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Doggie_muz said:
Not sure if this is the correct thread for this question, but is there any suggestion that the tragic news about Gary Speed might jeapordise Kingy's participation in this game. I have no idea how close the two were, and it seems unlikely that Kingy wouldn't play because of it, but I thought someone might know better than I do.
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I wouldn't have thought so; Shay Given was one of Speed's best mates and he played for Villa a couple of hours after he found out about it. I don't see why King couldn't play, he's probably only met him a handful of times. Don't get me wrong, it's a terrible thing and it must have been a bit of a shock, but I don't think it will affect King too much on a personal level - he might have liked the guy, but he's probably only spent a couple of days with him altogether since he became Wales manager.
 
indierich06 said:
I haven't really seen much of Blackpool this season, or last season in the Prem, but I thought Holloway had changed his footballing philosophy to a far more attacking one? Surely that'd be conducive to attractive football?

Happy to bow down to your superior knowledge though, like I say - I haven't seen them for ages anyway.
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A Blackpool fan on another forum (I know it's only one fan's opinion) says that they've reverted back to a more pragmatic approach this season, so probably more like we were under Holloway.

And Hazzman, you're right about the Blackpool away game, I was watching Hinckley at home that game, so I didn't go, but I remember it being 3-2 now and them saying what a good game it was on the radio, for some reason I had both games down as being drab 2-1s.
 
Han said:
I seem to remember us being pretty good against blackpool under NP. So much so that I was convinced we'd win the play-off final [that never was] against them.
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Same. Did the double over them in the season and finished 5 or 6 points ahead of them in the regular season too.

Of course, it doesn't matter either way at any rate, seeing as we never got there.
 
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A pound to a pinch of squirrel shit says that Kevin Phillips scores against us!
 
SJN-Fox said:
A pound to a pinch of squirrel shit says that Kevin Phillips scores against us!
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Feck...he always's scores against us.
Won't forget the two he got when we were 2-0 up against Saints first day of the season last time we are in the top league.
 
Profondo Rosso said:
A Blackpool fan on another forum (I know it's only one fan's opinion) says that they've reverted back to a more pragmatic approach this season, so probably more like we were under Holloway.

And Hazzman, you're right about the Blackpool away game, I was watching Hinckley at home that game, so I didn't go, but I remember it being 3-2 now and them saying what a good game it was on the radio, for some reason I had both games down as being drab 2-1s.
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it was 2-1 when i left after the final whistle.:icon_wink
 
lanxfox jnr said:
Living in Blackpool, Leicester need to win this otherwise life will not be worth living!
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Sorry to go all prudish on you, but with the Speed death still fresh in the mind that comment seems a bit crass.
 
spionfox said:
Sorry to go all prudish on you, but with the Speed death still fresh in the mind that comment seems a bit crass.
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Really? People kill themselves every day, why is Speed so special? I can't understand the public outpourings of grief by people who didn't know him.
 
Matt_B said:
Really? People kill themselves every day, why is Speed so special? I can't understand the public outpourings of grief by people who didn't know him.
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Who says it's outpourings of grief?

Regardless of what connection anyone had to him. It's a man doing well in his professional life who was on tv looking cheerful and talking about his future one day, but then was dead the next.

It's a reminder of everyone's mortality and how there are much more important things in life than a football match.

I didn't have any connection with Gary Speed at all, either personally or as a role model, but this story did shake me up a bit and cause me to think about my own mortality and what's most important to me in life (then why am I still on this bloody internet forum? *deletes account*).
 
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Profondo Rosso said:
Who says it's outpourings of grief?

Regardless of what connection anyone had to him. It's a man doing well in his professional life who was on tv looking cheerful and talking about his future one day, but then was dead the next.

It's a reminder of everyone's mortality and how there are much more important things in life than a football match.

I didn't have any connection with Gary Speed at all, either personally or as a role model, but this story did shake me up a bit and cause me to think about my own mortality and what's most important to me in life (then why am I still on this bloody internet forum? *deletes account*).
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Not necessarily on here, but on Facebook etc it is like their relative died. I doubt many of the same people would react the same if it was someone from The Only Way Is Essex, they didn't for Jade Goody.
 
Matt_B said:
Really? People kill themselves every day, why is Speed so special? I can't understand the public outpourings of grief by people who didn't know him.
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The original comment was a 'quip' about life not being worth living if Leicester didn't win a football match. Speed isn't "so special" but surely you can see why I called the comment a bit crass.

FWIW Matt, I mainly agree with your mass grief observation. Perhaps it helps some people?
 
Don't see what's wrong with it myself. It was just a tongue in cheek remark anyway that doesn't have anything to do with Gary Speed.
 
I would suggest people are getting 'grief' mixed up with 'respect'
 
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