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Robin
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Worst - Easah Suliman
Best - Richard Keogh/Brooker they kept us up.

I won't count players we had on loan and took permanently like McCann, Wilson, Pack or Gillespie.
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London Exile
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asl wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 15:11 Who was the West Indian guy (Barbadian, maybe) we had briefly? Was he on loan? Had a long throw that used to come in horizontally like a tracer bullet.
Greg Goodridge I think it was
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ctfc-fan
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London Exile wrote:
asl wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 15:11 Who was the West Indian guy (Barbadian, maybe) we had briefly? Was he on loan? Had a long throw that used to come in horizontally like a tracer bullet.
Greg Goodridge I think it was
He who caught the ball and gave away a penalty too!
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London Exile
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When we had the triple loan from Bristol City of Taylor Moore, Freddie Hinds & Joe Morrell, I was expecting Hinds to do well (didn’t really do much) but it was Morrell who I thought was the clear standout and he’s done ok since too!
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Fuller
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ctfc-fan wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 16:17
London Exile wrote:
asl wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 15:11 Who was the West Indian guy (Barbadian, maybe) we had briefly? Was he on loan? Had a long throw that used to come in horizontally like a tracer bullet.
Greg Goodridge I think it was
He who caught the ball and gave away a penalty too!
No that was Jason Brissett, we had him for a bit in the first season in the EFL.
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ctfc-fan
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Fuller wrote:
ctfc-fan wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 16:17
London Exile wrote: Greg Goodridge I think it was
He who caught the ball and gave away a penalty too!
No that was Jason Brissett, we had him for a bit in the first season in the EFL.
Was it? Thought it was GG.
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Fuller
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ctfc-fan wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 16:40
Fuller wrote:
ctfc-fan wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 16:17
He who caught the ball and gave away a penalty too!
No that was Jason Brissett, we had him for a bit in the first season in the EFL.
Was it? Thought it was GG.
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/ ... eltenham-0
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ctfc-fan
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Fuller wrote:
ctfc-fan wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 16:40
Fuller wrote: No that was Jason Brissett, we had him for a bit in the first season in the EFL.
Was it? Thought it was GG.
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/ ... eltenham-0
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WhaddonIrregular
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Jerry St Clair wrote: ↑09 Feb 2025, 11:35 Sub-genre: Loan players whose subsequent careers confounded their time at Whaddon Road.


Best - Luke Garbutt. A class apart for us. Was convinced he’d become an Everton regular. 13 years later he returns to us with Salford a shadow of that talented full back.

Worst - John Marquis. Rubbish for us. Thought he’d be heading into National League at best. Has gone on the score shedloads in a really successful lower league career.

Joe Rodon - looked absolutely dreadful for us repeatedly, and got hauled off at half time in his last game at home vs Coventry.
Subsequently gone on to play for Wales in a Euros and a World Cup, and a regular now for Leeds after admittedly a misstep at Tottenham.
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Robin
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There were a lot of poor loans under Gary Johnson's reign but there were clearly some, such as Rodon, who had great potential but came a bit too soon here and into mens football. You could make the same argument about the young lad Micky Moore brought here from Villa, didn't really pull up trees but went to Norwich on loan the following season and then sold to Burnley for £15 million. It shows to me that timing is just as important as potential.
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Fuller
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Robin wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 05:51 There were a lot of poor loans under Gary Johnson's reign but there were clearly some, such as Rodon, who had great potential but came a bit too soon here and into mens football. You could make the same argument about the young lad Micky Moore brought here from Villa, didn't really pull up trees but went to Norwich on loan the following season and then sold to Burnley for £15 million. It shows to me that timing is just as important as potential.
Aaron Ramsey. Brother of Jacob at Villa.
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I don’t think I’ve seen Martin Allen mentioned yet. Just look at the list of loans he brought in and I expect half of them would be on the list of worst.

Best: The Boy Wright. Came in, made our attack click, helped fire us to a football league title.
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Si Robin
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You mean like Lathaniel Rowe-Turner or Ashley Hemmings?
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Jim
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In recent years i'd go for Wright, Doyle-Hayes and Caleb Taylor. Azaz was pretty good too. I can't think of a decent loan striker off the top of my head.

Special mention for Owen Bevan last year, I thought he looked really good just before he got that injury.

