Ben Purkiss gets on right side of winger Adam Smith (From York Press)
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Ben Purkiss gets on right side of winger Adam Smith
8:42am Thursday 16th July 2009 in Sport
Adam Smith
WORLD Student Games semi-finalist Ben Purkiss is relishing a right-flank partnership with flying winger Adam Smith next season.
Purkiss, who has returned from helping Great Britain finish fourth at the international university tournament in Serbia, is now fully focused on completing his pre-season preparations with York City.
In his absence Smith was City’s top performer during the club’s opening friendly against Leeds United.
A combination of injury, personal circumstances and ineligibility for cup matches meant Purkiss and Smith only started seven games together last season with five of those in the final fortnight of the Blue Square Premier campaign.
And, since signing for the Minstermen in March 2007, Purkiss has been paired with 13 different players on the right wing.
They have included converted strikers – Craig Farrell, Paul Brayson, Simon Brown, makeshift central-midfielders – Mark Convery, Ross Greenwood, Nicky Wroe, Alex Meechan, Simon Rusk – and left-footed, fill-in Martyn Woolford.
Simon Russell, meanwhile, failed to nail down a permanent place in front of Purkiss last season and, until Smith’s arrival, the former Gainsborough full-back had only played behind two other specialist right wingers for City – Sam Duncum and Peter Bore, whose Bootham Crescent careers were limited to one-month loan stays.
But, having also added left-sided Craig Nelthorpe to his squad over the summer, manager Martin Foyle has suggested a willingness to attack down both flanks next season and, while having a friendly swipe at Smith’s ball-hogging tendencies, Purkiss believes the former Gainsborough duo can develop a consistent understanding.
He said: “When we played together towards the end of the season, it seemed to work quite well and I’m quite happy to give him the ball and let him do his stuff. “He needs to know when to pass it if I’m overlapping though because when you give him the ball you don’t get it back a lot of the time!
“Seriously, I hope the partnership can get better because he enjoys playing with me and I enjoy playing with him.”
Comments(58)
A user
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9:49am Thu 16 Jul 09
Stretchydan wrote:If we could get anywhere near McMillan/ McCarthy I will be absolutely ecstatic!!!
Not quite sure if Purkiss and Smith are at the same level but are we looking at the new 'McMillan/McCarthy' partnership from the good days?
Imp
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10:44am Thu 16 Jul 09
rogue84
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10:47am Thu 16 Jul 09
I believe Smithy and Purkiss could make a brilliant partnership next season, they are some of the first name's on the team-sheet anyway, so lets hope we see 30+ games with them both out there.
alimount
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12:42pm Thu 16 Jul 09
rogue84 wrote:haha we might aswell use the same training pitches!
I just hope that Adam Smith doesn't start attracting interest from Scunthorpe!!
I believe Smithy and Purkiss could make a brilliant partnership next season, they are some of the first name's on the team-sheet anyway, so lets hope we see 30+ games with them both out there.
On a more serious note, with Scunthorpe doing good business with us, we should surely be able to tap their players for the loan market should we need them.
Stretchydan
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1:04pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Imp wrote:Agree with you there Imp. Get the ball out onto the flanks and get around the back of the defence. Speaking of wing duos, how about Hay and Pollard/Pearce on the left and Senior/Evans and Ford on the right. They did pretty well for us.
What we do ideally want are two combinations that develop a good understanding, one on each wing. We'll be relying on the flanks for creativity, so it's vital that Purkiss/Smith and Meredith/Nelthorpe develop that understanding, much in the way McMillan/McCarthy and Hall/Canham did (though not in the same class, obviously).
josh@defra
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1:04pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Rimpole
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1:35pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Rimpole
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1:44pm Thu 16 Jul 09
“♫♪♫ …Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and your O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team.…♫♪♫”
C’MON CITY
speaks99
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2:00pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Proof that it doesn't just happen to York!!
cityfan
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2:05pm Thu 16 Jul 09
As these proven strikers are proving reluctant to join, I think we should start to target either younger players on the fringes of league clubs who may be prised away for a small fee or the next gem of a striker from the lower leagues, we could have picked up Novak this time last year for the money we seem to be willing to spend. I am pleased to see the ambition being shown by York in these bids but while Foyle has stressed there is no rush im sure he would rather the eventual signing get a fair amount of playing time with the other strikers before the season starts and i dont think we would have much trouble persuading a player from a lower league club to join.
RickyC
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2:17pm Thu 16 Jul 09
AdHolmes
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2:33pm Thu 16 Jul 09
"Leeds United are being linked with a £200,000 bid for York City forward Adam Smith."
A user
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2:40pm Thu 16 Jul 09
AdHolmes
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3:02pm Thu 16 Jul 09
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Southern Exile
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3:06pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Goole Reds
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3:07pm Thu 16 Jul 09
A user
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3:10pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Imp
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3:23pm Thu 16 Jul 09
fewster
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3:24pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH
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3:30pm Thu 16 Jul 09
josh@defra wrote:£70,000 made up in installments
Does anyone know how much Boyesy went for?
rogue84
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3:32pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Imp
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4:03pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH wrote:Not what I heard, from both York and Scunthorpe sources. £150k in total as a package.
josh@defra wrote: Does anyone know how much Boyesy went for?£70,000 made up in installments
PDH
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4:06pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Imp wrote:obviously you heard from a differant source, mine came from one of his coaches, where did you hear it from?
