Carey in a Ryan Lowe setup would have been unreal. He would have torn the league's up even more then he did .

Same with Lamieres and Ladapo

All signed by Adams...

Yes ..... bizarre & ironic isn't it .... DA was such an instinctively cautious manager yet signed such players. Lameiras in particular he never trusted. Even during that purple patch when we were blowing teams away he was nearly always subbed after about 70mins - then we'd try to hang on to a lead. Him and GC10 together during that time were simply a joy to watch. Carey was amazing - no idea why he didn't play at a much higher level. We were very, very lucky to have such a player and for so long too.
It was stupid of RL to compare Mayor to him. I'm a big fan of his but he's nowhere near Carey's level.

But he didn't play at a higher level

He built Mayor up because, for some reason droves of Argyle fans were crying into their cereal that Carey who had been distinctly mediocre in his final season and got relegated to the bottom division with the club had gone off to play in front of crowds that the reserves would snigger at and there were season tickets to sell. Course he was going to say something like that

Anyway Carey was crap compared to Akos

Has anyone got footage of Carey’s outrageous piece of showboating in Zoocorner against Pompey? I d love to see that again.
For balance, I should say my favourite moment of the season so far is Danny Mayor putting the Donny defender on his arse before setting Luke up with a sitter.
And, for the record, I loved Akos as well..

Has anyone got footage of Carey’s outrageous piece of showboating in Zoocorner against Pompey? I d love to see that again.
For balance, I should say my favourite moment of the season so far is Danny Mayor putting the Donny defender on his arse before setting Luke up with a sitter.
And, for the record, I loved Akos as well..

It has been scientifically proven that was not skill by Mayor but a slip by the defender.

{Cough}

Carey in a Ryan Lowe setup would have been unreal. He would have torn the league's up even more then he did .

Same with Lamieres and Ladapo

All signed by Adams...

Yes ..... bizarre & ironic isn't it .... DA was such an instinctively cautious manager yet signed such players. Lameiras in particular he never trusted. Even during that purple patch when we were blowing teams away he was nearly always subbed after about 70mins - then we'd try to hang on to a lead. Him and GC10 together during that time were simply a joy to watch. Carey was amazing - no idea why he didn't play at a much higher level. We were very, very lucky to have such a player and for so long too.
It was stupid of RL to compare Mayor to him. I'm a big fan of his but he's nowhere near Carey's level.

But he didn't play at a higher level

He built Mayor up because, for some reason droves of Argyle fans were crying into their cereal that Carey who had been distinctly mediocre in his final season and got relegated to the bottom division with the club had gone off to play in front of crowds that the reserves would snigger at and there were season tickets to sell. Course he was going to say something like that

Anyway Carey was crap compared to Akos

Apart from a backheel nutmeg against Leeds and two free kicks against Norwich, what did Akos do that was levels above Carey?

I'd probably say Akos was more like Connor Grant with the odd stepover.

When you can show me Akos beating players and putting it in the top corner from 30 yards 10-15 times, I'll agree wiv ya.

Carey in a Ryan Lowe setup would have been unreal. He would have torn the league's up even more then he did .

Same with Lamieres and Ladapo

All signed by Adams...

Yes ..... bizarre & ironic isn't it .... DA was such an instinctively cautious manager yet signed such players. Lameiras in particular he never trusted. Even during that purple patch when we were blowing teams away he was nearly always subbed after about 70mins - then we'd try to hang on to a lead. Him and GC10 together during that time were simply a joy to watch. Carey was amazing - no idea why he didn't play at a much higher level. We were very, very lucky to have such a player and for so long too.
It was stupid of RL to compare Mayor to him. I'm a big fan of his but he's nowhere near Carey's level.

But he didn't play at a higher level

He built Mayor up because, for some reason droves of Argyle fans were crying into their cereal that Carey who had been distinctly mediocre in his final season and got relegated to the bottom division with the club had gone off to play in front of crowds that the reserves would snigger at and there were season tickets to sell. Course he was going to say something like that

Anyway Carey was crap compared to Akos

Apart from a backheel nutmeg against Leeds and two free kicks against Norwich, what did Akos do that was levels above Carey?

I'd probably say Akos was more like Connor Grant with the odd stepover.

When you can show me Akos beating players and putting it in the top corner from 30 yards 10-15 times, I'll agree wiv ya.

He was so obviously head and shoulders better than Carey. He was playing at a higher level. He was selected for a national team. He bettered himself after leaving Argyle and he didn't get relegated to the bottom division with Argyle having been mediocre for the best part of a season.
Carey had the benefit of playing against duffers for most of the time he wore green whereas Akos played against actual name clubs.

You have a complex about Carey I’d persuade you to seek therapy for.

I’d say leaving Argyle for Champions League qualification matches, a pay rise and a better tax bracket is hardly like dropping to the Vauxhall Conference.

It’s easy to look mediocre when you set the standards and expectations like he did. I bet he did more in his final season, ran more than any player that Argyle player did, or any player of our relegated threatened rivals. Feel free to sift through the stats to check that.