The list of bad is too long to go through, to be honest!
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andgarod
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Best loan striker Ben Burgess wings out
Worst Buckles new year loans from Liverpool although I think 1 was OKish
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PCrobin
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My top 3 would be Butland, Wright and my favourite striker Steve Brooker (will never forget his winner at home to Bristol Rovers and the mayhem in the PRE)..
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PCrobin wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 15:13 My top 3 would be Butland, Wright and my favourite striker Steve Brooker (will never forget his winner at home to Bristol Rovers and the mayhem in the PRE)..
I bet Sarah came. Sorry...I meant to say "I bet Sarah went"...
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Shade
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Si Robin wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 14:12 You mean like Lathaniel Rowe-Turner or Ashley Hemmings?
Are they the only two loans who have only played 1 game for us?
Has anybody ever signed on loan and not even made an appearance?
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Shade wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 17:28
Si Robin wrote: ↑10 Feb 2025, 14:12 You mean like Lathaniel Rowe-Turner or Ashley Hemmings?
Are they the only two loans who have only played 1 game for us?
Has anybody ever signed on loan and not even made an appearance?
Jamie Soule.
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If I recall Mark Yates signed a few players on loan, towards the end of his time as manager, who hardly played, and it was felt at the time they were no better than the young lads of our own who weren’t getting an opportunity, one was a midfielder from Swansea I think.
Also Graham Alner’s last signing only played a couple of games, first was in a 0-4 defeat at home to Crewe on Boxing Day in 2002. Both soon departed after that.
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Si Robin
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Episode 127

On this week’s pod I'm joined by Mark and Dan to discuss:

- Defeat at Fleetwood
- Is mid-table a bad thing?
- Best and Worst loans
- Barrow Preview

#ctfc #UpTheTown

https://open.spotify.com/episode/55c2KbXtIrvUPf3SR9Mh71
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I am pretty sure we had a loanee who on his debut for Cheltenham injured himself during the warm up and never was seen again.
Young kid with blond hair. His name escapes me.
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Robin
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Under Gary Johnson we had a player from Scotland, got injured up at Accrington then disappeared but it was a short term contract rather than a loanee.
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Robin wrote: ↑16 Feb 2025, 06:56 Under Gary Johnson we had a player from Scotland, got injured up at Accrington then disappeared but it was a short term contract rather than a loanee.
Alex Cooper
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Robin wrote:Under Gary Johnson we had a player from Scotland, got injured up at Accrington then disappeared but it was a short term contract rather than a loanee.
Thanks, Robin and Fuller.
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Si Robin
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Episode 128

On this week’s pod I'm joined by Mark and Dan to discuss:

- Comeback Kings
- A CTFC International XI
- Newport and Walsall previews

#ctfc #UpTheTown

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uipl2 ... bJy6mk_FgA
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Malabus
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Sam Cox at centre-back.
Pod should come with 18 or over certificate.

Great episode. A pod that gets better and better. Good chemistry with the contributors.
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RS1978
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Si Robin wrote: ↑20 Feb 2025, 17:04 Episode 128

On this week’s pod I'm joined by Mark and Dan to discuss:

- Comeback Kings
- A CTFC International XI
- Newport and Walsall previews

#ctfc #UpTheTown

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uipl2 ... bJy6mk_FgA
Everything OK with the podcast Si? I just assume that you've been ridiculously busy?
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Si Robin
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It's coming - we record on a Thursday evening and then it's a wait for it to be published. I have chased it about an hour ago.
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Malabus
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Just started to lie down to listen and no new episode 🥹
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Si Robin
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Episode 129

On this week’s pod, I'm joined by Mark and Dan to discuss:

- Joshua’s first away win
- A stunning late comeback
- The away kit vote
- Grimsby and Bradford previews

#ctfc #UpTheTown

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GnRQZ ... 7Uxdz5Yx2g
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Horteng
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Where's all the other guys gone that used to be on the pod?
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Si Robin
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A couple have taken a step away, one is the club analyst now and others just have bigger priorities.
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Jim
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Dave has been a great addition, he's slotted in really nicely I think.

Love the pod, my only improvement suggestion would be for it to come out earlier so I've got more time to listen before the Saturday game!

I know you all fit it in where you can and I'm sure it's uploaded as soon as it can be.

Keep up the great work, the loans lists and international 11s were great listens.
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Si Robin
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It's something we're going to be working on from the summer. We like to record on a Tuesday unless there's a Tuesday game. Unfortunately, Wednesdays are a no-go in the winter, so that leaves Thursday evenings when we play on a Tuesday.

But as I said, it is something we're aware of as an issue and something we will be looking to improve going forward.
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