Grendel
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Gould didn’t deliver in the top league
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Gould didn’t deliver in the top league
ProfessorbyGrace
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Dublin and Speedie would (potentially) have made a fantastic ‘little and large’ pairing. Both deadly in the air, both natural goal scorers. Or maybe, Dublin, Keane and Speedie as an attacking midfielder. Dion and Little Keano would have been a lethal front two, in my opinion. I’m really going on players I’ve actually seen play, to be honest, as I’m not qualified on some of the others.
Bourton on the bench as an ultimate game changer.
(doesn’t matter that I didn’t see him play, he was a goal machine).
Bourton on the bench as an ultimate game changer.
(doesn’t matter that I didn’t see him play, he was a goal machine).
Grendel
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Dublin and Speedie would (potentially) have made a fantastic ‘little and large’ pairing. Both deadly in the air, both natural goal scorers. Or maybe, Dublin, Keane and Speedie as an attacking midfielder. Dion and Little Keano would have been a lethal front two, in my opinion. I’m really going on players I’ve actually seen play, to be honest, as I’m not qualified on some of the others.
Bourton on the bench as an ultimate game changer.
Never saw Terry Gibson?
Peter Billing Eyes
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Wallace and Ferguson
oscillatewildly
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Absolutely. His place is cemented. Just think his long shorts would be a hindrance in keeping pace with Dion's quick thinking.Yes, it’s Clarrie Bourton. Thought I’d better put him in there! His record isn’t bad!
Cov kid 55
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That’s true, I guess I was looking back nostalgically at how he tore up the second division in our championship year. Maybe he would have done better staying with us, although you couldn’t blame him for joining Arsenal. On the subject of Gould, does anyone remember a night game against Ipswich, December 1964? Freezing cold. We won 5-0 and Gould scored a first half hat-trick. i remember it well, because we’d just had the new scoreboard installed, and it showed 999. The Mirror (my dad’s paper) the next day ran the headline with a photograph of the scoreboard ‘999 but no help for Ipswich’.
thekidfromstrettoncamp
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George Hudsons record in the first division(P/L today ) with Northampton was 6 in their last 11 games on joining them,players today would be proud of that.
Think you'll find they did remember Arthur Lightning and Jim Blyth definitely in gloves.Must say balls were leather and use to hold water on rainy days making them harder to hit or to head.
The Philosopher
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It’s a tricky one, we’ve had some great strikers that were here only briefly - John Hartson springs to mind - so I’m basing my pick on being here for a good while and in their prime whilst here. Keane wasn’t here long enough on that basis and Regis was in his pomp at WBA.
So
Dublin & Speedie.
So
Dublin & Speedie.
JimmyHillsbeard
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“Fall down Martin” was the first victim of the HR crowd’s boo boys I ever encountered.
Kevin Gallacher kept us up on his own for two and a half seasons.
Kevin Gallacher kept us up on his own for two and a half seasons.
SkyblueDad
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Neither did George Hudson for us.
Bobby Gould was a very aggressive player could describe him as a bit of a dirty b.
Was limited with the ball, I remember Bill Shankly as a tv pundit saying Gould couldn’t trap a bag of cement which raised a bit of a giggle,but in fairness Bob always put a shift in.
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nicksar
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One that never gets a mention is David Cross from the early 70's he was a really good "old fashioned" centre forward with a good goals to games ratio for us....very good player imo.
Has an aside I was on a package holiday many years ago and Ian Wallace and his wife were on the same holiday he had to fly home to sign for Forest during the holiday and returned two days later...I did a days Wind Surfing training with him and tbh we were both absolutely shite!!
Nice down to earth bloke though.
Has an aside I was on a package holiday many years ago and Ian Wallace and his wife were on the same holiday he had to fly home to sign for Forest during the holiday and returned two days later...I did a days Wind Surfing training with him and tbh we were both absolutely shite!!
Nice down to earth bloke though.
skyblue025
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Going on strikers who I have seen in a City shirt it would be Robbie Keane and either Ian Wallace or Terry Gibson. With Keane creating those 2 poachers would have a field day. Keane made Roussel look good so what he would do with quality next to him would be immense.
skyblue025
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Going on strikers who I have seen in a City shirt it would be Robbie Keane and either Ian Wallace or Terry Gibson. With Keane creating those 2 poachers would have a field day. Keane made Roussel look good so what he would do with quality next to him would be immense
SkyblueDad
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Another centre-forward we never really got the best of left us for West Brom scored did okay for a year and got snapped up by West Ham and scored a load of goals, we’ve been a bit of a graveyard for strikers over the years.
The Philosopher
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We’d had loads of strikers that did incredibly well elsewhere. Mark Hateley went on to play for Milan and England, for a while he was by any measure a top level striker.
Gary Bannister probably has a top flight goals to game ratio to match anyone prior to (re) joining us.
Did Keegan actually ever sign for us at youth level or was it just a trial?
Of the post Prem era, Gyok is out on his own, surely?
SkyblueDad
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No, Keenan while living with relations at Nuneaton had a bit of time as a 15 or so year old which would have been equivalent to todays scholars, not sure how far down the road that got but it was kids level, wasn’t Chris Waddle here too but got rejected.
Theonlywayisskyblue
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Difficult to look beyond Fergie and the wonder of Wallace not least because they were such a well suited and prolific partnership. Not necessarily the best 2 players but what a partnership - with Dion on the bench of course just in case
Grendel
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I feel your pain
I don't remember seeing him play either.
SkyblueDad
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If wasn’t for his baggage Marlon King was a class act as good as any.
Play the ball, not the man.
I said I don't remember him playing.
I was 8 when he left. I know I went to at least one game he played in when I was 7, but have no memory of watching him or what he was like as a player (for us).
Than current day Boosh? Yes. Yes I probably did.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Can I just point out that Dublin was at the peak of his career when he played for us, where's Gyokores is just starting out on he's carrier.
Boosh
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I think numbers confuse him, he once told me Barnsley paid £20m to loan Daryl Dike
Yep and I have quite vivid memories of him playing.
This is just getting bizarre now. Questioning me on my age all because of one innocuous comment. I know you're all a little obsessed and I'm flattered, but yeah, bit weird.
blunted
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Keegan was rejected for being too small after a trial. Think we also rejected Waddle