... But they can't be any good really otherwise we would have tried to hang on to both.
They were both falsely implicated in an unsavoury, and unfounded allegation at the time. Whether that had anything to do with their leaving, who knows?
Praise galore from the commentary team for the B'mth centre backs ... and Cook scores a brilliant goal. But they can't be any good really otherwise we would have tried to hang on to both.
dont be a plum. noone ever knocked them, they went to get regular games. remember they both dropped a league at the time they left. if we'd known El-abd would leave i dont think we'd have let Elphick go. if Cook hadnt gone and got more game time, would he be as good? thats the way of football.
Because it was years ago and no-one could have predicted (with any degree of certainty) how they would turn out. It's been long enough that they might not even be the players they are now if they'd been here, Bournemouth have brought them on well, we may not have.
Whilst Cook did look useful whilst he was here he was some way (rightly) from the first team and Elphick was deeply unlucky with injuries, with no indication as to how he'd return. Selling them made sense.
They were both falsely implicated in an unsavoury, and unfounded allegation at the time. Whether that had anything to do with their leaving, who knows?
Don't think this is true. Elphick wasn't ever implicated apart from about 1 day (in the paper maybe?!) and hadn't Cook already left by then. I don't think the case had anything to do with either going...