: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6474929.stm

[Per-Stian]

Sheffield United-spissen Rob Hulse (27) brakk beinet svært stygt sist lørdag, og søker nå hjelp hos Alan Smith.

Det var i kampen mot Chelsea at Hulse stormet inn i femmeteren etter en pasning, og keeper Petr Cech kom ut. Spillerne kolliderte legg mot legg, noe som førte til at begge leggbeinene til Hulse brakk.

- Et øyeblikk tenkte jeg: «Det er over for meg». Jeg visste med en gang at noe var seriøst galt. Jeg kjente beinet dingle nederst, og jeg følte det ut fra publikums reaksjon, sier Hulse til klubbens hjemmesider.

Spissen forteller videre at Cech sendte en sms etter episoden, og at Manchester Uniteds Alan Smith har tilbudt han hjelp.

Selv offer for brudd

Smith brakk selv beinet stygt da han blokkerte et skudd fra John Arne Riise i en kamp i februar 2006. United-spilleren er nå på vei tilbake fra den grufulle skaden.

- Alan Smith har tilbudt å prate med meg hvis det blir behov - noe jeg kommer til å takke ja til, sier Hulse.

Blades' fysioterapeut Dennis Pettitt bekrefter historien.

- Alan har allerede vært i kontakt med Rob for å fortelle at han vet hva han går gjennom, og at han stiller opp dersom Rob trenger noen å snakke med eller for å få råd, sier han til Sheffield Star.

Tilbake til sesongstart?

Hulse har også tidligere i karrieren slitt med skader. Han har blant annet hatt problemer med et kne og ryggen.

- Jeg var lei meg på lørdag og søndag, men nå som operasjonen er unnagjort, ser jeg positivt på det, sier Hulse, som lover å trene seg opp igjen.

Til Sheffield Star sier manager Neil Warnock at det er sjanser for at Hulse kan være tilbake allerede til sesongforberedelsene i august.

Kjelde: http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=146539

[Espen J]

Smith er da en grei kar... Håper han kommer tilbake en vakker gang:-)

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I farta 21/3

Div. 1:

Chesterfield - Doncaster 1-1
Neil Sullivan og Danny Cadamarteri spilte hele kampen for Donny, som hadde Sean McDaid som ubenyttet reserve.

[Asbjørn]

quote:Originally posted by Espen J

Smith er da en grei kar... Håper han kommer tilbake en vakker gang:-)

...for min del er det ikke noe must at denne gangen skal være spesielt vakker (jamf. parkett el. lign), det holder at det er pena været []

(gjedna regn, for min del)



I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn there's someone there, other times it's only me
B.Dylan

[lojosang]

quote:Originally posted by kjelvi

I farta 21/3

Div. 1:

Chesterfield - Doncaster 1-1
Neil Sullivan og Danny Cadamarteri spilte hele kampen for Donny, som hadde Sean McDaid som ubenyttet reserve.

Er Chesterfieldbenken en sofa, har jeg alltid lurt på? [)]

Trenge vel for fakerten  ikkje ha nåken signatur heller eg, vel! []

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Huddersfield expect to name their new manager in the next three weeks with Phil Parkinson, Micky Adams and Gary Megson heading the shortlist. (Daily Express)

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Shilts: Robbo is still our No1
PETER SHILTON is backing Paul Robinson to perform against Israel on Saturday.
Shilts made a record 125 appearances for England in a 20-year career.
And the European Cup winner believes Robinson is still the country's top stopper.
Shilton said: "The best keeper for England at the moment is Paul Robinson.

Hele saken: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007130344,00.html

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PAUL JEWELL hailed Caleb Folan as ‘the bargain of the season’ after a scan revealed the Wigan striker has not broken his foot.
Boss Jewell feared the worst when Folan â€" a £500,00 January signing from Chesterfield â€" was carried off at home to Fulham on March 17.
Jewell added: "Half a million won’t buy you most players’ toenails these days but Folan’s been a revelation for us since stepping up from League One.
"He has more than paid back the transfer fee. If he helps us stay up his signing will look like an even better piece of business."

The Sun

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KEVIN BLACKWELL is set to be named as Luton’s new manager until the end of the season.
He is likely to take over as Mike Newell’s successor this weekend.
Blackwell, 48, was born in Luton and now has just seven games to save the club from relegation to League One â€" starting with a trip to Burnley on March 31.
The ex-bricklayer sees the job as a chance to rebuild his reputation as a manager, following his failure to lead Leeds back to the Premiership last season.
Luton had hoped to recruit former player Mick Harford. But the hard-up Kenilworth Road board did not want to pay compensation to Colchester, where Harford is assistant to manager Geraint Williams.
The Hatters have won just three of their last 23 league games and are 23rd in the Championship.

The Sun

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The Hatters have won just three of their last 23 league games and are 23rd in the Championship.

