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ex-merseymariner
May 20, 2021, 12:09pm

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Quoted from cannylad68
I think you will find that it was Ian Holloway who first played Hewitt at centre back..


Hewitt was announced as a versatile midfielder right back and centre back when he signed.
So Holloway wasnt the first manager to play him there.




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He looked good playing alongside Mayenese. Maybe that's why he's jumped at the chance to play alongside him at Mansfield.
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If I win my bet, I will spend it all on a very cheap and nasty hooker.


For £20 she will be very cheap and decidedly nasty. You can't even get anything decent for that money in Pataya or Bulgaria - allegedly I hasten to add!!! 😉


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Sorry but this is an absolutely mental, revisionist take which doesn’t seem to be grounded in any reality I’ve experienced. A cut above most L2 centre halves? I think we probably managed, at best, 3 clean sheets with him in the middle of the back 4 in nearly half a season.

As for versatility, the bloke lived off the back of 1 (one) half decent shift away at Scunthorpe in centre mid and he spent most of that game on his árse from what I can remember.

He was better than what came before him this season, but this sudden elevation of the bloke to the next Franco Baresi is unbelievable.  



bit unfair - nobody saying he is Baresi. fwiw i agree with tony, he looked like one of the better centre halves in the division in those last 3 months
Certainly Mansfield have got themselves an excellent, ready made partnership for absolute peanuts

What's frustrating for me is that we, even with that flawed team, ended the season with mid table form , and the consensus of opinion seems to be that the top NL teams rank with mid table Div 2.
We finished with a keeper who will be amongst the best in NL, a centre back partnership which would pisss non league, a central midfield who would probably be about the best in the division , plus 2 steady, decent enough full backs and Clifton who was showing the form of his life. . Three or four good offensive signings and you're looking at a really strong NL outfit.

Now we have McKeown and Clifton left, so need to completely rebuild and he requires a dozen top, top NL standard signings , and the need to build the team and team spirit from scratch

no blame attached, that's the way it is, but it's still pretty frustrating
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Quoted from rancido


For £20 she will be very cheap and decidedly nasty. You can't even get anything decent for that money in Pataya or Bulgaria - allegedly I hasten to add!!! 😉


Blimey. Prices must have gone up since my last trip to Hamburg in 1990 (also allegedly of course) 😇
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For the slating of him at right-back and in midfield, it could be that it's not really his position but rather he just gets asked to do a job there a lot.

I'm sure the argument is that professional managers would pick up his best position but the list of managers he's worked under isn't exactly stellar.

Regardless, in the heart of a defence he was impressive and if he's signing in that position for Mansfield they've made a good addition.  I think Mansfield away he was outstanding and the Mansfield commentators kept singling him out.  Wonder if that was where Clough noted him.
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Quoted from rancido


For £20 she will be very cheap and decidedly nasty. You can't even get anything decent for that money in Pataya or Bulgaria - allegedly I hasten to add!!! 😉


That Channel 4 documentary about the Scunthorpe sink estates (I think it was called Skint) suggested the going rate was £10 all in. But that was about  four years ago. It probably at least £11 now.
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If I win my bet, I will spend it all on a very cheap and nasty hooker.


What? Twice?


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Quoted from mimma
He looked good playing alongside Mayenese. Maybe that's why he's jumped at the chance to play alongside him at Mansfield.

He will play alongside farand rawson who nigel clough plays every game , menayese will never be a regular under clough he clearly doesn't rate him & i think he's back up at best
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Quoted from Poojah


If I win my bet, I will spend it all on a very cheap and nasty hooker.


You might get one for free from Hull KR or Hull FC

and then you can give your winnings to the disabled supporters fund.


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