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Big Mo to go.

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  1. Albert's Chip Shop

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  3. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

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    He was a handful on his day, but didn’t seem to have many.
    Good luck to him.
     
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  4. Henry Boy

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    I feel like this is a very harsh assessment, I thought he was largely a solid player for us.

    After he was booed off last season (or possibly the one before & shame on us btw) he was out performing Kante in the stats of that position!
     
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    Never rated him, but he did a job for us especially during our promotion season .
     
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  6. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

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    Not at all. I’m a bit of a fan of his, he was great when he came on against West Ham. See him play fantastically well sometimes, but not often enough.
     
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    Best wishes on the future. Some rubbish games, some blinders and the flukiest goal we've scored.
     
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    He was bloody awful in out promotion season and said so himself.

    For the second half of the 17/18 season though he was absolute immense, I'll always remember the 1-0 win vs Man U at SJP when he absolutely destroyed them in midfield.

    This last season was a bit of a mixed bag, weak start but eventually becoming a decent squad player.

    Would've been tempted to offer him another 1 year as a back up player.
     
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    My bad I just remembered him having a good season .
     
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  10. Prince Isak (GG)

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    He had two hands didn’t he?
     
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  11. Prince Isak (GG)

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    An average player in all honesty. Remember he never looked like a good player in a constantly threatened relegation side.

    He tried hard so for that I give him credit. Couldn’t create chances and didn’t score enough goals. He also frustrated me at times.
     
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    He was useless except from a few months at the back end of last season. Good riddance
     
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  13. Charlie Dogscock

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    Bit harsh as for at least half of 17/18 and half of 18/19 he was very good, and a remarkable improvement for how he started out.

    When he was bad he was ****ing dreadful though.
     
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  14. Darren Peacock’s Ponytail

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    He was a cheap alternative to Sissoko and we got our money's worth out of him.
    Wish him all the best
     
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