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We often say football is a game of disloyalty and over-inflated egos, but what do you do with good, decent players who don't stand a chance of getting back in the team?
Sam Ricketts was/is club captain but has zero chance of getting back in the first team now, with three players ahead of him at RB and at LB. He's 33 and although he hasn't been at the club long, he's seen as a loyal, genuine grafter and one who symbolised the turn-round of the club last year. He reminds me of Jody Craddock, who also faded away, spending a few months on the bench, then mainly seen at charity events. Both remain popular figures.
On the one hand you know that they aren't up to it, but you do want to be able to chant his name one last time and give him a send-off. That's what testimonials did all those years ago, so that the club could raise £450 for the older geezers to put as a deposit at a pub or a shop making sports trophies and cutting keys somewhere.
Feels bad when good players just slip further down the squad numbers. Hope he gets a good move to somewhere because despite it all, just a few months ago he was a top player. Blackpool could do worse than Sam Ricketts, because Sam knows not to run into his fucking goalkeeper at full pelt.
Sam Ricketts was/is club captain but has zero chance of getting back in the first team now, with three players ahead of him at RB and at LB. He's 33 and although he hasn't been at the club long, he's seen as a loyal, genuine grafter and one who symbolised the turn-round of the club last year. He reminds me of Jody Craddock, who also faded away, spending a few months on the bench, then mainly seen at charity events. Both remain popular figures.
On the one hand you know that they aren't up to it, but you do want to be able to chant his name one last time and give him a send-off. That's what testimonials did all those years ago, so that the club could raise £450 for the older geezers to put as a deposit at a pub or a shop making sports trophies and cutting keys somewhere.
Feels bad when good players just slip further down the squad numbers. Hope he gets a good move to somewhere because despite it all, just a few months ago he was a top player. Blackpool could do worse than Sam Ricketts, because Sam knows not to run into his fucking goalkeeper at full pelt.