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A loss.
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This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
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Good on him though. Getting a move to a higher division. cant really complain.
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Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
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Gutted. He was my favourite player. Hopefully he’ll get his career back on track playing in his best position
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Bugger. He would always brighten up a Saturday afternoon. Genuine ball player. Back to the hoof, then.
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BiggsyMalone wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:46 pm Gutted. He was my favourite player. Hopefully he’ll get his career back on track playing in his best position
I once had high hopes for Joey Baker when he left us. Sunk without trace.
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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:45 pm
Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
For a current midtable League 2 team? Really?!?
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Well getting Jacket in seems to have worked a treat 🤔🙈
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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:56 pm
BiggsyMalone wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:46 pm Gutted. He was my favourite player. Hopefully he’ll get his career back on track playing in his best position
I once had high hopes for Joey Baker when he left us. Sunk without trace.
Do you mean this Joe Baker ?

Joseph Henry Baker (17 July 1940 – 6 October 2003) was an England international footballer. Born in Woolton in Liverpool, England, he spent virtually his entire childhood growing up in Motherwell, Scotland.

Joe Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Baker
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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:56 pm
BiggsyMalone wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:46 pm Gutted. He was my favourite player. Hopefully he’ll get his career back on track playing in his best position
I once had high hopes for Joey Baker when he left us. Sunk without trace.
Or the Leyton Orient player Joe Baker...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Baker ... born_1977)
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Massive disappointment.

Can’t blame him for wanting to try his luck at L1 again. Hopefully there’s no more to it than that.
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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:45 pm
Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
Not good enough for L1.
Flattered to deceive in L2.

a 2 goal a season winger: he was no Dean Cox
..shouldn't be too hard to replace..
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Scuba Diver wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:10 pm
Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:45 pm
Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
Not good enough for L1.
Flattered to deceive in L2.

a 2 goal a season winger: he was no Dean Cox
..shouldn't be too hard to replace..
Who was played at left back
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Scuba Diver wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:10 pm
Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:45 pm
Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
Not good enough for L1.
Flattered to deceive in L2.

a 2 goal a season winger: he was no Dean Cox
..shouldn't be too hard to replace..
Cox was a L1/Championship player, limited only because of his pace.

Brophy is a L2/L1 player, again only because of his pace.

He’ll be tricky to replace, at a time we’ve already got loads of other players to replace.
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League one standard left back. League two standard winger. A pound of Bera’s money says he starts at fullback for Cambridge…. Make it 50p.
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Is a very good league 2 player when used properly and is a bit of a dying breed - a genuine out and out winger who doesn't rely upon cutting in to beat his man or get a cross in. Particularly suited to a 4-4-2 left midfielder role.

Big loss, even if he's probably not quite good enough for league 1.
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Mistadobalina wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:24 pm Is a very good league 2 player when used properly and is a bit of a dying breed - a genuine out and out winger who doesn't rely upon cutting in to beat his man or get a cross in. Particularly suited to a 4-4-2 left midfielder role.

Big loss, even if he's probably not quite good enough for league 1.
Nah.

He’s a modern day wing back.
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Think he can do both. Isn't a left back though. He needs to work on his end product but players who can beat their man regularly are always a pleasure to watch.
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“I also wanted to explain the decision which has led me to take an opportunity elsewhere, which is me looking at what I want to achieve from my career; which is to play as high as I can to ultimately challenge myself"

Fair enough really.
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had pace to burn but no end product think he'll struggle in league one but can't really complain about a player going up a division.
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Jury was out on Wilkinson for me think there's a good player in their somewhere but didn't seem to produce it regularly enough for whatever reason.
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Max B Gold wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:45 pm
Cheshunto wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:44 pm This is a bigger blow than DJ going to Mansfield :shock:
Disagree. A very limited player. There's better out there.
I agree Max but it’s getting them to sign for us , that’s the problem. Good players will always be in demand by everybody
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