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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on May 18, 2012 8:38:08 GMT 1
I hold my hands up i was one of the people that wanted his head on a platter after his comments pre season but he has done the best thing possible by making some outstanding saves at times.
Also keeping us in games until wil got rid og our premiership hangover and the team started to gel again.
Blackpool goalkeeper Matt Gilks is thankful he opted against joining last summer's exodus from Bloomfield Road.
The Seasiders' last-day relegation from the Barclays Premier League prompted key figures such as Charlie Adam, DJ Campbell and David Vaughan to seek pastures new. Scotland international Gilks also had offers on the table despite enduring a campaign significantly interrupted by a knee injury. But with the Lancashire outfit chasing a second npower Championship play-off triumph in three years when they take on West Ham at Wembley in Saturday's final, the 29-year-old is happy he succumbed to boss Ian Holloway's powers of persuasion.
"I was very close to leaving," said Gilks. "There were a couple of clubs speaking to my agent and we were waiting on answers. "Fortunately they took their time and Blackpool didn't. Ian Holloway was on the phone to me non-stop, I was going to turn it off at one point! But he persuaded me to come back and, for myself, it was a footballing decision.
"Thankfully it was the right decision because of where we are, plus it's possibly been one of the best seasons I've had."
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Post by yeoldetangerine on May 18, 2012 14:17:37 GMT 1
Good lad, I felt like you last season, too.
He has improved a lot, attitude is better, and I'm sure that has a lot to do with our George, just watch the body language when they are warming up.
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