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Balham Blade said:
That quote you recall fuerstenberger was mine, written in August 2017 I think. The point I was making was that the back four against Walsall was Ertl - Egan - Hill - Taylor which was never going to be good enough to win a game of football in the third tier. I wasn't calling out Egan in particular; it was more the make up of the entire back line.

The other point I was making was that it was the implosion against Oldham from 2-0 up which left us in that position. If memory serves, Lowton got sent off after getting a second booking after scuffling with the Oldham players trying to get the ball out of the net following their first. Maguire then got a straight red in the last minute for bringing ex-pig Kuqi down in the area; Kuqi score the winner from the resulting penalty.

I have a feeling that Oldham game was also the end of Lescinel Jean-Francois - meaning that we had to change three of the back four for Walsall.
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Exactly that, a really bizarre game where we truly managed to fuck everything up from an easy winning position. Incidentally, there's not often you remember a ref's name for being truly awful - but I remember the guy in charge of that one. A certain Jon Moss - whatever happened to him? :rolleyes:
 
Balham Blade said:
That quote you recall fuerstenberger was mine, written in August 2017 I think. The point I was making was that the back four against Walsall was Ertl - Egan - Hill - Taylor which was never going to be good enough to win a game of football in the third tier. I wasn't calling out Egan in particular; it was more the make up of the entire back line.

The other point I was making was that it was the implosion against Oldham from 2-0 up which left us in that position. If memory serves, Lowton got sent off after getting a second booking after scuffling with the Oldham players trying to get the ball out of the net following their first. Maguire then got a straight red in the last minute for bringing ex-pig Kuqi down in the area; Kuqi score the winner from the resulting penalty.

I have a feeling that Oldham game was also the end of Lescinel Jean-Francois - meaning that we had to change three of the back four for Walsall.
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Shit, my memory really is crap. I will carry on liking your posts but Roygbiv can whistle. ;)
PS. Sorry Roygbiv, I'm just trying to appear big in front of my mates.
 
Roygbiv said:
We brought him in from Watford on loan just in case Ched got sent down......
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Yep, he looked half decent in the cameo appearances he made, but then himself got injured. Beattie got himself sent off for a pointless challenge in the last game of the season, and we went into the playoffs with a half fit Richard Cresswell, and the man-myth/legend that is Chris Porter...

But anyhow, John Egan. Future Blades captain.
 
Bayingblade said:
John Egan is the closest player I've seen to Paul McGrath since...…………...well...……….Paul McGrath. Unruffled, solid, a tremendous reader of the game and just does the simple things brilliantly. Makes defending look easy. As good a purchase as Wilder has made IMHO.
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He's a great athlete and does the simple things very well. He is committed, athletic and fearless, but I don't see him as an especially good reader of the game. Better than JOC or Bashambauer, but nowhere near PM.

Personally I'd say that Jake Wright in 2016/17 was the nearest thing I've seen to Paul McGrath, for positioning and reading of the game. The Coutts Rolls Royce just prior to injury was similar too, for being in the right place at the right time, although obviously he wasn't a defender.

Great bloke Egan and I'd love to see him at the Lane for many years to come.
 
billyblademan said:
Yep, he looked half decent in the cameo appearances he made, but then himself got injured. Beattie got himself sent off for a pointless challenge in the last game of the season, and we went into the playoffs with a half fit Richard Cresswell, and the man-myth/legend that is Chris Porter...

But anyhow, John Egan. Future Blades captain.
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He was already injured. He was carrying a groin injury that needed an operation in the close season but was still considered fit enough to play. If I recall correctly we played him when we didn’t need to, which fucked him up for when we did need him.
BT’s second spell was farcical.
If the club had actually taken the possibility of Evans being found guilty seriously then we might have signed a proper replacement.
 
I should coco said:
He's a great athlete and does the simple things very well. He is committed, athletic and fearless, but I don't see him as an especially good reader of the game. Better than JOC or Bashambauer, but nowhere near PM.

Personally I'd say that Jake Wright in 2016/17 was the nearest thing I've seen to Paul McGrath, for positioning and reading of the game. The Coutts Rolls Royce just prior to injury was similar too, for being in the right place at the right time, although obviously he wasn't a defender.

Great bloke Egan and I'd love to see him at the Lane for many years to come.
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That’s because McGrath and Wright were very experienced. Egan may be as good at reading the game when he’s at that stage in his career.
 
Grecian2000 said:
Not all. I have no recollection of this.
Where did the £20m valuation come from, or had they actually laid out that amount on 4 defenders?
Completely new concept to me.
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It was a valuation of the pigs defence by.... The pigs themselves. Frankie Simek, Tommy Spurr, Richard Wood and another one. They were rated as the '£20m defence'. All were sold or left for about £600k.
 

wavy-blade said:
Really grounded young man , shame his Dad didn't see how successful he is now , lucky to have this guy .
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Who produced this? It's certainly a cut above anything our in house team have produced this season.
 
One of my favourite players of recent times, as with many others is Chris Morgan, he was good at doing the simple things, hard as nails and had a little bit of cynicism when needed.

However Egan, is becoming my favourite.

he is a very measured and composed player never looks like he panics, cool and calm and the strength both in is play and mentally, a genuinely composed and good player, as others have said a future captain of the team.
 
derekacorah said:
One of those players who I always wanted us to sign until we actually signed him
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That's a very long thread in itself.

James Harper
Brian Howard
Leon Britain
Barry Hayles
Geoff Horsefield
Paul Furlong
Phil Starbug (after a brilliant loan)
John Harley (ditto)
Greg Halford
Peter 'chest it in' Withe
Alan Young
Les Tibbott
Steve Finneston
Dean Hammond
 
Furlong gets too much stick in such lists. Two goals including a last minute winner on his debut should shield him from criticism. Warnock mishandled him (said he was too old, went on to play for years).
 
I should coco said:
That's a very long thread in itself.

James Harper
Brian Howard
Leon Britain
Barry Hayles
Geoff Horsefield
Paul Furlong
Phil Starbug (after a brilliant loan)
John Harley (ditto)
Greg Halford
Peter 'chest it in' Withe
Alan Young
Les Tibbott
Steve Finneston
Dean Hammond
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You wanted us to sign Dean Hammond?! 😱
 
Guesty said:
Furlong gets too much stick in such lists. Two goals including a last minute winner on his debut should shield him from criticism.
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Like most on my list and others not mentioned, he was past his prime when he came to us. That was what we were at the time, a rest home for elderly strikers before they finally hung up their boots.

Guesty said:
Warnock mishandled him
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No arguments about that. You could say the same of many players, but especially Pesch, Paul Shaw and David Unsworth.
 
derekacorah said:
You wanted us to sign Dean Hammond?
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Yes, but the Dean Hammond that had helped Soton from L1 to the Prem, then helped Leicester stay in the Prem for three years.

I didn't realise that his 'legs had gone', his heart had gone but his wallet was still working to capacity
 
I should coco said:
That's a very long thread in itself.

James Harper
Brian Howard
Leon Britain
Barry Hayles
Geoff Horsefield
Paul Furlong
Phil Starbug (after a brilliant loan)
John Harley (ditto)
Greg Halford
Peter 'chest it in' Withe
Alan Young
Les Tibbott
Steve Finneston
Dean Hammond
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Halford was pretty good for us.
 
I should coco said:
Yes, but the Dean Hammond that had helped Soton from L1 to the Prem, then helped Leicester stay in the Prem for three years.

I didn't realise that his 'legs had gone', his heart had gone but his wallet was still working to capacity
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A mate of mine is a Leicester fan and he said we’d signed a really good player. Tit.
 

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