el punal
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Define "better things"?
Dean Hammond carved out a decent career for himself at clubs who were generally around or just above us in the Withdean years. Steve Foster won the League Cup at Wembley with Luton. Danny Wilson did it twice: with Luton and Sheffield Wednesday.
Turn of phrase really. As a club we’ve never nurtured promising youngsters to emulate the academy at (cough!) Southampton for example. Shearer, Walcott and Bale spring to mind who really have gone bigger and better. Our ex-players tend to be small fry in comparison - aside from Lawrenson, and possibly Robinson for a season at Liverpool.
Mind you, Adam Virgo going to Celtic for a cool million (?) was definitely a bigger and better move.