On This Day.
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pork pie fox
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That was a good day out
SJN-Fox
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That was a good day out
I was away that weekend and ended up watching it in a caravan on a portable tv in the middle of Derbyshire of all places
pork pie fox
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Our bus left from a pub in Melton at 6.00am and they opened the doors for us to have a couple before we left. It was a long day, but worth itI was away that weekend and ended up watching it in a caravan on a portable tv in the middle of Derbyshire of all places
FIF
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He didn't get many games for Turkey and he wouldn't have made the England team. He was special in our set-up because we had the team ethic. Lennon was his rock. Great midfield partnership.
(and yes I saw his matches with my own eyes, live).
glyn
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According to his book, his Turkey experience wasn't a good one as he was very much a stranger who couldn't fit in. I'm sure that wasn't set up to bring the best out of him. There were plenty of media who suggested he should get a run for England but at that time (it's only slightly better now) he had no chance whilst playing with little old Leicester.
You may well be right, but if was at a bigger club he'd at least have been given he opportunity to try to prove you wrong. There weren't that many players with his skill around.
FIF
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More than that he seemd to be a genuinely nice person.
Izzet and Lennon contrasted and complimented each other's play so well.
Robin127
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Definitely and in my opinion he should have been in the team in the late 90's.
FIF
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He was great but to get into the 2000 squad as the "flair" midfielder he needed to replace Beckham, Scholes or Gerrard. other MF ince, wise, mcmanaman.
FIF
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Beckham, Scholes and Gerrard are all seen as being some of the best players England have had in the last 40 years.
Muzzy was a Chelsea reject who found his ideal partnered with Lennon. He wouldn't have got in the Manchester United/ Liverpool/ Arsenal teams. In fact there was never even any rumours of them wanting to buy him.
If he'd played for England they'd have still won sweet FA but that's not how you judge a player is it? Otherwise only the 1966 boys have ever done anything since we created football.
Ike O'Noclassed
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I don't remember the circumstances whereby Muzzy became "available" for international duty, but being buried in the Chelsea academy teams until he was 21+ probably did as much to sink his chances as any perception of not playing for the right club - after all Emile Heskey got his first caps as a Leicester player, and albeit at U21 level, Julian Joachim (a few weeks older than Muzzy) was always off on U21 duty IIRC.
Championship
| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Ipswich | 43 | 89 |
| 2 | Leicester | 42 | 88 |
| 3 | Leeds Utd | 43 | 87 |
| 4 | Southampton | 41 | 81 |
| 5 | West Brom | 43 | 72 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 43 | 71 |
| 7 | Hull City | 42 | 65 |
| 8 | Coventry City | 42 | 63 |
| 9 | Middlesbro | 43 | 63 |
| 10 | Preston | 42 | 63 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 43 | 59 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 43 | 58 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 43 | 56 |
| 14 | Swansea City | 43 | 53 |
| 15 | Watford | 43 | 52 |
| 16 | Millwall | 43 | 50 |
| 17 | Blackburn | 43 | 49 |
| 18 | Plymouth | 43 | 48 |
| 19 | QPR | 43 | 47 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 43 | 47 |
| 21 | Birmingham | 43 | 45 |
| 22 | Huddersfield | 43 | 44 |
| 23 | Sheffield W | 43 | 44 |
| 24 | Rotherham Utd | 43 | 23 |
