Year: 2014
UEFA European Championship to change format
Posted on December 19, 2014 in Conor Mclaughlin
The traditional format of the UEFA European Championship is to have a 16 team format but in the upcoming edition of the European it will be contested between 24 teams and the right-back of Fleetwood Town, ConorMclaughlin is a huge supporter of this recent change as the Northern Ireland defender believes that this can allow other squads on having a chance of making it further then what they usually do.
ConorMclaughlin is a consistent performer not only for his club Fleetwood Town but also for Northern Ireland as the defender has performed in all of the 2016 Euro qualifying matches that his country has played so far and Mclaughlin displayed his support towards the change that allows more teams on competing which gives the smaller nations a bigger chance of reaching the finals.
“You listen to all the home nations and they’re all saying the same thing. I don’t know if it’s the change in qualification with three teams, it’s given a lot of smaller nations a lot of confidence that they can get to a major competition’’ ConorMclaughlin said.
Northern Ireland is positioned in the 2nd spot of group F after having collected a total of 9 points from the 4 matches that the nation has played and ConorMcluaghlin has played in every single one of those games as the young right-back has turned into a consistent and key performer for his nation.
ConorMclaughlin is also a vital player for his club, Fleetwood Town with the English club going through their first season in the English League One after being promoted from League Two.
Fleetwood Town is experiencing a fine season in their debut in the 3rd tier English League and fans already are projecting and hoping that the club can secure another promotion spot to the English Championship League but ConorMclaughlin stated that accomplishing this task in their debut season is simply unrealistic.
“I think we need to be realistic and know that it’s our first season in League One which is a huge step from where the club was.We know how good the squad is but we just need to keep doing what we’re doing and keep trying to pick up points.”ConorMclaughlin added on.
Fleetwood Town Told To Keep Heads In Game
Posted on September 3, 2014 in Millwall
Fleetwood Town’s opening 4 matches of the League One saw them winning 3 of those games and drawing 1 as the team of Graham Alexander collected 10 points out of those matches. It’s been a very successful start of the season for Fleetwood Town but the head coach of the club, Graham Alexander wants to avoid getting carried away as he wants his players to remain calm and continue picking up positive results.
Graham Alexander told the media: “It’s a long season and we’re not getting carried away. But if we maintain this performance level into all of the other games, we know we’ll be a force for anyone. The results have been a culmination of the performances. That’s what we have to maintain because it’s something you can control. Sometimes you can’t control a result but you can control your performance and the players have done that so far.”
This is the first time in the history of Fleetwood Town that they are able to enter the League One and compete against the rest of the teams which are participating in the 3rd tier league of English football. The boss of Fleetwood Town, Graham Alexander wants his squad of players to remain focused throughout the entire season as it has only started and they will want to collect as much points as possible in order to keep their chances of getting promoted to the Championship League alive.
One of the latest signings of Fleetwood Town is Stephen Crainey after the defender reached the end of his contract with Wigan Athletic and decided to sign a 1 year long contract with the League One club.
Upon making his arrival to Fleetwood Town, Graham Alexander praised his acquisition as he told the club’s website: “We have had our eye on trying to improve the squad. Every manager is the same and we thought we needed to bring in some more added quality and experience’’
Mclaughlin Signs Contract Extension
Posted on July 14, 2014 in Millwall
Fleetwood Town’s Conor Mclaughlin signed a new deal with the League One that will be seeing the 22 year old right back remaining with them for 3 more years. Mclaughlin helped his team on earning a top spot during the previous season of the League Two league and now Fleetwood Town will be facing off against the teams in League One.
After signing his contract extension with Fleetwood Town, Mclaughlin expressed his satisfaction about remaining with the club for a few more years and said: ‘’ I’m delighted to sign on again here. It was a hard one to get done because I was obviously away with Northern Ireland, and I’ve been on holiday the past couple of weeks. I’m really happy to get it done now though. We’ve got an unbelievable set of lads here and a great manager, so it was a no brainer for me to sign on again’’
At his 22 years of age, Mclaughlin has already represented his country, Northern Ireland at the international stage. Having made 35 league appearances for Fleetwood Town in the previous just shows the impact he has made with the club since arriving.
During his debut season at Fleetwood Town, Mclaughlin only managed on making 19 league appearances but he has cemented his first place spot in the team as a consistent defender for his club.
When the contract was entering its final stages, the head coach of Fleetwood Town, Graham Alexander was eager and excited about being able to extend the stay of Conor Mclaughlin in the club.
