Ex Player Watch (54 Viewers)

[Finham]

Wouldn’t surprise me if Jones is playing in The Championship within the next 2 years. Still only 25. After his horrendous injuries he needed to play, and have a season or two with regular football. He’s now getting that. Was absolutely gutted when he broke down with the 2nd ACL after getting back into our team during our first season in L1.

Agreed, I mentioned recently that if he is assisting and scoring every week at the top of L2, that's basically where he was when he was linked with Leeds. He obviously needs to prove his fitness for a sustained period before anyone else takes a punt on him, but the ability looks intact. Best bet for him is to get promoted with Notts and do it in L1. Getting a bit of a soft spot for them with McGoldrick there as well! Finally back out of the spiral after we dumped them out of the L2 Play Offs?

 

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[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Is Andy Wing Prince Harry's twin brother.

 

[Manchester_sky_blue]

He's a top player and I'd imagine will remain in the PL if they get relegated

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Bet quite a few Prem teams are kicking themselves. Sheff U have had a bargain

 

[skybluecam]

Hamer is quality. Still believe he would’ve been a good depth option for anyone in the top 6. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s going for 40-50m next summer.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

It's on social media that Gyokores' old club in Sweden, a 3rd division club has received 250k as add -ons for the sale to Sporting Lisbon.

 

[skybluecam]

It's on social media that Gyokores' old club in Sweden, a 3rd division club has received 250k as add -ons for the sale to Sporting Lisbon.

Love stuff like this, presumably that’s a significant sum for them and they can reinvest it into facilities and the like for future development.

Pretty sure one of Caicedo’s former clubs got a massive amount (relatively) from his Chelsea deal.

 

[Tomh111]

There's an Athletic article on how vital they are. Exeter netted £4million when Watkins moved to Villa - the same as their entire turnover the year previous.

Love stuff like this, presumably that’s a significant sum for them and they can reinvest it into facilities and the like for future development.

Pretty sure one of Caicedo’s former clubs got a massive amount (relatively) from his Chelsea deal.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Hamer is quality. Still believe he would’ve been a good depth option for anyone in the top 6. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s going for 40-50m next summer.

By anyone in the top 6 you don’t seriously mean the likes of Man City and Arsenal do you?

 

[torchomatic]

There's an Athletic article on how vital they are. Exeter netted £4million when Watkins moved to Villa - the same as their entire turnover the year previous.

Love hearing stuff like that. Sell on fees are vital for a club our size. God knows how important it is for clubs lower down the pyramid.

 

[shepardo01]

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Sean Maguire scored a goal

 

[skybluecam]

By anyone in the top 6 you don’t seriously mean the likes of Man City and Arsenal do you?

I do

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

I do

Wow and he joined Sheffield United?! Which of the following midfielders does he get on the bench ahead of:

Bernardo Silva
Kalvin Phillips
Matheus Nunes

 

[skybluecam]

Wow and he joined Sheffield United?! Which of the following midfielders does he get on the bench ahead of:

Bernardo Silva
Kalvin Phillips
Matheus Nunes

Phillips since he’s only managed about 30 seconds of football in a city shirt so far.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Phillips since he’s only managed about 30 seconds of football in a city shirt so far.

Probably the most batshit opinion I’ve ever heard. Not West Ham or a Fulham, straight into the treble winners squad!

 

[skybluecam]

Probably the most batshit opinion I’ve ever heard. Not West Ham or a Fulham, straight into the treble winners squad!

He looks good in sky blue

 

[aloisiwouldhavescored]

Jodi Jones not in the Notts County team today, hope he's not injured. Unless he is away with the Malta team?

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

Jodi Jones not in the Notts County team today, hope he's not injured. Unless he is away with the Malta team?

Played for Malta against Gibraltar the other night.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Dabo made his debut off the bench in the 54th minute, two second half goals by Courtney-Baker Richardson have FGR 3-1 down

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Didn't want to start another thread.


England related.

Gareth Southgate is a F**fing hypocrite, he's gone on record in the past and said, " if a player is not playing regularly in the first team he can't be considered for England "

So WHY is Harry Maguire playing for England today ?

