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Post by coupe on Aug 5, 2014 19:55:19 GMT
Liam Lawrence named captain of Shrewsbury for the forthcoming season.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 5, 2014 20:01:51 GMT
Still not happy with the explanation of circumstances regarding his departure. He was easily good enough to have played in the Prem for us for longer than we did, up until Pennant in fact.
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Post by jaybee on Aug 5, 2014 21:28:52 GMT
Still not happy with the explanation of circumstances regarding his departure. Have you written to your local MP to express your dissatisfaction? |
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Post by rorymscfc on Aug 5, 2014 21:31:20 GMT
He's a Stoke City legend.
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 5, 2014 21:37:18 GMT
Still not happy with the explanation of circumstances regarding his departure. He was easily good enough to have played in the Prem for us for longer than we did, up until Pennant in fact. I personally don't think he was, not out wide anyway, lack of pace killed him at Prem level. |
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Aug 5, 2014 21:39:02 GMT
Watched the recent Shrewsbury and Altrincham friendly and it was pretty obvious which player had played at the top level. Everything Shrewsbury did that was worthwhile went through him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 22:29:15 GMT
Still not happy with the explanation of circumstances regarding his departure. Have you written to your local MP to express your dissatisfaction? Or Kyle  |
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Post by prudhoe on Aug 5, 2014 22:36:30 GMT
Here's hoping we get Shrewbury at home in the cup. Be great to give Lenny some appreciation he deserves.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 22:39:05 GMT
He's a Stoke City legend. What is it with the word legend being thrown around so easily these days. He was good for us but far from being a legend. |
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Aug 5, 2014 22:45:49 GMT
He's at Shrewsbury these days?
That's a bit ruff.
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Post by ParaPsych on Aug 5, 2014 22:46:57 GMT
He's a Stoke City legend. What is it with the word legend being thrown around so easily these days. He was good for us but far from being a legend. "An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field" Well I think the top scorer and player of the season from one of the very few times we've been promoted to the top flight will be remembered for years to come by Stoke fans, so he probably counts. Liam is ace. |
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 5, 2014 22:48:55 GMT
He's a Stoke City legend. What is it with the word legend being thrown around so easily these days. He was good for us but far from being a legend. Agreed Gordon Banks is a legend. |
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Post by 2004 on Aug 5, 2014 22:48:57 GMT
What is it with the word legend being thrown around so easily these days. He was good for us but far from being a legend. "An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field" Well I think the top scorer and player of the season from one of the very few times we've been promoted to the top flight will be remembered for years to come by Stoke fans, so he probably counts. Liam is ace. Liam and Ric did enough that season to be Stoke legends for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 23:17:40 GMT
So one good season counts as a claim for legend?
I guess young uns use it much more frequently than I do as it seems everyone is a legend these days.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Aug 6, 2014 0:25:19 GMT
Liam Lawrence was a great player for this football club. Joint top scorer in the promotion season, including THAT goal at Coventry, scored our first ever premier league goal at home, and scored the goal that secured our safety in the first season against Hull.
Maybe not a legend, but certainly one of my favourite players of the last 15 years or so.
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Post by djduncanjames on Aug 6, 2014 2:01:15 GMT
So one good season counts as a claim for legend? I guess young uns use it much more frequently than I do as it seems everyone is a legend these days. Yep ! Liam will look back on that time when he is old as when he was legendary, 100% And to keep us up he was made of stuff of legend! |
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Aug 6, 2014 4:14:16 GMT
I will always remember him for being "tripped" by his dog.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Aug 6, 2014 6:23:39 GMT
Legend is arguable but very good player who would deserve as rousing a welcome back as any Stoke player this century, Ric, Rory, anyone.
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Post by basingstokie on Aug 6, 2014 6:57:36 GMT
Liam Lawrence was a great player for this football club. Joint top scorer in the promotion season, including THAT goal at Coventry, scored our first ever premier league goal at home, and scored the goal that secured our safety in the first season against Hull. Maybe not a legend, but certainly one of my favourite players of the last 15 years or so. I wondered how long before someone mentioned that goal. Reading Liam Lawrence and that goal in the same sentence is almost as common as Jon Parkin and that photo That said, I was there, it was a great goal |
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Post by Danstoke82 on Aug 6, 2014 7:29:35 GMT
One of my all time favourite Stoke players. Gutted when he left. All the best Liam. A Stoke legend. Coventry away….  Fucking legend. |
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Post by bunnyscfc on Aug 6, 2014 7:52:01 GMT
hopefully going to watch Shrews v Blackpool and meet Liam next week.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 8:10:56 GMT
I always remember him for knocking the back out of that bird in a hotel room while 3 of his mates watched on,wanking furiously  |
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Post by mrpickles on Aug 6, 2014 8:14:10 GMT
Watched the recent Shrewsbury and Altrincham friendly and it was pretty obvious which player had played at the top level. Everything Shrewsbury did that was worthwhile went through him. I always felt comfortable when he had the ball at his feet. He was actually a very intelligent footballer, and I think his involvement in our first premier league season is sometimes understated. Never gave possession away cheaply in a side that didn't get much of the ball in the first place. The season we came up, we had the best two players outside the top flight in Ric and Lenny. Forever welcome in this area |
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Post by RAF on Aug 6, 2014 8:17:52 GMT
Cracking servant for us.
Utter tool of a bloke.
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Post by Gods on Aug 6, 2014 8:55:25 GMT
Surprised to see that at 32 he is a year younger than Odemwingie and a year older than Sidwell, on that basis and given his ability I would have expected him to still be plying his trade in some division above the basement. I'm guessing he has suffered with a few debilitating injuries  |
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Post by miltonstokie on Aug 6, 2014 8:59:31 GMT
Surprised to see that at 32 he is a year younger than Odemwingie and a year older than Sidwell, on that basis and given his ability I would have expected him to still be plying his trade in some division above the basement. I'm guessing he has suffered with a few debilitating injuries He never quite got over the cracked vertebrae in his back when he tripped over his dog |
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Post by dirtygary69 on Aug 6, 2014 9:01:40 GMT
See, I disagree with people saying he's not a legend. We were out of the top flight for almost 30 years and, in that time, had no small amount of shite footballers and carthorses. For a player to then (along with Delap, Whelan, Fuller, Shawcross and Sidibe et al) propel us to the top division scoring and assisting as many goals as he did IS the stuff of legend when you're a club like we were/are.
If we'd been blessed with top quality footballers throughout our history then he probably wouldn't be such a 'legend'. Fair enough, he might not have played anywhere near as much as Smith or Pejic or had such an influence in the top flight but the fact remains that, without Liam Lawrence, we wouldn't have got promoted in 2008.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 9:02:12 GMT
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Post by chigstoke on Aug 6, 2014 11:11:32 GMT
Great player in the promotion season and 1st Prem season. He wasn't camera shy either.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 11:21:29 GMT
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