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9 hours ago, Yorkie said:

I doubt there's anyone who's made a bigger impact who was only here for four months than Townsend. 

 

(I'm assuming KI's criteria is that the player has to have only been at the club for a short period?)

Kilcline? Less obvious but crucial. 

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9 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Here's a good one. Which player had the biggest impact/was the best in the smallest amount of time?

 

First player that comes to mind for me is Townsend. Obviously discounting Tony Green (wasn't around when he played, but presumably he's #1)

 

Cisse for me. 

 

Lived off the back of that 5 month period for the next few seasons.

 

Edit: didn't realise you meant was here for the shortest period.

 

 

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9 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Bit of tangent but I wish there was more coverage of Tony Green available. The way my lass's dad talks about him is borderline mythical. A skinny hunched lad who didn't look like he'd have what it takes but was a faster more skilful Beardsley. He sounds out of this world, basically like Ben Arfa with Milner's work rate.

 

 

 

 

Yeah, he was the best player I ever saw playing for us, and his appearance at Old Trafford was the best performance. He totally dominated the game. 

 

Even by the standards of the time, the treatment for his knee injury was spectacularly bad. 

 

A while back, I interviewed him at his home, at a time when I was trying to make my way as a writer. Lovely guy. I gave him my programme for the Man U game, which he was glad to receive. He rated it as his finest performance.

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2 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

What a lovely experience and gesture from you @Cronky. Top man ?

 

 

 

 

Thank you. I have a very funny memory of the aftermath of that Man U game. In those days, match programmes used to include a supplement called the Football League Review, and on this occasion, a photo of Tony Green was included on the back. Walking out of Old Trafford, the concourse and pavements were littered with those photos, where Man U fans had ripped them out in disgust. He had pissed them off so much.

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11 hours ago, Anderson said:

Can't believe how good our business has been since the takeover like. We've had no absolute nightmare flops and in players like Bruno, Tonali and Isak, in-spite of them hardly being cheap, it feels like we've got some absolute bargains when you look at the rest of the market (eg that lad Man U have just singed up top & the Caicedo fee). Cannot believe we were able to sign them all completely uncontested too.

And Botman

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10 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Here's a good one. Which player had the biggest impact/was the best in the smallest amount of time?

 

First player that comes to mind for me is Townsend. Obviously discounting Tony Green (wasn't around when he played, but presumably he's #1)

Jan to May 2012, Cisse was magnificent. Never seen so many top glass goals scored by a player in a black n white shirt over so short a time.

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1 hour ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Kilcline? Less obvious but crucial. 

Kilcline is the right answer for me - even though he was at the club 18 months, he only really played for the first four or five of that.  Without Killer, we go down to Division Three and potentially no longer exist. 

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43 minutes ago, The Fountain said:

Jan to May 2012, Cisse was magnificent. Never seen so many top glass goals scored by a player in a black n white shirt over so short a time.

 

Demba Ba in 2011 had a similar impact, but I think Cisse might win by a small margin. And yes, the quality of Cisses goals were definetly better for all it matters.

 

 

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Wayne Routledge is a shout. If he left as soon as we were promoted he'd probably top the list. We went from promotion shoo-ins to absolute certainties when he arrived.

 

But he didn't leave then, so I'll have to say Fitz Hall.

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2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Could probably do an XI

 

Beasant?

 

Kilcline

Distin

Faye

Willems

 

Green

Hamman

Merino?

Townsend

 

Remy

Rondon

 

 

 

Distin, good shout. It was really frustrating when he didn't sign permanently at the end of the 2002 season. He had fit in so seamlessly, and when central defence was the main area that team needed help it felt like the most natural thing for all parties to lock it up.

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