Wesley Hoolahan

Zebra3

I beat Weso will be playing in much better grounds and in front of much bigger crowds at Blackpool than if he was still at Shels.

Best of luck to him though.

KdjaCL

Zebra3 wrote:

I beat Weso will be playing in much better grounds and in front of much bigger crowds at Blackpool than if he was still at Shels.

Where exactly? Belfield or Tolka in front of couple of hundred fans and a bloke walking his dog.

Hes a professional who gets paid every week and plays in a well run league.


kdjac

Chucky the tree

Nuttzz wrote:

true, but he wont be anywhere near the CL 3rd quali round in blackpool.....

Well if he stayed at shels he wont of gotten champlions league football this year anyway.



It definitly a step in the right direction for him. He will get alot more exposure in League 1. Also interesting to see that despite people claiming the big SPL club would be after him none of them were.

Zebra3

KdjaC wrote:

Where exactly? Belfield or Tolka in front of couple of hundred fans and a bloke walking his dog.

Hes a professional who gets paid every week and plays in a well run league.

My point was that regardless of the standard he's playing at, crowds in his new division in England are much bigger and the grounds much better than in our top flight.

What point were you trying to make?

Töpher

Chucky the tree wrote:

Well if he stayed at shels he wont of gotten champlions league football this year anyway.



It definitly a step in the right direction for him. He will get alot more exposure in League 1. Also interesting to see that despite people claiming the big SPL club would be after him none of them were.

Several were; Cali, Aberdeen, and Motherwell. None of them wanted to pay what Livingston were holding out for (he cost them over £100K in January, so God only knows what they want!), so he got sent out on loan - not surprisingly to a different league, perhaps the other clubs had only shown interest in buying, not loaning.

MrJoeSoap

SKIPPER HAILS WING WONDER HOOLAHAN

Blackpool skipper Michael Jackson has praised the recent breath-taking displays of winger Wes Hoolahan.

The 24-year-old Irishman has become a marked man after turning in a series of eye-catching displays and making the League One team of the week for his weekend performance.

And Jackson told the Blackpool Gazette: "I just hope someone doesn't hatchet him out of it because obviously the more and more press he gets, the more people are going to come and cast an eye on him.

"He can go past two or three at a time. If teams want to double up on him he will still be able to handle it and will still go past them, and it will also take other people out of the game for us as well.

"I don't think there's anyone else in the league who has got someone like Wes so he's a really big player for us.

"His ability to go past people when he's on the ball is a massive plus for us and you can see that teams are starting to worry about him now."

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/nationwide2/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/06/11/07/manual_170701.html&TEAMHD=nationwide2

Should at least be in the B squad.

Chucky the tree

scored again today didnt he?

MrJoeSoap

Yeah, another peno. Looks like being the winner...

applehunter

Big piece in todays Racing Post focussing on Wes's performance at the weekend.

I'm sure hell move up amother level soon.

MrJoeSoap

Blackpool boss Simon Grayson hailed the performance of Wes Hoolahan after the Seasiders beat Huddersfield 1-0.

Dubliner Hoolahan, on a season-long loan from Livingston, ran the show for the visitors throughout and netted an excellent spot-kick after 71 minutes to secure the 1-0 victory.

Grayson said: "Hoolahan deserved it (the penalty) as he helped us control a game played in difficult conditions. We tried to be as professional as possible despite all the wind and rain.

"It was vital for us to keep Hoolahan engaged in the action throughout. That's why we like to pass the ball around so much because if we do not keep the ball on the deck, the game will pass by a player like Hoolahan.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cups/facup/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/06/11/12/manual_180440.html

Midfielder Wes Hoolahan capped an outstanding individual display with a cheekily-taken second-half penalty as Blackpool progressed into the FA Cup second round with a 1-0 win at Huddersfield.

Hoolahan, on a season-long loan from Livingston, dummied his initial spot kick on 71 minutes and then planted the ball into the unguarded net after keeper Matt Glennon had already dived.

The penalty was awarded for Nat Clarke's innocuous looking handball in the area just seconds after referee Andy Hall played advantage following John McCombe's trip on Adrian Forbes inside the box.

