I guess he was bought for a small fee and no one expected him to be this good. He does seem to be a player with no haters too.
What i also like is how he is a great example of the need to still have boots on the ground scouting rather than pure data. Guy was spotted while originally there to...
Lee Mills scored both of ours in that, i remember listening to it on the radio. I don't think Huckerby got a hattrick, i seem to recall Shaun Wright-Phillips scoring a couple. I was at the home 4-3, that was a classic.
Very rare for someone to start that late and make it as a high level pro, especially a very technically gifted one. Would have been some talent if someone got hold of him as a kid.
I don't think parachute clubs in say their third year are anywhere near as powerful as first year ones though are they? By that time they'll be worrying about it running out and starting to cut their cloth accordingly. For example Sheffield United will be a year 3 parachute team next season but...
Used to sit down and watch it with my old man, even after we were relegated up until i left for London about 15 years ago really. Makes me a bit sad he won't be around to see it tbh but there you go.
Millwall. We're up. Would be class if Millwall got second. Boro can go up in the play offs if they like, they'll have my blessing if they keep Southampton and Ipswich down.
It is like choosing the least smelly turd. I'll just have to hope Southampton lose in the play offs... unless they play Ipswich and then... fuck my heads a mess. What a shower of cunts.
Up the Millwall and Hull!