Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Some players , by physiology or bad luck always seem to spend more time on the physio's couch than on the pitch I just started thinking of some players that disappointed. Lee Matthews , this forward had so much potential and looked the business. He was part of the " Lee " amigos that underperformed big time for us . Christian Ribeiro , young assured , classy defender , should have played regularly for City and Wales but whilst here seemed made of glass . Thankfully the lad , who is still only 27 , has had something of a career with Scunthorpe and currently doing well at Oxford but with respect to both clubs , not what his career promised when he broke through here at such a young age . There are numerous others, Steve Brooker , was a tough competitive forward who knew where the net was. Too often injured , never fulfilled his potential. There was accusations of incompetence towards our medical team , playing him when injured, but he also ignored their advice and took a plane trip which aggravated the treatment and it was all swept under the carpet. These three , if they had stayed fit would have been important to the success of our club . I'm sure there are many more I'll leave you to add them to the list . There is one for me that stands out but he was not regularly injured , just once and that finished his career.
ZiderEyed Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Yeah lets have a ban on the Cheesely word on this thread. Ribeiro is a good shout, bright lad, went to a grammar school in Gloucestershire. Shame what happened, or rather kept happening to him.
Robbored Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Sean Dyche. Had a career ending back injury which he tried to carry on with but ultimately it didn't work out for him. Shame as he was a decent enough lower league CB. We didn't get to see the best of him, He's done alright since tho......
Taz Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Lee Matthews is defintely up there. If he could have stayed fit for more than 2 minutes, then he could have been a decent striker at this level, maybe even have had a crack at the next level.... For me, Billy Mercer. Again if he was able to play regularly, I think at that time instead of us finishing just short of the playoffs, we would have been much higher in the table as he would have won us another 12-15 points just by being in goal - he was that good. Unfortunately for him and us, he couldnt get over the injury(ies) whilst here and had to retire. Currently at Burnley as a coach.
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Bit of an off piste one.. but David Clarkson. Had a terrible illness when here and lost lots of weight. Don't think he was ever the same again and as a result his career never really took off. When he was fit and firing he had a couple of brilliant moments and showed glimpses of what he could do. Wasn't consistently good enough for us though and I believe lots of that is down to his illness/injury issues.
Bristol Rob Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Steve Torpey (the best centre back we never had) - horrific head injury on his debut away at Grimsby and never really recovered. I still maintain he would have been a better centre back than target man striker.
Robinito Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Jody Morris. Or maybe he should be on a separate thread for players who just never played for one reason or another.
Between heaven and hell Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 12 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: Gary O'Neill Wages paid against minutes played O'Neil must be our most expensive signing ever.
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Andrius Velicka, George Elokobi and was it Sam Vokes? Probably 60 minutes of football from them combined. (I know they were loans so more than likely don’t count)
BITW Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Brooker was a proper old school striker. I’m convinced he would of scored plenty at this level if he wasn’t crocked! Gavin Williams had some ability but could never string more than a few games together.
wendyredredrobin Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Was always taught that if you go in for a tackle half heartedly, you will injure yourself. If you give it 100% you will injure someone else We've certainly had a few crocks over the years, but so has every other team. Gary O'Neill is the latest and Milan of course, but Matty Taylor doesn't seem to have been fit much this season.
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Some players , by physiology or bad luck always seem to spend more time on the physio's couch than on the pitch I just started thinking of some players that disappointed. Lee Matthews , this forward had so much potential and looked the business. He was part of the " Lee " amigos that underperformed big time for us . Christian Ribeiro , young assured , classy defender , should have played regularly for City and Wales but whilst here seemed made of glass . Thankfully the lad , who is still only 27 , has had something of a career with Scunthorpe and currently doing well at Oxford but with respect to both clubs , not what his career promised when he broke through here at such a young age . There are numerous others, Steve Brooker , was a tough competitive forward who knew where the net was. Too often injured , never fulfilled his potential. There was accusations of incompetence towards our medical team , playing him when injured, but he also ignored their advice and took a plane trip which aggravated the treatment and it was all swept under the carpet. These three , if they had stayed fit would have been important to the success of our club . I'm sure there are many more I'll leave you to add them to the list . There is one for me that stands out but he was not regularly injured , just once and that finished his career. I think you've nailed it there Major. Of the three, Brooker was the greatest loss for me. I always thought he compared with Dean Ashton, who got an England call-up and was similarly affected by injury, and could have played at a higher level if he had any kind of consistent fitness. Ribeiro seems to have overcome his appalling fitness record, but too late to make a significant impact on the game. I never really rated Matthews...