The goal was just reward for Hoolahan, whose performance was the one highlight in an awful game played in torrential rain at the Galpharm Stadium.

Huddersfield, who have won only three of 12 league and cup games at home this season, have now been knocked out of all the cup competitions.

The closest the home side came was when Clarke hit the bar from the halfway line on 50 minutes following goalkeeper Rhys Evans' misplaced clearance.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/nationwide2/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/06/11/11/manual_185440.html&TEAMHD=nationwide2

MrJoeSoap

Blackpool boss Simon Grayson says on-loan winger Wes Hoolahan has been offered a contract to stay at Bloomfield Road beyond the end of this season.
Hoolahan has been a revelation for the Seasiders since arriving on loan from Scottish outfit Livingston, and a permanent transfer has been agreed between the two clubs for next summer upon conclusion of the player's season-long loan.
Grayson has revealed he still has to agree terms with Hoolahan, but he has insisted no other clubs can steal him away:
"We've spoken to Wes in the last week or so, and hopefully he'll agree to the terms we've offered him.

"The deal is more or less done with Livingston, an offer has been made to Wes and we hope to conclude the matter quickly.
"Even if someone else were to come in for him we've got him until the end of the season, but I want him in the longer term, on a two or three-year contract.

"He's enjoying himself, playing regularly and doing alright. Hopefully that will continue and he'll become a permanent signing."

http://www.clubcall.com/index.jsp?storyID=299576

SEASIDERS IN SEVENTH HEAVEN

Blackpool have extended their unbeaten run to seven games following a 3-1 win over Huddersfield.

Goals from Keigan Parker and Keith Southern set the home side on their way and although Gary Taylor-Fletcher pulled one back for the visitors, Andy Morrell made sure Blackpool completed back-to-back wins over Huddersfield after last week's FA Cup triumph.

A fine pass from Adrian Forbes midway through the first half unlocked Town's defence and striker Parker scored from an acute angle.

Blackpool went further ahead four minutes later. Midfielder Wes Hoolahan set up Southern and he blasted home from the edge of the penalty area.

Slipshod home defending in first-half injury time allowed Taylor-Fletcher a simple tap-in to give his side some hope.

But Morrell speared home Hoolahan's cross after a five-man move out of defence on the hour-mark to restore Blackpool's two-goal advantage.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/nationwide2/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/06/11/18/manual_180411.html

Great stuff altogether, a permanent deal and two assists in the space of three days.

Xavi6

Great news. Weso has been shortlisted for Four Four Two's League One Player of the Year award. Basically the fans get a say in who gets the award in March. Votes can be cast here....

http://www.fourfourtwo.premiumtv.co.uk/page/sub/Vote?Q3140=7261&QO3140=&Q3160=7307&QO3160=&Q3161=7423&QO3161=&Q3122=Neil+Sherwin&Q3123=neil.sherwin4%40gmail.com&Q3124=%2B353+86+3038+442

I've already and hopefully a few more of you will.

MrJoeSoap

And whilst yer all at it, vote Bale as well...

Xavi6

MrJoeSoap wrote:

And whilst yer all at it, vote Bale as well...

Meh I went for Nugent. Jermaine Easter in League Two. Come on the Wanderers!

eirebhoy

MrJoeSoap wrote:

And whilst yer all at it, vote Bale as well...

Paddy McCarthy just to make Stan look more of a fool.

Xavi6

10-MAN TANGERINES STUN SCUNNY

Scunthorpe's promotion hopes suffered a setback after they suffered their first defeat in eight games after being beaten 3-1 by 10-man Blackpool.

United dominated the early possession but could not make it count and it was the visitors who snatched the lead after 27 minutes when Andy Morrell squeezed home a shot at the near post.

They struck again to make it 2-0 in the 58th minute when Wes Hoolahan scored from the spot after Morrell had been brought down in the box by keeper Joe Murphy.

Hoolahan was booked for celebrating his goal and was then sent off in the 73rd minute for a second yellow card offence for kicking the ball away.

But Scunthorpe still could not break down the 10-man visitors and it was Blackpool who struck again in the 88th minute when Keigan Parker waltzed through the middle to score.

