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Post by bertiestan on Jun 18, 2022 8:54:08 GMT
Matty Lund and Ben Marshall from Crewe
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 18, 2022 9:00:22 GMT
For those of a certain age mark Harrison , Neville chamberlain ajd Mark chamberlain all from Port vale Yes, we got these players on the cheap but I believe at the time if we hadn’t of signed Mark Chamberlain Vale would of gone into liquidation. What a dilemma!
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Post by andystokey on Jun 18, 2022 9:09:53 GMT
Yes, we got these players on the cheap but I believe at the time if we hadn’t of signed Mark Chamberlain Vale would of gone into liquidation. What a dilemma! Watching Chamberlain in his pomp was worth it. 3 sometimes 4 closing him down and still getting past them.
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Post by Olgrligm on Jun 18, 2022 9:55:30 GMT
Ness and Edu. Ones to remember.
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on Jun 18, 2022 10:03:09 GMT
Having a glance at the ins/outs over the 2 seasons, there’s quite a lot of personnel changes that would easily amount to the different stats of Laurent. Semedo was a DM in 20/21, the defence also had players like Gunter, Gibson, Miazga, Blackett. It’s very good to see the 2 seasons stats of Laurent but I do think it’s bit of an anomaly to say that last season Laurents stats were poor and as a result so we’re Reading. I’d be in the camp that the other player changes around the team would be the result in the overall slump and thus the individual stats too. Great analysis as always non the less 👍🏼 All good points. What's slightly worrying is that JL lost market share of "on the ball" defensive actions as Reading's defensive load increased and his efficiency (which tends to be more resilient to changes in team strength) also fell. He stepped back a bit, rather than forward. It was also only his second full Championship season, prior to that he's been a bit of a Conference/ L2/ L1 nomad. Now 27 (last month). DM's are fairly rare, only just over 10% of Championship mids could be classed as out and out DMs and we rank him just above average as a full blown DM compared to other Championship DMs across both seasons. Just a few caveats, really :-) Sounds fine we'll have gone from having no DM to an above average one with good mobility.
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Post by lordb on Jun 18, 2022 12:46:18 GMT
Watching Chamberlain in his pomp was worth it. 3 sometimes 4 closing him down and still getting past them. Even better than Fuller was Chambo at beating players Superb crossing too Good shooting Understood the game Tracking back? Nah... Injuries ruined him more talented than John Barnes 1982 to 1984 Barnes went onto be the best player in the country Chambo went down the leagues
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Post by scfcwebby on Jun 19, 2022 8:24:05 GMT
It's all gone quiet over here 🤔
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Post by gcamoutsideboot on Jun 19, 2022 8:30:14 GMT
It's all gone quiet over here 🤔 The deal is done. We will most likely, in true Stoke fashion, announce him and Clarke after we've seen them in training videos already
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Post by robwahlmann on Jun 19, 2022 8:35:12 GMT
It's all gone quiet over here 🤔 The deal is done. We will most likely, in true Stoke fashion, announce him and Clarke after we've seen them in training videos already You know this for sure, or is it just a guess?
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Post by misterj on Jun 19, 2022 8:45:55 GMT
Back to how good Chambo was (pre injury) I was talking to a Liverpool fan (season ticket holder 40 years+) and he was saying John Barnes was EASILY the best player he ever saw for L’pool, more so than Keegan, Dalglish, Gerrard, Salah etc etc and just think at one point Chambo could potentially have overtaken Barnes? My L’pool contact also said that - contrary to his public persona - Michael Owen is a ‘bit of a lad’ !!
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Post by scfc75 on Jun 19, 2022 8:59:57 GMT
Ness and Edu. Ones to remember. Great times.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jun 19, 2022 10:03:42 GMT
Watching Chamberlain in his pomp was worth it. 3 sometimes 4 closing him down and still getting past them. Even better than Fuller was Chambo at beating players Superb crossing too Good shooting Understood the game Tracking back? Nah... Injuries ruined him more talented than John Barnes 1982 to 1984 Barnes went onto be the best player in the country Chambo went down the leagues Always hoped he’d come back to us. Think we were linked when he was at Pompey Wouldnt have been the same though
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Post by hardcastle on Jun 19, 2022 10:12:15 GMT
Watching Chamberlain in his pomp was worth it. 3 sometimes 4 closing him down and still getting past them. Even better than Fuller was Chambo at beating players Superb crossing too Good shooting Understood the game Tracking back? Nah... Injuries ruined him more talented than John Barnes 1982 to 1984 Barnes went onto be the best player in the country Chambo went down the leagues fantastic player. Criminally short-lived.
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Post by pb1863 on Jun 19, 2022 10:24:11 GMT
Great memories of Chamberlain dancing down the line to cross for Big Bren. Brilliant!
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Post by bertieb on Jun 19, 2022 10:37:14 GMT
Great memories of Chamberlain dancing down the line to cross for Big Bren. Brilliant! Ripping Kenny Samson, 4 0 up at half time away at Brum, 4 all Vs Luton, brilliant player, hamstring done for him, and breaking the lads leg Vs Ipswich, that seemed to shake him.
