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 Qwijibo  Bournemouth 13 May 23 7.08pm |
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| Robk 13 May 23 7.20pm |
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Fortunately it wasn’t costly....cool spot kick...little details...
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The groover  Danbury 13 May 23 8.22pm |
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Once a knob..........
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 13 May 23 8.40pm |
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Gawd I remember him coming on for his debut. At 15,16 whatever you are catapulted into a world where huge decisions are laid at your feet. He could have ended up where he is having never played for Spurs even, or he might if stayed at Palace and been so much more. Can’t say I have sympathy for him but don’t hate him either.
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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| Elpis In a pub 14 May 23 7.10am |
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It seems a long long time ago when the Bostock Family took short term riches and threw their sons career in the bin
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| YT Oxford 14 May 23 8.06am |
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Originally posted by Nicholas91
Gawd I remember him coming on for his debut. At 15,16 whatever you are catapulted into a world where huge decisions are laid at your feet. He could have ended up where he is having never played for Spurs even, or he might if stayed at Palace and been so much more. Can’t say I have sympathy for him but don’t hate him either. (I looked all this up....) He is our youngest-ever player, debut at age 15. He played just 4 times for Spurs but played in no league games for them. The consummate 'journeyman' footballer. Across 15 seasons and 15 clubs, he's made just 294 appearances, scoring 33 goals.
Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes) |
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| silvertop Portishead 14 May 23 9.35am |
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Originally posted by Elpis
It seems a long long time ago when the Bostock Family took short term riches and threw their sons career in the bin He was just a boy. His step dad sacked his agent and took over his management with short term gain and long term obscurity. His development was arrested just at a critical moment and when spurs binned him he was too far behind. Who knows what could have been had he stayed a couple more years.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 14 May 23 9.39am |
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Originally posted by silvertop
He was just a boy. His step dad sacked his agent and took over his management with short term gain and long term obscurity. His development was arrested just at a critical moment and when spurs binned him he was too far behind. Who knows what could have been had he stayed a couple more years. Yes he could have failed at Palace if he'd stayed, we will never know but that is my suspicion. Post Spurs he has had plenty of opportunities to rebuild his career. Plenty of players get rejected when young and come back so I am not convinced that Spurs ruined him. Maybe he was one of those players that is ahead of his age group but never progresses?
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| samprior Hamburg 14 May 23 10.43am |
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Poor penalty but easy to knock him and not mention that he scored an 87th minute equaliser that helped them get to extra time and eventually win the game.
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| mtp1958 Oswestry 14 May 23 11.51am |
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Originally posted by samprior
Poor penalty but easy to knock him and not mention that he scored an 87th minute equaliser that helped them get to extra time and eventually win the game. its called blinkers people only see bad never the good
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| silvertop Portishead 14 May 23 12.17pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Yes he could have failed at Palace if he'd stayed, we will never know but that is my suspicion. Post Spurs he has had plenty of opportunities to rebuild his career. Plenty of players get rejected when young and come back so I am not convinced that Spurs ruined him. Maybe he was one of those players that is ahead of his age group but never progresses? Not arguing with this. But neither of us know. He could have thrived like Morrison, or he could have been of the many prodigious talents we knock out who end up being let go or sold to Peterborough.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 14 May 23 12.46pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
Not arguing with this. But neither of us know. He could have thrived like Morrison, or he could have been of the many prodigious talents we knock out who end up being let go or sold to Peterborough. No I agree all speculation. However over the years I have seen loads of young players at Palace and thought wow they are really going to be good only for them to plateau.
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