Substitute Ian Baraclough pulled a goal back for Scunthorpe in stoppage time with a glancing header but it was little consolation after a poor performance from the home side as the visitors moved to within two points of the play-off places.

Good result for Blackpool but very disappointing Weso got sent off.

MrJoeSoap

They're on some run at the moment, think its one defeat in 14 now. Farrelly will probably come in to replace Weso now.

MrJoeSoap

Delighted to see he made the League One team of the season, and hopefully Blackpool will get promotion so Wes can test himself at a higher level.

Zebra3

Congrats Weso!!

Xavi6

Well done Weso. Delighted for him.

Xavi6

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6645909.stm

Oldham 1-2 Blackpool

Wes Hoolahan's 87th minute goal secured Blackpool a deserved win in this League One play-off semi-final first-leg......

Weso again showing what a telent he is. Hopefully he can make it to the Championship for next season.

applehunter

It was a nice shimmy for the finish.

He is a lovely footballer.

Great a finding space and picking out a nice pass.

Zebra3

Blackpool promoted to the second tier of English football with Weso more than playing his part. Whether he's with them or not next season is another story. His year long loan is up and there's apparently four other clubs in looking get him off Livi.

KdjaCL

"yah know we deserved it yah know yah know and we should do well in the championship yah know yah know "

Played very well today think he got man of the match too.

Dont miss him in the slightest


kdjac

eirebhoy

Blackpool player of the year.

Big Ears

KdjaCL wrote:

"yah know we deserved it yah know yah know and we should do well in the championship yah know yah know "

Played very well today think he got man of the match too.

Dont miss him in the slightest


kdjac

Parker got man of the match(a superb goal but I don't think he deserved it) , Wes has been great all year for Blackpool and they deserved to go up . Feel a little sorry for Wes though , I bet he misses those crisps .

MrJoeSoap

YOU know a player is a bit special when his team-mates can't stop talking about him.

And Wes Hoolahan has been the name on everyone's lips this season.
He's the man all the Seasiders players talk about, mainly because you can give the winger the ball in just about any situation and he's almost guaranteed to retain possession.

But Shaun Barker has gone one step further and has hailed Hoolahan as the best he's ever played with.
"If you go and watch him in training he is just unbelievable," said Barker. "He's without doubt the most talented player I have ever had the pleasure to play with.

"The one thing he does lack is that little bit of pace. If he had that extra bit of pace he could be playing at a much higher level at a much bigger club.

"But his skill, his ability and technique ... everything about him is fantastic.
"He can go as far as he wants to and fingers crossed that he does.
"All the boys want him to stay at Blackpool but that's a big decision that he has got to make."
Contract talks with Hoolahan have stepped up a gear this week.
His agent – his brother – has held discussions with Karl Oyston and the club is expected to make an announcement, one way or the other, next week.

Legend.

http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/sports-news?articleid=2905787

MrJoeSoap

"a wandering minstrel in midfield"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=486152&in_page_id=1779

"the influential Wes Hoolahan"

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/10/06/SOCCER_Blackpool.html

Watford 1 Blackpool 1: 'Heroic' Hoolahan finds hole in Boothroyd's home fortress

"Wes Hoolahan, Blackpool's best player, fired home with a confident penalty."

http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article3015347.ece

"Grayson threw on midfielder Wes Hoolahan and it was a superb run by the substitute that finally unlocked the Southend defence."

http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_2889418,00.html

"The architect was the talismanic Wes Hoolahan"

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/09/18/SOCCER_Blackpool.html

"Overlooking the gifted Wes Hoolahan, lighting up Blackpool in the Championship, is disappointing."

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/bradys-bow-1117021.html

"Thankfully we now have a certain Wes Hoolahan who entertains us week in week out"

http://www.blackpool.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=501217

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How this guy is not in the Ireland squad I will never know. He's a little wizard.

homerjay2005

when you consider that douglas is in the ireland squad, it makes you wonder alright.

raheny red

MrJoeSoap wrote:

How this guy is not in the Ireland squad I will never know. He's a little wizard.

I reckon he'll get a call up to the B squad next month. After that he'll be an ever-present in the main squad :cool: