| Angelo Balanta 20:28 - Dec 30 with 1074 views | MrSheen |
Still going strong at 35, 18 years after his debut for us. Just got his fourth goal of the season for Hornchurch in National League South. |  | | |  |
| Angelo Balanta on 23:17 - Dec 30 with 780 views | stainrods_elbow |
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us? |  |
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| Angelo Balanta on 00:10 - Dec 31 with 712 views | KensalT |
| Angelo Balanta on 23:17 - Dec 30 by stainrods_elbow |
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us? |
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin
- Eberechi Eze
- Luke Freeman
- Joe Lumley
- Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
Is that enough to be going on with!? [Post edited 31 Dec 0:14]
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| Angelo Balanta on 00:16 - Dec 31 with 690 views | MrSheen |
| Angelo Balanta on 00:10 - Dec 31 by KensalT |
In the last decade all of the following have played in the Premier League after leaving us:
- Charlie Austin
- Eberechi Eze
- Luke Freeman
- Joe Lumley
- Ryan Manning
Asmir Begovic and Alex Smithies were with Premier League clubs after us but didn't play in the PL.
And then there's Harvey Elliott and Raheem Sterling (bit more than a decade ago in Raheem's case) who were with us as youth players but got pinched before they could turn out for us.
Is that enough to be going on with!? [Post edited 31 Dec 0:14]
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| Angelo Balanta on 00:20 - Dec 31 with 678 views | KensalT |
| Angelo Balanta on 00:16 - Dec 31 by MrSheen |
Alex McCarthy. |
Alex McCarthy left us in 2015, so just over a decade ago:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
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| Angelo Balanta on 02:58 - Dec 31 with 551 views | DannyPaddox |
| Angelo Balanta on 23:17 - Dec 30 by stainrods_elbow |
I wish we had more ex-players we could look up at/to, rather than all these Balantas and Slades etc, who end up dropping so many rungs (if not actual ladders!) from where they were with us. How many players actually go onto better things after leaving us? |
Have you ever considered reining it in? You are a blight on this message board. |  | | |
| Angelo Balanta on 03:13 - Dec 31 with 538 views | queensparker |
It is a good point though - they are hardly any ex QPR players doing well or holding down a decent career
Eze doing well. That’s about it
A few exes knocking around the same level (Manning, BOS, Dykes, Armstrong, Robinson, Lowe)
It’s a metric that needs work [Post edited 31 Dec 3:15]
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| Angelo Balanta on 04:42 - Dec 31 with 463 views | enfieldargh |
| Angelo Balanta on 02:58 - Dec 31 by DannyPaddox |
Have you ever considered reining it in? You are a blight on this message board. |
Ive put him on ignore can you imagine having to work with the man bet hes had more jobs than hot dinners |  |
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| Angelo Balanta on 06:26 - Dec 31 with 382 views | numptydumpty |
| Angelo Balanta on 03:13 - Dec 31 by queensparker |
It is a good point though - they are hardly any ex QPR players doing well or holding down a decent career
Eze doing well. That’s about it
A few exes knocking around the same level (Manning, BOS, Dykes, Armstrong, Robinson, Lowe)
It’s a metric that needs work [Post edited 31 Dec 3:15]
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You missed out Rob Dickie from that list at the same level.
And is captain at Bristol City who are consistently in the top ten.
Him and Dunne together were treated poorly by the fans back then and I could understand why he was keen to leave. But you could realistically look at the fact, they played together under Ainsworth.
In hindsight, it would have been better for us to keep him. He was aware he was leaving when he put in an absolutely immense display in a Burnley away win, who were in the top two, which was the difference between us being relegated or not.
At one stage with a couple of 25 yard hits to boot, we all thought he could be a premier league player. His lack of pace has probably been the reason why he never got that chance. [Post edited 31 Dec 6:30]
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| Angelo Balanta on 07:07 - Dec 31 with 320 views | Lblock |
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