One for the future
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One for the future
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I watched Ellison play for Morecambe against County a good few years ago when he was considered to be a veteran coming to the end of his career and he was a bit of a hate figure for the home crowd.I daresay he must be that at quite a few grounds because fans of teams in the fourth tier would have been watching him play against their teams for donkey's years.
Fair play to him, it's an achievement to be considered worth a contract at that age.
When did Ellison play against City at Ninian Park and who was the future City player in the same team as him that day? There was also a current Premier League veteran in that side, who?
Purely from memory that would be Cardiff 1 Hull 0 on 18 February 2006. Jon Parkin played in central defence for Hull and Mark Noble in midfield. If memory serves me well I think Cameron Jerome scored the only goal in the 22nd minute
For a bonus point which future England international did he appear with on a previous visit.
Thank god we plumped for Neil Harris rather than Mike Flynn.
He said that he felt' A tingle and a buzz' which is surprising at his age.
It'll be interesting to come back to this thread at the end of the season, just to see how he got on. Newport are on a very tight budget, and I would suppose this guy was a bit cheaper than most. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for County, so I hope he does well.
Ye. I clearly remember the rest of you confidently predicting he’d get us into the play offs too. Easy to be a smart arse with the benefit of hindsight.
Let’s see what he does next season anyway. Will be interested to hear what you Harris disciples have to say if we get a mid table finish playing average football.
As for Flynn. He has done a superb job. You lot speak about him as if he’s got the club relegated in consecutive seasons on a huge budget. And before you scoff re. his teams playing style , I’ll remind you that you’ve been in watching Warnock and Harris football for thw last 4 seasons....in a league that is supposed to be more sophisticated than League Two.....oh and also after having “invested” 50 million on playing staff. Compare that to what Flynn has had over the same period.
Well, you're not wrong there, but for about three quarters of his time at Newport, his record has suggested he could do better than that level - there was another reminder regarding that yesterday, unlike us, the jacks do not tend to get embarrassed by lower league clubs in the early rounds of cups.
Maybe.
However, any manager that can get his/her team competing at the top end of the division on a budget of next to nothing, regardless of the level, should be considered a decent manager.
I find it difficult to see why Harris can be considered a Championship manager and Flynn can’t. Harris is primitive.