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The Little And Large Striking Partnership

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  1. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    How times have changed from years ago
    When any team at all,
    You care to name, in any league
    Would have both short and tall,
    To spearhead their attacks and know
    That on them you could call,
    The little and large striking partnership

    Maybe the extreme example
    Of such a striking pair,
    In size and stature could be found
    Down in the south coast air,
    Where Crouch and Defoe for Pompey
    Made folk stand up and stare,
    The little and large striking partnership

    And Liverpool in olden days
    Also made quite a name,
    For themselves on the striking front
    Joining in with the game,
    First Toshack alongside Keegan
    Then Heskey, Owen came,
    The little and large striking partnership

    And who can´t remember Zola
    And one Tore André Flo,
    A partnership which on its day
    Really made Chelsea go,
    And that despite playing a game
    Which all defences know,
    The little and large striking partnership

    One of our own, young Bellamy
    When linking up with Toon,
    Joined with one Mr. A Shearer
    A duo that would bloom,
    And before long the goals would make
    Even those Geordies swoon,
    The little and large striking partnership

    We´ve had our own needless to say
    Perhaps the best to date,
    Was R. Rosario and Fleck
    His little Scottish mate,
    The one would invariably
    Lay t´other on a plate,
    The little and large striking partnership

    But now of course the emphasis
    These days, has turned around,
    Hardly any now find the need
    For two strikers to hound,
    And so that lopsided era
    Has fallen to the ground,
    The little and large striking partnership.
     
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  2. Kent canary

    Kent canary Well-Known Member

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    Bellamy and Roberts was getting good. If only there was no Musc**t
     
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  3. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    Very true Kent, I´m sure there are plenty more, these were just what immediately popped into mind - Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips weren´t bad either. <ok>
     
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  4. Hairy Mary Quite Canary

    Hairy Mary Quite Canary Well-Known Member

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    Out in the car a few weeks ago I had to take a deep breath and count to 10... sat behind a BMW with the number plate: MUSC4T
     
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  5. goldeneadie

    goldeneadie Well-Known Member

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    Ted and Charlie for us. And a couple of other teams.
     
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  6. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    Agreed, although MacDougall wasn´t all that big, and Boyer wasn´t all that small. ;)

    I have it on good authority ( Canary Citizens) that Boyer was 5´8" and MacDougall was 5´10" .
     
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    Hairy Mary Quite Canary Well-Known Member

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    Holt and Jackson
     
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  9. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    Was thinking of mentioning them Hairy, but just couldn´t remember quite how much they played together.
     
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  10. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    At a pinch, you could include Ron Davies and Tommy Bryceland
     
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  11. THURNBY CANARY

    THURNBY CANARY Active Member

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    I think MacDougall and Boyer was our best ever partnership irrespective of the little and large criteria. League wise, Toshack and Keegan take the plaudits for me closely followed by Dalglish and Rush
     
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  12. Resurgam

    Resurgam Top Analyst Staff Member

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    Sutton and Shearer were quite handy together as were Rush and Fowler
     
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  13. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking Sutton and Shearer but they were more large and large weren't they?
     
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  14. Resurgam

    Resurgam Top Analyst Staff Member

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    I didn't think Shearer was that big
     
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  15. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    tbh I don't know, but they were both bustling, get stuck in types who laid the ball off for each other, they were interchangeable in a way!

    Edit:- I just checked, Shearer is 6' 0" and Sutton is 6' 3"

    2nd edit:- Sutton has got six (6) children! About time they got a television! <yikes>
     
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  16. THURNBY CANARY

    THURNBY CANARY Active Member

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    Obviously children start at a smaller number before you have the actual number and then the written in full word. With footy scores it is normally starting with 7 (seven)
     
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  17. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    I've had a load of teeth out today and an interim denture fitted and I'm in agony, that's my excuse for not understanding what the hell you're talking about!

    <laugh>
     
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  18. Agent Bruce

    Agent Bruce Well-Known Member

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    Thought you only had two to start with.

    [video=youtube;WI02_UJ1C6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI02_UJ1C6I[/video]
     
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  19. Tony_Munky_Canary

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    Rosario and Flecky <ok>
     
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