Will this help Page to turn to Sorbaying England by picking a player to feed Kieffer Moore?

Jordan Pickford froze on his line against the USA as Maguire repeatedly headed away in-swinging corners inside HIS six-yard box. When he finally tried to deal with one himself, he missed it by a foot.

Caspar Weinberg (and he's dead) would have done better than Kasper Schmeichel (who has become terrified of in-swing, that's why Leicester stopped being able to defend) when France swung in a ball for Mbappe to bundle in at the far post. Two steps off his line and Kasper could have taken the ball easily.

Could Sorba Thomas become the second in-swinging terrier of the tournament?

https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/article/cl...porteous-1

So, the rumours were correct and Ryan not wanting to stay with Hibs any longer. The right move IMO. He needs to find the right club with a suitable coach who can teach him how to concentrate properly and consistently on the pitch in order to try and "hit the next level". Hibs and Ron Gordon losing a lotta money in the process as his contract expires in the summer. We'll see how it all unfolds next year.

KENNY MILLER JOINS TOWN AS ASSISTANT COACH!

An addition to Mark Fotheringham’s backroom staff

- Kenny Miller joins Huddersfield Town’s Technical Staff
- 42-year-old Scotsman takes Assistant Coach role
- Paul Harsley has departed his role at the Club

We’re delighted to welcome Kenny Miller to Huddersfield Town, who has joined Mark Fotheringham’s staff as Assistant Coach!

Miller, 42, has already started work under our Head Coach, alongside fellow Assistant Coach Narcís Pèlach and the rest of the technical staff, at the Millers Oils High Performance Complex this week.

Born in Edinburgh, Miller had a fantastic playing career, both at domestic and international level.

He scored 18 goals for Scotland, was a four-time winner of the Scottish Premier League with Rangers and Celtic, was a two-time Scottish Cup winner, and won Scottish League Cup and Challenge Cup. He had success in England too, as part of the Cardiff City side that were runners-up in the League Cup and in helping Wolves to gain promotion to the Premier League.

Miller also has experience from playing overseas for Bursaspor in Turkey and Vancouver Whitecaps in Canada.

Having coached the Rangers Under-20 side whilst playing for the First Team, Miller moved into coaching upon his retirement.

Following a short stint as Player-Manager of Livingston in 2018, he moved to Australia and was assistant to Carl Robinson and Newcastle Jets and Western Sydney Wanderers. He moved back home to become Assistant Head Coach, and then caretaker boss, of Scottish League One side Falkirk last season.

Head Coach Mark Fotheringham explained:

“We spent two-and-a-half years together on the UEFA Pro License course and it became immediately clear that it was his work ethic that made him such a success as a player, and as a coach.

“Kenny has a winning mentality, which comes from living and breathing football at the highest level. It’s great to have him here in the building, and for our players to benefit from the knowledge and expertise he can offer.

“Not only is he a top coach, but he’s also a fantastic family man. I think that fits the ethos of the Club perfectly.”

In a simultaneous move, Paul Harsley has departed his role as Assistant Coach. Everyone at Huddersfield Town would like to thank Paul for his contribution this season and wishes him the very best for the future.

Three girls / models prance towards us across an unfeasibly flowery meadow. Their smiles have been painted on with large amounts of recreational drugs.

They carry perfume and can only repeat the words, "daisy, daisy, daisy." One of them is token black.

Where is the psychotic serial killer when you need him?

Exactly how stupid does fashioner designer Marc Jacobs think women are?

Daisy Daisy Daisy ........

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Aldershot 0-2 Southend
Altrincham 2-1 Eastleigh
Dorking 3-0 York
Maidstone United 0-2 Maidenhead United
Torquay 1-0 Gateshead
Wealdstone 2-1 Scunthorpe
Yeovil 0-0 Halifax

FA CUP

AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Chesterfield
Charlton 1-2 Stockport
Oxford United 2-1 Exeter City
Portsmouth 2-1 MK Dons
Sheffield Wednesday 5-0 Mansfield Town



League Table After Matchday 22
Devon - 491
Lord Snoots - 439
SaltergateBorn - 393
St Charles Owl - 383
Amelia - 373
Dancing - 344
Spireitematt - 332

Out for the rest of the season, massive blow for Hibs

Having disappointed Salts by not turning up at Torquay I thought I ought to say something about the Solihull game ...... in case no one else was there, or had access to BT ..........

First Solihull are clearly slightly off their own pace. Their midfield is clearly struggling, which means going forward the threat they pose is limited, and I'm not sure team selection is helping their defence. Kelleher looked good and battled well with Quigley, but I don't understand leaving Gudger on the bench, and also when we went wide, they struggled.

Nevertheless, we got off a slow start and they were the better team for 10-15 minutes, but once we discovered the ignition key, we were the superior team. Our first goal was very fortunate, but it did result from Solihull's complete inability to deal with Dobra. He drew a foul out wide. He illustrated it in heavy wax crayon. He was barely touched, but he was touched. He went down like a burst balloon. Solihull protested furiously but them's the daft rules said the nine-year-old referee. (In my day Dobra, who is FAR too good for this level, would have been handed a mardy tablet and told to get on with it.) King whipped in a dangerous curling free kick. In a crowd of players, the ball barely skimmed the top of Quigley's diving head. Whether he even deflected it is a moot point, but it went past a motionless Ryan Boot for the first goal. Though Solihull were clearly trying and attempting a fightback they never really appeared capable of creating a goal, whilst we had several missed, but difficult, chances through Quigley, Mandeville, King and Whelan.

