Venue: Bloomfield Road Date: Saturday, 10 September Kick-off: 1500 BST With a win over Leeds on our last outing, have we 'stopped the rot', having leaked 5 against the Saints and then 7 against Posh before that? The arrival of Sonko, Murphy and Bullard have provided much needed reinforcements and this weekend we have the possible return to fitness of both Bowyer and Ingimarsson. Although Sonko is currently a doubt and probably wont feature. So we have some better options and the international break came at just the right time for us. But 3pm tomorrow is another test and its time to see what we all think will happen. Likely line ups? players to be wary of? Chopra or Philips? And of course match predictions.... Tangerines or Blues? Expect a pretty decent Town following on the back of the free transport 'gift' with 1400 tickets already sold. I'm hoping for a fairly open game and I really cant see this one as a goalless draw. There should be a good atmosphere with plenty of talent on show from both sides. It could be a battle of wits between the two managers and I expect Town to start with two up front. Here we go....... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14773145.stm
Town's allocation all but sold out. Collins could be in. Bring it on! One to watch of course Billy Clarke!
Blackpool don't look to have felt the impact of relegation, on the pitch at least. I think it will be a big test for us, one team has been through a lot together and works hard for each other and the other has been assembled over the past few months. I think that will be the deciding factor. 3-1 to Blackpool for me.
Possible line up??? Leadbitter on the bench is just wishful thinking! Stockdale Edwards, Ingimarsson, Delaney, Cresswell JET, Bullard, Kennedy, Andrews, Chopra, Murphy, Subs Lee-Barrett, Scotland, Carson, Leadbitter, Bowyer
Town to win, starting line up of:- Stockdale Edwards Ingimarsson Collins Cresswell Carson Bowyer Bullard Andrews Murphy Chopra Happy days, apart from Edwards but for now he will do!!
I will go for a 1 nil to town . looks like Collins will be in to rally the back 4 , so hopefully after the international break we will be out of the starting blocks with all guns blazing and our players in the right frame of mind . Hopefully we will get on the winning road after our poor start , now the lads are a bit more settled and on paper at least starting to look like a team . coyb
Can complain with that line-up spanish. If that was an opposition squad we would be worried. Hopefully the defence will be a lot tighter and a good old fashioned 1-0 win for us will be in order!
Going for an eventful 3-2 to Town. Can't see us keeping a clean sheet unfortunately. Chops, Andrews and Bullard to score.
3-1 us, any from chopra, bullard, cressy... can't see the bitter twisted Bristolian getting anything from this one!
3-0 to the sea siders ! Thats unless they get a man sent off & balloon one into there own net in the last min?
I love the optimism above but think you will get turned over, 2-0 or 3-0 to Blackpool (not a WUM post btw)
Stockdale Edwards Ingirmarsson Collins Cresswell Bowyer Andrews Bullard Leadbitter Chopra Scotland 3-2 Town: Clarke, Phillips Andrews, Scotland, Edwards
2-1 Blackpool as I can't see us taking a win from this one. Phillips is playing well, and Blackpool look like a solid unit all over the pitch. If we were in better form, we'd be alright, but the best I can see for us is a draw. I hope to be proved wrong, though!
