Having left the club in 2006, The Posh Blog decided to catch up with former Posh winger Ryan Semple. I would like to say a special thank you of course to Ryan for taking the time to participate in this Q+A.1.Despite being a member of the squad at a particularly turbulent time in the clubs history, as highlighted by the Big Ron Manager programme, do you have fond times of your time at posh? To be honest I have nothing but great memories of my time at Posh. Its my hometown club is somewhere where I grew up, not just as a player but a person too. Having played there from the age of 8 I had still have many friends Bob Lanier Jersey there, not just the playing staff but people behind the scenes too. Being involved with the club at Centre of excellence level has given me the opportunity to work back there its something Im really enjoying am grateful for.2.With the club and fans being publicly humiliated by the behind the scenes goings on shown on TV, what was it like, and how did this affect you as a player? A lot of people comment on what happened on the Big Ron Manager show obviously talk about all the negative things that happened. Watching it back when it was aired it definitely wasnt easy viewing at times but it was what it was meant to be, an entertaining warts all look at how a lower league club is ran on off the pitch. On a personal level it was an experience I wont forget! It gave me a bit of an insight into what it may be like in big brother, having a camera in your face all the time you really do actually forget the camera is there after a while. Thats why it made suchgripping viewing! Fans should also remember that it was this show that attracted Darrah Macanthony to the club Malcolm Brogdon Jersey so without Big Ron I doubt we wouldve seen the succe s weve had on the pitchfollowing the show.Semple in action for The Posh3. With the show exposing frictions behind the scenes such as the Arber-Carden bust up and Steve Bleasedales apparent short temper, what was the atmosphere in the dre sing room like at this time? The dre sing room during this period was without doubt a little bit strange. One thing I will say though isplayer fall outs scuffles are acommon thing in any dre sing room, once its over 99.9% of the time its forgotten by both players. The difference in our case was it was filmed showed on national tv!If Im honest the show probably created a small split in terms of players who dealt with the cameras ok those who it affected a little bit more. The younger lads seemed to deal with it a little more in their stride but the more experienced players didnt like it at all which is understandable. At the start of the show we were in a very strong position to at least finish in the play offs but in the end we mi sed out on the final day, maybe the show was one of the reasons why we didnt make it but it certainly wasnt the only or biggest factor. 4.I believe you worked under the management of Steve Bleasdale, Mark Wright and Barry Fry but who did you enjoy working with the most?I worked with Barry Fry, Steve Bleasdale, Mark Wright Keith Alexander during my time at Posh albeit only pre season with Keith before I moved to Lincoln. I got on with all4 enjoyed them for different reasons. Barry gave me my debut at 17 Ill always be grateful to him for that. He kept things very simple just told me to get the ball run at defenders! I believe he shouldve played me more but the side we had at that time were struggling his reasons for not playing me more was Bob Dandridge Jersey he didnt want a young player in the firing line when we were getting beat most weeks. Under Mark Wright I played most of my Posh appearances I liked him as a manager. His time was cut short as manager unfortunately I think if hed have stayed we would of minimum finished up in the playoffs. Bleo was a really good coach under Wright but I think when he took over as manager, the extra responsibility coupled with the Big Ron Effect probably was too much for him to handle, understandably for a manager starting his 1st job in league football. Keith was probably the nicest guy of all of them the only reason I left was to get more game time somewhere else (or so I thought!) Its extremelytragic to see what happened to him he really was one of footballs good guys.In action for his current club, Boston5.Do you still look out for the clubs fortunes and do you still Frank Mason III Jersey have any contact with anyone at the club such as Barry Fry or any former players formally at the club?Now Ive been working at the club for close to 2 years in the Centre of Excellence department its been a lot easier to keep in touch with people at the club. With Jamie Day leaving in the summer there are now no players at the club who was there when I was but through Jamie Ive got to know quite a few of them personally. Other than Jamie from when I was there I still speak toa lot of the lads, in particular Sean St Ledger, Luke Steele Danny Crow. Ive known a lot of them most of my life so obviously were all close.I still speak to Baz every now then. The great thing about him is you can pick up the phone call him for anything hell do whatever he can to help. Thats something a lot of people dont see about him.6.Like every young footballer you had big hopes for your future in the game, however, at the beginning of your Posh career, you suffered a leg break in 2003. How do you think this affected your progre s as a footballer?Breaking my leg in March 2003 was obviously a big setback. Id made my debut about 6 months earlier played a handful of games prior to the injury. It definitely set me back somewhat but there is no way I cla s it as the reason why I didnt go on to play even more games for Posh or getting a big money move. If you look at the amount of appearances I made after I broke my leg then its clear the injury didnt affect my performance too much once I was fully healed. Also once Keith came in I knew my days at Posh were numbered under him as his style of play was to play without wingers. 7. Unfortunately for yourself, you were released at the end of the 2005-2006 season which many Posh fans thought was a mistake. What was your reaction to this, because you couldnt be blamed if you wanted to jump ship with the club in the state it was in? Like I say above the only reason I wanted to leave Posh Jon McGlocklin Jersey was the fact of being desperate to play more games. The previous season under Wright/Bleasdale Id made 40 appearances in all comps I wanted to improve on that, not go backwards. Under Keith I knew