Tommy Fraser

[Deleted member 2719]

He wasn't that bad, well not as bad as Jonny Dixon anyway.

I wonder who actually signed Dixon cos listen to Dick's Albion roar podcast sounds very much like he had a very good eye for a player or so he implied

 

[Deleted member 2719]

And the idiot still holds a candle for kuipers who is still blaming everyone else when he cocks up.

I must say i am very much a Kuipers fan,although if there was 1% i didn't like about him was his finger pointing. I put it down to over enthusiasm.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

He was offered a chance to go to Torquay but he turned it down.

Comfort zone at Whitehawk. I bet the wages are not too far off, considering Whitehawk seem to be awash with cash and he's got his homies in Brighton.

 

[northstandnorth]

I must say i am very much a Kuipers fan,although if there was 1% i didn't like about him was his finger pointing. I put it down to over enthusiasm.

I put it down to being a showman first and being a not very good keeper second.Ben Roberts was twice the keeper Kuipers could ever hope to be.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Tommy Fraser for.......................Lewes

 

[Twizzle]

I honestly think he may have the least natural talent of any player I've ever seen play for BHAFC.

He was f***ing shit.

I said it at the time and history has proved me right.

You've said that sort of thing about all our players though, so once in a while you get a chance to say "I was RIGHT!"

 

[GT49er]

I thought he was OK for us - not brilliant, but 'did a job'. And I still think of him scoring a spectacular goal with an overhead kick that was pure class! Should defininately be doing a good job for someone in League 2, IMHO

 

[Husty]

I thought he was OK for us - not brilliant, but 'did a job'. And I still think of him scoring a spectacular goal with an overhead kick that was pure class! Should defininately be doing a good job for someone in League 2, IMHO

Also a complete fluke

 

[BensGrandad]

I would have expected him to have gone to somebody like Eastbourne or Woking at the leastor even possibly Aldershot but it is said that Whitehawk have ambitions so perhaps he has made the right choice.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

wasn't he at Barnet last ?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

wasn't he at Barnet last ?

He was captain and then released by mutual consent.

 

[Brovion]

Comfort zone at Whitehawk. I bet the wages are not too far off, considering Whitehawk seem to be awash with cash and he's got his homies in Brighton.

'Comfort zone' is probably a bit harsh, but you're on the right lines. Basically the career of a lower-league journeyman pro, moving from club to club and town to town every couple of years is a million miles away from the riches and glamour of the premier league. And then when it ends and you've got to get a 'proper' job you'll find that having a CV that reads 'chased a ball around a field for fifteen years' doesn't open too many doors.

 

[albionalex]

I wonder who actually signed Dixon cos listen to Dick's Albion roar podcast sounds very much like he had a very good eye for a player or so he implied

I thought it was Barry Lloyd?

 

[timbha]

ok speculate about TF, that's what's NSC is about, but perhaps he is already lining up an alternative career and it suits him to play locally and earn a few bob.

 

[sully]

He was captain and then released by mutual consent.

Isn't that the same scenario as Port Vale? How odd that it should happen twice.

I always thought he was more enthusiastic than talented, but was certainly good enough to be at a league club.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Didn't realize he's playing for Whitehawk now !

I didn't realise that 'Mad' Frankie Fraser is his grandad. From Wiki (when TF played for us) (referring to Andy Naylor?):

Tabloid paper The Sun reported that when asked by a local Brighton-based journalist if his granddad ever attended his games, Fraser replied: "No, but he reads your reports and he was unhappy you only gave me six out of 10 last week." It was said that Fraser was never rated less than 7/10 by the local paper again.

 

[Jam The Man]

Upon his release he claimed he had offers from bigger clubs such as (in HIS words) Palace!
Totally delusional.

Yes he played his part in Slade's great escape, but all told he was absolutely no loss to us and has rightly now found his level.

 

[Springal]

Apparently he has now quit football altogether?

 

[albion534]

Was at bestival last week, don't know if he has given up

 

[Brovion]

Upon his release he claimed he had offers from bigger clubs such as (in HIS words) Palace!
Totally delusional.

Yes he played his part in Slade's great escape, but all told he was absolutely no loss to us and has rightly now found his level.

I'm not sure when he said that. I've known Tom for years as his parents, Frank and Maria, are friends of ours. I know (some of) the clubs who were definitely interested in him when he was released by us, and also the ones who were interested in him when he was released by Barnet, and no, Palace weren't, afaik, one of them.

However when he was part of Wilkins' all-conquering Youth squad and when he first broke into the team, there were a few clubs sniffing around and monitoring his progress - and they were a lot bigger than Palace I can tell you.