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Sounds like he didn't want to stay another year, but then who could blame him. Also states transfer fee is £750k

There you go, there's your "legend" for you. "I was becoming stale" " i hope there was intrest for me and thankfully there was" bit of a change to (at the end of Chesterfield) "i'm not out there looking for a transfer if i'm still i'm at Swindon next season im more than happy to turn up"

Bit harsh, of course he wanted to move, he's earned it.  If no-one came in for him he would have turned up for pre-season etc and still played his heart out for us, no doubt bagging 20+ goals again.

Come on let's be serious he didn't alwways play it his heart out at all. He was very lazy in the first two seasons and wasn't that much better this year with his work rate.

Mooney and Fallon both have fantastic work rates Roberts grit is good as well. Parkin didnt' have that and he'll have to start working hard if he wants to go anywhere with Ipswich

I don't agree with that at all, what more could he have done?

bollocks mate.

I will second that, what a bell end!

i agree with what some of Swindon_away, is saying he was quite a lazy player compared to Roberts and Fallon, i'm not saying he wasn't a good player, but no quite the legend everyone makes him out to be.

Lazy compared to Fallon?!?!?!   :mrgreen:

I really have heard it all now.  I think it must be fashionable to dislike Parkin or something.  If you actually read the article, Parkin is only the third ever player to score 20 goals+ for three consecutive seasons - that qualifies him as an invaluable and very good player for the club.  I don't care if he spent half his time eating cornish pasties and enjoying Swindon's vibrant nightlife, the fact remains he was bloody prolific.  Get a grip people!

if you watched him sometimes, im not saying all the time, but he waited for the ball to come straight to him, rather than fallon who if he loses the ball in the air nearly always tries to win it back again.

i don't dislike parkin at all i thought he was a good player, but some people love him too easily, he was invaluable but i think we can move on without him now and do well this season.

They play a very different game of football, so it's a touch unfair to compare them in that sense.  Last season there was not one Swindon player who convinced me all of the time that he was truly committed - at one time they all appeared disinterested.

I'm not a fan of the people who bum Parkin, but I'm not one to talk...  He was a great player, but his name is eclipsed by Cureton.  I really have got a hard-on by that signing.

Don't be such a blinkered moron, you're suffering tunnel vision - so disappointed by Sammy's departure that your only coping mechanism is to slag him off maybe?

He worked his bollocks off most games, there was a brief period last season where he lost that spark and did look lazy, but that coincided with his only truly barren spelland it was also whilst he was being played on his own up front which he openly admitted to not enjoying in the slightest. Despite that he still scored 20+ goals, Fallon and Roberts didn't even come close to that if you add their totals together!

Bloody hell i'm only airing my own opinion in that i thought he was a very lazy player and i'm doubt i'm the only one. How comes i get abuse like twat and moron yet one someone else suggests the same as i that get a well reasoned and mature response?

Don't worry swindon away, I agree with you on most of your points. I'm not in the Parkin bumming brigade either.

Yes he is a good player but he is not a god. He's gone now and people need to get over it.

Parkin lazy??

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Did you really just say that?

Fuck me, if he was being lazy last season id love to see how he plays when he puts in 100%!!!

he worked hard when he had the ball, but if he didn't have the ball he wouldn't try as hard as i think he could have to get it, i feel the ball had to come staight to him for him to even try and get it.

deluding themselves me thinks!!   compared to every other swindon striker in the last 10 years parkin is a legend end of story! hes gone lets move so its time to groove on !!! hear the drummer get wicked!!!!

You are wrong.  End of argument.  He could not have played harder in a Swindon shirt in my opinion.  It's like trying to suggest a case to reserrect Lloyd Opara's league career.  It just ain't gonna happen.

Perhaps you're more a fan of Steve Cowe?

It's not about prefering him to another striker, just that he didn't always 'work his bollocks off' as has been suggested. He wasn't a work-horse unless he had to be and I didn't think he was a tirelss runner for the cause. He ran hard when it suited him and it got results, but to say that he couldn't have played harder, in my opinion, is wrong. He could have.

But I don't think his laziness/workishness is the real issue here. It's wether he was committed to the Town or not, and I think the answer is an undeniable YES. Just because he didn't like to run about unecessarily didn't mean he wasn't trying. He was always looking to get goals, though sometimes not by working hard for them.

And he was a very, very good player who deserves to be a legend for now. Give it 10 years before you can really qualify that though...

Spot on. Exactly how i'd like to put it but am too thick!

 :D

Was he commited to the Town though? I think that needs comment needs thinking about. He may have "turned down" Hull but if the offfer had been accepted and his salary doubled who knows? Although he was on very good money anyway, which proberley kept him here.

On the one side he saying "i have no problem if i'm reporting back to Swindon for pre-season training" and that he wasn't thriving on a transfer  then the next minute he's saying that he was stale at Swindon and saying he was hoping teams would come in and gald they did. So i dont think he was over whelmingly loyal. If he did love this club so much he would of gaves us at least another year took the pay rise and given it one big push.

To be honest if you offered me Sam Parkin or Tony Thorpe and Jamie Cureton i'd pick the latter, they should be well up for it, especially Cureton, they'll both want to get back in the Championship and have a bit of glory.

Parkin was a good player yes but not a legend by any means. Will he donate all the money from his autobiography to the Swindon Youth team so they can go to the Milk Cup?

Said what I was thinking too.  Good post.

I'd pick Parkin every time as he has proved himself a this club for three years running.

How you can say he's lazy compared to Roberts and Fallon amazes me.

In the early part of this season Fallon was only beaten in the lazy charts by 'Pasty' Howard. he clearly coudn't be bothered to chase anything. Your opinion is being clouded by his performance in the latter part of the year.

Parkin didn't need to 'work' for every ball as he has the talent to win them without running like a headless chicken Hoolit style.

whats up with all this "he wasnt good enough to be called a legend" crap. jason drysdale is a swindon legend in my book & he was proper shit.

parkin was quality & there is no denying (spelling?!?) it. to score that many goals consistantly over three seasons takes some doing - how many others have managed it in a red shirt?

as for the lazyness, i dont think he was lazy, he worked well for the team & was always willing to drop back & collect the ball from midfield etc. the only time he ever looked like he couldnt be bothered was when he was getting crap service from crosses etc (igoe!!) and that was more a look of frustration than lazyness.

but as others have said, he's gone now, lets forget him & move on. we got cureton & thorpe now!!  :D

Anyone remember who defended at corners, fucking parkin thats who.  The bloke worked his arse of for this club and wankers who wright anything else are pricks.

Rant over.

Oh dear,

Roberts is the laziest player I've ever seen, utter shight J1m.

Duncan Shearer could be a lazy bugger as well, but he was a class player and scored lots of goals, like Parkin. If the strikers do that then I'm happy.

Shaun Close wasn't lazy but couldn't score for toffee.