That'll do!

bryce about 160 quid mate

If the balls coming down with snow on it lets get the morrison long throw into our armoury. Novak looks lost up front in this kind of game he would perform better in front of midfield picking up the scraps. Who up front? it can only be the renault megane rear parcel shelf

it definately looks like the parcel shelf upfront although think i would rather play kay in central defence and put boom boom up front he can certainly find the net more than the parcel shelf can and might stay upright a bit longer and he definately wont be chasing the ref whining and moaning as he cant run that fast

And Yet I Thought the Ref Ran and Played quite Well Yesterday ..

In addition to running well i thought the ref let us off what could easily have been a penalty to Exeter. Doubt everyone would have been as content today had that gone against us.

I thought ref did ok too boots!

“Oscar Gobern... In his defence he is only a kid… “


I’m old enough to be his grandfather, but in my book, a professional footballer who is 21 years old, is not “a kid”.

Oscar Gobern made his league debut as a substitute at the age of 17 years and 9 months, in November 2008. That’s over three years ago.

It would appear that football ‘kids’ are getting older these days.

From the ‘Golden Age’, a list of player who were full internationals at the age of 18 or under:

Florian Albert (Hungary) 17
George Best (Northern Ireland) 17
Liam Brady (Eire) 18
John Charles (Wales) 18
Duncan Edwards (England) 18
Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland) 18
Denis Law (Scotland) 18
Sammy McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 17
Jimmy Nicholson (Northern Ireland) 17
David O’Leary (Eire) 18
‘Pele’ (Brazil (17)
Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) 18
Gary Sprake (Wales) 18
Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland) 17

To those who say that Oscar Gobern will never be as good as these players, I would guess you are probably right, but there is an old saying, “If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.”

Many professional football clubs regularly recruit youngsters from the age of 8 years-old these days. (Real Madrid, recently signed a 7-year-old to a professional contract.) If my mathematics are correct, then by the age of 18, they have had 10 years of professional coaching, and ought to be able to execute the basics of football, at least.

With regards to football, if you ain’t got it by the time you are 21, I reckon you’re probably never going to have it. Of course, it could apply to other activities as well.

Did you ever ~ 'Have It' ~ Captain .. Is/Was It A Good feeling .. ? ? ?

Boots...

Sorry for taking so long to reply, I have been busy… and you have no idea how difficult it is to get a budgie out of a treacle tart!

Far be it from me to bang my own trumpet, but modesty doesn’t prevent me from admitting that yes, I did have it once. In fact, when I was at the height of my pinnacle, there were times when I began to wonder how it was that I’d got so much.

But believe you me, it can be tough being both a star and such stuff as dreams are made on. Life is nothing like the brochure, and as we suffer the slings and arrows of outdated festoons, we must never forget, Confucius warned us with these words… “ Never nudge your granny whilst she’s shaving!”

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Captain, Steady on be damned~ I Luv You .. Absolutely Luv You

Incidentally last time I blew me own trumpet .. even dog got up and vacated the room .. ..