Greenskin":1n7vyl70 said:
X Isle":1n7vyl70 said:
Happy days, even Shilton knew where to look, how many were signed from the reserve teams of premiership clubs :wink:.
True.But then,where were Gilbert,Capaldi,Stonebridge and Norris signed from,albeit on a permanent,rather than loan basis? I'm sure you'll agree those players played an important part in actually winning somethng in 2003/4,rather than than being glorious failures,then inglorious failures in the following season,a la the Shilton team.I realise you may be posting in a somewhat tongue in cheek style judging by the wink,but just to finish off,i would think that Shilts had considerably more money with which to assemble that team than has been allocated to Mr Reid,maybe its a case of shopping where the budget dictates.
But surely what that team demonstrates is that you don't need to go rummaging through Premier League reserves to find decent players.
Steve Castle came to us from Leyton Orient, Paul Dalton from Hartlepool, Gary Poole from Barnet, Dwight Marshall from Grays Athletic, I forget where Kevin Nugent came from, but i'm sure it was no-one special! (was it Leyton Orient as well??)
All lower league players who when put together became a TEAM. In my 25 years of following Argyle, no team sticks in my memory like that one! I just about remember the Dave Smith team, I was at the 4-0 thrashing of Bristol City
, but the Shilton team was like watching Arsenal of today. Pure footballing magic and I believe that the "nearly" season saw us as the leagues top goalscorers with 88 goals. I could be wrong......hang on, where's GOS