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....that im starting to long for the days when our midfield consisted of

Igoe - Hewlett - Miglioranzi - Howard

 :shock:

Our current midfield displays makes this midfield 4some look brilliant!

Hahaha foursome

That midfield played in a better team at a higher level. So err.. nope?

not wrong at all fella. that midfield was good enough for the top of the league above, this one is a div 4 midfield.

Zaaboub - Evans - Weston - My Gran

on its day is a decent midfield, which is about the best we can field from this squad

...but...that midfield also has Hewlett in it

Hewlett or Pook....now theres an interesting question  :|

no question ..Pook everytime

I long for the Tom Jones McLoughlin McLaren Foley midfield !

Why the picture of monkhouse under your name? are you related?

Well there is a shock.

Not much between Pook and Hewlett for me.

Pook over Hewlett for me. Pook gets a fucking raw deal for some reason, alright he might be a bit shit but if you analysed any of our players' games the way Pooks gets his analysed, you'd come to the conclusion they were a bit shit too!!
Theres this kid in the Town end stands near to me, and he has it in for Pook, right dumb big oaf of a fucker, well if you post on here son, I've had just about enough of you, just watch the fucking game!! see what happens this saturday when you constantly moan about him eh

what about Steve Robinson aka Turbo. He always ran his heart out. Thats what we need...

Plus that legendary brace at the manor to send the yellow filth down. Behind that goal that day was close to perfection  8)

I'll never forget that day til the day I die...

For the short spells that Migs was fit and especially that play-off season, he ran the show and his range of passing was class. Hewlett would always look pants in comparison, and wasn't anything special, but for a time he did a job alongside Migs - just holding back and he'd duck into the back four if any one of them was out of position. Igoe and Howard both scored goals, or made them - what your wingers should be doing. Add Grant Smith, who didn['t even get a game most of that season, and the midfield was looking half decent.

Amen to that brother!

Topped of by their player getting sent off

After the past few weeks i didn't think we had one?  :shock:

They ended with 9 men didnt they, the coining was a bit extreme tho

That's a fair better midfield than we have now, switch Hewlett for Evans and we'd be pissing this league.

I found Howard frustrating and annoying but looking back he was definitely a quality player, would probably have done far better for us under a different manager.

Igoe was never a winger but was effective there for us in 03/04.

...and Miglioranzi was class  8)

I know he wanted to return to the states anyway, but we didnt even bother to offer him a new contract because??

He had 2 good games last season?  I liked him as a player as well but his time had come to leave IMO.

he was injury prone and had become a liabilty.
of the four you mentioned in their current state i'd only take howard back.but of course in the play off season they were far better than the current crop

True, I was gutted when he said he was leaving but his injuries and inconsistency were just too much of an issue.

Migs had a brill game against Shitty at home.

actually i'd take igoe back too

it wasnt his best season, but he clearly had a falling out with Iffy.....and Iffy wouldnt play him towards the end of the season.....

As I'm sure you know, I rate Migz alot and he'd walk into our team.

...and away at brighton in the play-off semi.

after that game i really thought he'd get snapped up by a championship club.

Would you. He did used to bottle out of tackles a lot.

yes but he has vision and can pass a football

igoe used to be very good at winning corners for us.

shame our set pieces under king were gash.

Rotherham away at fill in Centre Back was his finest moment last season.

Proper class, and a nice bloke. Missed

yeah he did. He was very good on Dead balls. That free-kick against Bradford just after Parkin got sent off was Juninho Esq.

miglioranzi is the only footballer i have ever heard use the word "exhilarating" in a post-match interview.

i think you had to 'be there' really.

Stef got fucked about with his contract, was told he'd be offered one and it never materialised.

migs was class once, but last year he had lost it.it was right he moved on

no, it wasnt.

he was injured constantly and struggled badly last season.when on song was a joy to watch but saw i nothing of that last season

Black is actually white!

Arriba is right.

he was injured, then screwed over by the manager last season.

Yes, last season wasnt his best....but form is temporary and all that. He would have certainly been an assit to us this season and could have certainly done a job in the basement.

Plus being closer to 30 than 20, he'd be the expirence we lack in Evans absence.

If Brian Howard was still here,he'd be our best player by a country(or any other)mile

but he wouldn't hardly ever be fit.he has been injured nearly all the time in america this season unless i'm mistaken

To be fair arriba, he joined LA Galaxy right at the end of the last MLS season - new sesaon kicks off April, so thats not strictly true. Fair to say he probably lacked match fitness though, hence why he didn't feature much.

I'm looking forward to watching his silky skills on display with the Columbus Crew this season  :wink: