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Danny, Caskey is hardly in his prime now is he? :angry: One of the best set piece takers I've seen play mind. Shame he was such a fat arse.

 

Svetoslav Todorov?

John Hartson (too old?)

Huckerby

Laurent Robert (can't believe he hasn't got a mention yet. Starting left winger)

 

I met him in a Casino in Lisbon. He is still playing (or was then) top flight portugese football. Hardly a fall from grace.

He was there about five minutes and didn't play much. His career went rapidly downhill after he left Newcastle. Although you could probably say it did while he was still here.

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Danny, Caskey is hardly in his prime now is he? :angry: One of the best set piece takers I've seen play mind. Shame he was such a fat arse.

 

Svetoslav Todorov?

John Hartson (too old?)

Huckerby

Laurent Robert (can't believe he hasn't got a mention yet. Starting left winger)

 

I met him in a Casino in Lisbon. He is still playing (or was then) top flight portugese football. Hardly a fall from grace.

Where he played a grand sum of 13 games. He's played for 5 clubs since leaving Newcastle three years ago and getting released by every club after a short time. If that's not a fall from grace...

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Underachieving is all relative.

 

Therefore I give you at centreback one Jonathan Woodgate.

 

Granted its injury which has done him, but look at where he was in 2001, you would have expected him to be the cornerstone of the England defence and playing for Man Utd or Chelsea.

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Underachieving is all relative.

 

Therefore I give you at centreback one Jonathan Woodgate.

 

Granted its injury which has done him, but look at where he was in 2001, you would have expected him to be the cornerstone of the England defence and playing for Man Utd or Chelsea.

 

Voted by Real Madrid fans as their worst ever signing :angry: Oh well.

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does he get in the team though. on a regular basis. he'll be what 33 or 34 now?

 

for my money i don't think there was a fall from grace for him , you get older, you lose a bit of speed and your technique deteriorates as does your strength. you go down the leagues

 

during his 4 seasons here he was the most "marmite" player we ever had. effective but lazy! when he was here we came 3rd 4th and 5th, when he left we came 14th.

 

think that tells you part, but not all of the story.

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does he get in the team though. on a regular basis. he'll be what 33 or 34 now?

 

for my money i don't think there was a fall from grace for him , you get older, you lose a bit of speed and your technique deteriorates as does your strength. you go down the leagues

 

during his 4 seasons here he was the most "marmite" player we ever had. effective but lazy! when he was here we came 3rd 4th and 5th, when he left we came 14th.

 

think that tells you part, but not all of the story.

 

How old is Paul Scholes?

Gary Neville?

Makelele when he was at Chelsea

Big Al was certainly getting on when he retired for NUFC.

 

etc etc.

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does he get in the team though. on a regular basis. he'll be what 33 or 34 now?

 

for my money i don't think there was a fall from grace for him , you get older, you lose a bit of speed and your technique deteriorates as does your strength. you go down the leagues

 

during his 4 seasons here he was the most "marmite" player we ever had. effective but lazy! when he was here we came 3rd 4th and 5th, when he left we came 14th.

 

think that tells you part, but not all of the story.

 

How old is Paul Scholes?

Gary Neville?

Makelele when he was at Chelsea

Big Al was certainly getting on when he retired for NUFC.

 

etc etc.

Think he's on about the OP, i.e. players who have fallen from grace but should still be in their prime.

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Oh I see. Shame, seemed like a decent enough bloke. Refused to slate Souness despite clearly disliking him.

http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-leag...hould-be-sacked

 

:angry:

 

What I mean is we asked what he was really like to work for and he refused to say. Honestly you lot are seriously obsessed.

 

Can I throw Seth Johnson in the hat?

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Oh I see. Shame, seemed like a decent enough bloke. Refused to slate Souness despite clearly disliking him.

http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-leag...hould-be-sacked

 

:angry:

 

What I mean is we asked what he was really like to work for and he refused to say.

 

Fair enough. It's not like you couldn't have worked it out from his comments at the time, mind:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ted/4443365.stm

 

:( But aye, good on him for keeping his trap shut now, anyway.

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