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Author Topic: Steve McClaren  (Read 12373 times)

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: Steve McClaren
« Reply #60 on: May 21, 2017, 07:54:49 AM »
Stu, I was tempted to write 'monkey' but Kelvin McKenzie has poisoned that well of vocabulary so I wrote 'tree creature".
Tree creature is a much more evocative description, bravo. As previous posters have commented we will forever label a footballer in the air waving a mass of arms, legs and various body parts as a tree creature.

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Steve McClaren
« Reply #61 on: May 24, 2017, 06:04:30 PM »
Stu, I was tempted to write 'monkey' but Kelvin McKenzie has poisoned that well of vocabulary so I wrote 'tree creature".

Gotcha. I would take Watkins like a shot. He is a kid with a physique to bully people. Think a mobile version of Tom Huddlestone.

 


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