Though it seemed obvious Solihull, a goal down, would come out flying in the second half, that didn't happen. We continued to dominate and look the more dangerous. Despite Sbarra's running they never looked like picking a pass through our defence, which looks vulnerable to me at its heart. Grimes and Williams are both brave defenders, they win headers and make clearances, except when Williams connects with fresh air, but pace might tear them apart. However, Jones, who I admit I would NEVER have signed, did an excellent job screening in front of them. He doesn't have any pace either, but he reads the game and is prepared to tackle and block like an advanced centre back, so either a high level of skill and pace is necessary to get through, or a very astute pass.

Quite where Huddersfield were looking when they released Akinola for Arsenal to pick him up I don't know. He'll never be an Arsenal first teamer, but he wouldn't look out of place at Huddersfield. Brought on in the 66th minute for Whelan, who had a good game except for chelping to the ref' far too often, to add defensive stability, Akinola soon showed his colours when trapped in a position in which he looked certain to be robbed of the ball far too close to our goal. He put his foot on the ball, executed a cute spin, left two Solihull forwards for dead and played a through ball that put us on the attack. Magic! Just to show it was no one-off he soon made a run down the right, got himself trapped by the corner flag and executed the same cute skill, worked his way along the goal line and crossed for Clements to provide a much more difficult finish than it looked. He's another one who can play and is certainly making Horton regret that sending off.

We saw out the game with relative ease. Fitzsimmons made one decent save, but I never for a moment felt we were about to crumble. We looked like a team going for promotion. Like Wrexham and Notts County we should be in the EFL, but we all deserve to be where we are.

My worries for the team, apart from the centre back combination against pace, and having to remark that Cook was Wealdstone's best player and goal scorer yesterday, are that physically we don't look strong in midfield. Oldaker can be knocked off the ball, but he played two or three very astute through balls and has scored some vital goals, AND our 4-1-4-1 formation which is serving us well looks vulnerable in that Quigley isn't a natural goal scorer, but is strong and playing well, whilst Tshimanga though smaller but sharper somehow doesn't appear quite back to his best. So, against the best teams in the league will our defence hold out, and is the one with four coming in behind him enough to threaten Notts County and Wrexham? As for the keeper, in my book Covolan is clearly the better player, but Fitzsimmons is certainly the saner.

Were it necessary to switch to a more obviously attacking formation I'd have no qualms about starting young Jesurun. He looks comfortable that he is at a level he can cope with .... and how often do we have a player who has been on the books of both Matlock and AC Milan?

I was impressed, but you are only as good as the opposition allows you to be. And Solihull did quite a bit of allowing yesterday.

No Huddersfield game today so Amelia and I took a short 396 mile trip north to the Caledonian Stadium to see Caley play Ayr.

What a cracker of a game it was too. Nathan Shaw opened the scoring after a good nod on off a high ball sent him clear to round the keeper. And it was 1-0 at the break despite Ayr coming close. Closest was almost an own goal though so one nil it was.

Thistle were well on top after the break and it was only a matter of time before the second would come, when United went and equalised. It was a returning player who caused the damage. Logan Chalmers, on loan from Dundee United, with a good turn on the halfway line, and a good turn of pace got him into the penalty box. It looked like his threat had been dealt with but the ball fell to Mark McKenzie and he finished the move off. 1-1.

Chalmers, with the Jack Grealish style head, was on loan at Inverness last season and was being booed as is the norm with football fans, but it was he who was running the show now. It was another loanee who played the decisive ball to put Ayr into the lead though.

Alex Kirk, on loan from the Arsenal playing the powerful looking ex Welling Utd striker Dipo Akinyemi in for a one on one. He never looked like missing. 2-1 to Ayr.

Caley didn't deserve to be behind, but that's football for you. However, some outstanding midfield play from Welsh and Carson and Oakley who had just come on in place of the lively Boyd, put Shaw in with a chance to equalise. And he took that chance, in the 87th minute, planting the ball in the corner of the net to set up a grandstand finish.

Both sides had chances to win it, but when the ref blew for time after a lengthy injury to Ayr's Kirk, it was still locked evenly at Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2, Ayr United 2.

The referee by the way was much better than the pathetic idiots we have in England. He didn't fall for any of the gamesmanship that some of the Ayr players were coming up with. Even when Kirk was injured badly he never gave a foul and the Caley fans were booing his time wasting. Even when he was being stretchered off he was still getting booed, so convinced they were by his acting.

I'll post some pictures when we get home. Not brought the laptop with us.

Barnet 3-0 Torquay
Chesterfield 3-0 Solihull Moors
Dag & Red 2-2 Scunthorpe
Dorking 2-1 Bromley
Halifax 1-2 Boreham Wood
Gateshead 1-1 Southend
Maidenhead United 1-2 Eastleigh
Maidstone United 3-1 Oldham
Notts County 1-1 Yeovil
Woking 4-0 Altrincham
Wrexham 3-0Aldershot
York 2-0 Wealdstone