Match preview: Blackpool v Derby Tuesday, 18th Aug 2009 11:17 This is a tasty one! The eccentric Ian Holloway, their Player’s Player from last season Shaun Barker returns as a Ram, plus one of their defenders, Ian Evatt is Derby through and through, to the point he once refused to fly out from Nottingham Robin Hood airport!
Derby County v BlackpoolAugust 18, 2009 - 7:45 pmBloomfield RoadBlackpool: The Seasiders are so far unbeaten this season, having drawn twice in the CC Championship and won away in the Carling Cup against Crewe, so they are likely to be a hard nut to crack. They will be looking to emulate last season’s win when they beat us 3 – 2. Blackpool have gone through considerable changes with Barker (where’s he gone to?), Jorgensen, Gow, Rehman, Hammill, and Fox all moved on. Burgess, their striker and scorer of one of their goals against us last season, is likely to be out through injury (sounds familiar!) Holloway, discussing the draw against hotly fancied Cardiff, commented: "Today I think we played very well against a side tipped for the top. I have shown the lads how we must get forward and it is lovely to see your great big defender curling a goal in like that. "We deserved three points today but so far we have only got two points from two games and that means one thing - points lost." He also added: "We will be working on our set pieces which is something we have not looked at enough. I have apologised to the lads for that." Blackpool Squad: Goalkeepers: Games this season: August 8th: Away to QPR D 1 – 1 Att. 14,013 Scorer Burgess CCC The Rams: Our present squad is considerably different from that faced the Tangerines last season. Of those who turned out or sat on the bench last time round, Davis, Stewart, Barazite, Sterjovski, Ellington, Nyatanga, Carroll, Villa, Kazmierczak have all gone or are stuck in the revolving door going outwards. Derby will be wanting to bounce back after two successive defeats away. Robbie Savage recently stated: "We are as one as a team and we have to brush ourselves down and respond this week." They will certainly need to tighten up at the back and this is where Barker may be fired up against his old club to get one over his erstwhile team-mates. Certainly the Rams need to tighten up at the back – most teams assume that having scored two goals, they are good for at least one point if not all three. And this is where Clough may be tempted to introduce Leacock who has sat out the last two games. Hulse and Commons are also likely to be given a run-out at some point but I suspect that the team that starts will be pretty much the same as the last game apart from Barker coming in for Connolly. My predicted team, based on a 4-5-1 formation is: Bywater, Barker, Addison, Buxton, Moxey, Croft, Savage, Green, Pearson, McEveley, Teale. Subs: Commons, Hulse, Leacock, Varney, Pringle, Deeney, Connolly. Latest odds from bet365: 
 Seasiders win 6/4,
Rams win 9/5, Draw 9/4 Information for traveling fans (from Blackpool.co.uk) : By Car By Train By Air By Coach The PRedfern PRediction: 2-2 Well i do like to be beside the seaside but even so I believe the match will finish all square. There will be goals and there will be holes.... in both defences.
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