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*Official* English Football Season 2006-07
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steds
Hall of Fame Member
How many English footballers go abroad to play their trade? Can't have successes if no one goes. English football seems to have a very insular view of the football world and tend to, I believe, just assume every other league in the world is inferior to the Premiership. It's almost like australian rugby league and the NRL.Goughy said:
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Peter Crouch. Played for mighty Hässleholm a few seasons back.steds said:
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Michael Owen did okay, in fact his scoring rate was good, he got messed about is all, but as a player he performedCraig said:
However, none of the aforementioned players come slightly close to this nation's finest export, John Aldridge, who was excellent at Real Socidead.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Good as Aldo was (top scorer in Spain in one year, IIRC) I think John Charles was voted Juve's greatest ever import, wasn't he?GeraintIsMyHero said:Michael Owen did okay, in fact his scoring rate was good, he got messed about is all, but as a player he performed
However, none of the aforementioned players come slightly close to this nation's finest export, John Aldridge, who was excellent at Real Socidead.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
His record for Ireland wasn't all that bad, 19 goals in about 70 games, a lot of them as sub - but yeah I think it was 25 games until he scored. Part of the reason was that JC didn't play him as the out and out striker he is, he often had him doing a running job of sorts, chasing down full-backs all game and such like. Something I can honestly say I never saw him do in a white shirt But still, once he got going, 25 in 45 is a good record, and he did get one in the World Cup.
But you are right, at club level he was phenomenal. People talk about how a lot of his goals came in the lower leagues for Oxford, Newport and the Mighty Whites, but his record at Liverpool was better than 1 in 2, and his scoring record was better than Rush's when they were at the club together. He also scored proflifically for Oxford in the top flight, and as you say he was very good in La Liga.
Played until he was just a few months short of 40, playing as player-manager for the last two years. Scored more goals than any other striker from the British Isles at least since WW2 AND took a tiny little club like us to our first ever major final, two FA Cup QFs and a glorious victory against those smelly blues from cross the mersey. Not to forget 4-3 V Southampton, and 3-2 V Leeds, both after being behind.
In summary, I love Aldo.
Probably would've been quicker just to agree with you that he was a great goalscorer, no doubt.
ps scored 40 goals in one season for us in 91-92 a club record, something not even Dixie Dean did here.
But still, once he got going, 25 in 45 is a good record, and he did get one in the World Cup.But you are right, at club level he was phenomenal. People talk about how a lot of his goals came in the lower leagues for Oxford, Newport and the Mighty Whites, but his record at Liverpool was better than 1 in 2, and his scoring record was better than Rush's when they were at the club together. He also scored proflifically for Oxford in the top flight, and as you say he was very good in La Liga.
Played until he was just a few months short of 40, playing as player-manager for the last two years. Scored more goals than any other striker from the British Isles at least since WW2 AND took a tiny little club like us to our first ever major final, two FA Cup QFs and a glorious victory against those smelly blues from cross the mersey. Not to forget 4-3 V Southampton, and 3-2 V Leeds, both after being behind.
In summary, I love Aldo.
Probably would've been quicker just to agree with you that he was a great goalscorer, no doubt.
ps scored 40 goals in one season for us in 91-92 a club record, something not even Dixie Dean did here.
Craig
World Traveller
I mean the fact he was being sold the following season, and that Real Madrid were going about signing players like Robinho and Julio Bapistia (and then eventually for some reason Antonio Cassano), and he was going to face a lot of time is the reason why I use that it didn't work out.marc71178 said:
Neil Pickup
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Nowt's been deleted from this thread - you're either imagining things or you forgot to press "post".GeraintIsMyHero said:Errrr earlier today I made a post and it followed Craig's and now it's gone, and I don't think I put any bad content in
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
well not strictly English football season, but i see TNS went out of europe today - but TNS no longer stands for total network solutions, it's now The New Saints.