Og dette laget med denne statistikken kigger vi bak på tabellen[xx(]

[4ever arcticwhite]

Ville vel vært en viss ironi over det dersom Blackie kommer inn og berger Luton på bekostning av Leeds.....

- The future's so white, I've got to wear shades [8D]

[Bites Yer Legs]

Får håpe han bringer med seg mye av kulturen fra de siste månedene som Leeds-manager. Shit!!

NORMAN HUNTER BITES YER LEGS!!

[Bites Yer Legs]

quote:Originally posted by kjelvi

I farta 21/3

Div. 1:

Chesterfield - Doncaster 1-1
Neil Sullivan og Danny Cadamarteri spilte hele kampen for Donny, som hadde Sean McDaid som ubenyttet reserve.

Er det mulig å bli klok på denne Cadamarteri? Spilte han seg ikke nettopp fra non-league til CCC og Lster, der han debuterte med et brak!!? Og nå er han i Doncaster?

Har du oversikt på karrieren hans kjelvi, kanskje noen ide om hvorfor det går som det går?

NORMAN HUNTER BITES YER LEGS!!

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Feeney completes Cardiff switch


Cardiff City have signed Luton's Northern Ireland international striker Warren Feeney on loan for the rest of the season.

The 26-year-old will pen a full three-year contract at the end of the season when his Luton deal expires and he will make his Bluebirds debut in the home Championship clash with promotion rivals Sunderland on March 31.
Feeney will initially replace Championship top goal-scorer Michael Chopra, who will be sidelined for up to a month after picking up a hamstring strain the 3-1 defeat at Derby County last Saturday.
Feeney began as a trainee with Leeds before linking up with Bournemouth and eventually joining Stockport.
Luton paid £175,000 for him in March 2005 and it is understood Cardiff have paid £75,000 down and will give the Hatters another £50,000 if the Welsh club gain promotion.
Feeney is in the Northern Ireland squad to face Liechtenstein in Saturday's 2008 European Championship qualifier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Feeney
http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/705.html

Kilde: http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1786_2010306,00.html

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Eirik Bakke løper igjen
Nå drømmer han om sesongdebut 16.mai.
26. januar la den tidligere Leeds-spilleren seg under kniven i Nederland og fikk operert sin trøblete ankel. Kirurgene gikk da inn og fjernet en liten ben-splint samt noe brusk. Forrige uke kunne han endelig starte løpetrening igjen.
- Det går fremover og det kjennes bra ut. Og jeg vet jo godt hva som skal til for å komme tilbake - har vært borti det før. Men jeg håper dette er siste gang, sier Eirik Bakke som blant annet har operert begge knærne tidligere og nå også den ene ankelen.

Hele saken: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/ibergen/article943398.ece

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quote:Originally posted by bites yer legs
Er det mulig å bli klok på denne Cadamarteri? Spilte han seg ikke nettopp fra non-league til CCC og Lster, der han debuterte med et brak!!? Og nå er han i Doncaster?
Har du oversikt på karrieren hans kjelvi, kanskje noen ide om hvorfor det går som det går?

 

En småtrist historie!
Født i Bradford, Leeds Utd.-fan siden guttedagene. Visstnok umoden som person.

Et super-supertalent i Everton, men slet med stabiliteten. I sin tid snuste flere storklubber på den lille Everton-spissen med rastaflettene. Fikk til slutt sparken - og gitt til hjemby-klubben Bradford, slet også der.

Innom Leeds (0 ligakamper, 1 innhopp i ligacupen) , men sendt videre til Blades. Nok et mageplask dere - før retur til Bradford. Var i ferd med å finne seg sjøl før han ble tatt i dopingkontroll (mye rykter om hasj og kokain, men det var Ephedrine - ref. UKsport.gov.uk)). Resultatet seks måneders utestengelse og sparken. Så vidt innom Grays før han fikk napp i Leicester (kontrakt ut sesongen). Men klarte ikke å imponere på Wankers Stadium heller - og er nå lånt ut en måned til Doncaster.

Det meste her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Cadamarteri
http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/32752.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/6246233.stm

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quote:Originally posted by kjelvi
Et super-supertalent i Everton, men slet med stabiliteten. I sin tid snuste flere storklubber på den lille Everton-spissen med rastaflettene. Fikk til slutt sparken - og gitt til hjemby-klubben Bradford.

Sjekk dette klippet (Everton - Pool 2-0, 18.10.97).
Se 2-0-målet.
Derfor er Danny forsatt elsket av Everton-fansen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peG1XZ6Hikw

[Jon R]

Cada hadde vel aldri noen reell kontrakt i Leeds. Ble brakt inn som en av svært mange spillere sommeren 2004, etter at bare "Gary kelly & I" møtte til første trening etter ferien. Hadde en uke til uke kontrakt ( som Guppy og Hignett), før Blackwell hadde sett nok av han. Et innhopp fra benken i Mikke Mus cupen ble hans eneste opptreden for oss.[]

Jon R.

