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Author Topic: NRC Happy In Vancouver  (Read 15209 times)

Offline Legion

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2013, 06:17:26 PM »
"We go again"!

Offline The Left Side

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2013, 06:18:01 PM »
Good luck to him, great place to live too.

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #17 on: September 07, 2013, 06:53:28 PM »
I am happy that Nigel is happy.


I am happy nigel is happy and not here

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #18 on: September 07, 2013, 07:08:53 PM »
Good luck to him.

Offline Jane

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #19 on: September 07, 2013, 07:45:54 PM »
Good luck to him. Always liked 'Nige'. Can't really see why people have an issue with him?

Offline Jarpie

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2013, 07:48:33 PM »
Good luck to him. Always liked 'Nige'. Can't really see why people have an issue with him?

MON-buy. He was one of the better buys by MON if you don't take the fee into account.

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2013, 07:57:33 PM »
Would Paul Lambert use him in our team and keep him ?

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2013, 07:58:48 PM »
We'll never know.

Offline ajclayton

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2013, 08:16:08 PM »
About the nicest thing I can say about him is that he tried hard. If he was half as good as he thought he was he'd have been a regularfor England.

Offline silhillvilla

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2013, 08:42:52 PM »
Very good player now living in the worlds best city
Good luck NRC

Offline supertom

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2013, 09:09:15 PM »
To be fair to him we often looked better with him in the side because of his energy. MON didnt really give him a great run, and started him more as a stop gap on the right flank, and occasionally right back.

Particularly under Houllier I thought Nige was pretty good when given a run of games, and when he was out of the side we looked very flimsy. That said his footballing limitations meant he'd always be a stop gap sort of player someone like Houllier who want to get us playing football. Perhaps Makoun was initially sought to be Niges long term replacement.

I wouldn't have him back now though. Delph is doing his job but with more quality on the ball.

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2013, 09:14:35 PM »
He fell out with O'Neill too, which you'd think would at least buy him some kudos these days.

Offline supertom

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2013, 09:17:36 PM »
Actually thinking back to Nige and one moment sticks in my mind as a perfect summation of him as a player. It's in part why I always liked him, but also why he was never top 6 standard player.
The Peace Cup before O Neills final season. We're playing Juve. It's the last minute of 120 and IIRC Nige has played every minute and covered every blade of grass. We're under the cosh a bit. Juve keep attacking but can't get through our defence or past the mighty Guzan having a Bossie-esque game.
We're just hanging on in there for pens. Nige intercepts a ball on the edge of our box and then despite the fact he's been running round like a maniac for 120 minutes, he takes the ball and runs all the from our box, through about 4-5 of their players to the edge of there box. Its awe inspiring, it's fantastic...
But then he doesnt know what to do with the ball. He tries to run past one player too many and then gives the ball away. However it's just about enough to take the pressure away and we hang on for pens, and ultimately the win.

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2013, 09:21:18 PM »
When was the one on one with the keeper where he forget what his feet were for and fell on his arse?

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Re: NRC Happy In Vancouver
« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2013, 09:23:58 PM »
I liked him too. He was better than made out.
But worse than he made out.


Good at best, workmanlike is a reasonable assessment...but nice bloke

 


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