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 minute ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: I think you've nailed it there Major. Of the three, Brooker was the greatest loss for me. I always thought he compared with Dean Ashton, who got an England call-up and was similarly affected by injury, and could have played at a higher level if he had any kind of consistent fitness. Ribeiro seems to have overcome his appalling fitness record, but too late to make a significant impact on the game. I never really rated Matthews... Brooker is a good suggestion, as is Gavin Williams above who people seem to have forgotten a bit. Very classy midfielder and is probably exactly the sort of player this current team is missing. I notice he's manager at Merthyr now who Cameron Pring went out on loan too. Presumably he's another one - like Sproule and McCombe - who LJ/Tinnion keep in touch with.
RedRaw Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Surely the 'Doc' is a contender.........great player when playing but always seemed to get injured just as he was getting a run of games going
Bristol Rob Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Any player we ever signed on loan from Rangers. Who was that striker who broke down about 5 minutes in to his debut, leaving the club with no striker and 12 months of his wages to pay?
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Any player we ever signed on loan from Rangers. Who was that striker who broke down about 5 minutes in to his debut, leaving the club with no striker and 12 months of his wages to pay? Andrius Velicka - didn't something similar happen to Danny Wilson? Although he might've been on loan from Liverpool at the time.
Monkeh Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 17 minutes ago, RedRaw said: Surely the 'Doc' is a contender.........great player when playing but always seemed to get injured just as he was getting a run of games going Replace the word injured with pissed, still a cracking player though
Bristol Rob Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Phileas Fogg said: Andrius Velicka - didn't something similar happen to Danny Wilson? Although he might've been on loan from Liverpool at the time. And maybe Andy Webster the centre back? When he wasn't broken he was shit.
Robbored Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 36 minutes ago, BITW said: Brooker was a proper old school striker. I’m convinced he would of scored plenty at this level if he wasn’t crocked! He was a tough bugger. He upset many a defender with his physicallity despite his relatively small stature. Decent goalscorer as well. He refused to play if he had a slight knock. Very adamant that he'd only play if he was 100% fit.
Ealing Robin Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Not the "conventional injury" but Christian Roberts playing most games pissed surely is a contender? His pace would of been an asset at any level, if he had his head in the right place i'm sure he could of played higher. However he still scored two of my favourite goals ever, so he is forgiven!
SecretSam Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Ribs, every time. Moyes wanted him at Everton. No luck at all with injuries: joins Oxford and immediately breaks his ankle. Could have been a classy player.
Taz Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 30 minutes ago, RedRaw said: Surely the 'Doc' is a contender.........great player when playing but always seemed to get injured just as he was getting a run of games going 13 minutes ago, Monkeh said: Replace the word injured with pissed, still a cracking player though Spot on @Monkeh his lifestyle choices at the time (may be the same now I don't know) were most defintely the reason he didn't really "kick on" much. The whole squad around that time weren't much better though to be fair - Peacock, Roberts just to name a few. If Tommy was to come into the squad in this day and age, would he have made the same choices? I don't think he would. I also think that if that were the case, we would be looking at a multi million pound player who actually may be playing in the premiership.