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Post by chiswickpotter on Jun 19, 2022 16:38:07 GMT
Back to how good Chambo was (pre injury) I was talking to a Liverpool fan (season ticket holder 40 years+) and he was saying John Barnes was EASILY the best player he ever saw for L’pool, more so than Keegan, Dalglish, Gerrard, Salah etc etc and just think at one point Chambo could potentially have overtaken Barnes? My L’pool contact also said that - contrary to his public persona - Michael Owen is a ‘bit of a lad’ !! Didn't Chambo turn down a move to Liverpool?
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Post by BuzzB on Jun 19, 2022 16:44:09 GMT
Back to how good Chambo was (pre injury) I was talking to a Liverpool fan (season ticket holder 40 years+) and he was saying John Barnes was EASILY the best player he ever saw for L’pool, more so than Keegan, Dalglish, Gerrard, Salah etc etc and just think at one point Chambo could potentially have overtaken Barnes? My L’pool contact also said that - contrary to his public persona - Michael Owen is a ‘bit of a lad’ !! Didn't Chambo turn down a move to Liverpool? Howard Wilkinson bought him for the Wendies, then proceeded to play hoof ball completely bypassing their midfield. Waste in my opinion.
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Post by werrington on Jun 19, 2022 16:44:39 GMT
Back to how good Chambo was (pre injury) I was talking to a Liverpool fan (season ticket holder 40 years+) and he was saying John Barnes was EASILY the best player he ever saw for L’pool, more so than Keegan, Dalglish, Gerrard, Salah etc etc and just think at one point Chambo could potentially have overtaken Barnes? My L’pool contact also said that - contrary to his public persona - Michael Owen is a ‘bit of a lad’ !! Didn't Chambo turn down a move to Liverpool? Everton mate He had the choice of Everton and Sheffield Wednesday….Steve Bould also turned down Everton in order to join Arsenal
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2022 16:47:09 GMT
Didn't Chambo turn down a move to Liverpool? Everton mate He had the choice of Everton and Sheffield Wednesday….Steve Bould also turned down Everton in order to join Arsenal That was the end of Steve Boyle, never to be heard of again. ...😟. Chamberlain went to a tribunal didn't he and we got something like 325k which was poor at the time
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Post by werrington on Jun 19, 2022 16:56:37 GMT
Everton mate He had the choice of Everton and Sheffield Wednesday….Steve Bould also turned down Everton in order to join Arsenal That was the end of Steve Boyle, never to be heard of again. ...😟. Chamberlain went to a tribunal didn't he and we got something like 325k which was poor at the time Yeah as did Bould mate Everton were flying high back then also …I worked with Steve Boulds dad back then and I remember saying to him he must be mad turning them down for Arsenal What do I know
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2022 17:52:32 GMT
That was the end of Steve Boyle, never to be heard of again. ...😟. Chamberlain went to a tribunal didn't he and we got something like 325k which was poor at the time Yeah as did Bould mate Everton were flying high back then also …I worked with Steve Boulds dad back then and I remember saying to him he must be mad turning them down for Arsenal What do I know To be fair he always had a mistake in him for us. Didn't expect him to go on to such great things but was excellent as was Dixon. I remember Chris Maskery being linked with Man U for a good while. Strange how things work out
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 19, 2022 17:56:05 GMT
Is he in the building yet?
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Jun 19, 2022 18:01:40 GMT
Is he in the building yet? And is he training on grass?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 19, 2022 18:09:19 GMT
Is he in the building yet? And is he training on grass? Just grazing at the moment
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Post by dirtclod on Jun 19, 2022 18:11:19 GMT
And is he training on grass? Just grazing at the moment We have really got to stop giving these players pot as soon as they arrive. I think that's the major cause of players forgetting where they should be on the pitch in game situations. The Pizza guy loves it though.
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Post by onepara on Jun 19, 2022 18:54:17 GMT
Mark Chamberlain is the only player that came near to Sir Stan. Including Hudson. And yes, I saw them all play. Sir Stan before & after Blackpool. People literally used to pay just to see Chamberlain play. That shout of "Give it to him" from the Boothen, when the ball was with a Stoke player. He really was a 'wing wizard'. Money wouldn't buy him now.
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Post by iglugluk on Jun 19, 2022 19:14:41 GMT
Is he in the building yet? And is he training on grass? Well hopefully not! I hear it does very little to help motivate the professional athlete.
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Post by jaybee on Jun 19, 2022 20:33:34 GMT
That shout of "Give it to him" from the Boothen, when the ball was with a Stoke player. Or to the tune of 'Pass the Dutchie' "Pass to Chamberlain on the right hand side" Oh, the memories!!
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Post by banksy1art on Jun 19, 2022 21:14:07 GMT
So some people saying he’s already put pen to paper, does anyone know for sure?
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Post by pottersrule on Jun 19, 2022 22:13:08 GMT
Watching Chamberlain in his pomp was worth it. 3 sometimes 4 closing him down and still getting past them. Even better than Fuller was Chambo at beating players Superb crossing too Good shooting Understood the game Tracking back? Nah... Injuries ruined him more talented than John Barnes 1982 to 1984 Barnes went onto be the best player in the country Chambo went down the leagues His son has taken on the mantle for being injury prone.He hasn't reached his true potential due to some horrible injuries.
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