TaiwanGas
Paul Bannon
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Post by TaiwanGas on Sept 14, 2021 1:59:40 GMT
For Rovers - Nigel Martyn. Or if an outfield player Mickey Barrett. For the opposition - Craig Bellamy. - Funny thing is, until that game we played against West Ham I hadn't thought much of Craig Bellamy. He must have been coming to the end of his playing days, and still ran the show. Always wanted to be on the ball. Picking it up from the back 4 and then being at the centre of things when they were attacking - a real box to box performance. It wasn't until I saw him play live that I appreciated how good he was. The rest of the West Ham team seemed average and he was the difference between the sides. To think he played in our schoolboy sides! - I was going to say a fella who scored a fantastic hat-trick against us at The Mem (10 years ago or so?), and we gave him a standing ovation as he was substituted. A few years later he signed for City, but never really got a chance there. Can't remember his name, nor the team he was playing for at the time. But it was an absolutely scintillating performance, and I'd be surprised if he had as good a game again. Good call on Bellamy for that game Concept, remember it well, it was late in his career but he still had incredible energy, he was absolutely everywhere. |
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Post by chelt_gas on Sept 14, 2021 5:25:50 GMT
Best player for Rovers was Barry Hayles - based on my recollection. The thing which set him apart was that he made so many of his goals through skill and strength. And I just liked his rise up the pyramid. I don't think we truly saw the best of Astafjevs since none of his teammates were on the same wavelength.
Best player against Rovers was either Lua Lua - he always had us for breakfast or I remember a game at Twerton v Birmingham where Kevin Francis was just unplayable (but that's my memory maybe playing tricks). I also remember when Ismael Miller absolutely owned us when we played West Brom in the cup. The best player I have seen play against Rovers was Edgar Davids but he wasn't at his best.
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Post by baselswh on Sept 14, 2021 5:32:13 GMT
if I remember correctly, his equaliser at Twerton was none too shabby either Wasn't it Dean and Carl Saunders at Twerton? Pretty sure that's right Mango,at least that's what my memory is telling me. In that case,I should get yours checked out.😏 |
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Post by lostinspace on Sept 14, 2021 9:46:04 GMT
bas... if you can watch the video through, [this happened on my LTop] a selection of different vids come up and the Twerton one is among them......definite penalty!
