New ex-players (and managers) thread

[fitz]

So Ben Chilwell is an upmarket Joe Mattock?

Quite a bit upmarket. Chilly isn't great at defending but his ability stretches beyond being not slow.

 

[fitz]

England U21 left back with a bright future , but brain dead with shite parental advice.

The likes of Luke Chadwick played for the u21s. Sometimes there's little to explain how players get their rep and chance.

 

[fitz]

I dunno, had he stayed and played more games he would have had a better career but he wasted crucial years not playing

Could have....who knows for sure. I just think he was massively overrated after one good appearance against Barnsley or Preston or somewhere else in Yorkshire/Manc Yorkshire. He ran the left channel with pace and pretty much feck all else to show. I think both us and Mattock will have done much better financially out of him forcing a move when he had an overblown reputation.

 

[H T B]

The likes of Luke Chadwick played for the u21s. Sometimes there's little to explain how players get their rep and chance.

Didn’t he play for Man U
Joe played for little old Leicester (we were back then)

 

[TommyK]

I remember when Jordon Stewart made his debut. Chris Kamara was on Sky and very enthusiastically said something like " I've just seen England's next left back".

Didn't quite work out that way.

 

[alex]

Aston Villa are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater on loan in January. The 29-year-old, who has three England caps, is currently on loan at Burnley. (Sky Sports)

 

[xavk]

I hope they can get him in before the cup matches (assuming he isnt cup tied...)

 

[Jeff]

(assuming he isnt cup tied...)

He is cup-tied.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Nothing in the cup for DD then.... because he drank everything in it and got in his car like a bellend.

 

[fitz]

The only argument over DD is when he stopped playing. Some say in the first half of 2016/17 and others say the end. Either way that's a long time he's pissed away.....possibly pissed too.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Take your waders off and wave them in the air.

Ian Holloway: Grimsby Town appoint ex-QPR and Crystal Palace boss as new manager
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50956367

 

[Brown Nose]

Total minutes played by every City player in the last decade.

 

[SJN-Fox]

How we lined up in the first match of the last decade.

Leicester City 2-1 Swansea City (FA Cup Third Round – January 2, 2010)

Starting XI: Chris Weale; Robbie Neilson, Jack Hobbs, Michael Morrison, Ryan McGivern; Lloyd Dyer, Andy King, Matt Oakley, Richie Wellens; Matt Fryatt, Steve Howard

Subs: Conrad Logan, Luke O'Neill, Tom Parkes, Nicky Adams, Dany N'Guessan, Paul Gallagher, Yann Kermorgant

Every Premier League team's first squad this decade

The 2010s have been a rollercoaster ride for fans of English football. With that in mind, Sportsmail has taken a look back at how every Premier League side lined up for their first match in this decade.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Rock Fox]

How we lined up in the first match of the last decade. Leicester City 2-1 Swansea City (FA Cup Third Round – January 2, 2010) Starting XI: Chris Weale; Robbie Neilson, Jack Hobbs, Michael Morrison, Ryan McGivern; Lloyd Dyer, Andy King, Matt Oakley, Richie Wellens; Matt Fryatt, Steve Howard
Subs: Conrad Logan, Luke O'Neill, Tom Parkes, Nicky Adams, Dany N'Guessan, Paul Gallagher, Yann Kermorgant

Every Premier League team's first squad this decade

The 2010s have been a rollercoaster ride for fans of English football. With that in mind, Sportsmail has taken a look back at how every Premier League side lined up for their first match in this decade.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Thanks for that, I can remember: "Lloyd Dyer, Andy King, Matt Oakley, Richie Wellens; Matt Fryatt, Steve Howard" and a couple of the subs but all the others have faded from memory. Hopefully the team that starts 2020 will live long in our memories, and Happy New Year to us all !

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

How we lined up in the first match of the last decade.

Leicester City 2-1 Swansea City (FA Cup Third Round – January 2, 2010)

Starting XI: Chris Weale; Robbie Neilson, Jack Hobbs, Michael Morrison, Ryan McGivern; Lloyd Dyer, Andy King, Matt Oakley, Richie Wellens; Matt Fryatt, Steve Howard

Subs: Conrad Logan, Luke O'Neill, Tom Parkes, Nicky Adams, Dany N'Guessan, Paul Gallagher, Yann Kermorgant

Every Premier League team's first squad this decade

The 2010s have been a rollercoaster ride for fans of English football. With that in mind, Sportsmail has taken a look back at how every Premier League side lined up for their first match in this decade.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Chris “I can’t save shots that are taken more than 8 yards from my face” Weale. He must have used radar rather than sight.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

*very short distance radar

 

[Volpone]

Ricardo has only played 720 minutes!
How does that work?

 

[Jeff]

Ricardo has only played 720 minutes!
How does that work?

Different Ricardo.

 

[H T B]

Harry Maguire, £80m and doesn’t know the offside rule

 

[Polar Bear]

7,116 minutes of Paul Gallagher; roughly 7,096 of them spent being frustrating.

A few there I have absolutely no memory of - Lamey, Dragovic, Bednar, Moreno, Miquel, Cunningham, Kennedy.