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favourite loanees

the return of lewis grabban, following the return of ben hamer, got me thinking on who my favourite loanees have been. there may have been a thread or six on this in the past but my rules appply on this one...

favourite loan player... who never went on to sign permanently...
therefore the following are disqualified: deano, detsi, canham, and probably a few others.

now i can't remember if paul williams (nippy striker form charlton) ever signed permanently. if he didn't he'd be challenging but i shall go for...

graham rix. provided real quality for a few games and hadn't at that time been labeled a dirty old man.
 

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Paul Merson and another lad from Arsenal last year I recall ......

Paul Williams was very good though wasn't he?
 

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John Bain and John Bain and.....John Bain.

Mentions also to Paul Williams who was daft enough o score a hat trick for us against Notts County in A meaningless FRT match just when Charlton were about to let us buy him, Graham Rix, Steve Sidwell and ---- a blast from the past:

Alex Dawson!! What a player
 

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Jordan Rhodes
Scott Canham
 

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as already mentioned Canham stands out for when he was on loan.I think some of the best performing loans have been under Andy Scott,Jordan Rhodes,Billy Clarke,Chesney,Anderson in his 1 game emergency loan the year we won the league was top class !
 

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Paul Merson and another lad from Arsenal last year I recall ......

Paul Williams was very good though wasn't he?

i guess that boy last year is a given...

merse however i thought was a bit of a letdown... didn't perryman send him back saying he couldn't score? local les ferdinand was similar i recall.
 

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I don't think Paul Williams ever signed for us. Alex Dawson was great... scored in almost every game!
BBB? Keith Fear? Dennis Bailey?
 

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Chesney
Merson
Sidwell

An arsenal thing going on here!!

There are quite a few though.
 

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Steve Sherwood deserves a shout :sorted:.
 

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Alex Dawson!! What a player[/QUOTE] :

Quality player. i will always remember fa cup 1st rd at home to Gillingham 0-1 with 2 mins to go then up pops Alex & we end up scoring 2 in last 2 mins to win & that was the start of the cup run of 1970
 

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Alex Dawson!! What a player
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Quality player. i will always remember fa cup 1st rd at home to Gillingham 0-1 with 2 mins to go then up pops Alex & we end up scoring 2 in last 2 mins to win & that was the start of the cup run of 1970[/QUOTE]

what a match! real cup tie stuff-I stand to be corrected but was'nt Dawson a Busby Babe? I think he played for Man U in the post Munich cup final.
 

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hon mention for Kieron Baker
 

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Steve Sherwood, Alex Dawson deserve a mention but the greatest of all must be John Bain. A class act indeed.
 

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Sidwell & Burgess (in the same team!)
Rhodes
Chesney
 

favourite loanees

Sidwell
Burgess
Chesney
Anderson
Rhodes
 

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....................................Mr Rhodes................................
.......................................Mr Sidwell................................
.........................................Chesney..................................
 

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Mr David Stevenson-Smythe. Manager of Barclays Bank, Feltham, 1993. Lent me £3000. Top bloke. Must pay him back someday :sorted:.
 
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Leaving aside last year's one...

Bain, Merson, Bain, Sherwood, Bain, Tony Sealy (first time round), Bain - did I mention Bain? Also seem to recall Tony Obi a tiny chap had the skills but not the size.

Worst - Les F and McCarthy
 

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Paul Williams and Woj
 

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Eric Odhaimbo....nearly changed the game for us at Barrow :nono:
 

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Chesney, Sidwell, Burgess, Bain and............................. Redknapp :eek:
 

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aside from the obvious Szcscscscsscscsny, Rhodes, Sidwell & Burgess...

for nostalgic reasons I also nominate Dennis Bailey, I remember his goals & manner & it being exactly what we needed at that time (plus I was right in front of his volley goal at Brighton that hit 1 post then rolled along the line, hit the other post & went in :D)
 

favourite loanees

aside from the obvious Szcscscscsscscsny, Rhodes, Sidwell & Burgess...

for nostalgic reasons I also nominate Dennis Bailey, I remember his goals & manner & it being exactly what we needed at that time (plus I was right in front of his volley goal at Brighton that hit 1 post then rolled along the line, hit the other post & went in :D)

Ww wuz robbed that day as Ashby's late header was disallowed for no apparent reason.
 

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Two players that by themselves were the difference in a season:

Sidwell made a pretty good team into a very, very good team. One that should have been promoted. :cry:

Chesney made a very average (possibly 'poor') team into a respectable mid-table team.

Don't remember any other individuals that have had such an impact.
 

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Chesney, BBB, Sidwell, Rhodes, Billy Clarke, hamer when we were promoted.
 

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Eric Odhaimbo....nearly changed the game for us at Barrow :nono:

I noticed he scored against Rangers (who were 3 points clear at the top) for Inverness, managed by Terry 'aren't tac-tics are some kind of mint?' Butcher. Says alot that a player who struggles against a conference north side can score against the Champions of Scotland.
 

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Darren prately wasnt to bad and is now being apparently watched by Everton, Newcastle and another prem team.
 

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Strange one Pratley. My memory was that he was a good player but that the team was SOOOO dire that he had no chance to look really good (in the way that you never look good playing tennis against a novice). Don't think he regretted getting out of that team.


Darren prately wasnt to bad and is now being apparently watched by Everton, Newcastle and another prem team.
 
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