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[Albion] Ainsley Maitland-Niles
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Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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Maybe Arsenal have become a selling club.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
You seem very particular as to the clubs poor young Ainsley may roll up at. What have Plymouth ever done to you? indeed we are supposed to have a special affiliation with them, or had.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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I have no memory of Joe O'Ceaurruill..!?
I’ve just googled him and he made 8 apps but I don’t recall him. He’s also had more clubs than tiger woods!
S'hampton Seagull
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Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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He clearly made an impact on me. I think I had a ST back then too... Was this Wilkins era? I’m useless at remembering who was manager when...
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Yep, l remember him well . . . unfortunately.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Amid an entire ocean of defensive uselessness at that time, he was a small clump of pointless detritus, bobbing hopelessly up and down the waves until sinking anonymously into the murky depths (or the League of Ireland, as it's known).
- Jul 7, 2003
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You seem very particular as to the clubs poor young Ainsley may roll up at. What have Plymouth ever done to you? indeed we are supposed to have a special affiliation with them, or had.
I like Plymouth very much, and wish them well. But he's the sort of cast-off they unfortunately end up with, largely because they pay slightly higher wages than many other teams in the lower leagues and because they are potentially an ambitious club.
He was no Colin Hawkins, that's for sure.
Not Andy Naylor
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I remember seeing one of Maitland-Niles' first games for Arsenal's first team - looked a tremendous prospect as a holding midfield player, but has struggled to find a regular role. If that early ability is still in there, he'd be great for us. But at the right price and wages, of course.
Pinkie Brown
I'll look after the skirt
He was totally forgettable which is why I had forgotten him until his name cropped up. He was awful. There was another forgettable defender from that era who's name escapes me. Looked like a clone of Cullip but with a fraction of his ability. I think (?) he was a loanee from Arsenal too.
Didn't he give away a penalty in one of his early games for us?
You've just reminded me of Gislason - he was shockingly bad. Right up there with Ashley Neal as one of the worst players to grace the stripes (although obviously not as bad as Michael Mahoney Johnson)
Amusingly he started the FA Cup game away against West Ham. Imagine he lurks around the bars of Ireland talking about how he once marked against Carlos Tevez in the FA Cup.
Having done further research, I never knew that Mark Noble scored his first goal that day. And had completely forgotten Bobby came on. And that teddy Sheringham was on the bench. And yet I do remember Joe O’Cearuill started for us.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
drew
Drew
One Martin Keown!
So that's Keown, Sidwell, Dickov, Nelson, Pates. Not a bad selection.
So that's Keown, Sidwell, Dickov, Nelson, Pates. Not a bad selection.
Gatting too and wasnt Nicky Rust an Arsenal trainee ?
It wouldn’t be surprising to see Potter getting hold of this prospect and sitting him alongside Bissouma in the 2 of a 4-2-3-1
From this brief highlights video*, he is clearly quick, strong, direct and plays the quick ball without dawdling.
https://youtu.be/zHmpOW7SmPQ
*contains scenes of Maitland-Niles putting Zaha in his pocket.
You can't have Dickov without Mark Flatts.
A striker partnership that Lamptey would tower over.