 

[MusicDating]

Didn't want to start another thread.


England related.

Gareth Southgate is a F**fing hypocrite, he's gone on record in the past and said, " if a player is not playing regularly in the first team he can't be considered for England "

So WHY is Harry Maguire playing for England today ?

He was good when he played for us...

 

[SkyblueDad]

He's not.
Just because someone is prepared to pay £32m doesn't therefore mean he's worth it.
Even in the current inflated market that figure is ridiculous for Maatsen.

Did anyone buy him ?….No.

 

[cowboy1850]

Gyokeres scores for Sweden. 3-0 v Estonia.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Gyokeres scores for Sweden. 3-0 v Estonia.

Poster boy !!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

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Poster boy !!

Big up the 4-4-2

 

[SkyblueDad]

It doesn’t mean he’s worth that does it - we paid £1 million in the 80’s for the appropriately named Kevin Drinkall who was worth nothing

We’ve paid - on the same calculation as Maatsen - £5 million on a league 1 centre half

But at the time Drinkall was scoring for fun at Rangers as he did for Norwich before. He then scored four in his first half dozen games for us and then zilch, useless.
All transfers are a gamble, bigger the fee bigger the gamble.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Fankaty came on at 1-0 up for Forest Green in the second half v Crewe (they lost 1-4)!

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Dion Dublin commentating on the England game, Joe Cole as a pundit, James Maddison and Jordan Henderson started with Callum Wilson on the bench

I think that’s all of them…

 

[SIR ERNIE]

Did anyone buy him ?….No.

Which proves my point. He wasn't worth £32m.

 

[wingy]

Did anyone buy him ?….No.

He turned the move down?

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Fankaty came on at 1-0 up for Forest Green in the second half v Crewe (they lost 1-4)!

I saw the highlights…looked like he directly gave one away.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

But at the time Drinkall was scoring for fun at Rangers as he did for Norwich before. He then scored four in his first half dozen games for us and then zilch, useless.
All transfers are a gamble, bigger the fee bigger the gamble.

I remember being in the Kop when he scored an overhead kick(albeit from a foot out) on his debut…vs Grimsby I think?

Also scored a decent effort vs Utd. I think they beat us 1- 4. He was rubbish…but was possibly good at one stage in his career.

 

[Blind-Faith]

I think Keelan Fallows was on our books in the youth system aswell

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Good to hear, keep it up Whingy. Incidentally, he now looks exactly like one of the extras in the Vikings documentary I'm watching!

There’s one of our travelling fans who looked so like him as a young kid in his playing days - and who continues to do so (complete w facial hair and mpb) that I actually thought it was him on occasions (the last being Blackpool away but Banbury had a game at the same time). Might be related I suppose or just the most marginal fancy dress ccfc related outfit I could imagine.

 

[The Philosopher]

I remember being in the Kop when he scored an overhead kick(albeit from a foot out) on his debut…vs Grimsby I think?

Also scored a decent effort vs Utd. I think they beat us 1- 4. He was rubbish…but was possibly good at one stage in his career.

Drinkell said that coming here was a big mistake.

Where Are They Now: Kevin Drinkell

In another of our series on 'Where Are They Now?' Tony Hamilton talked to Kevin Drinkell.

thefishy.co.uk

He was a huge signing at the time, we beat Villa to his signing, and we had signed him from arguably the biggest club in Britain at the time (stop laughing - they aren’t now, but back then they had half the England team and were playing in Europe when our clubs were banned. Because of this, top players picked them. Plus, they were getting 40000/42000 every home game when a lot of our top teams were playing in front of less (was it post Hillsborough?))

He signed here around about when Steve Livingstone decided he could play (short burst) and we had Speedie, Regis, Bannister etc.

Signing Gallacher soon after changed the way we could play and for whatever reason Drinkell couldn’t fit in and cut the mustard.

So, a flop. Signing a 29 for big money when we had a settled team back then was perhaps a rare mistake by JS. Odd decision. Signing 23 year old full international Gallacher made up for it though.