PDH wrote:Not what I heard, from both York and Scunthorpe sources. £150k in total as a package.josh@defra wrote: Does anyone know how much Boyesy went for?£70,000 made up in installments
J19
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4:49pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Southern Exile
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4:58pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Oh no... it was J19 opening his mouth again...
PDH
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5:39pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:how boring,you must have such a sad life.
dont worry guys, the board will hold out for a high fee as normal around 500k+ like for donaldson!! and then let him go on a free haha, same old greed at that club
PDH
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5:41pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19
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5:48pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19
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6:07pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Stretchydan wrote:that comment is just hillarious! your in the blue square premier! take a good look at yourselves and think, why are we talking so much rubbish about this club. no matter what you fans say, nothing will change how the team play, who is sold or who is bought. york city supporters just make me feel sick! your acting like title contenders, wake up and smell the cheese!
Not quite sure if Purkiss and Smith are at the same level but are we looking at the new 'McMillan/McCarthy' partnership from the good days?
rogue84
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7:05pm Thu 16 Jul 09
SbragiaIsOurHero
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7:15pm Thu 16 Jul 09
I do see a problem with unprovoked insults and unqualified expressions of hatred ("york city supporters just make me feel sick").
J19, pick your toys up from off the floor and go to your room - grown-ups are talking.
SbragiaIsOurHero
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7:17pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:I don't see any problem with cautious optimism and caveated comparisons with previous successes.
Stretchydan wrote: Not quite sure if Purkiss and Smith are at the same level but are we looking at the new 'McMillan/McCarthy' partnership from the good days?that comment is just hillarious! your in the blue square premier! take a good look at yourselves and think, why are we talking so much rubbish about this club. no matter what you fans say, nothing will change how the team play, who is sold or who is bought. york city supporters just make me feel sick! your acting like title contenders, wake up and smell the cheese!
I do see a problem with unprovoked insults and unqualified expressions of hatred ("york city supporters just make me feel sick").
J19, pick your toys up from off the floor and go to your room - grown-ups are talking.
newshawk
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7:36pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:That's not cheese you can smell Batchelor Boy, that's the septic, unwashed contents of your trolleys
Stretchydan wrote: Not quite sure if Purkiss and Smith are at the same level but are we looking at the new 'McMillan/McCarthy' partnership from the good days?that comment is just hillarious! your in the blue square premier! take a good look at yourselves and think, why are we talking so much rubbish about this club. no matter what you fans say, nothing will change how the team play, who is sold or who is bought. york city supporters just make me feel sick! your acting like title contenders, wake up and smell the cheese!
J19
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7:36pm Thu 16 Jul 09
velcro
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8:23pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:Did you once get shouted at by a big nasty york city fan? You have a lot to say about ycfc and football in general. Maybe its time now to ask your mum to take you to a game
the thing is, you have been optimistic for the last 10 years, yet you have won nothing, your best players have left for very little money if any at all, and york city are just a feeder club to give players away for free to clubs in a higher league! as for SbragiaIsOurHero you are quite blatantly nothing but a fickle, over optimistic york fan, especially living in london!
calders
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8:30pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:I wish I had a great hobby like yours. If I was sad and had no life I too would see which club lower than mine I could take my frustrations out on. I assume you are a fan of a football club in a higher league but there is no evidence of this, as most decent fans support football as a game, rather than as a way to prove how blinkered they are. Bottom line is this is free speech and you can come on here as often as you like to prove how clever you are. The rest of us would like to chat about our club -however good it is -and if you have read any of our comments you will realise we are at least realistic. To help you understand I would like to say to any Dorchester Town fans -you are crap and optimistic you idiots! There, I can state the obvious and look a prat too. But I wouldn't be so sad to put it on their website. Understand, I doubt it!
the thing is, you have been optimistic for the last 10 years, yet you have won nothing, your best players have left for very little money if any at all, and york city are just a feeder club to give players away for free to clubs in a higher league! as for SbragiaIsOurHero you are quite blatantly nothing but a fickle, over optimistic york fan, especially living in london!
SbragiaIsOurHero
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8:39pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 my little, angry, dim-as-pig's-muck, internet troll - if you're going to spend the rest of your life dishing out insults in a way that you would never dare to do in a face-to-face situation, at least do it with a basic level of competence.
