Biggest failure in a reds shirt that you were desperate to succeed?

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  1. Brush

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    Sacrilege! Admin ban him now.
     
    Brush, Apr 15, 2021
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    Michael Boulding. He was supposed to fire us to promotion with Mark Stallard and Daniel Nardiello.
     
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  3. Dan

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    Gwyn Thomas? Didn't he play over 200 games for us?
     
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    did we not poach Boulding from Grimsby on a free
     
    La Dent de Crolles, Apr 15, 2021
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    Didn't he come back under Mark Robins on a pay as you play deal and didn't make any appearances?
     
    Spuggy, Apr 15, 2021
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    Also Jan Molby - he could hardly move by the time he played for us.
     
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    I meant more that he played for us, the Chelsea thug (not Graham Roberts) broke his leg, and he was never the same player again...
     
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    Alan Birch. He often tore us a new one when he was at Chesterfield, and I was expecting big things from him. He wasn't bad for us, but never hit the heights.
     
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    Didn’t need to move much, played four or five games and looked amazing. Never left the centre circle.
     
    Archerfield, Apr 15, 2021
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  10. Dan

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    He could have played more, but there aren't too many who have totted up 200+ games, been capped for their country and strongly influenced games over multiple seasons. It certainly doesn't fall into the realm of failure for me.
     
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    He was more interested in the white lines sadly. Agreed in that game he was a world beater, but his addiction / demons got the better of him. I hope he's continuing to recover & make something of his life, he must have massive regrets & issues that will still take years to overcome.
     
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    Agreed, it was a tragic injury to a quality player for us. I think he'd have fitted our current side as holding midfielder well, getting stuck in & setting up play. I could have sworn it was Roberts, but have to bow to people who had a better view than me. I was in the packed Brewery Stand that day & I'm a short arse.
     
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  13. Dan

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    I was in the corner between Brewery Stand and Ponty as but a wee shippersnapper (ish).

    We've lost some very good players to injury down the years. Cross, Thomas, McGugan, Fleming, Watson, curiously, many of them making a lot of appearances for us.
     
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    Paul Cross was a great player who was blighted by injury. At least Fleming made about 250 appearances, he was a real class footballer. Barnsley's answer to Franz Beckenbauer.
     
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    I think its a sign of the times that you just wouldn't expect players of Taggart and Flemings quality to be with us for over 200 games now before they went for a few million.
     
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    Chris shuker - seeing how good he was against us with Hartlepool. Played 100 games or so but only here 2 seasons
     
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    Wouldn't put Gwyn Thomas in this thread - regular for years for Barnsley. He was injured and never fully recovered but he was a fantastic player for Barnsley
     
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    Rohan Ricketts. I don't know why he's the first name that comes to mind but he had a great pedigree, Spurs and Arsenal both I think and looked classy in pre-season. I thought he was the sort of signing who'd fire us to a promotion push. But he fell out of favour and I'm not really sure what happened after he left.

    George Smith. I thought he was a good little defender and seemed a top lad to boot who had his head and heart in the right place. I thought it was a real shame it didn't work for him and I hope he can make a living out of the game.

    Nathan Jarman another youngster I wanted to do well but who didn't quite make it.
     
    MonkeyRed, Apr 15, 2021
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