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Micky Adams, my worst hour.
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turienzo's lovechild
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I'm sure we had Carpenter in Division 3. We added very few players to the starting 11 for the next season- it was only really Simon Morgan and the aforementioned Lewis (Steve Melton also went from being a squad player to having a tad more prominence under Taylor)
Ninja Elephant
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Definitely not - THE David Cameron wore #12 in that Division 3 winning season, Richard Carpenter signed for the 00/01 season, along with the brilliant Simon Morgan who I'd completely forgotten! What a player he was. I don't want to have a go at Andy Crosby, but Morgan was such a step up in class.
We'd signed big Dirk Lehmann for that 01/02 season as well, but we rightly don't remember him as adding anything.
turienzo's lovechild
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yep, Carpenter was definitely part of the Division 3 winning side- the team was generally:
Kuipers/Cartwright
Watson Cullip Crosby/Wicks Mayo
Carpenter Rogers Oatway
Hart Zamora Brooker/Jones
the following season before Adams left we went a bit more 4-4-2 with:
Kuipers
Watson Cullip Morgan Mayo/Jones
Hart Carpenter Oatway/Rogers Brooker/Jones
Zamora Steele
and Taylor switched back to mainly using a 4-3-3 with Melton & Lewis joining Carpenter in midfield quite often
Kuipers/Cartwright
Watson Cullip Crosby/Wicks Mayo
Carpenter Rogers Oatway
Hart Zamora Brooker/Jones
the following season before Adams left we went a bit more 4-4-2 with:
Kuipers
Watson Cullip Morgan Mayo/Jones
Hart Carpenter Oatway/Rogers Brooker/Jones
Zamora Steele
and Taylor switched back to mainly using a 4-3-3 with Melton & Lewis joining Carpenter in midfield quite often
Ninja Elephant
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Yep, you're absolutely right, apologies to [MENTION=1349]turienzo's lovechild[/MENTION].
Matt Wicks was magnificent on Football Manager, but so slow and ponderous in reality. A really, really poor man's version of Matt Upson!
Geoff Pitcher was a massive disappointment the following season, he'd been so good in the Conference the season before and signing him was a real coup.
turienzo's lovechild
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yeh we looked much better with the determined Crosby at the back than with Wicks- as you mentioned earlier, Morgan was FAR better but Crosby was a pretty adequate centre back- and didn't he spend some time in the championship with Scunthorpe later in his career? Not sure what happened to Wicks- did he get injured?
I think Pitcher was a victim of trying to get into a very established midfield and not getting enough time to be able to adapt to league football- possibly a bit tubby as well?
Greville Waterman
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We are trying to arrange a Q&A evening which would reunite Micky Adams with Bob Booker. Probably in mid to late November at a venue to be confirmed. is this something that you would welcome and want to support and ideally attend?
AmexRuislip
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That would great.