Why did so many players drop standard after Gus

severnside gull said:

300 games for Brighton mostly in lower leagues. Moved to Bristol but quickly dropped. Farmed out to lower league Bury. Farmed out to lower league Swindon.
A handful of games for the mighty Egypt don't really change the picture of a player only really comfortable in lower divisions with shorter periods between each move as his career progresses.
Adam is a lovely guy and there is so much to admire about his attitude but yup, I think journeyman is a reasonable summation.

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severnside gull said:

300 games for Brighton mostly in lower leagues. Moved to Bristol but quickly dropped. Farmed out to lower league Bury. Farmed out to lower league Swindon.
A handful of games for the mighty Egypt don't really change the picture of a player only really comfortable in lower divisions with shorter periods between each move as his career progresses.
Adam is a lovely guy and there is so much to admire about his attitude but yup, I think journeyman is a reasonable summation.

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pishhead said:

You know what a journeyman typically means in footballing terms right?

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Plooks said:

He played his entire career at ONE club until the age of around 30! That is the complete opposite of a journeyman.

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NooBHA said:

I think the lower league player put up with his Gus' EGO because they respected him as being a great player and accepted him as having a higher standing in the game than themselves. Once he moved up the leagues he was then dealing with players who has as high a standing in the game as he had as a player.

That then becomes a different ball game because they don't tend to put up with EGOS because their own EGOS are just as big. If not bigger

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severnside gull said:

This thread is about players' career paths AFTER leaving Albion. Since he left us Adam has trolled around between three clubs and there'll be another one next season and it won't be playing at a higher level. Journeyman by your definitions

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