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eagleman13 On The Road To Hell & Alicante 06 Mar 21 4.14pm
Originally posted by TQ_Eagle Bright or Benteke...... Tough call. Edited by TQ_Eagle (06 Mar 2021 3.45pm) Why bother, I raise & promote CALVIN ANDREW. Nuff said This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.
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On The Road To Hell & Alicante 06 Mar 21 4.14pm

Originally posted by TQ_Eagle

Bright or Benteke......

Tough call.

Edited by TQ_Eagle (06 Mar 2021 3.45pm)

Why bother, I raise & promote CALVIN ANDREW.

Nuff said

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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fish mitten Chelmsford 06 Mar 21 5.17pm
I agree with most of you, other than Wilf for McGoldrick, there are no others I would swap. You could argue as well that McGoldrick was a great crosser of the ball and Bright thrived off that. It’s not Wolf’s greatest asset. Not much to choose between Humphrey and Ward either.
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I agree with most of you, other than Wilf for McGoldrick, there are no others I would swap. You could argue as well that McGoldrick was a great crosser of the ball and Bright thrived off that. It’s not Wolf’s greatest asset.

Not much to choose between Humphrey and Ward either.

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Tom-the-eagle Croydon 06 Mar 21 6.47pm
Originally posted by gaz1959 Martyn or Guaita Humphrey or Ward Shaw or Mitchell ( i Think Mitchell will turn into a great full back given the right guidence. Thorn or Cahill Young or Tompkins Thomas or Luka Gray or McArthur Salako or Eze _ Eze is not at salads level yet but think he will end up a better player. McGoldrick or Wilf? Bright or Benteke Wright or Ayew Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.27pm) Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.28pm) For me it’s all the 90/91 team except for Wilf and possibly Ward Edited by Tom-the-eagle (06 Mar 2021 6.47pm) "It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit
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Croydon 06 Mar 21 6.47pm

Originally posted by gaz1959

Martyn or Guaita
Humphrey or Ward
Shaw or Mitchell ( i Think Mitchell will turn into a great full back given the right guidence.
Thorn or Cahill
Young or Tompkins
Thomas or Luka
Gray or McArthur
Salako or Eze _ Eze is not at salads level yet but think he will end up a better player.
McGoldrick or Wilf?
Bright or Benteke
Wright or Ayew

Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.27pm)

Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.28pm)

For me it’s all the 90/91 team
except for Wilf and possibly Ward

Edited by Tom-the-eagle (06 Mar 2021 6.47pm)

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

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The Dolphin 18 Mar 21 11.21am
Take them at their best in their prime Martyn Ward.............Clyne Shaw Cahill Tompkins........Sakho Thomas Gray Salako Wilf Bright Wright If you were to pick from our Squad then Clyne would be in over Ward and maybe Sakho over Tomkins
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18 Mar 21 11.21am

Take them at their best in their prime

Martyn
Ward.............Clyne
Shaw
Cahill
Tompkins........Sakho
Thomas
Gray
Salako
Wilf
Bright
Wright

If you were to pick from our Squad then Clyne would be in over Ward and maybe Sakho over Tomkins

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Rachid Rachid Rachid 03 Apr 21 10.33pm
Originally posted by TheBigToePunt I probably love that 1990 team more than at least one, if not all, of my children! One of the reasons I think we play ultra-defensively now compared to the early 1990s is that the two main things a smaller club could rely on to compete with the big clubs have been taken away: Physical bullying and bad pitches. If you want a reminder of how much we would bully teams watch the ZDS cup final. Keown is taken to pieces by Bright and Thomas! Anyway, apart from Wright and Bright the whole of the current team would be miles better technically than the 1990 lot, as both sides were a product of their time. If a match between them were played on a 2021 pitch with a modern ref and VAR then it would be a comfortable win for the current side. If, on the other hand, the game were played with a 1990 pitch and ref, it would be a very, very uncomfortable defeat for the current side, one or two of whom would end up needing counselling after! Agree with this. Great times and we had some very good players but the football was agricultural and not for the purist. Thorn and Young were great stoppers but couldn't play. If Vicente Guaita or Jordan Pickford let in some of the goals that Seaman and Martyn did the internet would break.
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Originally posted by TheBigToePunt

I probably love that 1990 team more than at least one, if not all, of my children!

One of the reasons I think we play ultra-defensively now compared to the early 1990s is that the two main things a smaller club could rely on to compete with the big clubs have been taken away: Physical bullying and bad pitches.

If you want a reminder of how much we would bully teams watch the ZDS cup final. Keown is taken to pieces by Bright and Thomas!

Anyway, apart from Wright and Bright the whole of the current team would be miles better technically than the 1990 lot, as both sides were a product of their time.

If a match between them were played on a 2021 pitch with a modern ref and VAR then it would be a comfortable win for the current side. If, on the other hand, the game were played with a 1990 pitch and ref, it would be a very, very uncomfortable defeat for the current side, one or two of whom would end up needing counselling after!

Agree with this. Great times and we had some very good players but the football was agricultural and not for the purist. Thorn and Young were great stoppers but couldn't play.

If Vicente Guaita or Jordan Pickford let in some of the goals that Seaman and Martyn did the internet would break.

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cryrst The garden of England 04 Apr 21 7.51pm
Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid Agree with this. Great times and we had some very good players but the football was agricultural and not for the purist. Thorn and Young were great stoppers but couldn't play. If Vicente Guaita or Jordan Pickford let in some of the goals that Seaman and Martyn did the internet would break. One of our best moves for goals was the andy thorn flick on at the near post on corners. Super al got his winner from one. Why we don't use that with tekkers in the middle I don't know. I suppose you have to get a corner first though!
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The garden of England 04 Apr 21 7.51pm

Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid

Agree with this. Great times and we had some very good players but the football was agricultural and not for the purist. Thorn and Young were great stoppers but couldn't play.

If Vicente Guaita or Jordan Pickford let in some of the goals that Seaman and Martyn did the internet would break.

One of our best moves for goals was the andy thorn flick on at the near post on corners.
Super al got his winner from one. Why we don't use that with tekkers in the middle I don't know. I suppose you have to get a corner first though!

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crystal-purley Purley 22 Apr 21 9.53pm
Originally posted by gaz1959 Martyn or Guaita Humphrey or Ward Shaw or Mitchell ( i Think Mitchell will turn into a great full back given the right guidence. Thorn or Cahill Young or Tompkins Thomas or Luka Gray or McArthur Salako or Eze _ Eze is not at salads level yet but think he will end up a better player. McGoldrick or Wilf? Bright or Benteke Wright or Ayew Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.27pm) Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.28pm) Even taking into account the difference in class now versus then I have to agree with your choices with the possible options of Ward although he has lost a yard over the last couple of seasons. Good post. Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).
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Originally posted by gaz1959

Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.27pm)

Edited by gaz1959 (20 Jan 2021 1.28pm)

Even taking into account the difference in class now versus then I have to agree with your choices with the possible options of Ward although he has lost a yard over the last couple of seasons. Good post.

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).

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