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esox lucius Deal 07 Jan 21 5.11pm
Lewis Grabban is one we let go, he has a very good goal scoring history with several clubs outside the premier league.
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Deal 07 Jan 21 5.11pm

Lewis Grabban is one we let go, he has a very good goal scoring history with several clubs outside the premier league.

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TheBigToePunt 07 Jan 21 5.28pm
Originally posted by thegreatlardino do remember collymore steaming down the left wing then falling over when he went to cross and kicked the ball into sainsburys he wasnt released i seem to recall he went to southend as the story was everyone took the p**s out of him in the team Edited by thegreatlardino (07 Jan 2021 5.05pm) Yeah I've heard Collymore in conversation with Wright on a podcast talking about how, socially speaking, Collymore was a real fish out of water at Palace at the time. It's easy to see Collymore leaving when he could have taken over from Wright as a sliding doors moment (whatever that means, never actually seen the film), but he probably needed to be a bigger fish at a smaller club to develop his confidence as much as his ability, and probably neither would have happened at Palace. If Coppell and Smith didn't think much of him at that stage, that'll do for me.
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07 Jan 21 5.28pm

Originally posted by thegreatlardino

do remember collymore steaming down the left wing then falling over when he went to cross and kicked the ball into sainsburys he wasnt released i seem to recall he went to southend as the story was everyone took the p**s out of him in the team

Edited by thegreatlardino (07 Jan 2021 5.05pm)

Yeah I've heard Collymore in conversation with Wright on a podcast talking about how, socially speaking, Collymore was a real fish out of water at Palace at the time.

It's easy to see Collymore leaving when he could have taken over from Wright as a sliding doors moment (whatever that means, never actually seen the film), but he probably needed to be a bigger fish at a smaller club to develop his confidence as much as his ability, and probably neither would have happened at Palace.

If Coppell and Smith didn't think much of him at that stage, that'll do for me.

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Mwncisee Middlesbrough 07 Jan 21 5.36pm
As I recall Stan was constantly on our bench, and regularly came on during the Wright/Bright era. However in our esteemed wisdom, we did not want to pay an instalment to Stafford Rangers based on his appearances so we decided to sell him to Southend. Wrighty went and we replaced him with Marco Gabbiadini! Originally posted by cantrbury eagle Didnt Collymore go to Southend for around a 100.000 did well and they sold him to forest for around a million
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Middlesbrough 07 Jan 21 5.36pm

As I recall Stan was constantly on our bench, and regularly came on during the Wright/Bright era. However in our esteemed wisdom, we did not want to pay an instalment to Stafford Rangers based on his appearances so we decided to sell him to Southend. Wrighty went and we replaced him with Marco Gabbiadini!

Originally posted by cantrbury eagle

Didnt Collymore go to Southend for around a 100.000 did well and they sold him to forest for around a million

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esox lucius Deal 07 Jan 21 5.48pm
Think we made more on the 2 sell on fees, Southend to Forest, Forest to Liverpool . Than the actual original transfer fee.
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Deal 07 Jan 21 5.48pm

Think we made more on the 2 sell on fees, Southend to Forest, Forest to Liverpool . Than the actual original transfer fee.

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Mwncisee Middlesbrough 07 Jan 21 5.52pm
We might of got a sell on free from Southend to Forest but don't think we would have got one from Forest to Liverpool. Originally posted by esox lucius Think we made more on the 2 sell on fees, Southend to Forest, Forest to Liverpool . Than the actual original transfer fee.
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Middlesbrough 07 Jan 21 5.52pm

We might of got a sell on free from Southend to Forest but don't think we would have got one from Forest to Liverpool.

Originally posted by esox lucius

Think we made more on the 2 sell on fees, Southend to Forest, Forest to Liverpool . Than the actual original transfer fee.

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A1969Eagle Redhill 07 Jan 21 7.26pm
"When given a chance to play up front he would often burst through two or three defenders in spectacular fashion before blasting the ball over the top of the Whitehorse lane end." I always remember Stan at Palace, ran with head down, with a strong shop, if only I used to to think, if only he look up before he shot but at Southend he got the coaching he needed. Name another player thats recently gone via Southend is now doing well/// Originally posted by TheBigToePunt That's a good point. We've done pretty well out of players being released by other clubs in recent years. Clyne was on the scrap heap. Cahill was without a club, McCarthy was either free or near enough and Everton certainly wanted shot of him. Ayew was also unwanted at Swansea. Going back to Collymore, I thought we paid about £150k for him, sold him to Southend after he didn't make it here, and they sold him to Forest for something close to a record at the time - maybe over £2m? I also refuse to do the research. I have clear memories of Collymore at Palace. Nobody could make sense of him as he seemed far too tall to be a poacher like Wright, and so surely had to be a target man, like Bright, but he was crap in the air. He also had a few games on the wing, but had no final ball at all, much to the disapproval of Messers Bright and (I think still) Wright. When given a chance to play up front he would often burst through two or three defenders in spectacular fashion before blasting the ball over the top of the Whitehorse lane end. Somehow at Southend he forced himself to place his shots low into the corners, and almost overnight he was a very valuable asset. The rest is history. Southend also did well by getting Chris Powell off us for a song I think?
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Redhill 07 Jan 21 7.26pm

