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 Stuart Shave  Hampshire 28 Sep 17 6.33am |
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Originally posted by johnno42000
Jim Cannon is a God, Wright is a tw*t. Cleaary never saw Wright play for Palace then which makes your comment invalid.
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johnno42000  28 Sep 17 11.57am |
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Originally posted by Stuart Shave
Cleaary never saw Wright play for Palace then which makes your comment invalid. Sorry I've been watching Palace since 1970. I stick by my comment. He sounds a right whinger.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 28 Sep 17 12.05pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Do you honestly think that Wrighty looked down on Cannon just because he was Scottish?
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| palace99 New Mills 28 Sep 17 1.15pm |
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There seemed to be issues between the old guard - Cannon, Droy and Wood - and the youngsters coming through. Most of the youngsters were black so there could have been an element of racism as it was the 80s. Cannon was particularly vocal in his criticism of Wright in the early days, Wood supposedly tried to have a fight with Gray at a pre-season tour (Gray barricaded himself in his room!!) and supposedly Gavin Nebbeling head butted Bright in training. All of these are in Wright's book. All this was not helped by Coppell allowing a 5 aside competition each week between the whites and blacks in the team - played on a Friday (the day before a match!!). Incidentally Coppell kept Cannon as a regular for his first 4 or so seasons, always as captain so I don't think any of the incidents above influenced Coppell's team decisions
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| kennybrowns leftfoot Reigate 28 Sep 17 4.30pm |
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Originally posted by merganser
Well if there was a set to between Wright, Gray and Finnegan and Cannon, Wood and Droy I know who my money would of been on!! Finnegan is a vile little prick from experience. I knew Cannon quite well. I was at school and mates with his son. His daughter was in my sister's year to. He lived in a big house in Hooley. I always found him to be a nice fella, but quite intimidating at the same time.
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| EagleEssex Essex 28 Sep 17 4.50pm |
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Originally posted by Brentmiester_General
Think there may have been an element of the ol' racism involved as well. Based on what exactly? Heres what Ian Wright said in his book about it:
“Jim Cannon was the worst,”he maintains. “The big Scottish centre half had been at the club forever and behaved like the playground bully, always ready with a little dig or snide remark. “It seemed like every time I thought I was making progress, he was there to knock me down.” Friction between the pair boiled over one morning in a training ground spat which involved punches being thrown. Another episode came after a match at Grimsby Town where visiting players always used to receive a parting gift of a large fresh fish to take home. In the hope that it would placate Cannon, Wright acceded to a request to hand his fish over even though he knew the gift would have delighted his mum To no avail. “Jim Cannon took the fish, then on Monday was back to his regular, miserable bullying self.”
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 28 Sep 17 4.54pm |
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What's that got to do with the price of fish?
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 28 Sep 17 4.54pm |
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Sounds fishy to me.
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 28 Sep 17 5.00pm |
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Originally posted by kennybrowns leftfoot
Well if there was a set to between Wright, Gray and Finnegan and Cannon, Wood and Droy I know who my money would of been on!! Finnegan is a vile little prick from experience. I knew Cannon quite well. I was at school and mates with his son. His daughter was in my sister's year to. He lived in a big house in Hooley. I always found him to be a nice fella, but quite intimidating at the same time. Jim was my hero at Palace.Played a round of Golf with him at a Charity day,a couple of years ago.
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| YT Oxford 28 Sep 17 5.14pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Sounds fishy to me. Tony FINnigan
Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes) |
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| YT Oxford 28 Sep 17 5.15pm |
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I think Wrighty is CARPing on a bit too much.
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| johnno42000 28 Sep 17 5.50pm |
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For Cods hake can't we all live in peace.
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