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If a fairy godmother came down to me and said: "Gavin, I can give you one attribute to aide your (ailing) footballing career," I would not have to think very hard about what I would want the most. It would be pace.....and lots of it!
I have lost track of the number of conversations I have had with fellow professionals about the advantages of having this string to your bow. There is no doubt that life as a footballer is so much easier if pace is among your primary attributes.
Usually, the conversations on this subject drifts on to the various players we have come across during our careers who would have made it at the very top level if they had been gifted with that extra yard of pace.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures and we have again witnessed our fair share of such instances this season with regards to managerial changes.
Among the best examples in the Premier League have been the , and at Chelsea (although it is worth pointing out that Chelsea's definition of desperate times is slightly different to that of the majority of football clubs!).
However, when it comes to clubs taking gambles to get themselves out of trouble, I have been particularly intrigued by the case of Bournemouth.
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With just a handful of games left this season. We have reached the stage where individual players will be receiving recognition for their efforts over the 2008/09 campaign through the various .
The most notable of these are those from the polls conducted by the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers' Association, which will be announced on the 26 April and 28 May respectively.
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Apart from being a pivotal period in deciding the promotion and relegation issues, Easter is a welcome reminder to players that the season is coming to an end and that they will soon be able to rest their aching bones!
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Whoever described English football as a survival of the fittest and strongest almost certainly did so with this hectic period in mind.
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The present spate of internationals has rekindled memories of my own brief stint on the national team stage.
My international honours came in the form of eight under-21 caps for Scotland. Some might say they are not proper caps but they certainly feel proper to me and I regard them as among my greatest achievements. So much so that I have had one of my Scotland shirts framed and it takes pride of place in my house.
My initial call up to the under-21 side came in the midst of a purple patch in after I had made the breakthrough into the first team there.
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Hello, I'm Gavin Strachan. I describe myself as a "journeyman" player after 13 years in the game as a professional. I'm currently between clubs, having been released by Notts County. I'm also studying journalism and the aim of my blog is to provide an insight into the life of a footballer.
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