SecretSam Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Really enjoying these, but your striker selections......Lee "why take one touch when you can take 20?" Trundle, Wayne "Barn door missed" Allison? Mine? 1. God 2. Cole 3. Tammy 4. Goat 5. Ago I missed out Jackie, because he was fun, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 Peaps In A PodCast Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, SecretSam said: Really enjoying these, but your striker selections......Lee "why take one touch when you can take 20?" Trundle, Wayne "Barn door missed" Allison? Mine? 1. God 2. Cole 3. Tammy 4. Goat 5. Ago I missed out Jackie, because he was fun, but... Cheers - great thing is everyone picks differently… really looking forward to Magic Moments next week! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Tony ‘tap in’ Thorpe rarely gets a mention but he scored 51 goals for City at 2.5 average which is pretty damn good. He did very else than being in the right place at the right time. He was a natural goalscorer. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 I’m enjoying these also but you are right, some of the selections seem bonkers (e.g. Paul Hartley rated above Korey Smith for midfielders), but it’s all personal preference I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, Robbored said: Tony ‘tap in’ Thorpe rarely gets a mention but he scored 51 goals for City at 2.5 average which is pretty damn good. He did very else than being in the right place at the right time. He was a natural goalscorer. In the 3rd tier 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 23 minutes ago, 2015 said: In the 3rd tier So by your metric, Atyeo was rubbish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, 3 Peaps In A PodCast said: Cheers - great thing is everyone picks differently… really looking forward to Magic Moments next week! Stevie Nev's goal in the last minute of extra time to send us to Wembley. The money from that Wembley game probably built the foundations of where we are now. I celebrated so hard, I lost my keys... Edited July 3, 2023 by SecretSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, SecretSam said: So by your metric, Atyeo was rubbish? No, difference is Atyeo played 6 games for England and was being touted for transfers to Juventus, AC Milan and Liverpool. It was a totally different Sport in the 1950s and 60s. Players were loyal to their clubs, Atyeo was far too good for that level. Thorpe wasn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickytimes Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 2 hours ago, 2015 said: No, difference is Atyeo played 6 games for England and was being touted for transfers to Juventus, AC Milan and Liverpool. It was a totally different Sport in the 1950s and 60s. Players were loyal to their clubs, Atyeo was far too good for that level. Thorpe wasn't. Plus Atyeo scored a fair proportion of his goals in the 2nd tier. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 4 hours ago, 2015 said: In the 3rd tier Just as Bob Taylor was……….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 21 minutes ago, Robbored said: Just as Bob Taylor was……….. Nope, you’re wrong again. Bob scored second tier goals for us & for West Brom, even got a few in the Prem for Bolton. Thorpe scored 2 goals above the third tier in his entire career, bloke was a flat track bully, got hat tricks against shite like Colchester, Cambridge & Stockport. Facts, eh? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: Nope, you’re wrong again. Bob scored second tier goals for us & for West Brom, even got a few in the Prem for Bolton. Thorpe scored 2 goals above the third tier in his entire career, bloke was a flat track bully, got hat tricks against shite like Colchester, Cambridge & Stockport. Facts, eh? Out of interest do you know how many games Thorpe did play in the 2nd tier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, Gimme Shelton said: Out of interest do you know how many games Thorpe did play in the 2nd tier? Just in the 98/99 Lennartsson season we got relegated, so a total of 16 games. Next question is why was that, then? No one ever signed him to play at that level or if they got there, they immediately moved him on.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GrahamC said: Nope, you’re wrong again. Bob scored second tier goals for us & for West Brom, even got a few in the Prem for Bolton. Thorpe scored 2 goals above the third tier in his entire career, bloke was a flat track bully, got hat tricks against shite like Colchester, Cambridge & Stockport. Facts, eh? Graham - I’ve been attending AG for over 50years and within that time have seen City in every division from top to bottom I find difficult to remember which division we were at any particular year so it’s no surprise to me that I struggle to recall the minutiae of any particular player or individual season. With Bob Taylor scoring 30+ goals one season I thought that City were in Division 3 when he achieved that impressive feat but if we were in Division 2 as you claim then I was wrong………. