Brighton Breezy
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Virgo won't leave.
But that isn't to say another central defender might not...
But that isn't to say another central defender might not...
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Adam Virgo to Norwich?
- Thread starter The Goon
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He seems a nice lad. Which probably isn't what you want as a central defender and captain.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Trying to start rumours are we...
Virgo is a class player anyway, all of a sudden one red card makes him shit.
Uncle C
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I think you meant to say Virgo is a class central defender.
bhamanandboy
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- Feb 17, 2008
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Trying to start rumours are we...
Virgo is a class player anyway, all of a sudden one red card makes him shit.
You dont watch much football do you! Virgo and class dont go in the same sentence.
rcf0712
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I'd be sad to see him go, I'd like to see a few players stick around for a while and he's one of them, not to mention that modern day rarity of a local bloke playing for his home town team.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Presume you didn't go to Millwall and Wycombe then, both of which he played CENTRE BACK.
Father Jack
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- Aug 21, 2005
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He came in for free if we sell him we make a nice tidy profit.
The Merry Prankster
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Like a shot.
Kalimantan Gull
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No, I want him to stay and lead us to the promised land.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
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Virgs is great at CB unfortunately my impression of him is bluured by hime plaing in midfield and RB. He should only play CB then he could be a championship player again.
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BensGrandad
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In the current set up I wuld sooner they look o replace Hawkins with an experienced central defender to play alonside Virgo and then allow Tunnicliffe to develope slowly without being in the firing line every week with Elphick as back up to try to return to the player he was a couple pf seasons ago.
Spiros
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The problem with Elphick is that he still is the same player he was 2 years ago and doesn't seem to have learnt from his experience. OK, he's committed and can win headers against centre forwards but he also makes errors which cost us games (a la Southend) which he should he got out of his system by now. His main problem is his distribution - he doesn't seem to have learned that we play better if he gives a short pass on the deck to a midfielder rather than trying to aim a high hoof vaguely in the direction of our forwards.
I would be sad to see Virgo go. He's our best centre back and can at least fill in at other positions if needed (which is probably to his detriment).
I would be sad to see Virgo go. He's our best centre back and can at least fill in at other positions if needed (which is probably to his detriment).
Silent Bob
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- Dec 6, 2004
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I've not seen any evidence that he's a great centreback. He's still slow and his positioning is questionable, I think people's views on him are blinkered because of his heroics against Swindon, and up front in the Championship, and the fact he appears to be a top bloke - these things have made him a fan favourite beyond what he's demonstrated on the pitch (at least, in his preferred position).
I'd take £200k+ for him if it was offered, happily. I'm not jumping on the anti-Elphick bandwagon, I still think he's a fine defender and Tunnicliffe looks good too, the only issue is with or without Virgo they are all very similar players. But if we sold Virgo that would enable us to bring in someone else a bit different to provide competition and options in the centre of defence, while not having to shoehorn Virgo into the team whenever he's fit.
BensGrandad
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I dont agree with Silent Bob as I believe that Virgo is the best central defender that we have in that he is an old fashioned stopper, win the ball and get rid. Tunnicliffe tries to play football in the Hansen Lawrenson manner and sometimes get caught out but unfortunately Elphick does neither as well as he did 2 years ago and has gone backwards rather than progressed. Maybe the reason is losing Guy Butters to talk him through the game. I also do not believe that White and Booker are good to help him.
I would happilly give virgo a puh out the door, i dont think he is good enough to make our settled back 4 of mcnulty, tunnicliffe, elphick, whing anyway, but apparently has to play every game, so i'd be delighted to see him go, we also have other good candidates for captain
BensGrandad
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This is the whole argument people like me are saying that he is good enough as he is the best central defender we have better than both Tunnicliffe and Elphick at the moment.
I think he will lead us out as captain at Falmer in The Championship and would not disappointed about that.