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nightrider
February 7, 2013, 5:58pm
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Ashcroft was a good penalty taker if I remember rightly. Did he ever miss?
To look at him, he never seemed fit. I never had any confidence in him scoring for us. He did bag 13 in 40 in his second season which was decent.
His record throughout his career was pretty poor. Why did Buckley sign him? Or was we desperate and struggling to sign somebody decent at the time.


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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Mark Nicholls played 30 games for Chelsea. I remember thinking we were lucky to sign him...


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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Quoted from nightrider
Ashcroft was a good penalty taker if I remember rightly. Did he ever miss?
To look at him, he never seemed fit. I never had any confidence in him scoring for us. He did bag 13 in 40 in his second season which was decent.
His record throughout his career was pretty poor. Why did Buckley sign him? Or was we desperate and struggling to sign somebody decent at the time.


He'd worked with him at WBA so he must have seen something in him to shell out such a fee. He also didn't have a bad record at Preston. I think we sold him to Wigan for about £300k so Buckley wasnt the only manager who rated him.


"Falls to Arnold... Arnold! That's it! Thats it! He's sealed it! Grimsby Town are back in the football league!!! Just a minute to go and Nathan Arnold makes it 3-1! Look at the scenes behind the goal! Look at the relief! The agony is finally over!!!"

John Tondeur - Wembley Stadium Sunday 15th May 2016
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February 7, 2013, 6:12pm
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Im going off Wikipedia so could be wrong but 32 in 148 isnt the sort of form i'd break our transfer record for
Those were probably scored in division 3 too


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Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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All I can deduce from this thread is that some people are easily excitable. Gary Harkins? Exciting?


Promising young Premier League midfield starlet!  


JESUS AT THE CENTRE
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for once, i agree with you aaron, good shout
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