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[Albion] Which former Brighton players were FAR too good for us at the time, but wouldn't even get in our reserve team these days?
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Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Just about everyone between 1984 and 2020.
Mustafa II
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Ivar Ingimarsson and Steve Sidwell. They were way too good for us, which is how Reading could nick them, having their own stadium and that at the time.
AZ Gull
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We don't have a reserve team these days.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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This thread is a bit of a non-starter really.
Most players who left us to go to higher leagues over the years didn’t have a sustained period of success. Therefore it is very hard to say any of them were FAR too good for us.
I don’t count Sidwell and Ingimarsson as they were only on loan.
Most players who left us to go to higher leagues over the years didn’t have a sustained period of success. Therefore it is very hard to say any of them were FAR too good for us.
I don’t count Sidwell and Ingimarsson as they were only on loan.
Peter 'Marley' Smith
'JC' (fg) Obvs!
and Silky Dave
'JC' (fg) Obvs!
and Silky Dave
Muzzman
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I’m sure we’ve done this one recently, or maybe it was just ‘Which ex-player would still get into our first team?’… the result being Lawro and Vicente. Anyway, why does the OP always ask these types of questions without making a suggestion themselves?
Mustafa II
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Dan Harding? Leo Ulloa (won the Premier League)
. . .skating round the Facts, there's no fin in that.
jonny.rainbow
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Dan Harding who was average in the Championship for us, Leeds and Ipswich?
Ulloa barely played for Leicester in their Premier League title winning season.
Neither were FAR too good for us.
Mustafa II
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Debatable.
Harding got Southampton promoted to the Premier League. He left us when we were at Withers and it was a miracle we were even playing at that level.
Here's one for you then -
Colin Kazim-Kazim Richards.
AZ Gull
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Ulloa scored six PL goals in 29 PL appearances that season.
No, he just thought he was far too good for us.
Mustafa II
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37 caps for Turkiye.
Top division title trophies in Turkiye, Greece, Brazil and Scotland, as well as 4x Cup trophies.
He was WAY too good for us back then.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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Dan Harding who started just 12 of 46 league games the season Southampton were promoted to the PL?
More like he got promoted with Southampton rather than being one of the catalysts of their promotion. They promptly sold him back down to Championship Nottingham Forest too so he never played in the Premier League.
No where near to being far far too good for us.
Liam Bridcutt and Elliot Bennett.
macbeth
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thought joao teixeira was far too good for that absolute stinker of a team we had in 14/15 and thought he’d go on to have a stable premier league career. no idea where he is now, certainly nowhere near our level
I’m not doubting he went on to play at a much higher level than we were at the time, but to answer your own question, when he played for us I remember he was really quite disappointing and barely tried. He then put in a transfer request, so yes he definitely did think he was too good for us.