Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
He flushed his career down the toilet, but he got a 3 year contract out of 'Arry so I'm sure he's not short of a few bob for now.
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[Football] Stockdale to Sarfend .. (how the mighty fall)..
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He flushed his career down the toilet, but he got a 3 year contract out of 'Arry so I'm sure he's not short of a few bob for now.
seagull_special
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I think people forget what a top bloke he was and it is sad that his departure was so unsatisfying for all. He really played an important part in our promotion and deserves to be remembered more fondly.
Peter Grummit
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Except he's reputedly on more money and playing football, which he wouldn't be as back-up to Maty.
He helped get us in the PL. Let's move on, eh?
PG
I've moved on ages ago. Doesn't stop people including myself discussing stuff like this on a football forum. eh ?
Icy Gull
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He was a BIG part in getting us promoted but he did also lose us the Championship with pretty well the last kick of the season.
I enjoyed his time here and some of the saves were stunning.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
That penalty double-stop vs MASSIVE was one of the highlights of the season for me, one of the best saves I've seen. Then when we stole it in the last minute of that game, I truly started to believe we were PL bound.
Er - he is NOT playing football - he hasn't featured for Birmingham all season - which is why he's available for a one week emergency loan to Wycombe!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Both him and Kuszczak are training with the youth, not Birmingham's first team. Their present manager doesn't want either of them.
Peter Grummit
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Fair enough, I thought he'd played more at Southend than the 3 games he did. Probably 2 more than he would have played here, mind. Presumably Wycombe need him to 'emergency' play?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
So he binned off Premier League BHA for perennial 2nd division bottomfeeders Birmingham, and started up a joint online clothing business 'Trackzy.co.uk' with Leon Knight - which seems to have died a death already, being as you can't even access the website. Now he's at Wycombe.
Who's been giving Stockers career advice then, Rolf Harris ?
Who's been giving Stockers career advice then, Rolf Harris ?
Cowfold Seagull
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Indeed, and as you point out he is at least playing regular football and at that level is probably the star player in the team. He is almost certainly sett up for life financially, and he can just concentrate on enjoying his football now.
pishhead
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I think he struggles with his weight. It's also no coincidence that when he plays his best football he looks a lot slimmer than he does now.
theboybilly
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It might have helped if Baldock had actually tried to block Grealish's shot in the first place - I always thought Stockdale was wrongly blamed for that goal.
LamieRobertson
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Would have helped if Murray and Baldock hadn't contrived to miss the best chance of the game
Very much this. I really don't understand why any Albion fans seem to revel in what they perceive as his falling from grace.
I'm as gutted as anyone about how that finished, but I also recognise we'd not have been in with a sniff of the Championship, had it not been for some of his heroics through the course of that season.
Not revelling in it at all myself. I find it just a little bit sad - for us and him. He’s clearly not fully committed (a top pro would not have the fitness issues he obviously has) and it feels a bit like a waste of a talent. He did some brilliant stuff for us and was a top clubman when he was here.
And he’s not SHORT.
Doc Lynam
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And how he visited relatives of those killed in that awful air crash, without any requests from the club!
AmexRuislip
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Remember this Albion fans, not all bad eh!
Murray 17
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For me it's about sheer greed over ambition.
He must have been on at least £20k a week, for the past few years. That's £1m a year, before deductions. If we had several million in our bank account, how many of us would turn down PL football? He chose to play at the bottom of the Championship, to amass more money.
I don't believe we would have signed Ryan had Stockdale stayed, but even if we did, DS should have rolled up his sleeves and taken on the challenge.
In another 5 years' time, his career will be over, and he'll probably look back on his time and wish he'd given it a real go at the top level.
He must have been on at least £20k a week, for the past few years. That's £1m a year, before deductions. If we had several million in our bank account, how many of us would turn down PL football? He chose to play at the bottom of the Championship, to amass more money.
I don't believe we would have signed Ryan had Stockdale stayed, but even if we did, DS should have rolled up his sleeves and taken on the challenge.
In another 5 years' time, his career will be over, and he'll probably look back on his time and wish he'd given it a real go at the top level.
I wish I could turn down twice the wages and generational wealth on behalf of someone else.