Terry Gibson (2 Viewers)

Deleted member 5849 said:

So, a happier circumstance of being able to keep Gibson, and having SIllett and Curtis kick Regis up the arse to get him playing again could have taken us even higher than we went?

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Grendel said:

Not really. I acknowledge for two seasons he was a strong and powerful influence on the team. It seemed Sillett made him the player he was.

You cannot, however, escape the fact that a cash strapped club invested for us a huge amount of cash at the time and for two seasons he was a disaster.

As for the two seasons afterwards he scored 8 goals in nearly 70 games. It's ironic that you say sordell will score few "as you get what you pay for" yet now believe other attributes can apply to centre forwards.

Spot the difference;

Mick ferguson, Dion Dublin

Cyrille Regis

Two are centre forwards who scored goals Cyrille Regis didn't.

I'm not anti him at all but I do think his reputation assisted some sky blue tinted glasses. He was influential in 1987 but so were many others. Overall judging all six years he was average. Excellent at times and absolutely dreadful at other times. That first season he was as bad as bad can get.

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:

Interesting you mentioned Dion Dublin, didn't start scoring Goals until he played at Centre Half. And as for Sordell he couldn't lace Cyrille Regis boots !!! But having said that about Dion Dublin what a great partnership he had with Darren Huckerby and not forgetting Noel Whelan.
You see a good Centre Forward needs a good Striker to play along side , a-jack-in -the -box , as you say.

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Grendel said:

Dion Dublin didn't start scoring goals until centre half....can you justify that statement? He didn't score goals until Huckerby signed?

Are you a fan or just researching wiki - none of your statements bear any factual accuracy do they?

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