PHILINFRANCE Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Some players , by physiology or bad luck always seem to spend more time on the physio's couch than on the pitch I just started thinking of some players that disappointed. Christian Ribeiro , young assured , classy defender , should have played regularly for City and Wales but whilst here seemed made of glass . Thankfully the lad , who is still only 27 , has had something of a career with Scunthorpe and currently doing well at Oxford but with respect to both clubs , not what his career promised when he broke through here at such a young age . There are numerous others, There is one for me that stands out but he was not regularly injured , just once and that finished his career. Christian Ribeiro was certainly a promising young player and always looked classy whenever I saw him play. He was tipped for greater things by many knowledgeable experts, including many on here (where is Big Dave now?) but, unfortunately, he was held back by constant injuries. I am assuming the player to whom you refer last on your list was Paul Cheesley, and I was in the Open End that fateful evening when he got injured against Stoke. Interestingly, the official Bristol Sport site states that he was injured whilst playing against Derby County, but I was there, and whilst the goalkeeper with whom he collided was Peter Shilton, who of course, later played for both Derby and Notts Forest, the match in which PC suffered his injury was most certainly against Stoke - I also recall Peter Shilton being booed whenever he played against City subsequently, and I always thought this somewhat unfair as my recollection was that PC simply fell awkwardly after the challenge with Shilton. Some may disagree, but that description of one career-ending injury could also have applied to a certain Nicky Maynard....
UREDS_91 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Gary O'Neil just for the wages - 15K per week (reportedly) - great pedigree though Ribeiro - such a shame for what seemed to be a promising young full back at the time. One person who wasn't necessarily a sick note, more just a waste of wages was Jody Morris (still dont know what he actually did other than get p**sed up)
Ska Junkie Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Has to be Ribiero, wasn't the saying at the time that he was' made of glass'? I agree with the earlier comment about Billy Mercer, he was class! Of the present crop, GON is probably the worst one and Matty T concerns me as he seems to be injured a lot as does Milan. Thinking back to the halcyon days of the late 70's, we hardly had any injuries (PC apart) as we always seemed to play pretty much the same team week in week out! The likes of Mann, Tainton, Merrick, Sweeney, Ritchie, Gow etc never seemed to be injured, unless I'm rose tinting it.
UREDS_91 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, red panda said: Nicky Hunt? He was just crap wasn't he?
pride of the west Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Paul mortimer springs to mind. Quality when fit but never seemed to manage more than 2 games in a row
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: Has to be Ribiero, wasn't the saying at the time that he was' made of glass'? I agree with the earlier comment about Billy Mercer, he was class! Of the present crop, GON is probably the worst one and Matty T concerns me as he seems to be injured a lot as does Milan. Thinking back to the halcyon days of the late 70's, we hardly had any injuries (PC apart) as we always seemed to play pretty much the same team week in week out! The likes of Mann, Tainton, Merrick, Sweeney, Ritchie, Gow etc never seemed to be injured, unless I'm rose tinting it. I think at the time you weren't allowed injuries , you were injected with cortisone, strapped up and sent out to play . One of the reasons why so many ex-pros from the past are crocked today.
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 54 minutes ago, Robbored said: He was a tough bugger. He upset many a defender with his physicallity despite his relatively small stature. Decent goalscorer as well. He refused to play if he had a slight knock. Very adamant that he'd only play if he was 100% fit. That doesn't correspond totally with my knowledge . Wasn't it the fact that he was played when not totally fit and that the contention was that the club didn't provide the proper medical care for him ? I thought Brooker was a tough character.
Robbored Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 17 minutes ago, red panda said: Nicky Hunt? Had a serious mental health problem. Unfortunately due diligence wasn't done properly before he was signed.
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: That doesn't correspond totally with my knowledge . Wasn't it the fact that he was played when not totally fit and that the contention was that the club didn't provide the proper medical care for him ? I thought Brooker was a tough character. I must say Major, I much prefer this sensible football discussion mode you've been in recently. Doesn't make my eyes-water quite so much!
SecretSam Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Robbored said: Had a serious mental health problem. Unfortunately due diligence wasn't done properly before he was signed. Absolutely, has since resurrected his career, albeit at a lower level. There's more than one type of ill health.
