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Ninja Elephant

Ninja Elephant

Doctor Elephant
Feb 16, 2009
18,855
Grant Hall was fantastically overrated, we did well to get so much for him.

Adam Hinshelwood was arguably the best of our crop of centre backs. If he didn't have so many injuries, he would comfortably have played in the Championship, if not the Premier League. He was very classy on the ball, a strong tackler and good in the air. He had it all, apart from knees.

And what an own goal against Colchester. :bowdown:
 




GT49er

GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,716
Gloucester
brightonrock said:
Lynch (QPR), Hall (QPR), El-Abd (us) & Elphick (Bournemouth/Villa) have all played regularly in the Prem or Championship in recent years too. Centre half certainly seems to be a speciality.
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El Abd is certainly doing OK these days - captain of a team in the automatic places, and nominated for League 2 Player of the Month for March (although he didn't get it in the end). Always liked him when he was here (but no, I'm not advocating getting him back!).
 


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Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,336
Uffern
Cowfold Seagull said:
The poster used the word 'excellent', I suppiose it depends who you regard as excellent. Yes the players you mentioned were all pretty good, but of course we were playing in lower divisions then.

Certainly I would regard Lewis Dunk and Steve Cook, as a class above the others, both playing regular Premier League football now.
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I think that's a very narrow definition of 'excellent' - for most of the last 20 years we've been a Tier 3 team (or lower). To produce three regular PL players (plus two more in Virgo and Hinshelwood who possibly could have played there) and several Championhip players is pretty good to me
 


Saladpack Seagull

Saladpack Seagull

Just Shut Up and Paddle
Oct 19, 2014
1,908
Halfway Up Virginia Is Where I Wanna Be.
GT49er said:
El Abd is certainly doing OK these days - captain of a team in the automatic places, and nominated for League 2 Player of the Month for March (although he didn't get it in the end). Always liked him when he was here (but no, I'm not advocating getting him back!).
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Yes, he's doing great. My stepsons were at the Yeovil fixture last weekend and texted me to say he was playing. Great servant of the Albion. Wish him well for the future.
 


AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,724
Chandler, AZ
Glen Rea has played in every Luton Town league match this season; 36 starts and 7 sub appearances for a team sat in 2nd place in League Two, and who could secure promotion this weekend. He has four more league appearances than anyone else in the squad. Deserves a mention.
 




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Munkfish

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May 1, 2006
11,871
Cowfold Seagull said:
Although we are pretty well off for centre backs at the moment, very few excellent ones have actually come off our own production line in recent years. Lewis Dunk is tghe only home grown product that l can think of, plus perhaps Tommy Elphick and Steve Cook a good few seasons ago.
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Virgo, Hinshlewood, Lynch, Elphick, El-Abd, Dunk, Hall, Cook, other than that barely any. All have played at Championship or above.
 


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Munkfish

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May 1, 2006
11,871
AZ Gull said:
Glen Rea has played in every Luton Town league match this season; 36 starts and 7 sub appearances for a team sat in 2nd place in League Two, and who could secure promotion this weekend. He has four more league appearances than anyone else in the squad. Deserves a mention.
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Balls he was the lad who I was thinking of. New I had missed him off.
 














AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,724
Chandler, AZ




AZ Gull

AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy Threads: @bhafcacademy
Oct 14, 2003
11,724
Chandler, AZ
Also worth noting the words of the Newport County manager, Mike Flynn "Definitely the best loan signing we have ever had at this football club."
 






Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,439
Beside the seaside, beside the sea


Sheebo

Sheebo

Well-known member
Jul 13, 2003
29,287
So, anyone know how many awards he got?
 






Mackenzie

Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,535
East Wales
Looked our best player against St.Gallen, perhaps the answer to our 4th choice CB is already at the club?
 


Gabbiano

Gabbiano

Well-known member
Dec 18, 2017
1,263
Spank the Manc
Mackenzie said:
Looked our best player against St.Gallen, perhaps the answer to our 4th choice CB is already at the club?
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He will not develop any further as 4th choice CB and would just stagnate here in that circumstance. It would serve him better to go out on loan to League 1/Championship, and it has been suggested that there is interest.
 


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