Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 With the recent departure of the likes of Basso, Trundle, Wilson and now McCombe, it's interesting ( well, to me anyway) to see who are the current longest servers at the Gate. So, in order of length of time as professionals at the club, ( during their current stay in Carey's case) and based on either when City signed them, or when they were upgraded from the Academy: 1) Bradley Orr 2) Louis Carey 3) Cole Skuse 4) Liam Fontaine 5) Jamie McAllister 6) Lee Johnson 7) Ivan Sproule 8) Stephen Henderson 9) Christian Ribeiro 10) James Wilson 11) Marvin Elliot 12) Nicky Maynard 13) Gavin Williams 14) John Akinde 15) Marlon Jackson 16) Joe Edwards 17) David Clarkson 18) Dean Gerken 19) Paul Hartley 20) Danny Haynes 21) Lewin Nyatanga 22) Jamal Campbell - Ryce 23) Joe Lennox 24) Danny Ball 25) Albert Adomah - subject to medical. Don't think I've missed anyone out, but wouldn't be at all surprised if one or two of the relatively long stayers listed above are absent from the squad photo in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 To be fair when you look at the squad we only have 3 over 30! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 To be fair when you look at the squad we only have 3 over 30! True, we haven't got many old stagers age-wise. Maybe SC will redress the balance a bit by bringing in a couple of experienced players? Particularly as I can see at least a couple more of 'middling' age and experience departing AG in the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Crikey NTB, when you look at the list, the cupboard looks a bit bare. Especially when you consider it's probably reasonable to say that the 3 over 30's, Carey, McAllister and Hartley, are past their prime and in fact far from guaranteed to be in SC's first choice 11 at all. They might all be, or maybe none of them, we just don't know. You'd think our ranks of experienced players definitely need stiffening. Even though it would be great to see the likes of Ribs., Wilson, Lennox, Edwards, Jackson etc. getting games it's hard to introduce them successfully without a fair bit of experience in the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 SC has said in his interview we only had 20 training today that includes Albert and if you include the 3 players injured that = 23 players........meaning we are missing 2 from your list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 SC has said in his interview we only had 20 training today that includes Albert and if you include the 3 players injured that = 23 players........meaning we are missing 2 from your list! Would Albert be included in that, considering he still has to have a medical? The other could be Gavin Williams, I was a bit surprised to see he was still here to be honest........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I think Albert was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Pretty sure on the video on the OS that Ivan was there. So was Hartley but couldnt see Clarkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Pretty sure on the video on the OS that Ivan was there. So was Hartley but couldnt see Clarkie. Couldn't spot Ivan at all, but pretty sure that's Clarkson in close up on about 54 secs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Ivan was walking next to harts and then doing some stretching. I thought the blond guy was one of the young ones who just signed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Has anyone seen Carey in the vid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lita For Congo Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Carey returned before Orr came in. Carey was re-signed by Wilson, Orr signed by Tinnion With the recent departure of the likes of Basso, Trundle, Wilson and now McCombe, it's interesting ( well, to me anyway) to see who are the current longest servers at the Gate. So, in order of length of time as professionals at the club, ( during their current stay in Carey's case) and based on either when City signed them, or when they were upgraded from the Academy: 1) Bradley Orr 2) Louis Carey 3) Cole Skuse 4) Liam Fontaine 5) Jamie McAllister 6) Lee Johnson 7) Ivan Sproule 8) Stephen Henderson 9) Christian Ribeiro 10) James Wilson 11) Marvin Elliot 12) Nicky Maynard 13) Gavin Williams 14) John Akinde 15) Marlon Jackson 16) Joe Edwards 17) David Clarkson 18) Dean Gerken 19) Paul Hartley 20) Danny Haynes 21) Lewin Nyatanga 22) Jamal Campbell - Ryce 23) Joe Lennox 24) Danny Ball 25) Albert Adomah - subject to medical. Don't think I've missed anyone out, but wouldn't be at all surprised if one or two of the relatively long stayers listed above are absent from the squad photo in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Did anyone spot Marlon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Ivan was walking next to harts and then doing some stretching. I thought the blond guy was one of the young ones who just signed up You're right stroudy, in fact Ivan's visible directly behind Clarkson on the bit I was pointing out on 54 secs. No sign of Louis Carey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Yep deffo No Carey or Marlon Jackson. Surely Captain Marvel isn't off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Carey returned before Orr came in. Carey was re-signed by Wilson, Orr signed by Tinnion Sorry, LFC but you're wrong. Orr joined City in the Summer of 2004. Carey left City in the Summer of 2004 and returned about 6 months later. So Orr tops the list for unbroken service. Just checked on the player profiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydey Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 What about Jamal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroudy Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 What about Jamal? He was there in one shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 What about Jamal? He's there alright. When the squad are strolling towards the camera at the beginning he's one of the last to go past, right next to the camera. Not prominent in the training itself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 from the City twitter page: Five players missed training: J.Wilson-knee; Ribeiro-back; McAllister-calf; Carey-heel; Jackson-illness. All others involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Jackson's illness obviously can't be helped but having 4 other players injured and unable to start pre season training does seem extraordinary. Those 5 being out means 20% of our total squad were unavailable today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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