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  1. "Thanks for that Brian"

    "Thanks for that Brian" Well-Known Member

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    RIP 'Elvis'...

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    I can't find a picture of him in his drape coat, so this'll have to do...

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    A proper icon...and he could really play. If he hadn't drunk himself to near the point of death the night before the medical, he'd have been at Liverpool for their greatest years.

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    He was great for 'that' Bolton team and quite a number of others.

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    Basically, he was great.
     
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  2. The RDBD

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    Sad that quite a few of the truly naturally mercurial/gifted players
    of that era (Best, Greavsie etc) seemed to also succumb easily to
    the vices (drink, gambling etc) . :(

    I don't know if tis the result of the greater pay they got wrt the
    supporter base ( 'I never had the money before to do it' etc) +
    some innate mental aspect that made their ability so effortless,
    but there seems to be the basis of some pattern there.
     
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  3. The Changing Man

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    RIP Frank - One of those 70s players who was deemed to unreliable for international football despite their amazing gifts
     
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    It seems totally bonkers that Carlton Palmer gained more England caps than a talent such as Frank Worthington.
     
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    Carlton Palmer got more England caps than Matt le Tissier and they were playing at the same time! <laugh>
    He also has the same number as Scott Parker and more than Ray Kennedy, Steve McMahon, Les Ferdinand and Gary Mabbutt.
     
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  6. The Changing Man

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    He got more than Worthington, Bowles and Hudson got between them! with a fraction of the talent but he did run a lot
     
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    It's hard to compare eras (he got more than Dixie Dean), but picking him ahead of some of his contemporaries was ludicrous.
    Do I not like that.
     
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  8. The Changing Man

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    I think that sums it up perfectly
     
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  9. "Thanks for that Brian"

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    It has to be taken into account that the England managers in question were an ageing Sir Alf, Don Revie and Ron Greenwood.

    Cloughie would have given him a go.
     
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    Who was it that said Carlton Palmer can trap a ball further than I can kick it and it was also said he has the 1st touch of rapist
     
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    And called him Francis.
     
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  12. Alfie Conn

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    Rodney marsh when playing for England was told that he would be "pulled" off at half time if not playing well , he replied we only get oranges at QPR
    True or not I miss characters like this in football today
     
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  13. The Changing Man

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    Joe Mercer gave him a couple of his caps when he was caretaker when Sir Alf was sacked
     
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    ...and was unbeaten in post.

    We replaced him with Revie...<wah>
     
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    Joe Mercer was a breath of fresh air same sort of attitude as Harry Redknap far too positive for the FA
     
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  18. The RDBD

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    The Suez canal thing is a laugh, but there is something far more serious to consider.

    Suppose the Osama boys had crewed a tanker of
    that size, filled with enough explosive to sink it and
    block the canal for ages.
     
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    nuff said
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  20. humanbeingincroydon

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    Has anyone tried putting a flag on it?
     
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