The 'where are they now?' files

[RichC]

I didn't realise Brad Jones had signed for Feyenoord.

[RedReet]

I'd forgotten about Manquillo to be honest - the last 14 years excluding those kids who might only have played one or two senior games it's list no club could be proud of with only three players who I'd consider a proper success.

Jon Otsemobor
Steve Finnan
Josemi
Kromkamp
Antonio Barragan
Alvaro Arbeloa
Philip Degen
Glen Johnson
Javier Manquillo
Jon Flanagan
Nathaniel Clyne

Compare that to our list of LB's over the years and it's like comparing Suarez with Balotelli.

TBF, most of that list is compiled from dross that Rafa signed on the cheap during his obsession with replacing Finnan. Our main first team players, Finnan to Johnson to Clyne is a decent group and others such as Flanagan and Kelly have been unfortunate with injury. Wisdom too looked like Babbel mk2 in his first few games, although it was soon apparent that he wasn't suitable for an attack minded PL team at FB.

[Exiled_red]

I'd forgotten about Manquillo to be honest - the last 14 years excluding those kids who might only have played one or two senior games it's list no club could be proud of with only three players who I'd consider a proper success.

Jon Otsemobor
Steve Finnan
Josemi
Kromkamp
Antonio Barragan
Alvaro Arbeloa
Philip Degen
Glen Johnson
Javier Manquillo
Jon Flanagan
Nathaniel Clyne

Otsemobor played 6 games for us and Barragan played one.

Johnson was good for most of his time with us, his level just dropped in the last couple of years. Flanagan has been good, just unlucky with injuries, arguably his best performances have come at LB, in fairness I would say it's probably too early to judge.

You could probably add Martin Kelly and Andre Wisdom to the list but both came through the youth system and were never regulars. I don't have a problem with the list of regular RBs we've had. IMO Finnan, Arbeloa, Johnson and Clyne have been good, Josemi, Kromkamp and Degen were terrible (but were almost all bought as backups for minimal cost IIRC the 3 combined only cost £2m). While most of the others didn't play enough to be judged

[SB]

Otsemobor played 6 games for us and Barragan played one.

Johnson was good for most of his time with us, his level just dropped in the last couple of years. Flanagan has been good, just unlucky with injuries, arguably his best performances have come at LB, in fairness I would say it's probably too early to judge.

You could probably add Martin Kelly and Andre Wisdom to the list but both came through the youth system and were never regulars. I don't have a problem with the list of regular RBs we've had. IMO Finnan, Arbeloa, Johnson and Clyne have been good, Josemi, Kromkamp and Degen were terrible (but were almost all bought as backups for minimal cost IIRC the 3 combined only cost £2m). While most of the others didn't play enough to be judged

We was robbed

[Irishnev]

Remember this guy.....?

[ame="https://twitter.com/karlmatchett/status/753170199667408896"]https://twitter.com/karlmatchett/status/753170199667408896[/ame]

[Daffy Duck]

Bogdan's first touch for Wigan was a penalty save

[Exiled_red]

PFK signs for Gillingham

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36860631

[redmike65]

I can't even recall what he looks like.

[rodo]

[peekay]

Dani Pacheco - on loan to Getafe. Looks a wee bit on the heavier side now.

[Assassin]

Is that the sister again?

[rodo]

Didn`t know where else to stick this but its a great little doc about the 86 double winning team taken from the lfc channel

[ame="https://vimeo.com/169266197"]ArmyKennys on Vimeo[/ame]

[Jas]

That is brilliant!!

[rodo]

That is brilliant!!

[BobTheCharmer]

Thanks for posting that. It just made my morning. I was ten at the time and remember most of it pretty well. What you have to consider is there wasn't wall to wall coverage those days so unless you went to games you had to make do with newspaper coverage or the odd highlights on match of the day. Although you would get a good half hour of the game rather than just goal coverage. I loved football back then, it's a crying shame to see what it's turned into. I really dislike football on the whole. It's been ruined. But that was great.