Holden in away end

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by officer_dibble » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:28 pm

Allardyce could pick a centre half

But then he could convert em as well - how much use did we get out of Micky Whitlow and Simon Charlton there! Now we have a 6'6 monster with all the centre half attributes and we cant get a performance to rival those two fullbacks!

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by bobo the clown » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:31 pm

officer_dibble wrote:Allardyce could pick a centre half

But then he could convert em as well - how much use did we get out of Micky Whitlow and Simon Charlton there! Now we have a 6'6 monster with all the centre half attributes and we cant get a performance to rival those two fullbacks!
Did it the other way around too. Campo came over and was 'wrong' at CH & he then re-invented the position 'just in front of the back four'.
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Beefheart » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:34 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
officer_dibble wrote:Allardyce could pick a centre half

But then he could convert em as well - how much use did we get out of Micky Whitlow and Simon Charlton there! Now we have a 6'6 monster with all the centre half attributes and we cant get a performance to rival those two fullbacks!
Did it the other way around too. Campo came over and was 'wrong' at CH & he then re-invented the position 'just in front of the back four'.
Did that with Faye too, and I seem to remember somebody doing it with Mark Fish, not entirely sure if it was Allardyce mind.

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by officer_dibble » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:41 pm

Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh left before Allardyce got here I thought, so Colin Todd
And, I don't remember him playing midfield! Andy Todd did I think, but he was shite there. Couldn't catch people to punch them.

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:43 pm

Todd signed Fish, who IMO always looked far better than he actually was.

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Beefheart » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:46 pm

officer_dibble wrote:Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh left before Allardyce got here I thought, so Colin Todd
And, I don't remember him playing midfield! Andy Todd did I think, but he was shite there. Couldn't catch people to punch them.
I thought Fish left after Allardyce's first season along with Jensen and Gudjohnsen, I could be wrong though.

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Lord Kangana » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:52 pm

Fish was a brilliant player, who relied far too much on his recovery pace and always had one-mistake-a-match in him.
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:21 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Fish was a brilliant player, who relied far too much on his recovery pace and always had one-mistake-a-match in him.
Little bit contradictory there...

Not very keen on one-mistake a match centre halves!

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Lord Kangana » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:23 pm

A brillaint footballer player isn't the same as a brilliant centre half. You need to read more carefully.
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by BWFC_Insane » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:25 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:A brillaint footballer player isn't the same as a brilliant centre half. You need to read more carefully.
Sorry I knew what you meant and yes I agree.

Well perhaps very good as opposed to brilliant...

Not the sort of centre half I'd choose though.

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by thebish » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:20 pm

but the reason for MANY an entertaining fish pun thread....

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:45 am

thebish wrote:but the reason for MANY an entertaining fish pun thread....
Yep...

Though the "one fish in Grimsby" chant takes some beating....

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Andy Waller » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:54 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Fish was a brilliant player, who relied far too much on his recovery pace and always had one-mistake-a-match in him.

He did make the best tackle ever on Michael Owen...
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Lord Kangana » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:07 am

Well yes. One tackle doth not a centre half make. Though.
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by thebish » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:22 am

Lord Kangana wrote:Well yes. One tackle doth not a centre half make. Though.
fishing tackle?

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Lord Kangana » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:23 am

That was Rod Wallace.
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:24 am

officer_dibble wrote:Allardyce could pick a centre half
Indeed, we shall never forget Gerald Cid. And Jon-Gope Fenepej. And, of course, Ndiwa Lord Kangana...

Hierro was also shocking at centre-back - remember the bumming at Carrow Road? - before Sam's switcharoo to playing him as a deep regista (not that amazing a jump in Nando's case, he'd played there lots for Madrid & Spain)

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:27 am

Campo too was shocking at CB. Rahdi Jaidi anyone? Or maybe Lubomor Michalik? :hang:
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Re: Holden in away end

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:31 am

Meite was a bit shit too!

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Re: Holden in away end

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:49 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:Campo too was shocking at CB. Rahdi Jaidi anyone? Or maybe Lubomor Michalik? :hang:
Always said Jaidi was good for 15-20 goals a season... Half at each end...

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