Jeff Minton...

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

saw him on sky sports news today scoring for canvey island.... quality player. could do a job?

 

[itszamora]

Scoring to beat Grays, which means Exeter still have some hope of automatic promotion from the Conference. Marvellous scenes!

 

[oapdodge]

saw him on sky sports news today scoring for canvey island.... quality player. could do a job?

What can he do ? Plumber, carpenter, Brickie ?

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Re: Re: Jeff Minton...

What can he do ? Plumber, carpenter, Brickie ?

but why do loads of ex albion end up there? peter smith was there a few years back wasn't he? Marley, marley. those were the days (ahem).....

 

[Jam The Man]

Teletext mentioned him as ex-Orient player.. surely he played 4 or 5 x more games for us?

 

[Silent Bob]

Orient are closer to Canvey than us though. In every sense.

 

[Halftime Oranges]

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

When Minton first came to us he was crap ,but in his last season when we stayed up he was superb.Remember when we beat Wigan at home 1-0 when they were top near the end of the season and minton ran the show.Legend in my book.

 

[Jim in the West]

When Minton first came to us he was crap ,but in his last season when we stayed up he was superb.Remember when we beat Wigan at home 1-0 when they were top near the end of the season and minton ran the show.Legend in my book.

Great days (not!). I sponsored his kit for his last two seasons, and have a very nice piccie of him, my daughters, plus Dick Knight's Mum's kids, behind one of the goals at Pissfilled.

 

[Gully]

I want Exeter and the Accies to go up, sod Grays, they are the Chelsea of the non-league.

 

[Brovion]

What is this myopia with Minton? In pure football terms he was crap! He only looked good for us because he was playing in a team that finished 2nd from bottom of the League two seasons running - surrounded by such dross any half-competent footballer would stand out. When he moved up to our current level with Port Vale he was quickly found out to be a third-rate journeyman and was shipped out. He couldn't even do a job for Orient!

Come on people, by all means remember him as a the brightest spark in a bleak era (even if he was a bit prima-donnerish with it) but do NOT claim he was a good footballer.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Come on people, by all means remember him as a the brightest spark in a bleak era (even if he was a bit prima-donnerish with it) but do NOT claim he was a good footballer.

Jeff Minton was a good footballer















sorry

 

[Pevenseagull]

Good Minton:

Bad Minton

 

[Brovion]

Oooh! I didn't realise he'd won trophies with CANVEY ISLAND! Wow! I AM impressed! He must be a good footballer after all!

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

What is this myopia with Minton? In pure football terms he was crap! He only looked good for us because he was playing in a team that finished 2nd from bottom of the League two seasons running - surrounded by such dross any half-competent footballer would stand out. When he moved up to our current level with Port Vale he was quickly found out to be a third-rate journeyman and was shipped out. He couldn't even do a job for Orient!

Come on people, by all means remember him as a the brightest spark in a bleak era (even if he was a bit prima-donnerish with it) but do NOT claim he was a good footballer.

I will claim he's a good player. You're talking in extremes. I would claim that Minton was a better player than oatway and that oatway is playing two leagues above his ability (get well soon charlie all the same). I'm not saying that minton was outstanding but to say he wasn't a good footballer seems a little bizarre. i do however agree he was a bit prima-donnerish about playing for brighton as if he was too good for the club, which, as his subsequent career suggests, is untrue.

 

[Pevenseagull]

dunno about better than Oatway, but he looked pretty good comapred to Mundee/ Parris et al

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Re: Re: Re: Jeff Minton...

peter smith was there a few years back wasn't he? Marley, marley. those were the days (ahem)..... [/B]

Must admit I was never very comfortable with that chant, and don't think he was either. A black player with dreadlocks (who looks nothing like Bob Marley) ooh he'll surely be impressed if we chant 'Marley, Marley'

 

[Monkey Man]

He was/is quite a skillful player and very tricky with the ball. Trouble was that a couple of hoofing central defenders could just stand their ground and snuff him out. Never understood why the club banners at Priestfield called him Jeff "Kick Ass" Minton.

 

[Brovion]

I will claim he's a good player. You're talking in extremes. I would claim that Minton was a better player than oatway and that oatway is playing two leagues above his ability (get well soon charlie all the same). I'm not saying that minton was outstanding but to say he wasn't a good footballer seems a little bizarre. i do however agree he was a bit prima-donnerish about playing for brighton as if he was too good for the club, which, as his subsequent career suggests, is untrue.

Fair comment and a bit more balanced than my rant! No, I suppose he wasn't THAT bad, he was our best player and I was disappointed when he left - but I still maintain that if he was with us now, even if he was in his prime, he'd be a bit of a 'figure of fun' character along the lines of Robbie Pethick or Colin Lee (or even a poor man's Paul Brooker).

My main gripe is that every time some knackered has-been is released, from Paul Gascoine to Mark Robbins, some dullard (no offence!) will start a thread on here saying 'could do a job?'

 

[Scotty Mac]

Good Minton:

Bad Minton