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Serious question, but why was he regarded as a bit of a cult hero ? Both then, and now.

Found it: Obviously from a Port Vale slant but a good watch none the less. The assault leading to the red card makes the Oscar Goburn/Alexander Jankewic challenges the stuff of pussies. I remember the Vale games as a bit of a turning point as the draw at The Dell was played in a pretty hostile atmosphere with a lot of simmering resentment towards Branfoot boiling over. There was a protest in the car park afterwards, and it was as I recall packed. Not just the young hot heads but a lot of older grey haired season ticket holders who'd come to the end of their tether. Not seen anything like it before or since, even in the Lowe/Wilde days. I think Branfoot was gone a few days later and when the replay came round, Chatterley was in charge (possibly jointly with Merrington). Alan Ball was appointed soon after.

Bit of finishing practice going on at Staplewood this week:

"Southampton's a beautiful city ... reminds me of Miami ... " Can't we hire this bloke for a promotional video to bring in a new owner ?

Some very familiar comments in there. Good job for us they didn't do their research on this board or we'd still have him here. Appears he's found his form there which isn't up to his 3-4 month purple patch he had with us.

Convenient really as that's when we know to switch off, or at least expect the team to.

I'd have settled at 6, and I think Man Utd had until the cretin Dean invited them to plunder a few more. For all the lamenting the ref etc there's no escaping the fact that the remaining players afterthe sending off made this a training ground exercise for Utd.

Trouble is the Ings people use as a yardstick is the fit and firing on all cylinders one from his good spell, mainly 2020 prior to injury. Not sure from his early days with us, or the often injured/coming back from injury Ings, or the 'going through the motions' at the end of last season version would offer significantly better, or enough to turn down £25/30m.

Might be best not to pack your rainbow laces though.

"leg over" in the penalty area - definitely a red card, in fact indecent assault like that in a public place used to carry a custodial sentence.

One previously mentioned character , Steve Cooper, now back in the game. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58604822

Some repetition here, but did find a goal against Saints I think (2.51 - Milton Road end, Jimmy Gabriel seen in defence).

This is worth viewing, not only for Greaves goals, but the piches etc. Visual quality isn't great but the commentary much better than the muppets they role out now

No 'top knots' , leggings (although Keith Weller did wear stockings at one point in the 1970's). Players didn't need an arm full of tattoos either.

I'm normally with you on this, and am not a fan of having just shortarse strikers. But I do think AA has something about him and will turn out a useful purchase. As someone else has said though he's not a target man and shouldn't be judged against say Pelle.

When does "obstruction" become a 'body check' as it used to be called, which was a foul ? Shielding the ball is permitted, but that probably changes where there is contact.

At this point I felt he often tried to live up to the expectation of the puppet image. Good football review show though, better than the crap served up now with the 'pundits'. Mind you the delicate types now who want to be offended by anything on someone else's behalf would be calling for him to be axed nowadays with some of his quips and comments.

Is sad to hear this, he was part of the 'football establishment' when I got into the sport, late 1960's, quite revered at the time. Older relatives said he was unlucky not to play in 1966. I enjoyed his spell on On The Ball, then Saint & Greavsie, although towards the end of it he seemed to become a bit of a self-parody. Certainly one of he all time greats. Yes, know what you mean, sad seeing the names you were in awe of many years ago, and looked up to, disappearing.

If the one before us was v Spurs, as their heir first in forty, then the previous one to that might be when we beat them at St Mary's during the lockdown.

The one I was thinking of was away to Derby.

Seem to remember Paul Jones conceding a similar goal to that once.

Looks pretty clear to me Jeremy, even allowing for the "sort of".

"Build a team round Redmond" - one of the most inconsistent players in the squad. No further comment required.

A new level of stupidity Perhaps no surprise given your username (chosen with a view to simply wind up).

When you look at how much Everton paid for Gray, who I'd regard as a Redmond MkII, easy to see why some are envious. Agree that both Gray and Townsend are inconsistent and not as great as some will make out but is it too much to expect a little burst of form from Redmond occasionally rather than a good season 3 or 4 years ago ? Perhaps though his sub appearance at Newcastle was his burst of form for this season.