Tell me about Kevin Drinkell (1 Viewer)

[Speedie's Head]

What was the story? Big signing, 800k. We were told that he was injured but he used to drink in Kenilworth with David Smith and he told me to my face that he was fit. Frozen out by the manager but why?

 

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[Samo]

Goodness, where do we start...

 

[Otis]

Goodness, where do we start...

At the very beginning? It's a very good place to start.

 

[Grendel]

Well you mentioned the pub..

 

[Samo]

At the very beginning? It's a very good place to start.

Well, Mr and Mrs Drinkell loved each other very much

 

[fatso]

We thought we could shop at Harrods, but bought a player who's knees had gone.

It didn't help matters that we expected him to pick the ball up on the half way line which wasn't his game.

Rumour has it that we we signed Drinkell when we could of signed Niall Quinn.

 

[stevefloyd]

At the beginning he looked great scoring 6 goals at the end he didn't look very good

 

[clint van damme]

Wank. Next question.

 

[Otis]

Wank. Next question.

How long have I got and what sort of question are you looking for?

 

[fatso]

What was the story? Big signing, 800k. We were told that he was injured but he used to drink in Kenilworth with David Smith and he told me to my face that he was fit. Frozen out by the manager but why?

He wasn't frozen out at all, he was dropped for being ineffective. 5 goals in 40 appearances isn't good enough for your big signing centre forward. And on top of that he had clearly lost the pace and mobility he displayed when at Norwich.
I'm sure he feels hard done to, but trust me, no one complained when he was off loaded.
A terrible signing and a waste of money in hindsight.

 

[Speedie's Head]

That doesn't explain the BS about his fitness fatso

 

[Calista]

Rumour has it that we we signed Drinkell when we could of signed Niall Quinn.

If that's true it's the most depressing thing I've heard for ages, and not just because of the grammar
Quinn would have been awesome.

 

[fatso]

That doesn't explain the BS about his fitness fatso

It's fact not BS. You may wish to think differently, but he was finished before he came here, and never even had a proper medical before he signed.
After he left here he had a very brief spell at Birmingham before heading to Scotland to see out his career as a bit part player.

 

[Calista]

It's fact not BS. You may wish to think differently, but he was finished before he came here, and never even had a proper medical before he signed.
After he left here he had a very brief spell at Birmingham before heading to Scotland to see out his career as a bit part player.

He did look hopelessly out of touch here, and a massive disappointment

 

[fatso]

That doesn't explain the BS about his fitness fatso

He was also around 30 years of age with well over 400 games under his belt when he signed. We new we were taking a risk, but unfortunately the risk was a bad one.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Didn’t he score an overhead kick on his debut against Grimsby, he was a washed up waste of space like Alan Brazil.

Now a car salesman in Scotland.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

His legs had gone when we signed him. Remember him coming on against Villa and scoring 10 seconds later

 

[chiefdave]

Is there anything more to the story than he was signed as a goalscorer and didn't score goals?

 

[bulko]

I think t was his debut I was standing in the west end he jumped to head the ball after it had passed him I thought at the time he’s rubbish but I was a teenager at the time.

 

[Alan Dugdales Moustache]

He was everything David Speedie wasn't.

 

[Hertsccfc]

Reminded me of a hippopotamus in the rain in the FA Cup defeat at Northampton.

 

[baldy]

Didn’t he score an overhead kick on his debut against Grimsby, he was a washed up waste of space like Alan Brazil.

Now a car salesman in Scotland.

Beauty from Macdonald at the end

 

[archieboy]

What was the story? Big signing, 800k. We were told that he was injured but he used to drink in Kenilworth with David Smith and he told me to my face that he was fit. Frozen out by the manager but why?

What was the story? Big signing, 800k. We were told that he was injured but he used to drink in Kenilworth with David Smith and he told me to my face that he was fit. Frozen out by the manager but why?

I remember him asking me for a light in the chesford! Always on the piss around Leamington

 

[slowpoke]

Rumour has it that we we signed Drinkell when we could of signed Niall Quinn.
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At the time John Sillett was in for him, Nial Quinn or John Aldrich
Not the best in the transfer market was Sillett bless him.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Beauty from Macdonald at the end

Thank you for that brought back some memories