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  1. Lemons and Oranges

    Lemons and Oranges Well-Known Member

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    Or his Swiss cousin, Cable Car. Or his fat uncle, Dining Car, or...
     
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    Romeu spotted on a train from Winchester to London this lunch time
     
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  3. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    Forgotten how many goals Peter Crouch scored then?
     
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  4. Gregm1988

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    How many "Super tall" players have there been in the top leagues? And usually it seems like goalkeepers and defenders are excluded from that list because it is kind of expected?

    I can only immediately think of Crouch and Zigic.
     
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  5. Saintmagic

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    Vestergaard
     
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  6. Romsey_Saint

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    Was he travelling First Class?
     
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  7. Gregm1988

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    Oh gosh. Already purged from the memory!
     
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  8. BackFromBeyond

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    Zlatan Ibrahimović?
     
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  9. Che’s Godlike Thighs

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    Haaland is 6 foot 5.

    Also, Graziano Pelle was around 6'5 too.
     
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  10. Gregm1988

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    What are we calling super tall? I guess I consider it the level where you could be playing basketball instead. For some reason I think either 6'6" or 6'7" (so over 6 and a half feet)

    Which is arbitrarily cutting out some good players like Ibra, Haaland and Pelle!
     
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  11. Osvaldorama

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    Chelsea terminate Ross Barkley’s contract.

    Worth picking up on a free?
     
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  12. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Not for me.
     
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  13. Craig smith

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    Back to Everton possibly
     
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  14. SaintInKuwait

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    He’s always been a favourite of mine because I’m a sucker for a central midfielder who can work at both ends of the pitch but I don’t see it for us. I’m sure there lots of teams who’d be willing to pay him a lot more than us for free agency.
     
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  15. saintrichie123

    saintrichie123 Well-Known Member

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    Llorente was 6-4……Sam G also was 6-4.
    Me being only 5-10…..they are all tall <laugh>
     
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  16. Saintmagic

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    Yeah freakishly tall I say is 6’6/6’7. They just look awkward and it encourages the lump it forward type attitude.

    As I say just a personal preference, obviously some of those players have had good careers.
     
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    Absolutely not.
     
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  18. Osvaldorama

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    I actually think he would suit Ralph a lot. Certainly better than Ely.

    but that would depend on his wages etc
     
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  19. saintrichie123

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    West Ham or Everton written all over it.
     
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    Barkley is another Alli. Might have been worth seeing if he could rediscover football 3 years ago but certainly not anymore. Not even on a free.
     
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