Red white and red Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 6 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: How have any of these three had a "rapid decline" since leaving City? All three currently play at the same level they played at when they left us, and Reid has had a season at the very top. All three probably earn more than they did with us. Pack and Flint with us where solid but not spectacular championship players, at the very worst they've stood still. You cannot say they've declined. I was going to quote all 3 of those players if you hadn’t. They are all playing for a team who are literally just behind us. Hardly a rapid decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 8 hours ago, New Dazzler said: As another involved in the "incident", and bearing in mind he was a top player for us for a few years, I would put forward Bradley Orr. Bradders was only 27 when he left and had a bit of a nothing career after that. I gave him the benefit of the doubt simply because he went to the qpr team what won promotion to the Premier league and then went to Blackburn who themselves were in the Premier league too. Granted, according to Wikipedia, he only played 70 times in 5 seasons for those clubs but I think its fair to say he didn't fall into the catagory of the others we've named. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Red white and red said: I was going to quote all 3 of those players if you hadn’t. They are all playing for a team who are literally just behind us. Hardly a rapid decline. Scott Brown too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 23 hours ago, Redpool said: Not many players have gone on to do better since leaving City. Not sure if that says more about them or more about us.. Sean Goater , Wayne Allison, Andy Cole, Gerry Gow. I could go on but you get the picture, loads of city players have gone on to do very well for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 When the Ashton 8 tore up their contracts, I thought that as they had several years experience in the top division, some at least would be snapped up by higher teams, but that didn't happen. Chris Garland went to Hong Kong, Jimmy Mann moved to Scunthorpe, Ray Cashley crossed town to join Rovers and teamed up with Don Gillies who had moved there the previous season. Clive Whitehead went to WBA for a fraction of his true value as City were desperate for cash.The previous season Man C realised this and had paid just £100K for Gerry Gow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 13 hours ago, New Dazzler said: As another involved in the "incident", and bearing in mind he was a top player for us for a few years, I would put forward Bradley Orr. Bradders was only 27 when he left and had a bit of a nothing career after that. In the Prem with Blackburn no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 8 minutes ago, 22A said: When the Ashton 8 tore up their contracts, I thought that as they had several years experience in the top division, some at least would be snapped up by higher teams, but that didn't happen. Chris Garland went to Hong Kong, Jimmy Mann moved to Scunthorpe, Ray Cashley crossed town to join Rovers and teamed up with Don Gillies who had moved there the previous season. Clive Whitehead went to WBA for a fraction of his true value as City were desperate for cash.The previous season Man C realised this and had paid just £100K for Gerry Gow. There wasn’t enough money in football for Sir Gerry’s real value but to put it into perspective a little bit , we paid £ 90,000 for Joe Royle who was an experienced international having played all his career at the top division. So £100,000 wasn’t too bad a fee . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Stephen Gillespie , hot shot striker bought from Liverpool’s youth team full of promise . Two seasons at City before being sold to Cheltenham , still playing nonleague . Passed by the famous quarters as well . In fact any player who goes from City to Rovers pretty much knows the game’s up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Guess you could say Murray after his first spell, from his interview a while back he said he was out the team, later same season manager was bringing in another winger and had accepted an offer from us for him to come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puckle_red Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 3 hours ago, alexukhc said: Scott Brown too On a side note, it was very sad to see him break his leg at Ashton Gate playing for Cheltenham. A few months ago I was working up north and decided to head to The Shay to watch Halifax v Harrogate Town, it wasn't a great game but with around 15 mins to play on comes Scott Brown for Harrogate Town, he played really well, was good to see him out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaning To One Side Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 13 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: How have any of these three had a "rapid decline" since leaving City? All three currently play at the same level they played at when they left us, and Reid has had a season at the very top. All three probably earn more than they did with us. Pack and Flint with us where solid but not spectacular championship players, at the very worst they've stood still. You cannot say they've declined. A contentious opinion I know re: Aden Flint and I was a fan of him but I wouldn't say he's kicked on and bettered himself since leaving and arguably has regressed. I don't think he'd get into our side now. Don't think wages can be used as a true indicator of player status/ability IMO Fair do's though, not a rapid decline as you say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 9 hours ago, The Batman said: I gave him the benefit of the doubt simply because he went to the qpr team what won promotion to the Premier league and then went to Blackburn who themselves were in the Premier league too. Granted, according to Wikipedia, he only played 70 times in 5 seasons for those clubs but I think its fair to say he didn't fall into the catagory of the others we've named. 5 hours ago, Major Isewater said: In the Prem with Blackburn no ? Point taken as Bradders career after us doesn't really fit the title of the thread, which signifies a total car crash of a career after leaving us. I would say though that 6 Prem appearances for QPR and 12 for Blackburn may have been a bit of a disappointment. TBH I did not realise he had racked up that many appearances in the Prem, so fair enough. I thought it was more of a Matt Hill top flight career at Wolves (2 Prem appearances, one against Man Utd IIRC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Dickie Rooks Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Ray Atteveldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrabrewer Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 A fair few from the Wilson era I reckon, Danny Coles, Tommy Doherty, Aaron Brown, even Lita to an extent. All tipped for big things and never fulfilled potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUTOR Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Jordan Wynter, been dropping down a league almost every season since he left us. I also think, despite a decent season at Villa, we got the best out of Kodjia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, Bouncearoundtheground said: Jordan Wynter, been dropping down a league almost every season since he left us. I also think, despite a decent season at Villa, we got the best out of Kodjia This is a key point, and something the club should be praised for. We do seem (of late) to be selling players for top money who are at their peak and it's downhill from there. Granted, there will be some (like Kelly) who you will expect to push on, but very few players seem to leave us and move up a gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S25loyal Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 37 minutes ago, jrabrewer said: A fair few from the Wilson era I reckon, Danny Coles, Tommy Doherty, Aaron Brown, even Lita to an extent. All tipped for big things and never fulfilled potential Even players like Joe Burnell, Alex mecham etc We had a lot of players who played a lot for us but no one else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 11/04/2020 at 14:37, Lanterne Rouge said: JET. Has to be, pretty much had 2 years off playing before joining the Thai side he is at now! Can't understand what happened to Jordan Wynter, looked like a decent prospect when he was with us although probably for the lower leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Simon Clist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 19 minutes ago, marcofisher said: Has to be, pretty much had 2 years off playing before joining the Thai side he is at now! Can't understand what happened to Jordan Wynter, looked like a decent prospect when he was with us although probably for the lower leagues. `Off the field issues` I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezOfCity Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Scott golbourne has had some interesting moves, after each time he's left us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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