Tag: Tony Bloom
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Can Potter turn magician and save his own skin?
When this writer was growing up, only two Chelsea fans were known of. One most definitely still is – as are the following generations of his family – and there’s no reason to think the other party has lost the faith. Supporters like that are greatly admired. Fans who have seen both sides of the…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Dec. 28th 2022
12.00: LOT OF JOY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.35: UNANSWERED (PETER CARBERRY/TONY MARTIN) 1.10: FALCON EIGHT – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (5)/DERMOT WELD) 1.45: ZANAHIYR – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.20: FURY ROAD – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: GENTLEMANSGAME (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/MICHAEL MORRIS) 3.30: ILE ATLANTIQUE (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Selections for Cork – Dec. 11th 2022
12.15: BLOOD DESTINY (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 12.45: MERCUREY (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.15: MONBEG PARK (JJ SLEVIN/SEAN DOYLE) 1.45: IMPERVIOUS (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 2.20: EPSON DE HOUX – W/O FAV – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.50: GALI FLIGHT – (NIALL MOORE (7)/PHILIP FENTON) 3.20: A CHEAP THRILL – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS)
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Poisoned chalice for Potter but he’ll need plenty of clay to mould safety
How often have you heard the phrase ‘It’s not a nice job but somebody has to do it’? Somebody should suggest that Graham Potter set it as his voicemail. The affable and burgeoning coach was, more or less, parachuted into the Chelsea job with the same rapidity which saw Thomas Tuchel dumped. Potter has done…
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Chelsea Give Tuchel The Axe (updated Sept. 7th, 2022, 2.15p.m.)
Chelsea have sacked head coach Thomas Tuchel six matches into the Premier League season, writes Susie Kiernan. Chelsea lost 1-0 in their opening Champions League group game to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night in what was Tuchel’s 100th game since joining the club in January 2021. Chelsea currently sit sixth in the Premier League with…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 26th 2022
3.40: PARTY CENTRAL (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: SIR GERHARD (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.50: SIT DOWN LUCY – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/PETER FAHEY) 5.25: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.00: IRISH ENVOY – EW – (MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN (7)/LIZ DOYLE) 6.35: BOB OLINGER (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.10: DE NORDENER (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 7.45: SARAH’S SOLDIER –…
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Green Machine drives on as Smith stumbles again
Sport can be fickle. Especially something like darts where competitors meet with the regularity some people go to the loo. Now read on… Stuart Pyke joked with Michael Van Gerwen on Wednesday night that if his current ‘slump’ in form continued he might need a wildcard to get into next season’s Premier League. Not likely!…
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Selections for Cork – Dec 5th 2021
11.40: IBERIQUE DE SEUIL (DENIS O’REGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 12.10: HARRY ALONSO – W/O FAV – (DENIS O’REGAN/NOEL MEADE) 12.40: DYSART DIAMOND (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.10: PERFECT ATTITUDE – EW – (LUKE DEMPSEY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.45: ROBINNIA – EW – (JACK FOLEY (5)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.20: ENERGUMENE (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.50: AN EPIC SONG – EW – (DENIS O’REGAN/MARTIN…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 29th 2021
3.40: ENA BAIE – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD (7)/LIZ DOYLE) 4.15: SULLY DOC AA – EW – (SIMON TORRENS (3)/ANTHONY HONEYBALL, IN GB) 4.50: STAND UP AND FIGHT (DEREK O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 5.25: FRENCH DYNAMITE – EW – (RACHAEL BLACKMORE/MOUSE MORRIS) 6.00: LYNWOOD GOLD (ROBBIE POWER/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 6.35: ENERGUMENE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: MAGIC DAZE (RACHAEL…
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Selections for Gowran Park – April 8th 2021
4.00: EVEN FLOW (NATHAN CROSSE (5)/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.35: ROMAN EMPIRE (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.05: SKILLED WARRIOR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.35: SNOWY OWL – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (7)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.05: MOVING – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 6.35: STRATUM (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.05: KALANOURA – EW – (SAM EWING (5)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.35: WINSTON WOLFE –…