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Struggling to believe what I've just heard during the commentary on the Sheff Wed v Sunderland game. Said Sunderland fought off Liverpool and Man United when they signed Winchester. They both wanted him to play as a senior player in their U23 teams. Say what?? 

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Would seem the ideal midfielder young players could model themselves on.

To my mind he's never deserved the stick he's got on here and would be the ideal type for our midfield this season.

 

Just goes to show we don't know everything about the game * however hard some of us try to convince our peers.

 

* I would not exclude myself from this category. 😉

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I always rated Winchester. Never saw the problem with him. One of the better midfielders we have had over recent years. 

 

I went to a Cliftonville game a few years ago and Winchester's twin brother was playing. He looked decent but the opposition weren't up to much. 

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16 minutes ago, Bobledgersheart said:

Would seem the ideal midfielder young players could model themselves on.

To my mind he's never deserved the stick he's got on here and would be the ideal type for our midfield this season.

 

Just goes to show we don't know everything about the game * however hard some of us try to convince our peers.

 

* I would not exclude myself from this category. 😉

It was the concept I was struggling with. Essentially that would be the end of his career 

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3 minutes ago, Dave_Og said:

It was the concept I was struggling with. Essentially that would be the end of his career 

Apologies.

 

It's a fairly recent development.......didn't Bournemouth or Brighton do something similar a couple of seasons ago ?

 

The end of career move might not be so bad if you're considering coaching.

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2 hours ago, Bobledgersheart said:

This may be interesting to supporters of a certain age.

 

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2737454/former-player-remembers-alan-young/featured

 

Sadly the injuries seem to have caught up with him witnessing his appearance at Boundary Park a couple of years ago. 

Yes remember hattrick vleicester  in FA cup  , I was stood in the main stand paddock and the away fans decided to do some landscape gardening of the RRE, and lumps of the old concrete teracing were dispatched towards the home supporters.

 

Loved Youngie though, and on his day (sadly not every match) he looked a class forward. 

 

 

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15 hours ago, Bobledgersheart said:

This may be interesting to supporters of a certain age.

 

https://www.lcfc.com/news/2737454/former-player-remembers-alan-young/featured

 

Sadly the injuries seem to have caught up with him witnessing his appearance at Boundary Park a couple of years ago. 

Class player. Imagine if we had a striker of his quality on Saturday.....

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2 hours ago, Chaddyexile84 said:

 

What a grim appointment he was 

 

Not as bad as Selim mind 

Recommended by a current Director. 

 

Penney sorted out our defensive issues, but we didn't score enough under him. 

 

We do seem to struggle under "established" managers, the current incumbent and his original predecessor aside.

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To be fair, Penney had done an excellent job at Doncaster and Darlington.

There is no way you can guarantee success whoever is appointed.

Sometimes things just don't work out.

I don't remember anyone criticising the appointment at the time.

I thought he would do well, so obviously that makes me a poor judge.

It's so easy to be wise after the event!

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