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aquickgame2 Flag Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 01 Jun 14 9.32pm Send a Private Message to aquickgame2 Add aquickgame2 as a friend

Quote Seth at 19 May 2014 7.31pm

Quote jamiemartin721 at 19 May 2014 2.32pm

Wasn't really good enough for the championship. The time he'd taken out during his retirement, and the preceeding injuries, I think had degraded his talent terribly.

But it was nice, if only for a few weeks, to have a player who had made it onto the worlds 100 best, had champions league and top world class pedigre. More of a marketing move by the board I suspect, it generated a lot of press for us.

Did alright with Barnet. But when he'd come to us, he'd barely played in over two years, since suffering a broken leg.

In his prime, one of the best ever defensive midfielders.


Didn't do that well with Barnet seeing as they got relegated out of the league with him in charge last season.


His "Barnet' was a mess,should have gone to specsavers...ooops he did

 
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merganser Flag 04 Jun 14 8.03pm Send a Private Message to merganser Add merganser as a friend


Saw what think was his Palace debut at scunthorpe.

We lost 3-0.

It was bad day. Paddy got poorly in the first half and had to be subbed - it left our defence very ragged.

ED barked a lot of orders, but he wasn't very effective, probably because he was not match fit.

Hard to fathom why the boss - it was Burley at the time - signed him.

In fairness, other players probably learned a bit from him in training during his short stay.

 
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blind eagle Flag Covington.Tennessee 19 Jun 14 11.24pm Send a Private Message to blind eagle Add blind eagle as a friend

BAD ENOUGH TO GET CONSIDERED FOR THE CURRENT English TEAM! NOW DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD HE WAS?.

 
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Percy of Peckham Flag Eton Mess 20 Jun 14 7.03am Send a Private Message to Percy of Peckham Add Percy of Peckham as a friend

Yes, but wasn't it a morale booster to see him turn out in the Palace strip after all the trauma of the previous season?

 

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adrian b Flag Landrindod, Wales 29 Jun 14 3.11pm Send a Private Message to adrian b Add adrian b as a friend


He may have been a fantastic signing or not, a complete gamble. Turns out he wasn't very useful for Palace. I think he was living in London and looking for a place to train. Having a link with someone at Selhurst, Palace took him on and Burley was so pleased with his showing in training he was offered a short contract (match to match?). It didn't work out and he left in a respectful manner. However, I saw him play for Barnet v table topping Gillingham and he showed himself to be the master. Good positioning, studied passes and clever instruction gave Barnet the points. Great to watch, particularly for the youngsters in the crowd. It wasn't enough as Barnet dropped out of the league, but not because of the Dutch Maestro.

 
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