‘’We’re almost there with Conor’s contract. I’d say we’re in the final yard. We’re very hopeful of getting things sorted with Conor because he did a fantastic job for us last season but I know it’s not certain until he’s signed on the dotted line’’ That was the statement released by the coach Graham Alexander as he revealed to the public that Mclaughlin was on the verge of extending his contract with Fleetwood Town.
McLaughlin Keeps A Level Head
Posted on May 20, 2014 in Conor Mclaughlin
Fleetwood Town have been battling throughout the season in order to tie up an automatic promotion spot that will see them get promoted to League One. There are only four matches left in the campaign, but Fleetwood are facing a tough fight in order to get into the automatic promotion spots. They are third in the table right now with a five point gap between them and third placed Chesterfield. It is also now looking highly unlikely that they will be able to catch table leaders Scunthorpe United and Rochdale in the second position.
Despite this, midfielder Conor McLaughlin says that the players will be giving their absolute best in the hope of automatic promotion. They are not prepared to give up until it is mathematically impossible for Fleetwood to get promoted automatically. McLaughlin will be aware that getting promoted to the play-offs is certainly not going to be easy since the form book goes out of the window in such matches. McLaughlin says that Fleetwood have shown over the season that they have enough quality to be able to finish in the top three.
The club have been beaten just once in the last six matches of all competitions, but they have just one win in the last three. They’ll take on Cheltenham Town during the weekend.
“We’re going to fight right to the end to get automatic promotion. If we get a bit of luck then we can get there. We know we’ve got the quality to do it. The lads were disappointed. We had a few chances to go ahead but in the end it wasn’t to be. The lads up top have been scoring goals all season so I suppose we were unlucky,” said McLaughlin about the chances of Fleetwood getting promoted to League One at the end of this campaign.
NO MORE PLAYERS
Posted on February 7, 2014 in Millwall
Fleetwood town manager Graham Alexander has confirmed that he does not plan to bring in any more players during this transfer window, but he left his options open by saying that if the right player turned up, he could bring him in. Alexander has wasted no time in bringing Mikael Mandron from Sunderland. The 19-year-old has been subjected to interest from a number of clubs who are rivals to Fleetwood. Despite this coup, Alexander has left the door open to the possibilities of future rivals.
Mikael Mandron has been signed on loan from Sunderland till the end of the season. Even though Fleetwood are currently top of the goalscoring charts this campaign, Alexander reckons that the addition of more firepower gives them an extra option. He has confirmed that Mandron had offers from different clubs across England, but ultimately chose the challenge from Alexander. The manager could have the freedom of choosing his squad to the maximum strength as he has a number of players on the verge of returning from injuries.
He has said that it is a major boost for the club that they feel like new signings all of the sudden. Fleetwood are one of the favourites to get promoted into the League One, as they have been up there throughout this campaign.
“It was an area we decided needed strengthening. Mikael is a player we’ve been watching for some time and we thought the time was right to move for him. We know he had options but we are all delighted both he and Sunderland decided Fleetwood Town was the best of them. We’ve looked at every area and I think we’re quite happy now with what we’ve got. There aren’t any more targets we’re specifically looking at … but that’s not to say something won’t happen,” said Alexander.
TEAM OF THE ROUND
Posted on January 24, 2014 in Millwall
Fleetwood Town was awarded with the Jognstone’s Paint Trophy team of the round after their triumph against Rotherham United. Goals from Jeff Hughes and Conor McLaughlin gave Fletwood the victory which earned them a spot in the Northern Area Finals.
The schedule is set for them to face off against Chesterfield as they will have to battle each other on 2 legs with the opening match starting on February 4.
Graham Alexander added a new player to his squad as he made his 1st signing of this transfer window by securing the services of Sunderland’s Mikael Mandron, he will be playing at Fleetwood Town on a loan deal that lasts until the end of the current season.
Fleetwood is also fighting to get into the top 5 spots of the League One standings as they are currently in 6th place and one of their top goal-scorers of this season is David Ball who said that he wants to make a charge and become one of the best strikers in the league.
“I’m scoring well. I had the setback, five weeks out after that injury at Northampton. That’s disappointing for me because I could probably have had a few more and been in double figures. But I’m cracking on now and hopefully I can get up there with the top goal scorers in the league.” The former player of Manchester City said.
David Ball suffered from a dislocated shoulder that left him out of the pitch for more than a month and he insisted in stating that if it wasn’t for the injury, he would be in higher spots of the league top goal-scorers.
He later went on talking about the 2nd goal of the New Year that he scored which proved to be the winner when they played at Dagenham and Redbridge. Ball finished off a move that was initiated by his teammate Antoni Sarcevic.
“I popped it up myself, managed to turn on it and got a pot-shot away. The pace on it has taken it under the keeper.”
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