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diehardmariner
July 16, 2018, 9:07am
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Still to this day angers me thinking about Groves speak on the radio after that hammering away at Oldham.  He basically there and then admitted he had lost the dressing room and I remember him saying something along the lines of 'I asked them in there if they want me to get the sack and they couldn't answer me'.

Set of absolute shithouses, albeit ones he brought into the club, who let him down when he needed them.

Great, great player.  
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Still to this day angers me thinking about Groves speak on the radio after that hammering away at Oldham.  He basically there and then admitted he had lost the dressing room and I remember him saying something along the lines of 'I asked them in there if they want me to get the sack and they couldn't answer me'.

Set of absolute shithouses, albeit ones he brought into the club, who let him down when he needed them.

Great, great player.  


To be fair though he has hardly proved an outstanding manager subsequent to leaving us, he's mainly been a No. 2. It's a classic case of giving the job to someone because he's a good/popular player and for no other reason.


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Don't disagree with that.  His record since, whilst a very small record, isn't exactly glowing.  

But he was still a victim of a dressing room that let him down.  He also did a fantastic job in keeping us up in 2001/02, so that approach of giving him the job because he's a good/popular player worked on that occasion.
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Easily groves, arguably our best player of the last 20 years
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Some of those would make the team, had they had a different number on their back, but Mr Groves has the epitome of a cakewalk here


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I like to think that I have a decent memory of former Mariners but who on earth is Luke Foulkes??


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I like to think that I have a decent memory of former Mariners but who on earth is Luke Foulkes??


YT
Right back?
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YT
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Currently? Have no memory of the name at all!


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Currently? Have no memory of the name at all!


here about 10 years ago les, he is on the crossbar challenge video on youtube
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here about 10 years ago les, he is on the crossbar challenge video on youtube


Ah right. Can't say I've seen that. Did he ever make a first team appearance?


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