Steven Posted 4 July 2014 Posted 4 July 2014 Guy Branston retires from football after 16 years and 19 clubs http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28157510
MonarchFox Posted 4 July 2014 Posted 4 July 2014 Another link with and interview. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28161977 Good solid no nonsense defender, used to play against him when i was a kid. Shame he never made it at Leicester
MPH Posted 4 July 2014 Posted 4 July 2014 more than 1 club for every year of his contract. That's impressive.
fazzyfox Posted 4 July 2014 Posted 4 July 2014 more than 1 club for every year of his contract. That's impressive. He joins a club showing good form but then gets in a bit of pickle
steveherbe Posted 4 July 2014 Posted 4 July 2014 Remember seeing him in a friendly at bournemouth for the city, must have been his debut season. Gave matt elliot a right bollocking, I thought at the time the kid would be a star. Not quite, but a bloody good try. Heskey scored for us, thats how long ago it was. Week before tim flowers joined, young tom (sol the wall bamba) was mascot the week after at pompey, we got to meet all our players - and now, young tom is 21 this weekend! Where the fook did that go! 1
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 5 July 2014 Posted 5 July 2014 Used to watch him regularly playing for our reserves back in the days of the Pontins League and always thought he looked a decent prospect. Shame it didn't happen here but he's had a long and varied career since those days! Happy retirement Guy!
Tuna Posted 5 July 2014 Posted 5 July 2014 He was the go to guy for anyone in the lower leagues looking for a good old fashioned centre half.
MPH Posted 5 July 2014 Posted 5 July 2014 21 clubs. Just think of all those signing on fees! He's probably richer than our owners!
Steven Posted 6 July 2014 Author Posted 6 July 2014 Alfreton Town: Lathaniel Rowe-Turner leaves Luton for Reds http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28164464 missed a trick here, he could slotted in at left back.
Soar Fox Posted 6 July 2014 Posted 6 July 2014 Remember seeing him in a friendly at bournemouth for the city, must have been his debut season. Gave matt elliot a right bollocking, I thought at the time the kid would be a star. Not quite, but a bloody good try. Heskey scored for us, thats how long ago it was. Week before tim flowers joined, young tom (sol the wall bamba) was mascot the week after at pompey, we got to meet all our players - and now, young tom is 21 this weekend! Where the fook did that go! An 18 year old Guy Branston gave a 29 year old Matt Elliott bollocking He was either very stupid or very brave.
Soar Fox Posted 6 July 2014 Posted 6 July 2014 Alfreton Town: Lathaniel Rowe-Turner leaves Luton for Reds http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28164464 missed a trick here, he could slotted in at left back. Replaced a former Leicester city and Alfreton Town player Connor Franklin who signed for Nuneaton Town a few weeks back.
Mark_w Posted 6 July 2014 Posted 6 July 2014 I think I'll be using this thread a lot next year. Does 'ex-player who may or may not be playing for Wigan scores or sets up goal' count as news?
LC/FC Posted 6 July 2014 Posted 6 July 2014 Article on Matty Piper in yesterday's More magazine with the Mercury
Soar Fox Posted 6 July 2014 Posted 6 July 2014 I think I'll be using this thread a lot next year. Does 'ex-player who may or may not be playing for Wigan scores or sets up goal' count as news? Stick it in the championship thread.
Steven Posted 7 July 2014 Author Posted 7 July 2014 I think I'll be using this thread a lot next year. Does 'ex-player who may or may not be playing for Wigan scores or sets up goal' count as news? No. But when he goes out on loan to Leyton Orient after a few months then that might be news.
Steven Posted 8 July 2014 Author Posted 8 July 2014 Nuneaton Town: Striker Jorrin John is Boro's fourth new signing http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28193900
Steven Posted 18 July 2014 Author Posted 18 July 2014 Gelson Fernandes going to Lorient http://talksport.com/football/former-man-city-midfielder-line-lorient-move-140718102509
ThurnbyLodgeFox Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 Was just looking through twitter as you do when you can sleep What ever happened to Ben Marshall at Blackburn? Never really here of him anymore. Always thought the lad was a talent and had potential Would you ever resign him for City?
benpicko Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 'Marshall had just started to establish himself as starter for the club, putting in a number of impressive displays, when he suffered an ankle ligament injury in a game against Derby on 25 January 2013. Scans revealed that Marshall would be ruled out for 'several months' and would therefore likely miss the remainder of the season.'
Dan Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 He could cross, and he could shoot from distance. Other than that I thought Ben Marshall was very average and generally a disappointment. Even during his run of goals he actually didn't contribute much other than those goals in those games. He's not terrible, he's just average. He isn't close to Knockaert or Mahrez. In-fact, Mahrez is absolutely everything I hoped Marshall would be. Don't really miss him.
chicagofox Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 He could cross, and he could shoot from distance. Other than that I thought Ben Marshall was very average and generally a disappointment. Even during his run of goals he actually didn't contribute much other than those goals in those games. . He could cross, shoot from distance and had a run of scoring goals - he sounds like a pretty good player based on that assessment.
Dan Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 He could cross, shoot from distance and had a run of scoring goals - he sounds like a pretty good player based on that assessment. Rarely got a in a position to cross and a run of 4 goals in 6 games makes it sound not as great as initially thought. He's got the technical attributes to be a good player but he doesn't impose himself nearly enough. He's not got the flair of someone like Knockaert or Mahrez. Poor man's David Bentley.
Footballwipe Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 Would you ever resign him for City? What a ridiculous question. Like all sane fans would say, no.
Soar Fox Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 I know someone who works at the club and he says it doesn't happen very often but Pearson made a mistake by signing him. The one thing he always looks for in players is attitude and apparently Ben Marshall had a terrible one. One time he pulled up in the training ground opened his door & chucked a load of McDonald's rubbish onto the floor. Someone told him to pick it up, his reply was "it's not my job too"
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 20 July 2014 Posted 20 July 2014 That goal against Chelsea, that was unbelievable 1
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