Lakey's Blue Tuesday question: Dearly Departed Players...

[Nicky D]

Letting Berkovic go and not replacing him was the point I finally lost patience with Kevin Keegan.

I loved Eyal. Thought he was absolutely world class and criminally underrrated by most of the footballing world.

Was gutted to see Danny Tiatto leave as well.

I was over the moon!

Ah yes I remember your altercation with him, not pleasant. What did he do again? Kinda sours my memory of him a bit hearing that.

 

[Blue Streak]

Reading through this brings back some sad times. Clive Wilson I recall was a class above all else we had at the time. Lakeys injury robbed us of an all time great. Gio had to go sadly as the club was in such a mess. Sweep to Chelsea was also devastating.

However the one that personally upset me the most (and it's not been mentioned on here yet) was Paul Walsh being pushed out of Maine Road in a swap deal for Gerry Creaney. I still can't get my head around that one 14 years later.

 

[only1paulsimpson]

without doubt has to be jaime pollock,eddie mcgoldrick and paul simpson
who scored a stunner against charlton chasing a back pass to send us on our way to promotion.

 

[city 'til i cry]

As a kid it was Clive Wilson and Paul Stewart.

More recently SWP and the Goat, Keegan never rated him I maintain if he had stuck with him and not Fowler for the last season at Maine road and the first at COM he would have scored more goals than him.

 

[exiledblue]

Distin gets mentioned but not the legendary Shaun Goater????

yes he was gettin old but still sad to see to see him go, similar to Dunne

Yep I agree with you - was gutted when Goater went - loved seeing him sit with the fans when we played MU (we lost) word got round he was in the stand and it was manic - gutted too about Dunney

 

[MCFC BOB]

Wright-Phillips. Even though we have him back..

But now i'd say Dunne..

 

[masterwig]

Paul Walsh was a cracking player but Ball the tosser swapped him plus cash for Gerry Creaney.

 

[Mazzer0]

David White was the first player I remember being most gutted about. Was a real hero of mine and what about the cross the for Hinchcliffe and the fifth against the rags that wonderful September afternoon!!
I built him up so much as I sat with my Chelsea mates and watched his England debut... Ok, so he let me down but he made up for it when I met him at the bar when he was a guest at ahospitality package against Southampton a few years ago.

Then there was Kinky, I had the Kingkladze T shirt, and sat in awe as he demolished Southend away and then in panic as once he'd gone off we nearly threw it away in typical form.

The goat, say no more!

Shauny Wright (mainly because of the fore mentioned friends) but all is forgiven now.

Finally, George Weah gets a mention but only 'cos I got his name on my shirt the week before. Git!

 

[Owain]

Quinn after we went down. Lomas too. Just so depressing. I remember going to Stoke that season, Ball's last game in charge(?), just after we'd sold Quinn, Summerbee chucking balls into the box and no-one to get on the end of them. Kinkladze and Shaun of course. More lately Elano: a symbol of a new era at this club, but also following the tradition of exciting creative midfield players we've had over the years.

 

[Durutti City]

Bit wierd, this. But mine was Ray Ranson.

I was a Junior Blue. And my dad took me to Maine Road one day for 'a look round the ground.'

The Secretary of The Junior Blues (Jessie Williams?) came out to meet us in the car park and did the tour. Really old-fashioned. And a far cry from the current tour. But a brilliant experience.

Anyway, we bumped into Darren Beckford outside the ground. Jessie asked about Ray (my favorite player, remember) and Beckford (who was a real gent) winced and said "They've offered him peanuts, Jessie".

The next day he'd been bumped to Birmingham (of all places).

And I was left looking for a new favourite player...

Gulp!