richinspain Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 18 minutes ago, hintonsboots said: Nigel Callaghan. I thought that he was always appreciated. A very good winger who could cross and beat his man. Perhaps he wasn't the best defensively, but in that team he didn't have to be. MrPlinkett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPlinkett Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 minute ago, IslandExile said: Tommy Smith. Creative, hard working, talented. I don't think he was underappreciated, well liked player. IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, Curtains said: Johnny Russell I think if nothing else for the way season after season we'd sign his replacment in the summer and then end up with Russell as a main fixture in the side. I think he did lose the love, if I remember rightly he got a nice move lined up (Brighton possibly?) that the club put a stop to. Curtains and r_wilcockson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPlinkett Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I think theo Robinson falls in this category, obviously not a world beater but did well for us at a time we couldn't afford much better RadioactiveWaste, sage, Carl Sagan and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, Kernow said: I've seen on social media today that it's Bradley Johnson's birthday, and it got me thinking about his time at the Club. He started really well in his first 10 games or so, when he came in last-minute along with Jacob Butterfield to fill the gaps left by long-term injuries to Will Hughes and Craig Bryson away at Bolton in the first game of the season. However he's a player I'd probably regard as largely "underappreciated" by the fans as a whole. He was often booed, criticised, blamed for periods of bad form etc... Given how this season has gone (and is going), is there anyone you'd look back on over the last few seasons who is no longer and the Club and think they were actually more underappreciated than you remember at the time? I certainly think we could do with a player like Bradley Johnson this season. There's probably many more we criticised or wrote off, who would improve us no end right now. He got a rousing reception when he returned with Blackburn last season, even if he did take some unfair flak at times when at the club (mainly driven by his price tag). Don't think he was underappreciated by most of us. uttoxram75, Smalley Ram, Steve How Hard? and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 tom ince. never replaced him r_wilcockson, sage, LeedsCityRam and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Darryl Powell Smalley Ram, RIMBAUD, sage and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I can think of quite a few over the Nigel clough years who came in for peanuts and did solid if unspectacular jobs before beng gradually upgraded. In the Mel years there were far to many expensive flops. I know he wasn't a Clough signing, but Paul Green just did so much work in that team, which was basically :poo: but did enough to survive and eventually improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 John Eustace Henry Newton John O'Hare IslandExile, RadioactiveWaste, Pearl Ram and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Johnson has been elevated to a much, much better player than he actually was ever since we played Blackburn earlier in the season. LeedsCityRam, sage and The Key Club King 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Kernow said: I had him in mind, however I wasn't too sure about how "underappreciated" he actually was. I loved him when he was at Derby and would love him back now. He was possibly unfairly criticised by some, but he'd still make our first XI now. Remember seeing him looking really miserable in Morrison’s just before he left . He was appreciated by the fans but not sure he wanted to stay at Derby because of getting less game time . He would get in Derby’s team now I reckon https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/johnny-russell-Derby-kansas-city-1230225 Edited April 28, 2021 by Curtains Finch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yani P Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 25 minutes ago, Dean (hick) Saunders said: I always thought Mick Harford did a good job in his short time with us. Ravanelli always got stick for his mega wage, but always gave everything and was often the best (of a bad bunch) on the pitch. Controversial in both cases I expect. Ravanelli certainly didnt put everything in when we got relegated...agree he again got stick for the money he was on.. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Connor Sammon. Bear with me with this one. Nobody could ever argue he was a great footballer or a guaranteed starter for us. However as a sub for sheer nuisance factor and used as a battering ram, I thought he did a job in a few games when thrown on. r_wilcockson, LeedsCityRam, Andicis and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPlinkett Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 prepared to get mullered for this, but connor sammon..work rate was good and goal scoring record was ok. I reckon he would improve today's team. Sparkle, Andicis, r_wilcockson and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPlinkett Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Steve How Hard? said: Connor Sammon. Bear with me with this one. Nobody could ever argue he was a great footballer or a guaranteed starter for us. However as a sub for sheer nuisance factor and used as a battering ram, I thought he did a job in a few games when thrown on. spooky Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 54 minutes ago, Kernow said: I've seen on social media today that it's Bradley Johnson's birthday, and it got me thinking about his time at the Club. He started really well in his first 10 games or so, when he came in last-minute along with Jacob Butterfield to fill the gaps left by long-term injuries to Will Hughes and Craig Bryson away at Bolton in the first game of the season. However he's a player I'd probably regard as largely "underappreciated" by the fans as a whole. He was often booed, criticised, blamed for periods of bad form etc... Given how this season has gone (and is going), is there anyone you'd look back on over the last few seasons who is no longer and the Club and think they were actually more underappreciated than you remember at the time? I certainly think we could do with a player like Bradley Johnson this season. There's probably many more we criticised or wrote off, who would improve us no end right now. Would have been better on loan it seems in terms of contract length and price paid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrPlinkett said: prepared to get mullered for this, but connor sammon..work rate was good and goal scoring record was ok. I reckon he would improve today's team. Steady on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, MrPlinkett said: prepared to get mullered for this, but connor sammon..work rate was good and goal scoring record was ok. I reckon he would improve today's team. 10 goals in 84 games it says on Wiki.....that's 5 goals a season. For a striker. If that's ok then would love to know your idea of someone with a poor scoring record. Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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