You have a complex about Carey I’d persuade you to seek therapy for.

I’d say leaving Argyle for Champions League qualification matches and a pay rise is hardly dropping to the Vauxhall Conference.

Not at all. He was a great player in spells.
What I do have a complex about is the daily need from posters to queue up and go all gooey about an ex player, specifically denegrating a current player at the same time.

Personally I think Danny Mayor should be made to personally visit every season ticket holder and apologise for not being Carey.

I have no idea what Carey's wages are now, I'm not on personal terms with him the way you must be.
I don't watch a great deal of Bulgarian football, but then again nor do many Bulgarians. Certainly I'd like to think that if I was a much sought after footballer I'd rather move to the championship if clubs were queueing up for my signature rather than 3 games in the champions league and the rest of the year playing in front of basically no one

You have a complex about Carey I’d persuade you to seek therapy for.

I’d say leaving Argyle for Champions League qualification matches and a pay rise is hardly dropping to the Vauxhall Conference.

Not at all. He was a great player in spells.
What I do have a complex about is the daily need from posters to queue up and go all gooey about an ex player, specifically denegrating a current player at the same time.

Personally I think Danny Mayor should be made to personally visit every season ticket holder and apologise for not being Carey.

Remember, it was our current manager that felt the need to say Mayor was better than Carey. Out of nowhere.

The urge for repeated comparison, the pressure that comes with eclipsing in my opinion one of our all time greats, came from a statement made by our manager.

Stop having a go at our fans for bringing up something the manager said all by himself 18 months ago.

When our fans start slagging off Niall Canavan or Gary Sawyer for not being as good as Graham Carey I’ll agree with you.

Has anyone got footage of Carey’s outrageous piece of showboating in Zoocorner against Pompey? I d love to see that again.
For balance, I should say my favourite moment of the season so far is Danny Mayor putting the Donny defender on his arse before setting Luke up with a sitter.
And, for the record, I loved Akos as well..

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Enjoy!

It does make Danny's trick against Donny look plain ordinary. As for blaming Carey for relegation .....Maybe (just a theory, like) ......but maybe it was something to do with the 80 goals we conceded (whilst scoring more than Coventry who finished 7th) ??

Akos? Probably my favourite ever Argyle player. So often a couple of seconds magic was worth the entrance fee alone. Loved him. But look at his stats.... he was a showman with little end product and frankly a liability anywhere near our own box. Carey's stats were astonishing. He had offers to play higher level but (for some bizarre reason) seemed to like it here.

You have a complex about Carey I’d persuade you to seek therapy for.

I’d say leaving Argyle for Champions League qualification matches and a pay rise is hardly dropping to the Vauxhall Conference.

Not at all. He was a great player in spells.
What I do have a complex about is the daily need from posters to queue up and go all gooey about an ex player, specifically denegrating a current player at the same time.

Personally I think Danny Mayor should be made to personally visit every season ticket holder and apologise for not being Carey.

Remember, it was our current manager that felt the need to say Mayor was better than Carey. Out of nowhere.

The urge for repeated comparison, the pressure that comes with eclipsing in my opinion one of our all time greats, came from a statement made by our manager.

Stop having a go at our fans for bringing up something the manager said all by himself 18 months ago.

When our fans start slagging off Niall Canavan or Gary Sawyer for not being as good as Graham Carey I’ll agree with you.

What did you expect Lowe to say.
'nah Mayor is crap compared to the guy who was part of the team that just got you relegated. Don't bother buying a season ticket'
I'll stop having a go at the 'fans' when they stop berating a current player who has done nothing to deserve it and going all wet eyed about an ex player on a daily flipping basis.

All time greats
No one who played in the bottom two divisions for Argyle and ended up back in the bottom division qualifies as an 'all time great'
I've only gone since 1990 but the following players would all get in my best Argyle midfield ahead of Carey:
Nalis - championship
McCall - made the third tier payoffs with Argyle
Buszaky - championship
Castle - made the third tier play offs, scored shed loads
Dalton - wonder goals, made play offs
Friio - helped us get promotion to the championship
Halmosi - superb in the championship
Norris - championship consistent performer

I'm pretty certain people who have gone for a lot longer would have seen players playing at a higher level and wouldn't be a as wowed by wonder goals against Morecambe

For the record Carey was one of the only highlights of an otherwise soul destroying period of watching Argyle. But the more gushing that goes on about him the more sick buckets I'm getting through

Many magical moments from GC10, but my favourite from that video clip is when he hits the ball with the outside of his left wand,yes, it was a magic one, through four of the opposition to R Reid who shrugs off a fifth player and scores in the Devonport end.

No-one mentioning this Carey memory.
6 April 2019. 5 games until the end of the season.
Argyle 0-0 Charlton. 39 mins. Argyle awarded a penalty.
Carey hits one of the lamest penalties seen straight at the keeper.
41 minutes Argyle 0-1 Charlton
Ended nil 2.
A point extra that season would have kept us up.