James Tunnicliffe

[Simon Morgan]

.... appears to have re-signed for Stockport. What the hell happened there? I thought he was quite good.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Think he got distracted by "the lifestyle" of being a professional footballer and never realised his potential...

 

[blue and white army]

For a lad of 6"4 he never won a header. I remember the droves of our fans who thought he was a better centre half than Tommy Elphick.

 

[OSRGull]

I thought Tunnicliffe was decent, he's still quite young isn't he?

 

[Springal]

Hes alright, still young, but yes does seem to be bit of a big time charlie.

 

[Djmiles]

He had a decent long throw, shame he is a centre half and should be the one getting on the end of long throws.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

He was good enough for Slade but not good enough for Gus which is why he was shipped out on loan. A decent player at L1/L2/Conference level.

 

[Gritt23]

Decent player, but we got better and he didn't.

 

[pishhead]

Never rated him, poor positional sense and a distinct lack of pace.

 

[pishhead]

McNulty has turned out to be a quality left back at this level. Would have him over Painter all day long. One of the few mistakes I can think of by Gus was releasing him.

He plays CB for Barnsley which is his best position.

 

[Icy Gull]

McNulty has turned out to be a quality left back at this level. Would have him over Painter all day long. One of the few mistakes I can think of by Gus was releasing him.

I don't think he wanted to fight for his place so asked to go out on loan. Gus is not impressed with players like that. Expect Hoskins to be on his bike before long, which will alos be a shame.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Really? Well I never. I read he was their player of the season, I didn't realise it was at centre half

He rarely played left back for Stockport. They had Rose who played left back, Jim was always in the centre. We moved him to left back because of his sheer attacking flair but mainly because he is left footed.

 

[Springal]

Really? Well I never. I read he was their player of the season, I didn't realise it was at centre half

Did you not notice the game at the Amex, where, he, er was in the middle.

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

My memories are of him being given the runaround by Grant Holt at Norwich, and then being beaten to headers in games against Colchester and Swindon, both of which resulted in goals. He was good on the ball, but if we are comparing him with Elphick, then Elphick is by far the better defender for me.

 

[BensGrandad]

I don't remember Tunnicliffe ever being left back or am I misreading the thread. I thought that he came to us as either a right or centre back.

 

[albion534]

I don't remember Tunnicliffe ever being left back or am I misreading the thread. I thought that he came to us as either a right or centre back.

Think they're talking about Mcnulty now

 

[clippedgull]

I don't think he wanted to fight for his place so asked to go out on loan. Gus is not impressed with players like that. Expect Hoskins to be on his bike before long, which will alos be a shame.

Correct. I guess some players can't grasp the concept of squad football, or believe that they are better than the man playing instead of themselves.

 

[severnside gull]

I wondered about Tunny when it became evident that he wanted to walk everywhere - most specifically out of defence. It made a bit of a joke of the offside rule from our perspective and yes, he did seem to have a problem getting off the ground when crosses came in.

On Twitter, for what its worth, he comes across as being a bit of a billy-big-bollocks but so do a lot of footballers to be honest.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

When I met Tunny he had no sense of loyalty to Brighton, was a bit of a Billy bullshit who was utterly sure of his own ability and destiny, which was that he was too good for us and saw us as a stepping stone to a bigger club and higher level sooner rather than later.

 

[severnside gull]

FWIW (not a lot!) it's Tunny's birthday party tonight I think - Benno is going according to his twitter feed