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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 21:35:18 GMT 1
How good a player was he?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 22:08:24 GMT 1
Very similar in many ways to sharps. Brave, hard tackling and a leader on the pitch
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 22:11:46 GMT 1
Very similar in many ways to sharps. Brave, hard tackling and a leader on the pitch Cheers Hugh. Would you say he was Championship standard? |
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Post by thesensationaljt on Aug 24, 2012 22:15:05 GMT 1
Very similar in many ways to sharps. Brave, hard tackling and a leader on the pitch Agreed. Showed leadership quality from the start. A utility player. CB or midfield. I remember being underwhelmed when we signed him. (From Chester, I believe). 25 grand? |
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Post by oggwyn on Aug 24, 2012 22:15:13 GMT 1
Solid and inteligent , whether playing at Centre back or defensive midfield .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 22:24:41 GMT 1
Very similar in many ways to sharps. Brave, hard tackling and a leader on the pitch Cheers Hugh. Would you say he was Championship standard? Played a couple of good seasons prior to retirement in the old League 2 so I guess the answer is yes. Very consistent, rarely injured, would weigh in with a couple of goals a season too. Sharps is a good comparison  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 23:07:49 GMT 1
Certainly up to championship standard
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Post by thesensationaljt on Aug 24, 2012 23:41:14 GMT 1
Think it's on youtube when we played Wolves in the FA Cup Quarter final. GT was in charge. No wonder he said he had great memories.
Quite correct, mortgage, his sheer charactor on the field made him championship class.
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Post by quinnster on Aug 25, 2012 3:54:50 GMT 1
I think I remember him signed by Alan Durban (Ex Derby Captain and League winner), to replace the late great jim Holton (Sold to United / Scotland World Cup 74). So a great pedigree around him. Comparison to Sharps ok, but played at "Championship " level, and held his own against some big names of the day. Solid and reliable, ideal for us when we were up against the big guns.
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Post by jonbond on Aug 25, 2012 6:54:33 GMT 1
Agreed . He probably played his best stuff in the 1st 3 years after promotion 79-82, where he was manager but not captain! Must have been awkward for jake king as skipper with his boss on the field
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Post by Slackbladder on Aug 25, 2012 11:18:10 GMT 1
I think I remember him signed by Alan Durban (Ex Derby Captain and League winner), to replace the late great jim Holton (Sold to United / Scotland World Cup 74). GT was signed to replace Jim Holton for around a third of what Utd paid us for the big Scotsman. However, it was Maurice Evans who signed him as it was the season before Durban signed. Probably safe to say that a lot of people thought "Graham who" when he signed but I would suggest that he was Evans' best signing during his short tenure as manager. As a player he was very composed, put in a lot of work and led from the front whichever position he played. I probably saw around half of the games he played for Town and have tried to recall an outstanding game from this time. It is, I suggest, a comment on his outstanding consistency (rather than my failing memory) that I couldn't come up with one. |
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Post by scooter on Aug 25, 2012 12:14:42 GMT 1
The one outstanding game in my mind was towards the end of his playing career
We went to Leicester needing a point to stay up (they had beat us 5-2 in Fa Cup 6th round) and he played just in front of the back 4 and seemed to stop everything and we got a great 0-0
To my mind he was a decent centre half, but as a defensive midfielder he was excellent
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 13:25:47 GMT 1
Difficult to compare him to the players of today, as todays game is entirely different. Players are quicker, pitches are better and , because of the modern training regimes and lifestyles that players are expected to live, the game generally is a lot faster. Graham was a great player in his era, the kind of player that would give you a quaranteed 7/10 every week. He would tackle and head anything that came his way, regardless of personal safety. You only have to look at the scars around his eyes and nose to see that he has put his head in to places that a less brave player would think twice about. His organisational skills and reading of the game was first class. The only thing against him making it to a higher level was his lack of pace, and that he had the turning ability of a juggernaut, not the nimblest if you get my drift. In his day, he was a good League 2 player. Todays Championship centre-half...no. Shrewsury legend for his endeavours both on the pitch and as manager, without doubt. Rowley and Turner statues in the front of the ground, some day , would be a fitting tribute to them both. |
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Post by markglasgow on Aug 25, 2012 15:03:04 GMT 1
Rowley and Turner statues in the front of the ground, some day , would be a fitting tribute to them both. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 19:47:08 GMT 1
He seemed to inprove as a player when he became manager always gave his all,think his best position was centre half even though towards the end he tended to play defensive midfield.
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