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Robbored said: Graham - I’ve been attending AG for over 50years and within that time have seen City in every division from top to bottom I find difficult to remember which division we were at any particular year so it’s no surprise to me that I struggle to recall the minutiae of any particular player or individual season. With Bob Taylor scoring 30+ goals one season I thought that City were in Division 3 when he achieved that impressive feat but if we were in Division 2 as you claim then I was wrong………. He scored 27 in the third tier, we got promoted, he then scored goals the following season after we got promoted. You said Bob, like Thorpe only scored goals in the third tier. It really isn’t a difficult concept to understand. As for the “50 years”, so have I.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 29 minutes ago, GrahamC said: He scored 27 in the third tier, we got promoted, he then scored goals the following season after we got promoted. You said Bob, like Thorpe only scored goals in the third tier. It really isn’t a difficult concept to understand. As for the “50 years”, so have I.. Your memory is obviously much sharper than mine Graham - unless you researched those details of course. Something I couldn’t be arsed to do………… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Robbored said: . Something I couldn’t be arsed to do………… Happy to talk out of it though! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 6 hours ago, trickytimes said: Plus Atyeo scored a fair proportion of his goals in the 2nd tier. Unfortunately, most of those were before I started watching. My first season was John Atyeo’s last, but I can still picture him and retain some wonderful memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Taylor got 27 goals in the 3rd tier and had about 6/7 games out injured. The most Thorpe got was 19 in a 3rd tier season. Taylor was way too good for that level during his time at the club, his subsequent career proves this. I liked Thorpe by the way, just don't think he should be mentioned anywhere near the terms of best strikers this Club has had. He was a good fox in the box Striker but just never did it at a higher level than League 1 unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 What was Mark Robins stats like? I seem to recall he had a pretty good goals\games ratio. Admittedly, he was only on loan for a few games, but someone who I thought we should've really pushed the boat out for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, beaverface said: What was Mark Robins stats like? I seem to recall he had a pretty good goals\games ratio. Admittedly, he was only on loan for a few games, but someone who I thought we should've really pushed the boat out for. We'd have gone up in 2002/03 if we'd had signed up for the final push in April and May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Robins goes down as one of best ever loans for me, he transformed that team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Agree on that, if he would have been signed worth a goal every other game at that level, I recall the Rotherham manager saying in the press his strikers didn't perform this week he would get Mark robins back from Bristol city, and he did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 23 hours ago, SecretSam said: Really enjoying these, but your striker selections......Lee "why take one touch when you can take 20?" Trundle, Wayne "Barn door missed" Allison? Mine? 1. God 2. Cole 3. Tammy 4. Goat 5. Ago I missed out Jackie, because he was fun, but... Probably an unpopular opinion, but I'd have Maynard in the top five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG City Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 I would always have Nicky Morgan in any top 5. So underrated. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 18 hours ago, GrahamC said: He scored 27 in the third tier, we got promoted, he then scored goals the following season after we got promoted. You said Bob, like Thorpe only scored goals in the third tier. It really isn’t a difficult concept to understand. As for the “50 years”, so have I.. Nor is humility and grace, but you seem to have not grasped them 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Without going off topic I really enjoyed the gary Shelton one, pardon my ignorance have you ever done one with Robbie turner 3, futhermore shelts mentioned Mark Gavin is living in Leeds, another story I'd love to hear, if anyone could reach out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, SecretSam said: Nor is humility and grace, but you seem to have not grasped them Reminded me of this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) David Seal ahead of Tammy Abraham had me laughing for a few minutes, comedy gold! Really enjoyed these though, despite shouting at my iPhone about some of the choices! Edited July 5, 2023 by One Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 Peaps In A PodCast Posted July 7, 2023 Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 On 05/07/2023 at 19:18, One Team said: David Seal ahead of Tammy Abraham had me laughing for a few minutes, comedy gold! Really enjoyed these though, despite shouting at my iPhone about some of the choices! it would be pretty boring if we all had the same 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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