Finham
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OK this is doing my nut in now and it needs its own nostalgic thread.
Here's my thought's from the Julian Darby thread (what a world...):
He had one hell of a simple PPM, as you see at the very start of this Stockport goal: get the ball, turn around in a circle, give it to teammate in space. He did it loads against Swindon and the crowd loved him. It may look like nothing, but it was better than Boland, Darby, Flynn etc could do:
He was obviously a key part of the Stockport side that went up from what is now L1 and was playoff-chasing in the division above the year after in 97/8. Dave Jones must have known how good he was to take his old player to Southampton and Hoddle certainly didn't discard him when he (in disgraceful circumstances) took over, and there was even a (not ironic) campaign for him to get an England call.
You have to presume that it was the off field stuff that led to him being in the lower leagues for another 6 years after our loan spell-he wasn't just a late bloomer, he had it when we had him. What a waste!
It really upsets me as we got a glimpse of what he had and he should have been OUR cult hero, not Southampton's! This goal just topped it off:
I might have to watch that Swindon game back later to see if I was just imagining him being so great!
EDIT: just before KO to the Spurs game, comms say "Word is that Coventry have been playing the passing game a lot more of late and were very impressive against Spurs." Yeah, cos of Marsden!
So, fresh thoughts: I am 17 mins into re-watching the Swindon game:
...and he's still as good as I remember. Hasn't misplaced a single pass, which is unique to our midfield (and he must have made a dozen already), has set up several shots, played 3-4 cracking balls. But he didn't close down with a sense of real urgency and he hasn't made a tackle yet. Maybe we thought him and Darby were too lightweight/inexperienced?
Here's my thought's from the Julian Darby thread (what a world...):
Chris Marsden looked unfathomably brilliant to me in his loan spell. Does anyone have any concrete or otherwise reason/rumours for him not signing? I thought he was class against Swindon-OK it's just Swindon-just found the full match online and in the intro, Keys says "Chris Marsden was MOM in the 2-1 win at Spurs and his move is expected to be made permanent shortly". So why didn't it? What went on? Is it the "bit of a nutter" stuff we've all heard since? Because he could surely have filled an Ian Crook sized hole in our midfield for relative peanuts.
He had one hell of a simple PPM, as you see at the very start of this Stockport goal: get the ball, turn around in a circle, give it to teammate in space. He did it loads against Swindon and the crowd loved him. It may look like nothing, but it was better than Boland, Darby, Flynn etc could do:
He was obviously a key part of the Stockport side that went up from what is now L1 and was playoff-chasing in the division above the year after in 97/8. Dave Jones must have known how good he was to take his old player to Southampton and Hoddle certainly didn't discard him when he (in disgraceful circumstances) took over, and there was even a (not ironic) campaign for him to get an England call.
You have to presume that it was the off field stuff that led to him being in the lower leagues for another 6 years after our loan spell-he wasn't just a late bloomer, he had it when we had him. What a waste!
It really upsets me as we got a glimpse of what he had and he should have been OUR cult hero, not Southampton's! This goal just topped it off:
I might have to watch that Swindon game back later to see if I was just imagining him being so great!
EDIT: just before KO to the Spurs game, comms say "Word is that Coventry have been playing the passing game a lot more of late and were very impressive against Spurs." Yeah, cos of Marsden!
So, fresh thoughts: I am 17 mins into re-watching the Swindon game:
...and he's still as good as I remember. Hasn't misplaced a single pass, which is unique to our midfield (and he must have made a dozen already), has set up several shots, played 3-4 cracking balls. But he didn't close down with a sense of real urgency and he hasn't made a tackle yet. Maybe we thought him and Darby were too lightweight/inexperienced?