Robbored Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: That doesn't correspond totally with my knowledge . Wasn't it the fact that he was played when not totally fit and that the contention was that the club didn't provide the proper medical care for him ? I thought Brooker was a tough character. No doubt he was tough! I was told about Brooker not playing if he wasn't 100% fit from a man who was very involved at the club at the time. The medical care he received was certainly questionable. Although the club had a club doctor it was the physio department that was in question. I guess we'll never know what actually happened.
Between heaven and hell Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Between heaven and hell said: Wages paid against minutes played O'Neil must be our most expensive signing ever. 23 starts out of 53 last season. Will probably miss the first 30 games in all comps this season due to latest operation. So 23 starts out of a possible 83. Still trying to work out how the above deserved a rubbish reaction Monkeh
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 33 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: I must say Major, I much prefer this sensible football discussion mode you've been in recently. Doesn't make my eyes-water quite so much! Enjoy it while it lasts . Tears can be of sorrow or joy .
EnderMB Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Nicky Maynard? It still doesn't seem that he's recovered from his "skiing accident" during his time with us.
Septic Peg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 3 hours ago, BRISTOL86 said: Gary O'Neill What ever you do, don't call him a sicknote on Twitter (even as banter). He doesn't like it much...
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: What ever you do, don't call him a sicknote on Twitter (even as banter). He doesn't like it much... A quick Twitter search - assuming you go by the same name on there - shows you tweeted him directly (tagging him) over several successive days about his injury. Must've got a bit annoying, I'd have probably blocked too!
southvillekiddy Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Some players , by physiology or bad luck always seem to spend more time on the physio's couch than on the pitch I just started thinking of some players that disappointed. Lee Matthews , this forward had so much potential and looked the business. He was part of the " Lee " amigos that underperformed big time for us . Christian Ribeiro , young assured , classy defender , should have played regularly for City and Wales but whilst here seemed made of glass . Thankfully the lad , who is still only 27 , has had something of a career with Scunthorpe and currently doing well at Oxford but with respect to both clubs , not what his career promised when he broke through here at such a young age . There are numerous others, Steve Brooker , was a tough competitive forward who knew where the net was. Too often injured , never fulfilled his potential. There was accusations of incompetence towards our medical team , playing him when injured, but he also ignored their advice and took a plane trip which aggravated the treatment and it was all swept under the carpet. These three , if they had stayed fit would have been important to the success of our club . I'm sure there are many more I'll leave you to add them to the list . There is one for me that stands out but he was not regularly injured , just once and that finished his career. With all due respect mate I think you have to take a look at your definitions. 'Sicknote", some one in the office who is always off sick, footballer who hardly ever plays? So I have to disagree about Brooker, unfair to put him in the sicknote category and I'd argue his career was short because of failures by our medical team to which you refer .A 'Sicknote" to me that means a player "of an inexplicably delicate disposition" eg like Malcolm Graham going back to the Peter Doherty era. The last thing that Brooker was was delicate or vulnerable to minor injury . He wasn't "too often injured" with us. Later yes when he was struggling to resurrect his career, especially with other clubs, following his major knee injury. It has to be admitted he had a short career which wasn't helped by his build, not especially tall but 14 stone of meat and gristle, so when he hit somebody they stayed hit. On the other side one suspected that he would one day take a leg injury because of his weight and point of balance. Imagine going over on an ankle with that lot above it? He was more like a rugby player. He wasn't one to have niggley injuries like Matthews. Ribeiro was again a player I thought had the wrong build for football - top heavy? And like a few others mentioned above seriously injured within minutes of starting a game. We had 3 very good years out of Brooker which I will always treasure. City messed up Brooker's operation and recovery from his only major injury to the knee at Port Vale (ironically) which effectively was the start of the end of his career with a succession of other injuries. Other than that he wasn't out that much. Made 93 appearances in his peak period for us between 2004 and 2007, scoring 34 goals. Very good ratio. Will never forget his "comeback" goal against Norwich at the Gate that took us top of the Championship.
