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Silas wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 5:28 pm Martin Keown he was sound for Arsenal came to us and was just kind of okay

He came to us from Villa, Arsenal bought him off us, quality.
“Keown for England”

I've seen Earl Barrett mentioned too many times in this thread, i.e. once.

My benchmark for terrible.

Thought that myself.

Earl Barrett was chronicly bad.

Tom Davies, Jonjoe Kenny, Holgate, Godfrey, Sigurdsson, Schneiderlin, Kean and pretty much everyone from Moshiri era ranged from shit to decent

Trowel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:43 pm I've seen Earl Barrett mentioned too many times in this thread, i.e. once.

My benchmark for terrible.

Yeah, I was gutted as I liked Mat Jackson and he kept him out, bar the cup games.

Neil McDonald

74Blue wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:50 pmNeil McDonald

Good shout, did a job at right back and midfield.

Neil Pointon

Steve Watson - another player who came in and did a job in multiple positions. Not a worldie, just a solid, reliable, decent player, who gave 100%

I'd argue he was a bit better than decent. He was a ginger beacon amongst a pile of shite though. Earl Barret was a weird one, he was brilliant before he came to us but was grim in a blue shirt. My nephew manages university teams over in America and Barret is heavily involved with it over there

Yeah, Watson better than decent.

Really good player I thought.

TheRam wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:15 am Yeah, Watson better than decent.

Really good player I thought.

He signed for us because of me.


*not really, although I did chat to him at my sister’s pub in Florida during Euro 2000, and I asked him to sign for us, and he said “ Aye, well that could well be happening, kidda” (or something else in Geordie, but he definitely called me kidda)

Did the same with the then teenage Alan Smith, but he was less keen. We did have a drink a few times, though, he was a nice lad.

Yeah Watson was sound.

Always thought his goal against Bolton is massively under rated.