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Abdul19
February 5, 2013, 7:34pm

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Michael Leary........seriously........there was the article that said he used to watch Town as a lad and this was something of a homecoming for him.....touted as a tough tackling enforcer in the middle got me all Alan Pouton.........


You obviously ignore his release by Barnet then?  


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February 5, 2013, 7:52pm
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Stuart Campbell, people might not agree with this one as he went on to play a lot of games, club captain and many appearances for Bristol rovers. But I remember thinking he was quality on loan, he'd made a decent amount of appearances for Leicester in the premiership and o'neil had rated him. Then once we signed him, he seemed to have little affect on the matches and as the team got worse he seemed to the same little affect.
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Akpro was a good player. He had immense power with the ball glued to his feet. Same mold as Serge Makofo, just miles better. If he had the goals in his locker he'd be playing at a higher level, as he'd been proving with Tranmere before his injury.

Plenty of loanee strikers in recent years with good records who flattered to deceive; Wes Fletcher, Josh Magennis, Danny Carlton.
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Isaiah Rankin (2nd time)
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Murry Jones got him from Exeter after we beat them 2-1 for promotion he was rank


lets be nice now we all follow the town
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Quoted from Abdul19
Isaiah Rankin (2nd time)
Gary Harkins


Oh, I thought there was only one for me but you've just reminded me of Isaiah Rankin.

The other one was Ashley Sestanovich.  

(Actually, I still don't think he turned out poor - just a wrong 'un.  Either way, I was gutted.)






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Des Hamilton was the guy who cost Celtic one million pounds and was the biggest failure of all


Eh? Des Hamilton never played for Celtic!

He did cost Newcastle £2m though when they signed him from Bradford.



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JLAA is the equivalent to marmite, you hated him or loved him, for me, i loved him, he must of been defenders worst nightmare ! okay his finishing wasnt the best, but overall he would get into this team now....
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