I can remember a post on here touting a midfield pairing of Blake and McNaughton.
hilarious, at the time that would have meant dropping Steve mcphail
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I have watched it now and it's very funny. But he must have been a nightmare to manage. Shame it never got as far as 2012 and the penalty miss against Liverpool. I wonder what he would have to say about that?! It was probably Dave Jones' fault....and he wasn't manager by then.
I remember people accusing him of missing on purpose - ridiculous.
I'm sure he was more gutted about it than any of the fans
Played with and against Pembridge and his attitude was extremely professional even as a kid. His discipline was total and at that age he could be an utter pain in the arse to play with or against.
His left foot stood out a mile, the goal he scored in this thread were regular occurences.
Merthyr is blessed with people who day they could've have made it. It amazes me how many either blame chasing skirt and booze to the infamous dodgy knee.
Back to Pembridge, best player to come out of Merthyr.
The End.
Darcy Blake outside the Gurnos club*laughing*? you should be having a word for dissing your family.
Gareth Abraham, was another Merthyr boy, who was ok in the lower divisions
Gavin Williams. Went on to play for West Ham, both Bristol clubs, Ipswich. Was with Cardiff as a kid. Hes now manager of Merthyr.
Pentrebach have produced some decent sportsmen over the years for such a small village. Williams along with his 2 brothers and 2 cousins all played rugby or football professionally.
The problem with you Sludge, you are stuck in the dungeon days.
Darcy Blake got stuck in, thats probably why you liked him, when I say he couldnt pass obviously he could pass to a certain degree but not to the level required in Championship football, not in central midfield. He couldnt pass and dictate a game like a Scimeca, McPhail or a Whittingham. Thats the sort of level required when he was with Cardiff. To suggest he could is an absolute nonsense and I dont care for your single case examples like him having a good game once away to West Brom.
Lovely left foot which sometimes gets overlooked because he had a reputation for being a dogged workhorse. He could play as well.
He was playing mens football for Hoovers in the Welsh League at 15 to gain experience. Everything was geared up to making it as a professional and he got his rewards, fair play.
Personally, I think with the ability my cousin had I think he under achieved in his career but like has been said on this thread youve got to have the right attitude as well. He was too laid back, some would say a little lazy, thats probably why the Cardiff crowd took more to Leggy than Bows because Leggy was all action and 110% every game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEnRDqFRSfQ
Part 2, he talks about Malky and the penalty miss, he starts talking about Malky around half an hour in
Changing the subject, I always liked Glenn Loovens at centre back and wished he'd stayed longer