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 silvertop  Portishead 21 Jun 20 9.17pm |
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I will admit to expressing despair at the sale of AWB and failure to replace in 2 windows with fears of attack after attack at a weakened corner of defence. How wrong I was. 8 years the only surviving ever present since promotion over 200 games quietly reliable and hes still doing it. Good business for £400k.
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| sotac464 Berkshire 21 Jun 20 9.22pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
I will admit to expressing despair at the sale of AWB and failure to replace in 2 windows with fears of attack after attack at a weakened corner of defence. How wrong I was. 8 years the only surviving ever present since promotion over 200 games quietly reliable and hes still doing it. Good business for £400k. I do agree, but going forward hes not in the same league as awb, hence we are not scoring as many goals.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 21 Jun 20 9.36pm |
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Originally posted by sotac464
I do agree, but going forward hes not in the same league as awb, hence we are not scoring as many goals. AWB was good with tackling only, Ward has always been solid forward and back and any criticism that went his way was outrageously stupid.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 21 Jun 20 9.38pm |
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Originally posted by silvertop
I will admit to expressing despair at the sale of AWB and failure to replace in 2 windows with fears of attack after attack at a weakened corner of defence. How wrong I was. 8 years the only surviving ever present since promotion over 200 games quietly reliable and hes still doing it. Good business for £400k. We always had strong backup for this position.
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| slubglurge welling 21 Jun 20 10.24pm |
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Originally posted by Tickled pink
AWB was good with tackling only, Ward has always been solid forward and back and any criticism that went his way was Wardy has been a terrific player for us but in the last couple of years has lost his pace which is why AWB was favoured. He is still a solid performer though
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| Bexley Eagle Bexley Kent 21 Jun 20 10.28pm |
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Originally posted by sotac464
I do agree, but going forward hes not in the same league as awb, hence we are not scoring as many goals. For a converted winger AWB’s end product was mostly rubbish. No doubt someone will dig some stats out to prove me wrong. But defensively one on one he was terrific
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| Jamesrichards8 21 Jun 20 10.32pm |
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Originally posted by Bexley Eagle
For a converted winger AWB’s end product was mostly rubbish. No doubt someone will dig some stats out to prove me wrong. But defensively one on one he was terrific Agreed. He's no Alexander-Arnold in terms of going forward. I remember being quite disappointed with his delivery and dribbling ability.
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| EddieMac 22 Jun 20 8.25am |
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Originally posted by Tickled pink
AWB was good with tackling only, Ward has always been solid forward and back and any criticism that went his way was outrageously stupid. Agreed, It was a great bit of business selling AWB for that money. Smashing player but there are plenty of flaws in his game. Ward lacks pace but he has been excellent for us all season and we have not missed AWB at all.
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 22 Jun 20 7.45pm |
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Originally posted by EddieMac
Agreed, It was a great bit of business selling AWB for that money. Smashing player but there are plenty of flaws in his game. Ward lacks pace but he has been excellent for us all season and we have not missed AWB at all.[/quot
Edited by doombear (22 Jun 2020 7.46pm)
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| Painter Croydon 23 Jun 20 4.50pm |
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I would consider McArthur more of an unsung hero. The bloke has played about 200 games for us in the Premier, hardly ever injured, got a great engine and runs his heart out for the team. He doesn't have many shocking performances if any, normally his performances are a 7 or more, his consistency over the seasons is remarkable.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 23 Jun 20 4.55pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
I would consider McArthur more of an unsung hero. The bloke has played about 200 games for us in the Premier, hardly ever injured, got a great engine and runs his heart out for the team. He doesn't have many shocking performances if any, normally his performances are a 7 or more, his consistency over the seasons is remarkable.
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| JRW2 Dulwich 23 Jun 20 4.58pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
I would consider McArthur more of an unsung hero. The bloke has played about 200 games for us in the Premier, hardly ever injured, got a great engine and runs his heart out for the team. He doesn't have many shocking performances if any, normally his performances are a 7 or more, his consistency over the seasons is remarkable. So few, in fact, that when he does, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Huge asset to us.
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