Keeping The Dream Alive.
Naming Rights
The thread about Murray/Wood/Barnes reminded me to post this. Always interesting to see where players end up a few years down the line...
These were the ones who featured regularly for us that season:
Ankergren - still with us
Brez - still with us
Painter - L2 Pompey
Calderon - still with us
Greer - still with us
Elphick - Championship Bournemouth
El Abd - L1 Bristol City
Bridcutt - PL Sunderland
Kish - retired
Dicker - L1 Crawley
Sparrow - L2 Scunthorpe
Bennett - PL Norwich
Noone - PL Cardiff
Lua Lua - still with us
Murray - PL Palace
Wood - Championship Leicester
Barnes - Championship Burnley
So 4 of that side have gone onto play Premier League football with another 2 on the way (admittedly 2 dropping out). Just shows how good that team was for League One, especially from an attacking perspective; all of those were playing below their level, although they may well have needed a season like that in League One to help fulfil their potential. Gus was fantastic for us that year and should take credit for helping to develop those players and building a prolific system, but it does contextualise what a great set of individuals he had. We were pretty fortunate with injuries that year as well, particularly when you compare it to this season; the only long-term absence was Navarro. This year we’ve barely seen CMS, Olrandi and Hoskins, only had Crofts for half a season, Buckley the same. Guess it reinforces that luck can play a big part in football on that front.
These were the ones who featured regularly for us that season:
Ankergren - still with us
Brez - still with us
Painter - L2 Pompey
Calderon - still with us
Greer - still with us
Elphick - Championship Bournemouth
El Abd - L1 Bristol City
Bridcutt - PL Sunderland
Kish - retired
Dicker - L1 Crawley
Sparrow - L2 Scunthorpe
Bennett - PL Norwich
Noone - PL Cardiff
Lua Lua - still with us
Murray - PL Palace
Wood - Championship Leicester
Barnes - Championship Burnley
So 4 of that side have gone onto play Premier League football with another 2 on the way (admittedly 2 dropping out). Just shows how good that team was for League One, especially from an attacking perspective; all of those were playing below their level, although they may well have needed a season like that in League One to help fulfil their potential. Gus was fantastic for us that year and should take credit for helping to develop those players and building a prolific system, but it does contextualise what a great set of individuals he had. We were pretty fortunate with injuries that year as well, particularly when you compare it to this season; the only long-term absence was Navarro. This year we’ve barely seen CMS, Olrandi and Hoskins, only had Crofts for half a season, Buckley the same. Guess it reinforces that luck can play a big part in football on that front.