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St Johnstone 0-3 Motherwell FT (HT 0-2)
Daley 16 Murphy 28 Murphy 68
Motherwell tightened their grip on third position as they brushed aside the challenge of St Johnstone to move seven points clear of their hosts.
Omar Daley opened the scoring on the 16-minute mark when he tapped in Nicky Law's cross from the right.
The Fir Park team increased their advantage midway through the first half when Jamie Murphy headed Tom Hateley's centre past Peter Enckelman.
Murphy deflected Daley's 20-yard drive home to seal victory on 68 minutes.
The first chance came for the Lanarkshire side when Law was put through on goal by Michael Higdon, but he could only sweep a left-foot effort well wide from around eight yards.
St Johnstone responded immediately and a Carl Finnigan reverse pass found Murray Davidson in the penalty area, only for Darren Randolph to block the effort with his knees.
Steve Lomas' side kept up the pressure and Chris Millar floated a cross over from the right that was won in the air by Liam Craig. However, the ball was handled in a goalmouth scramble and the opportunity was lost.
Motherwell next made St Johnstone pay as they forged ahead through Daley. Law drilled a ball from the left across the six-yard box that neither Enckelman nor Callum Davidson could cut out and the winger converted from close range.
The home team tried to respond and a Craig cross from the left reached the head of Davidson, but the midfielder's header looped just wide.
Stuart McCall's men again showed a clinical edge to double their lead.
Daley was fouled by Davidson, but referee Alan Muir played advantage, Hateley swept in a cross from the right and Murphy's header beat Enckelman and nestled in the bottom left-hand corner of the net.
The Jamaican was in the mood and threatened again just before half-time.
He burst through the home defence and was brought down by the goalkeeper, but Muir ruled that the Finn had played the ball and gave a corner, with little complaints from the visitors.
St Johnstone were having plenty of possession in the early stages of the second half but failed to seriously test Randolph in the Motherwell goal.
However, that man Daley continued to be a danger and, on the hour mark, he danced into the penalty area and got a fierce shot away that Enckelman parried to safety.
He proved pivotal once again as Motherwell sealed victory with a third goal.
A short corner was relayed to the pacy forward 25 yards out and his shot deflected off Murphy and into the net.
The McDiarmid Park side launched a desperate final foray in the closing stages.
However, Motherwell coped comfortably with the best efforts of the home side and secured what could prove to be a crucial victory over their rivals.
Tappa only like him fren dem and nuh like English based players, him a go tek a page outa Rene Simones book last qualifier a mixture of rookies and locals and him brethren dem, "LOL", heh hay if a lauf mi ded a early exit wid this B--- SH#%&t.
Teams Exeter City Leyton Orient .. Penalties by Kevin Lisbie and a header from Jonathan Tehoue gave Leyton Orient their first win in four games, 3-0 against Exeter.
The home side were unable to make their greater possession count in the first-half although former Exeter striker Jamie Cureton did hit the post.
But they flourished in the second period after Lisbie put them ahead from the spot when Steve Tully was penalised for handball in the 64th minute.
Orient doubled their lead when Lisbie set up Tehoue after Grecians defender Troy Archibald-Henville had missed a long clearance.
Lisbie added his second of the game from the spot when Archibald-Tenville tripped substitute George Porter.
I watch Marlon week-in, week-out, at Birmingham City so I know the form that he's in; he's one of the best strikers in the Championship by a long way.
If Marlon gets 3 chances in a match, he'll bury 2 of them for sure; the guys a class finisher.
His game has matured and he's doing less work and achieveng more, this guy is playing really well and he's doing a lot of good work across the pitch, not just in front of goal..if he brought that game to Jamaica's side right, he would still be Jamaica's best player as a striker...I rate the Boo to the ground, every one knows that but Marlon for Jamaica has always been pure gold on the pitch.
He seems to have matured as a person as well if his body language is anything to go by...he's not questioning calls or throwing tantrums at his teamates when things are not going his way anymore, like he's been known for in the past; he's just getting his head down and playing the game.
If this helps the ites any at all to judge whether he's due a recall.
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King prays for miracles as broke City look to sell
Paul Burrowes
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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JAMAICAN international Marlon King is hoping to stay with Birmingham City in the new year as the League Championship club struggles to balance its books ahead of next month's transfer window.
