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Town have announced the squad travelling to Milan for the second leg of the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan. No real surprises, although Martijn Reuser is included after missing out at the weekend. | Squad for Arsenal Fri 30th Nov 2001 11:07
Town have announced their squad for tomorrow's game with Arsenal. The most natable absentee is Martijn Reuser who clearly isn't ready after his injury. | Ipswich Town Reserves 2-1 Arsenal Reserves Tue 13th Nov 2001 23:27
by your Official Reporter, ColdGit@Reserves.
I have promised to be more direct. Here goes:
Darren Bent is an absolute gem. I've been saying all season that he should be in the first team and a really gamey brace tonight, leaving the winning goal till the 90th minute, will surely have clinched that exciting, fully justified reality.
A promising young Arsenal team had led, at the interval, via their dainty young centre-forward, Jermaine Brown, begloved and with corn-row hair (is that what you call it?) who took advantage of the temporary absence upfield of attack-minded Thomas Gaardsoe, to beat man-in-black Andy Marshall with a breakaway goal after 35 mins.
As crowd favourite Darren would have said afterwards, had I been able to speak to him, "I should have had at least a hat-trick, Old Git, with two half-chances just before the half hour mark, the second of which I tapped into the goalie's ample bosom - was it Richard Wright? And then, five minutes into the second half, Brian, I gently, deftly, accurately, oh no, tickled one over the bar. So far, this season, I should have scored an Axeldahl of reserve match goals."
It took an hour for Bent to strike, but it was worth waiting for. In the area, he was moving left, but flicked the ball inside his man, then curled it round the goalie and inside the right post. You beauty. 1-1.
At the death, his second goal was another peachy plum, partly because of the pin-point quality of excellent Darren Ambrose's cross from the right; all Bent had to do was control it and tuck it away, again inside the right post. He looks like Finidi George, but it's time for Finidi to take his hat off to Darren; both Darrens, for that matter: Ambrose is of the same school: eager, direct, a winner. 2-1.
Don't let's get too warmed up, though; it wasn't that sort of night for all of us. The Darrens were beacons in the mist. Urgent Yoof Ambrose replaced anonymous Nicholls after an hour, allowing begloved Nabil Abbadabba to come in from the cold on the wing into central midfield, where he continued to show delightful touch but ineffective overall impact.
Yet, in an uncertain, bump-into-things world, it was re-assuring to lie back and accept the freezing embrace - an average FPR temperature tonight of 7 degrees Celsius, whatever celcius is, but, as your Official Reporter, I have to accept that I have a worldwide audience and mustn't mention good old Fahrenheit. Mother said it was cold in Sydney today but I promise you that a couple of hours at damp Portman Road tonight would have reminded her why she emigrated 36 years ago, (and, with a worldwide audience, it is nice for them that I should make an international reference)...and yet I still cannot say, 'in Sydney' without pangs of Carry On double entendre...whoops, digressionamundo...the freezing embrace of a November evening at the Reserves, with the bizarre guarantee of safety created by a report on the BBC saying that Osama Bin Laden is an Arsenal fan. We're watching Arsenal Reserves (though this is only the official title of this team. The term has come to mean, in general conversation, something quite different: 'the team you put out against teams like Ipswich or Worthington Cup opponents.' I doubt that any of Arsenal's team tonight will ever play in the Premiership for them. Surreal. Their Yoof winger, Jerome Thomas - all their Yoof's forward line has 'J' first names - was their gem. Fabian found him to be 'unstoppable'. Umm, that doesn't make Thomas unique, though, does it? Come on Fab, shave that carpet sample off the top of your head, and play a bit. You're only up against Chris Makin.)
I'm not really digressing. It was a match without passion, without much meaning. Without Bent actually winning the match, it would have been very ho-hum, but he was this week's 'Mumo' Peralta, who was the emerging star of my last Reserves Report, and who, so soon after, is October's Third Best Player Of The Month.
In the absence of Mumo, Tommy Miller was given the opportunity to audition for Jim Magilton's shirt, but he took an early knock and that perhaps stunted his growth. Miller was derisory about Sir George's audacity, in playing 'the best midfielder in the Nationwide' on the wing; it's because Our Tom shares Our Jim's fear of wide open spaces. He feels that that circle around the centre of the pitch is there for a reason, and, tonight, he never left it. In fairness, he can sweep the ball about, though it's a little laboured, as are all his movements, as if he's a middleweight boxer with heavy legs (like Reuser, who we're coming to.)
Our team was:
Marshall
Wilnis — Gaardsoe - Justin Miller (c) - 'Gary'
Abbadabba - Tommy Miller - Ashley Nicholls - REUSER!!!!!!
Bent - 'Log' Logan | Reserves Squad Tue 13th Nov 2001 10:52
Town's reserves meet Arsenal at Portman Road this evening (KO 7pm). The Blues side ses both Martijn Reuser and Fabian Wilnis as well as Gary Croft. Also included is Richard Logan who was issued with a challenge at the weekend by George Burley. | Squad for Southampton Tue 23rd Oct 2001 10:47
Town have announced the squad for tomorrow evening's game at Southampton. The only omission from the previous squad taken to Fulham is Finidi George who will be out until early December with a fractured cheekbone. | Squad for Fulham Fri 19th Oct 2001 19:26
Town have announced the squad for Sunday's 1pm kick-off game at Fulham. Alun Armstrong is included after missing out against Helsingborgs IF. | Squad for Helsingborgs IF Wed 17th Oct 2001 10:40
Alun Armstrong remains the biggest doubt ahead of tomorrow's game with Helsingborgs IF. The striker and John McGreal both complained of back problems after the Everton game, but McGreal isn't said to be as much of a doubt as the ex-Boro man. | Squad for Everton Fri 12th Oct 2001 12:21
Town have announced the squad for Everton's visit tomorrow. It seems that Keith Branagan's loan move to Coventry has not yet gone through as he is included along with Matteo Sereni and Andy Marshall. | Squad for Crewe Fri 05th Oct 2001 11:42
Town have announced the squad for next Tuesday's Worthington Cup match with Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road. George Burley expects to make a number of changes for the game and a number of fringe players could be involved. | Clapham Vows to Fight For PLace Fri 05th Oct 2001 10:28
Jamie Clapham has said that he wants to stay at Portman Road and fight for his place. There have been rumours for a while that Clapham is unhappy at the club and reports yesterday claimed interest in him from Southampton and Middlesbrough. TWTD has also heard that there may be a First Division club looking at the former Spurs player. |
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