Guest Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Taz said: Spot on @Monkeh his lifestyle choices at the time (may be the same now I don't know) were most defintely the reason he didn't really "kick on" much. The whole squad around that time weren't much better though to be fair - Peacock, Roberts just to name a few. If Tommy was to come into the squad in this day and age, would he have made the same choices? I don't think he would. I also think that if that were the case, we would be looking at a multi million pound player who actually may be playing in the premiership. With Tommy I hope it was a case of he didn't realise just how good he could have been. I believe if he applied himself correctly he could have been knocking on the door of some really big PL clubs.
palmerred Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Michael Bridges surely is a shocking omission. Part of Brian Tinnion's not so magnificent 7.
Gazred Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, pride of the west said: Paul mortimer springs to mind. Quality when fit but never seemed to manage more than 2 games in a row He would of been my shout. Hamstrings made of paper.
southvillekiddy Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 14 minutes ago, palmerred said: Michael Bridges surely is a shocking omission. Part of Brian Tinnion's not so magnificent 7. Classic. Tripped over his dog lead. Imagine even a schoolboy staying off and giving that as an explanation? Got to say that the Club has definitely ditched the idea that an ex-international, ex-Premiership player who has been out for a substantial time can magically reinvent their heyday playing for City.
BRISTOL86 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: What ever you do, don't call him a sicknote on Twitter (even as banter). He doesn't like it much... I can’t imagine why!!
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 5 minutes ago, southvillekiddy said: Classic. Tripped over his dog lead. Imagine even a schoolboy staying off and giving that as an explanation? He should have never been anywhere near Ashton Vale in the first place . ( sorry Phileas ! )
Septic Peg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 There was at least a week's gap between tweets. Come now... Someone said he had dodgy hamstrings and was gone within minutes. Others called him a fraud or a case of £15k pissed up a wall... Quite chuffed I lasted so long...
UREDS_91 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: There was at least a week's gap between tweets. Come now... Someone said he had dodgy hamstrings and was gone within minutes. Others called him a fraud or a case of £15k pissed up a wall... Quite chuffed I lasted so long... Don't worry, I only tweeted when a team lineup was announced for a pre-season game and simply put #announceinjury he then blocked me. Seems to be a little bit on the easily offended side.
UREDS_91 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 12 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said: Perhaps he doesn't particulary like people being trolling/being a knob towards him for things beyond his control? Fair, I suppose in this day in age where everyone is becoming easily offended its easier to block everybody when they have the slightest negative thing to say. Next it will be called a hate crime for saying #announceinjury, expecting the 6am knock now.
Taz Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, palmerred said: Michael Bridges surely is a shocking omission. Part of Brian Tinnion's not so magnificent 7. To be fair I completely forgot about him. Shows how much of an influence he made outside of the medical room!!
The Fat Controller Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Paul Mortimer spent more time injured than fit in his short time here didn't he? From the little I remember (I was quite young) he could have been a decent singing for us if he managed to stay fit.
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 54 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: There was at least a week's gap between tweets. Come now... Someone said he had dodgy hamstrings and was gone within minutes. Others called him a fraud or a case of £15k pissed up a wall... Quite chuffed I lasted so long...
Nongazeuse Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 3 hours ago, pride of the west said: Paul mortimer springs to mind. Quality when fit but never seemed to manage more than 2 games in a row He was on Radio 5 this morning funnily enough - talking about the FA and racism. Can't remember the organisation he represented. If he was fit and much younger he would be the sort of creative midfielder we are missing.
Septic Peg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 13 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: Getting salty was because he was having a row with someone on there... lolz. The tweet that got me blocked was sent to the City Twitter account and said "any update on Gaz injury? Thought not #sicknote" or summat like that. Was sent end of Sept.