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quote:Originally posted by Jon R

Cada hadde vel aldri noen reell kontrakt i Leeds. Ble brakt inn som en av svært mange spillere sommeren 2004, etter at bare "Gary kelly & I" møtte til første trening etter ferien. Hadde en uke til uke kontrakt ( som Guppy og Hignett), før Blackwell hadde sett nok av han.

tror du tar feil.
tror han hadde kontrakt ut mai 2005.
Blades betalte £50.000 for han, noe de neppe hadde gjort for en uten kontrakt...

[Jon R]

quote:Originally posted by kjelvi

quote:Originally posted by kjelvi
Et super-supertalent i Everton, men slet med stabiliteten. I sin tid snuste flere storklubber på den lille Everton-spissen med rastaflettene. Fikk til slutt sparken - og gitt til hjemby-klubben Bradford.

Sjekk dette klippet (Everton - Pool 2-0, 18.10.97).
Se 2-0-målet.
Derfor er Danny forsatt elsket av Everton-fansen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peG1XZ6Hikw

Bjørn-Tore Kvarme har nok ikke fullt så positive minner fra den kampen, kjelvi.

Jon R.

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quote:Originally posted by lojosang
Er Chesterfieldbenken en sofa, har jeg alltid lurt på? [)]

Ikke annet å vente at kampen om en plass på benken er større enn kampen om plass blant de 11....

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Little old Huddersfield will target Kevin Blackwell if the former Leeds boss decides not to take charge of his hometown club Luton in the next 48 hours. (Daily Mail)


And another! Kevin Blackwell is close to taking over at Luton Town, helping his bid to become the first man to take two clubs down from the same division in the same season since Billy McNeill did it with Manchester City and Aston Villa in 1987. Actually that's a guess, don't quote us on that. Waste your time? Us?

Fiver
Guardian
http://football.guardian.co.uk/rumourmill

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"Lord Ferg wants to replace Emmerdale Eminem Alan Smith with Icelandic Paul Bettany Eidur Gudjohnsen."

The Rumour Mill, Guardian
http://football.guardian.co.uk/fiver/0,,415657,00.html

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Transfers - March 2007  
The transfer window is now closed for permanent signings between clubs.
In the Football League, loan deals are permitted from Thursday, 8 February until the deadline of Thursday, 22 March at 1700 GMT.

22/3:
Craig Hignett [Unattached - Hartlepool]
Michael Gray [Blackburn - Leeds] Loan

16/3:
Danny Cadamarteri [Leicester - Doncaster] Loan
Alan Wright [Sheffield United - Nottingham Forest] Loan


Full oversikt: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6408631.stm

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Molenaar to hang up his boots



RBC Roosendaal's veteran defender Robert Molenaar has announced his retirement from football at the end of the season.

The hulking 38-year-old stopper will take up a technical role at the club in the summer.
Molenaar started his professional career in 1992 at FC Volendam before joining Leeds United in 1997.
Three years later, he transferred to Bradford City and moved back to Holland with RBC in 2003.

Kilde: http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,982_2012103,00.html

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Blackwell refusing to comment  
Kevin Blackwell has fuelled speculation linking him with the vacant managerial position at Luton by refusing to confirm or deny reports
The 48-year-old has been out of football since September after he was sacked by Leeds United and following the departure of Mike Newell last week, various reports have speculated that Blackwell will be named as his long-term successor at Kenilworth Road.  
However, when asked about the speculation, Blackwell said: "I don't want to talk about it. I won't confirm or deny anything."  
A spokesman for the Hatters added that Blackwell is among the candidates and a decision will be made in the near future.  
He said: "As far as I know, no time frame has been put on finding a new manager. The board will take their time to make the right decision, but as far as I know it will be sooner rather than later.  
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Ex-Leeds boss set for short-term Luton Town role?
Kevin Blackwell is poised to take over as Hatters manager until the end of the season according to reports.
Luton-born Blackwell will look to keep his hometown club in the Championship after a dismal season at Kenilworth Road led to the recent sacking of Mike Newell, calls for the club's board to quit and a series of damaging media stories.
Ironically, if he does take over at Kenilworth Road he will be battling with Leeds to beat the drop.

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Nigel Worthington is not about to take charge at Luton Town Football Club.
The former Norwich City boss has been heavily linked with the post which was vacated when Mike Newell was axed last week, yet he has denied he is ready to return to football management just yet.
"I don't know anything about that, so I don't know where it's come from,” he told the Pink ‘Un. "I'm just enjoying life, spending time with my family doing things you aren't able to do when you are in football, and it's lovely.
"It's the first time in 26 years I've been able to do that. I'm just enjoying the break. It's nice at the moment. I will probably wait until the summer and see what happens."

http://www.fansfc.com/lutonfootballclub/news.asp?newsid=164681