Game of 2 halves.
Easy. Our most successful teams were those that first won promotion to the top division and then played in the top division for 3 seasons and won a major trophy at Wembley. Those were our most successful four teams and neither Mad Dog nor Mad Crab was in any of them. Or am I taking you too literally?
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When Matty Elliott was sold we had dropped to 12th, having been 5th or so just before zmas, so I don't think we were looking that good for a play-off spot."ty cobb" wrote:Really? Mad Dog was the perfect foil to Magilton in the Championship and Gray did well in a team that were looking good for a play off spot under Elliott was sold."Hog" wrote:I don't think so!"ty cobb" wrote: Our most successful teams contained one in Mickey Lewis and Martin Gray
Care to qualify your statement?
Although I do accept the need to rewrite history in order to make Martin Gray look good.
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My memory doesn't go back that far (although wasn't Les Phillips a similar player?) I should have made that clear."Hog" wrote:Easy. Our most successful teams were those that first won promotion to the top division and then played in the top division for 3 seasons and won a major trophy at Wembley. Those were our most successful four teams and neither Mad Dog nor Mad Crab was in any of them. Or am I taking you too literally?
My point is that there are a large number of successful teams (including us when we were holding our own in the Championship) that play with a midfielder who is there to play in front of the back 4 and break things up. Fine, we may not want to play that way much of the time but there will be some games where a Bullman type player would come in useful. I think we limit our options considerably by letting him go.
I forgot to add another couple of Cheltenham memories ...
Them switching off the lights in the stand we were attacking in each half, whilst leaving the opposite lights on.
A strange sparkling UFO like light slowly floating over the pitch towards the opposite goal at the end of the game for a good five minutes, which turned out to be a helium filled silver star balloon.
Seeing a friend's son Theo come on for Cheltenham for the last few minutes - a Kennington lad. He went to the Chelsea youth set-up, and ended up at Chelts. I hope that in years to come, not only will Chelsea cast-offs come to us rather than Cheltenham, but that our own youth system attracts and develops players good enough to make our own first team.
Them switching off the lights in the stand we were attacking in each half, whilst leaving the opposite lights on.
A strange sparkling UFO like light slowly floating over the pitch towards the opposite goal at the end of the game for a good five minutes, which turned out to be a helium filled silver star balloon.
Seeing a friend's son Theo come on for Cheltenham for the last few minutes - a Kennington lad. He went to the Chelsea youth set-up, and ended up at Chelts. I hope that in years to come, not only will Chelsea cast-offs come to us rather than Cheltenham, but that our own youth system attracts and develops players good enough to make our own first team.