"When given a chance to play up front he would often burst through two or three defenders in spectacular fashion before blasting the ball over the top of the Whitehorse lane end."

I always remember Stan at Palace, ran with head down, with a strong shop, if only I used to to think, if only he look up before he shot but at Southend he got the coaching he needed.

Name another player thats recently gone via Southend is now doing well///

Originally posted by TheBigToePunt

That's a good point. We've done pretty well out of players being released by other clubs in recent years.

Clyne was on the scrap heap. Cahill was without a club, McCarthy was either free or near enough and Everton certainly wanted shot of him. Ayew was also unwanted at Swansea.

Going back to Collymore, I thought we paid about £150k for him, sold him to Southend after he didn't make it here, and they sold him to Forest for something close to a record at the time - maybe over £2m? I also refuse to do the research.

I have clear memories of Collymore at Palace. Nobody could make sense of him as he seemed far too tall to be a poacher like Wright, and so surely had to be a target man, like Bright, but he was crap in the air. He also had a few games on the wing, but had no final ball at all, much to the disapproval of Messers Bright and (I think still) Wright.

When given a chance to play up front he would often burst through two or three defenders in spectacular fashion before blasting the ball over the top of the Whitehorse lane end.

Somehow at Southend he forced himself to place his shots low into the corners, and almost overnight he was a very valuable asset. The rest is history.

Southend also did well by getting Chris Powell off us for a song I think?

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rollercoaster Cornwall 07 Jan 21 8.54pm
Back to the original question, I'm really interested who we let go who went on to do really well. At the top end of the scale clearly Ian Wright and Kenny Samson went on to do great things. Long time ago I remember Birchenall left us to do a good few years in the top division with Leicester.(random) But really, struggling to think of any more youngsters, than those already posted, that we let go who have turned up in the top flight.
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Cornwall 07 Jan 21 8.54pm

Back to the original question, I'm really interested who we let go who went on to do really well.

At the top end of the scale clearly Ian Wright and Kenny Samson went on to do great things.

Long time ago I remember Birchenall left us to do a good few years in the top division with Leicester.(random)

But really, struggling to think of any more youngsters, than those already posted, that we let go who have turned up in the top flight.

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saveloy carmarthen 07 Jan 21 9.25pm
Steve Mackenzie
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carmarthen 07 Jan 21 9.25pm

Steve Mackenzie

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Tom-the-eagle Croydon 07 Jan 21 10.45pm
Originally posted by NEILLO Alan Devonshire Never knew he was on our books, just had to look it up but you are quite correct. Massive mistake, one of the best players I have ever seen play live. No idea why he never played more games for England. Remember my mum buying me tickets for England v Wales for my tenth birthday in 1980, Devonshire played that game and I couldn’t believe even at that age how good he was. "It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit
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Croydon 07 Jan 21 10.45pm

Originally posted by NEILLO

Alan Devonshire

Never knew he was on our books, just had to look it up but you are quite correct.

Massive mistake, one of the best players I have ever seen play live. No idea why he never played more games for England. Remember my mum buying me tickets for England v Wales for my tenth birthday in 1980, Devonshire played that game and I couldn’t believe even at that age how good he was.

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

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Bekken 07 Jan 21 10.55pm
Andy Johnson, scrap heap at Birmingham. Valerian Ismael, purchased by us, flopped, had a great career.
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07 Jan 21 10.55pm

Andy Johnson, scrap heap at Birmingham.
Valerian Ismael, purchased by us, flopped, had a great career.

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Tom-the-eagle Croydon 07 Jan 21 10.56pm
Originally posted by Bekken Andy Johnson, scrap heap at Birmingham. Valerian Ismael, purchased by us, flopped, had a great career. I think AJ is the opposite of what the threads about "It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit
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Croydon 07 Jan 21 10.56pm

Originally posted by Bekken

Andy Johnson, scrap heap at Birmingham.
Valerian Ismael, purchased by us, flopped, had a great career.

I think AJ is the opposite of what the threads about

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

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