Phileas Fogg Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, Septic Peg said: Getting salty was because he was having a row with someone on there... lolz. The tweet that got me blocked was sent to the City Twitter account and said "any update on Gaz injury? Thought not #sicknote" or summat like that. Yeah reading those he does seem a bit oversensitive. You'd think a seasoned player like him at his age would just ignore it. Celebrities blocking is a bit 2012.
where's the joy Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Rodriguez from Southampton. Tall, elegant, silky skilled forward only lasted a few games, then leg break. brought him back and leg went again, got a fantastic welcome back form our fans which moved him to tears. such a sad end to his career which looked so full of promise. anyone help with the detail please?
Red-Robbo Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 19 minutes ago, where's the joy said: Rodriguez from Southampton. Tall, elegant, silky skilled forward only lasted a few games, then leg break. brought him back and leg went again, got a fantastic welcome back form our fans which moved him to tears. such a sad end to his career which looked so full of promise. anyone help with the detail please? Dani Rodrigues. Looked like he'd do something for us, but that break was bloody brutal. Only George Elokobi had a noisier fracture!
pride of the west Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Didn't tinman get I'm fisty cuffs with the player who broke Rodriguez leg because he was laughing about it?
SecretSam Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 minute ago, JamesBCFC said: the whole rotation of players during sudden death. Crumbs, the players kept dying?
Red-Robbo Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Just now, JamesBCFC said: Worst break I have witnessed was a Mangotsfield player, could hear it snap from the opposite corner of the ground (admittedly a quieter stadia than Ashton Gate). Break was so serious they wouldn't move him and needed an ambulance to come on the pitch. Main issue there was that it took 45 minutes for an ambulance to get there from Frenchay! So I saw a game that had 45 minutes of injury time at the end of the first half, making it the longest match I have witnessed, beating a cup match that had extra time and penalties which went through the whole rotation of players during sudden death. Gives me the shudders reading that. With Elokobi, I had just turned to my mate and said "he looks just what our defence needs" when I heard the snap 100 yards away and swivelled round to see the looks of horrors from the players and the Atyeo crowd. Some people were even averting their eyes from the sight. Poor bloke. Glad he made it back. Remember him waving at the crowd from the stretcher.
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 14 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Crumbs, the players kept dying? That wouldn't have been an excuse for them to stop playing , back in the day .
redysteadygo1 Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, JamesBCFC said: Worst break I have witnessed was a Mangotsfield player, could hear it snap from the opposite corner of the ground (admittedly a quieter stadia than Ashton Gate). Break was so serious they wouldn't move him and needed an ambulance to come on the pitch. Main issue there was that it took 45 minutes for an ambulance to get there from Frenchay! So I saw a game that had 45 minutes of injury time at the end of the first half, making it the longest match I have witnessed, beating a cup match that had extra time and penalties which went through the whole rotation of players during sudden death. Played in a game in the FRY's tournament that was drawn. No extra time due to being an evening game so straight to penalties. Went through both teams 11 twice then the first 5 again then the fourth attempt after that was saved. Total of 36 penalties. By then it was pitch dark and took longer than extra time. Our captain on two occassions only had to score for us to win and he missed twice. Their keeper got the headlines as he saved the last kick his only save. Our keeper made 5 saves and didn't get a mention. our keeper made 5 o
PHILINFRANCE Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 4 hours ago, Chris_Brown said: Paul Mortimer spent more time injured than fit in his short time here didn't he? From the little I remember (I was quite young) he could have been a decent singing for us if he managed to stay fit. What, like this one?
RED4LIFE Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Didnt James Wilson get a load of injuries and never really kicked on for us? He was constantly being tipped for big things iirc.
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Kevin Amankawaah. The car crash that ruined his career.
Major Isewater Posted October 19, 2017 Author Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, RED4LIFE said: Didnt James Wilson get a load of injuries and never really kicked on for us? He was constantly being tipped for big things iirc. I was waiting for this one , well done . On loan at Walsall from the Blades .
Sir Geoff Posted October 19, 2017 Posted October 19, 2017 Chris Garland (second spell) numerous knee and ligament injuries....Still worth the £110,000 we paid Leicester just for his end of season goals that kept us up.
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