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Offline Hookeysmith

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Little's team - where are they now
« on: July 24, 2012, 09:33:38 AM »
Looking at some of the rgeat footage from the Little era i wondered where some of the players were now

Fernando Nelson - President of a Portugese amatuer side

Mark Draper - last recorded as kit man at Notts County

Alan Wright - Manager at Northwich Victoria

Savo Milosovic - Assistant coach to Montenegro national side


Watching a few of those old games made me realise just what a great little player Alan Wright was

Offline nigel

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 10:12:04 AM »
Alan Wright was a really underated player.
Unfortunately his size did hamper his progress, IMO for two seasons he was the best English left back but was never given the cap he derserved.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2012, 10:45:57 AM »
Super Tommy Johnson was a coach at Notts County last I heard.  I doubt there's any of that team whose behaviour has been quite as strange as Sasa Curcic though.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2012, 10:52:24 AM »
Super Tommy Johnson was a coach at Notts County last I heard.  I doubt there's any of that team whose behaviour has been quite as strange as Sasa Curcic though.

Gary Charles.

Offline Darlo Dave

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2012, 11:24:08 AM »
What ever happened to that Dwight Yorke fellow? He didn't really do anything after leaving Villa, did he?

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2012, 11:34:24 AM »
Collymore and Southgate have got half decent media careers,didn't Southgate just quit his f.a role?

I presume its only Lee Hendrie who's still playing?

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2012, 11:53:06 AM »
Super Tommy Johnson was a coach at Notts County last I heard.  I doubt there's any of that team whose behaviour has been quite as strange as Sasa Curcic though.

Gary Charles.

Shitting in your own car is quite bad I agree, but I think you can put that down to classic alcoholic behaviour.  Curcic's behaviour has just been very odd.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2012, 01:06:34 PM »
Super Tommy Johnson was a coach at Notts County last I heard.  I doubt there's any of that team whose behaviour has been quite as strange as Sasa Curcic though.

Gary Charles.

Shitting in your own car is quite bad I agree, but I think you can put that down to classic alcoholic behaviour.  Curcic's behaviour has just been very odd.

It was a shame that Gary Charles had those problems, as he had the talent to be a top player.  I remember the wing-back role suited him particularly well and that he was a good crosser of the ball.   

Wonder what Savo is up to these days?

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2012, 01:40:16 PM »

Wonder what Savo is up to these days?

Assistant coach with the Montenegro national team.

Offline Joshua Fineman

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2012, 02:02:21 PM »
Uhmm, excuse my ignorance - what's Sasa been up to?

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2012, 02:05:08 PM »
Sasa was a lovely fella, but completely loony tunes.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2012, 02:10:14 PM »
Alan Wright was quality. I remember he had quite a leap on him too. He'd sometimes beat a few 6 footers in the air to their bewilderment. He was a really solid 7/10 minimum every game. The odd screamer too.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2012, 02:32:38 PM »
Alan Wright was quality. I remember he had quite a leap on him too. He'd sometimes beat a few 6 footers in the air to their bewilderment. He was a really solid 7/10 minimum every game. The odd screamer too.

Agree Tom.  He was the solid, no-nonsense kind of pro that you rarely see these days in the Premier League.  If I remember correctly he was regularly picked ahead of Steve Staunton during that period which speaks volumes about him really.  One of my favourite moments involving him was during a game at Old Trafford sometime in the 90's.  The ball broke between Alan Wright and a Man Utd player (think it might have been Butt) and they had a proper 50/50 challenge.  Wright absolutey smashed him (fairly of course)  and left him in a heap on the touchline.   

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2012, 02:33:45 PM »
When you look back at videos of the Little era, especially the year we finished 4th, you'll see what a great player Gary Charles really was.  Part of a very good defence and involved in lots of goals.  I don't think we've had a better right back since.

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Re: Little's team - where are they now
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2012, 02:54:46 PM »
When you look back at videos of the Little era, especially the year we finished 4th, you'll see what a great player Gary Charles really was.  Part of a very good defence and involved in lots of goals.  I don't think we've had a better right back since.

Agree with that Rissbert.  I think Earl Barrett was probably a better defender than Gary Charles, but Charles was better on the ball and was good going forward.  I would also put him above the likes of Mark Delaney and Luke Young.

 


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