That's a fair point. Henry, Kanu, Overmars, Sukur were pretty handy. I think what did it for me was that every time he got the ball he just hoofed it, but then I suppose that was pretty typical for defenders right up until the last few years.
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clint van damme
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He wouldn't have fitted into our current back 3!!
I suspect even that goal he scored against Newcastle was actually a clearance!
Think he was too big a personality for Strachan, I think Strachan worked by intimidation with some players and that was ever going to work with Palmer. Shame as he had some good games for us. Having said that, watched a podcast with one of our old youth players a while back who said his first room mate at the Club was Palmer and on his first day several senior players had to carry him (CP) back to the team hotel as he'd had an absolute skin full.
fernandopartridge
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Was it really? I thought it was a night game and I was there. I had a season ticket in the West Terrace
TTG
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Hopefully more of a Wolves/Sheffield United, would rather play football and be awake in the champ, than falling asleep watching us play Burnley football in the prem lol
Frank Sidebottom
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It was Boxing day so it would've been Dark by Kick off.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Well it was typical for English ones not sure about the Italians
Brighton Sky Blue
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They and others are on the COV album with classics like
Huckerby
G-G-G Gordon
Count Me In
Used to have it on Spotify but no longer there
no_loyalty
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Correct me if I'm wrong but when we signed Paul Williams from Derby I'm pretty sure we signed him as a defensive midfielder, did he ever play in midfield for us at the start, or did he go straight to centre half?
clint van damme
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I don't think he did.
Remember him playing really well against us at the baseball ground and scoring 1 if not 2 goals in midfield.
fernandopartridge
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He did play in midfield in his first season and won pots
clint van damme
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Can't recall that. But I'm getting to an age where I can't recall stuff that happened last week!
Was he playing midfield or CB when he scored that screamer against Newcastle?
DannyThomas_1981
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I hear that Fernando.
As you say the defence was not up to Premier elite standard and Strachan over 5 years did not fix that.
Limited players like Telfer should also have been replaced; now if only we'd had someone like Robins during that era and not Strachan...we'd have been going places. Robins is brilliant at evolving teams and improving in all positions (and doesn't play favourites regardless of form).
Strachan was all soundbite and no substance. I would also have serious questions over his coaching team as well - well below Premier League standard.
In short, total disgrace that Strachan got us relegated with all of the resources at his disposal.
SlowerThanPlatt
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Had a look back and was surprised to see we never finished above 11th in the Premier League era
So we’ve always been towards the bottom of the league barring 2 or 3 recent years
So we’ve always been towards the bottom of the league barring 2 or 3 recent years
olderskyblue
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I can never go Boxing Day, big family do at my Sisters, but recall sneaking out every 10 minutes to check the score...
Brylowes
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It Was a cracking game, sure we were on Sky again in the next game against Aston Villa 2 - 2
And another brilliant game :emoji_thinking: though I’m probably wrong cus my memory is shocking.
Legia Sky Blue
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It was around the same time, not sure if it was the next game though. Your memory is shocking though as we beat Villa. That game was probably Keane and Roussel's best performance together.
I think it was Chelsea not long after that was 2-2. Seem to remember us taking the lead twice but conceding straight from the kick off both times.
The coventrian
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The villa game was a night game,possibly the sky monday night game. It was a pleasure walking into work the next morning and milking the win after all the goading off this arrogant sods.
That game and the Arsenal one really stick out from that season. Remember plenty of 'sacked in the morning's chants aimed at John Gregory. He wasnt. Think they actually went on a decent run afterwards.
The coventrian
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The coventrian
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He was a smug bastard wasnt he. I actually went to each game that season thinking we can get a result against anyone. Great days.
His hair was so oily that it was almost impressive. Mid 90s WWF main event wrestler levels of hair oil.
