Mr Jones is 53 and Fleck is a Reight Pussy

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oldblade said:
Out of interest Bert, what were your thoughts on Wally Downes? Played far fewer games for us but proportionately probably put in a greater number of reckless challenges.
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Downes was an even bigger buffoon.
There were some good times under Bassett but he certainly had a liking for hod carriers rather than craftsmen
 
The Crab said:
I think Downes must have had some compromising pictures of Bassett. I can't imagine why else he would sign him.
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Loyalty in football... they go back and had achieved great things together given where they came from, Wimbledon’s rise through the leagues gave Harry a career as a top football manager, downes was instrumental in that rise..
 
snootyfenooty said:
He was a faux hard man. You have to go back another 20 years to source them and they would have had Vinnie Jones for breakfast.
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Shame he never met Eddie C, Jimmy Case, Ted Hemsley, Chopper Harris, Frannie Lee, Tommy Smith and Mike Summerbee.

Reyt bunch of dirty fuckers.

pommpey
 
Boxer Blade said:
I bet at the time we were moaning about players rolling around pretending to be injured and in "my day" they wouldn't have done it, makes you wonder what it will be like in ten years.
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They'll all be demanding a timeout so they can check the hair do is not out of place and probably wearing make up as well
 
I should coco said:
He was a nasty twat but he was part of the side that went on the run after beating Forest at home in December 1990. A limited footballer but he would chase, drive and cajole as if his life depended on it. By no stretch was he our 'star' player, but he made a contribution to us staying up and to pretend otherwise is incorrect.

He could take it as well. We played Palace at home and Geoff Thomas, Eric Young and Andy Thorn took it in turns to kick him up in the air. He knew he had to stay on the pitch so he just took it all.

I'm not going out on a limb to defend him as he was a knobhead, but he was our our knobhead and he helped keep us up.
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I agree with you, always remember coming home from school and seeing the ceefax headline 'Blades sign Vinnie Jones and Brian Marwood'. I was really surprised because at the time (rightly or wrongly) they were well known players and it showed intent, that we wanted to compete. The previous season Jones actually kept Batty out of the Leeds team and did his job. This included intimidating the opposition, winding up officials and hurling long throws into the box. Of these attributes, it was his long throws I remember fondly; they actually worked.
 
N20 Blade said:
I agree with you, always remember coming home from school and seeing the ceefax headline 'Blades sign Vinnie Jones and Brian Marwood'. I was really surprised because at the time (rightly or wrongly) they were well known players and it showed intent, that we wanted to compete. The previous season Jones actually kept Batty out of the Leeds team and did his job. This included intimidating the opposition, winding up officials and hurling long throws into the box. Of these attributes, it was his long throws I remember fondly; they actually worked.
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How disappointing was Marwood? I was so pleased we'd signed him based on what I'd seen him do for Arsenal.
 
oldblade said:
Out of interest Bert, what were your thoughts on Wally Downes? Played far fewer games for us but proportionately probably put in a greater number of reckless challenges.
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I think he was a complete arsehole. Picked on a Woodhose Blade one night. His bottle soon went whenbeing Terry Downes nephew, or whatever, didn't work after the lad offered to take him outside.
 
BushBlade said:
How disappointing was Marwood? I was so pleased we'd signed him based on what I'd seen him do for Arsenal.
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Totally and utterly disappointing.

Another one who just went through the motions, drew his wages and clearly didn't give a fuck about SUFC.
 
I remember Jones's debut, he was introduced to the crowd and started doing that biceps-clenched 'he man' gesture he was fond of. I thought he was a fucking nobber at the time and still do. Bradders sorting him out in the game at Stamford Bridge after Jones went there was a sweet moment.

I really enjoyed that Harry Pearson piece linked upthread, particularly this bit:

"One time Baxter was lying on the massage table naked, and he told Wilf [Mannion] to get [talcum] powder. There was a big container of it in the dressing room. Wilf took it over to the table, Baxter raised his legs and said, 'My arse is kinda fiery, powder my arse.' So Wilf powders and powders. Suddenly Baxter farted and Wilf disappeared in a cloud of powder".
 
In terms of Vinnie's post-football career I have to say that this could be his finest work, for the storyline alone...
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snootyfenooty said:
Andy Carroll is the most over-hyped and over-rated player this millenium.

Anyway, moving on, I'll tell you a little story about Billy Whitehurst.

At the tail end of his career, he was playing in Hong Kong. In one game, which turned out to be his last, he put in a tackle against one of the local players. He went in knee high, went straight through him and smashed his knee to bits. The players career was finished in an instant. The word went out and Billy was on the next plane out before he ended up as one of the ingredients in a bowl of noodle soup.

Make of that what you will. He never was and never will be a hero of mine.
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Add knocking ageing customers about on his last night at the Cricks.
 