J19
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8:43pm Thu 16 Jul 09
calders
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8:52pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:ha ha ha - genius. How can we respond to such wit and wisdom.
your comments make me laugh so so much. pig-muck, now this guy thinks he is of a higher class using his long words, and posh comments. deary me. and if you believe that i wouldn't say any of this in a face to face confrontation, then feel free to arrange a meeting with me for a discussion over coffee, not in york as i do not live in the city and not in london. any offers are more than welcome. as for dorchester town, they would beat york anyway. and being shouted at by a big york fan? i didnt know there were any york fans? as they are out numbered when they play at home, and the majority of which are between the ages of 5-15 as seen and heard on sunday against leeds united, i hear the 'longhurst' stand became a creche on sunday?
goreds
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10:06pm Thu 16 Jul 09
J19 wrote:whats your point?
your comments make me laugh so so much. pig-muck, now this guy thinks he is of a higher class using his long words, and posh comments. deary me. and if you believe that i wouldn't say any of this in a face to face confrontation, then feel free to arrange a meeting with me for a discussion over coffee, not in york as i do not live in the city and not in london. any offers are more than welcome. as for dorchester town, they would beat york anyway. and being shouted at by a big york fan? i didnt know there were any york fans? as they are out numbered when they play at home, and the majority of which are between the ages of 5-15 as seen and heard on sunday against leeds united, i hear the 'longhurst' stand became a creche on sunday?
you dont like City - so what?
I look forward to the day when we are outnumbered at a home game - cos then well be back in the FL - not the -'southern'blue square premier
shirl.ycs
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10:06pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH
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10:20pm Thu 16 Jul 09
daveycfc655
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10:34pm Thu 16 Jul 09
Imp
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10:35pm Thu 16 Jul 09
shirl.ycs
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10:38pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH wrote:Should I have had...or is that "Radio Rentals"?
With a comment like that shirl you obviously dont go to spec savers.
Imp
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10:38pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH wrote:Two non-playing staff members, one at Scunny, one at York.
Imp wrote:obviously you heard from a differant source, mine came from one of his coaches, where did you hear it from?
PDH wrote:Not what I heard, from both York and Scunthorpe sources. £150k in total as a package.josh@defra wrote: Does anyone know how much Boyesy went for?£70,000 made up in installments
Could both be right. Maybe £70k is the definite fee, but conditional payments bring it to £150k?
shirl.ycs
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10:54pm Thu 16 Jul 09
PDH wrote:I'm so short sighted I can't find the bar in the Social Club. Will you buy me a "Cheeky Vimto" at the first home game x
With a comment like that shirl you obviously dont go to spec savers.
Dan_ycfc
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4:08am Fri 17 Jul 09
Anyway John I digress. I miss you. But seriously, tell me where you get your hair cut.
It. Is. Fantastic.
Monkey2
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10:36am Fri 17 Jul 09
Big Fella
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10:55am Fri 17 Jul 09
Monkey2 wrote:I believe Imp is correct that it is Tw*tchelor and not a Leeds fan, although, judging by his spelling and grammar it could be a Leeds fan! The amusing thing is, if it is Batchelor, he is saying that he will meet people face to face but I think we've all seen the excellent Mansfield youtube video of him s*****ng himself in the crowd after getting chanted out.
If memory serves correctly, J19 is a L**ds fan? I don't think it's Tw*tchelor!
I do also agree with Imp that if he is just ignored and nobody bites he will hopefully crawl back under his rock.
Monkey2
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11:11am Fri 17 Jul 09
Carry on, nothing to see here
J19
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11:13am Fri 17 Jul 09
Rimpole
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1:24pm Fri 17 Jul 09
Clearly this guy attended on sunday, my lad (10 YO)stayed behind in the Shippo to celebrate "beating" Leeds 3 all!
Why so much venom? Probably as dissapointed as all the other Leeds fans with their teams inability to finish the job for two years running.
In the words of the song
“♫♪♫ … Many a tear has to fall
But it's all in the game
.…♫♪♫”
C’MON CITY
SbragiaIsOurHero
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6:17pm Fri 17 Jul 09
I don't even think the sad, deluded Batchelor would be pathetic enough to mock the behaviour primary school children purely on their football allegiances... or explicitly offer to meet up with York City fans over a coffee, just to throw insults at their direction.
(Or maybe I over-estimated the man!)
Eric
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7:38pm Fri 17 Jul 09
J19 wrote:I would love to meet you for a coffee and a chat at a neutral train station, say Manchester Piccadilly? But I don't really see the point in wasting money on the fare as I'm sure you wouldn't turn up anyway.
your comments make me laugh so so much. pig-muck, now this guy thinks he is of a higher class using his long words, and posh comments. deary me. and if you believe that i wouldn't say any of this in a face to face confrontation, then feel free to arrange a meeting with me for a discussion over coffee, not in york as i do not live in the city and not in london. any offers are more than welcome. as for dorchester town, they would beat york anyway. and being shouted at by a big york fan? i didnt know there were any york fans? as they are out numbered when they play at home, and the majority of which are between the ages of 5-15 as seen and heard on sunday against leeds united, i hear the 'longhurst' stand became a creche on sunday?
j-19
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2:01pm Sat 18 Jul 09
tj40
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2:45pm Sat 18 Jul 09
Stretchydan says...
9:05am Thu 16 Jul 09