Bankers HSBC withdrew a £7-million overdraft last week over concerns with the club's finances.
Reports indicate that centre-back Liam Ridgewell, striker Nikola Zigic of Serbia, left wing Jean Beausejour of Chile, and King will be targeted which will save The Blues at least £10 million.
Thirty-one-year-old King scored a second-half double against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday for Birmingham, who won 2-1, to move up to 13th place with 29 points.
With just six points off the play-off, King is not only eager to continue but wants the team to stay together.
"It is so important to keep this squad together, because we haven't got a big squad as it is," King told UK-based Daily Star newspaper.
"We can't concentrate on what might happen in January and everybody is together. It would be a massive boost if we could avoid any players being sold."
King, who has scored five goals from 15 matches in the Championship and two goals from five matches in Europa League, noted that manager Chris Hughton had a shoestring budget to work with and had not been able to "spend millons on players".
"The club has been through so much over the summer, but we're still in Europe and have got a chance of being in the mix for promotion," King stressed.
King has not played for Jamaica since 2009, having scoring 12 goals from 19 appearances. He is one of six Jamaicans playing in the Football League Championship, which also includes Nyron Nosworthy of Wadford, Jobi McAnuff of Reading and Marvin Elliott, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Damion Stewart of Bristol City.
So far, some 30 Jamaicans are playing domestic competitions in England with three in Premier League, eight in League One, two in League Two, while others competing in lower Conference and Non League divisions.
It's interesting that they are speaking of "30 Jamaicans", because I am not so sure that all of these know of their "citizenship." But, in the typically-lazy "reporting" style of JA's local media, there is no attempt to contact some of these "yardies" to see whether they are interested, or still interested in representing the island. But, hey, given the moribund state of our World Cup preparations, it probably doesn't matter.
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Originally Posted By: distributor1
It's interesting that they are speaking of "30 Jamaicans", because I am not so sure that all of these know of their "citizenship." But, in the typically-lazy "reporting" style of JA's local media, there is no attempt to contact some of these "yardies" to see whether they are interested, or still interested in representing the island. But, hey, given the moribund state of our World Cup preparations, it probably doesn't matter.
Dis, I'm missing the part where the press mentions any intent for them to be called up. In fairness to the author, anyone with one Jamaican parent is by Jamaican law a Jamaican.
Dis, I'm missing the part where the press mentions any intent for them to be called up. In fairness to the author, anyone with one Jamaican parent is by Jamaican law a Jamaican.
Must be a law just for footballers, doesn't seem to apply to my daughter.
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Dis, I'm missing the part where the press mentions any intent for them to be called up. In fairness to the author, anyone with one Jamaican parent is by Jamaican law a Jamaican.
Must be a law just for footballers, doesn't seem to apply to my daughter.
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I think redz referring to the difficulty he has had getting his daughter a Jamaican passport. trust me redz, I can sympathize, my wife has had such a hard time getting a Jamaican passport I wonder why we even bother with it.
Exactly! It's that J'can paradox, in Jamaica a Jamaican values nothing. Sure, my wife is Guatemalan but she is married to a Jamaican, my daughter has a Jamaican father, and still I had to get a visa for each of them (though my wife had been to Jamaica several times already) and treated like some first timer under some serious suspicion (3 week wait for the visa to be processed). But the an American or European criminal can in theory walk in with no questions. The number of hoops we've had to jump through and cash we have had to pay out just for a stinkin residency that lasts a few years and an Unconditional stamp for my daughter which lasts only as long as her passport is valid is just ridiculous. In a couple years I'll have to go through the whole thing again. I felt robbed after all that I put in. Have to milk it though landing in yard next week with the family.
It's interesting that they are speaking of "30 Jamaicans", because I am not so sure that all of these know of their "citizenship." But, in the typically-lazy "reporting" style of JA's local media, there is no attempt to contact some of these "yardies" to see whether they are interested, or still interested in representing the island. But, hey, given the moribund state of our World Cup preparations, it probably doesn't matter.
Dis, I'm missing the part where the press mentions any intent for them to be called up. In fairness to the author, anyone with one Jamaican parent is by Jamaican law a Jamaican.
What I meant was that they are using the word "Jamaican" as if it meant that these are/were part of our squad. Yes, many might have "eligibility", but that is just the beginning of the story. The JFF has failed to see things the same way.