Bert said:
Downes was an even bigger buffoon.
There were some good times under Bassett but he certainly had a liking for hod carriers rather than craftsmen
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Downes's training sessions that he put on in the old gym on the car park were a sight to behold.
 



I should coco said:
He was a nasty twat but he was part of the side that went on the run after beating Forest at home in December 1990. A limited footballer but he would chase, drive and cajole as if his life depended on it. By no stretch was he our 'star' player, but he made a contribution to us staying up and to pretend otherwise is incorrect.

He could take it as well. We played Palace at home and Geoff Thomas, Eric Young and Andy Thorn took it in turns to kick him up in the air. He knew he had to stay on the pitch so he just took it all.

I'm not going out on a limb to defend him as he was a knobhead, but he was our our knobhead and he helped keep us up.
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Deffo played a big role that first season in keeping us up.

He wasn't a proper hard man though imho. Far too many cowardly challenges with no respect for people's careers.
 
McGrath said:
I love the way most of his victims get straight up instead of rolling around on the ground as if mortally wounded.

Proper footballers
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Good point, footballers have gradually turned into a right bunch of pussies. It could almost go unnoticed, until you see a before and after like that.
 
alcoblade said:
Good point, footballers have gradually turned into a right bunch of pussies. It could almost go unnoticed, until you see a before and after like that.
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They should amend the laws of football so that instead of giving a straight red, the player fouled could have a free punch if they got up quickly.

That would stamp out diving and reckless tackling instantly
 
TTMeysh said:
I remember Jones's debut, he was introduced to the crowd and started doing that biceps-clenched 'he man' gesture he was fond of. I thought he was a fucking nobber at the time and still do. Bradders sorting him out in the game at Stamford Bridge after Jones went there was a sweet moment.

I really enjoyed that Harry Pearson piece linked upthread, particularly this bit:

"One time Baxter was lying on the massage table naked, and he told Wilf [Mannion] to get [talcum] powder. There was a big container of it in the dressing room. Wilf took it over to the table, Baxter raised his legs and said, 'My arse is kinda fiery, powder my arse.' So Wilf powders and powders. Suddenly Baxter farted and Wilf disappeared in a cloud of powder".
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If memory serves me right his first game for us ( or one of them ) was away at Southampton when I think Trevor Horlock went through him for a short cut , quiet as a fucking mouse after that
Limited , footballer , in the loosest sense of the word , great when Bradders put him in his Chelsea place
 
Kenilworth said:
Apaz it's Mr Jones 53rd Birthday today and a tweet was issued to celebrate his contribution to World football.

Quite a few Blades incidents in there.

Enjoy

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I feel ashamed the dirty sod played for us. The tackle he did on the Spurs player Stevens was the filthiest I ever witnessed he ended the lads career. Horrible excuse for a footballer.
 
Whilst we're in the business of denouncing former Blades, I'd like to add Alan Cork. Bassett called him a true hard man. But in reality he was an elbowing shithouse who should have retired long before we had to watch him stagger about on our hallowed turf. I remember once we were losing a game and won a corner in front of the Kop with seconds to go. Cork took it and shanked it straight into the crowd. He was fucking dreadful.

And I've not even started on Keith Curle....
 
JohnDenver said:
Whilst we're in the business of denouncing former Blades, I'd like to add Alan Cork. Bassett called him a true hard man. But in reality he was an elbowing shithouse who should have retired long before we had to watch him stagger about on our hallowed turf. I remember once we were losing a game and won a corner in front of the Kop with seconds to go. Cork took it and shanked it straight into the crowd. He was fucking dreadful.

And I've not even started on Keith Curle....
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I remember towards the end of Alan Corks Utd career, he fouled someone in front of the Kop, the referee came over and spoke to him before reaching for a card, as he was doing so there was a deafening chant from the Utd fans of 'Off, Off, Off, Off'

He was bloody awful, but at that point I actually felt sorry for him :D
 
1889 said:
I remember towards the end of Alan Corks Utd career, he fouled someone in front of the Kop, the referee came over and spoke to him before reaching for a card, as he was doing so there was a deafening chant from the Utd fans of 'Off, Off, Off, Off'

He was bloody awful, but at that point I actually felt sorry for him :D
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The 92/93 season really should have been his last as he was pushing it then - the 93/94 season was just painful for everyone concerned!
 
Didn't rate Jones at the Lane but some of those tackles were brilliant #properfootball #johnnyfleckisstillascottishhero
 
I will always be grateful to Dave Basset for taking us from the shit heap we were in in when he took over to being a Premiership club.

Nonetheless, I find it hard to forgive him for signing two players who put a stain on our reputation which, to some extent, still prevails to this day, and they were Vinnie Jones and Wally Downes.

Both full weight cunts of the highest magnitude.
 



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