Whoa FACT ALERT! No place for that here...He came on at right back. In the 85th minute.
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Remind me again why Brighton let Elphick and Cook go ...
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Reginald Lorenzo
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- Dec 13, 2014
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At least this thread got to 3 pages before one of yours mentioned the FACT of the 'massive salary'.
We got two good players, but I'm sure you've sold players who haven't gone on to better things.
We got two good players, but I'm sure you've sold players who haven't gone on to better things.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
It is true, however you may like to ignore it. Cook went to you for FAR FAR more money than we would have paid an 18 year old or however old he was at the time. £19000 a month for a reserve is a lot isn't it?
FFP lol!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It was completely unfounded at Elphick, who didn't play in the Sussex Senior cup game as he was on crutches at the time. He had been wrongly identified by the victim and was exonerated within 12 hours, but the Argus still printed his name in two inch high capitals the following day, on the front page.
Working class pride
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- Feb 14, 2010
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Since the Southern League was merged into the Football League, we have spent all our history bar a few brief seasons scrapping in the lower leagues. We still are. The Championship is not the top flight. We have the most shocking record on the pitch, surpassed by the likes of Wigan and Wimbledon.
Theatre of Trees
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I'm pretty certain we sold Cook because we thought Grant Hall was the better prospect, what the club didn't foresee was his leaving for Tottenham the following summer.
drew
Drew
Ignore him, he posts rubbish. Who thought that just because we have a nice ground we are entitled to be a mid table top flight team. Surely the point is, despite the blip of this season, that things are heading in the right direction, probably in main down to what the academy is going to be producing.
Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!
Primary data is fact
Well remembered. I have a recollection of a panicky MA and coaching staff at the end of normal time trying to reorganise the team for ET and then not playing Steve Cook there; my son thinks he ended up in midfield for the final 30 minutes.
Megazone
On his last warning
Good move for both players. They would never have developed for us like they have at Bournemouth. That's just how football can sometimes work.
Nonetheless, Dunk is twice the player both Cook and Elphick are currently at.
Nonetheless, Dunk is twice the player both Cook and Elphick are currently at.
BensGrandad
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.They are both more highly rated by Premier scouts. It must be remembered Dunk has as yet not had a complete full season as 1st choice for a Championship club. If AFCB do not get promoted this year 1 of them will go to a Premier side, cant say the same about Dunk, which is good for us.
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Gus let them go because he never backed the youth unless we were hit by injuries, he preferred to back biting Uruguayans.
Reginald Lorenzo
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Green Cross Code Man
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No. Not really. I am honestly not bothered that Cook went. I was disappointed at the time and I wish him all the best. He's a great player. However this 'why oh why did we ever let Cook go?' thread keeps appearing on NSC about once a week in fact. I am certain about the money, I do wonder how Bournemouth can afford the players they've got with their tiny income, but I would never blame a player for moving on to further his career. That is exactly what Cook did and you notice I said further, your club are doing a fantastic job ATM so well done. It still doesn't mean he moved for anything but the high salary your club were prepared to pay rather than the more meagre offering he was on here.That bitter you're drinking is pretty strong.
Megazone
On his last warning
Aren't Spurs being linked with Dunk?
kevtherev
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Poyet (the myth) didn't rate them, simples..Same as he didn't rate Murray.
So why did he try to re-sign Murray a year after he left?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The claws are out again. Miaow.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9868886.print/
We gave Tommy a one year deal, which would involve sitting on the bench with Greer & Upson being obvious first choices, whereas Bournemouth offered him a three year deal with the prospect of playing most matches. Both he & Cook were also dropping a division to play regular football.
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Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Or sign a teenage Peter Reid from Bolton?
A young John Aldridge from Newport County?
Turned Ian Wright down after a two game trial?
It's why we love football, it's a game of opinions, and 'mistakes' get made whilst other players develop at different stages.
Ian Muir let go and Mick Ferguson retained, and that was by my FAVOURITE Albion manager, Chris Cattlin.
Baldseagull
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Absolute arsegravy.