Harper and Cooper were effective loan signings too.

Crouch and Huckerby were the only three-month loans he attempted after the 2002-3 season, and he got them both right. He made a lot of one-month loan signings throughout and Harper and Cooper were the only really good ones, but you struggle to get the same quality of player for those as there's usually no view to a permanent deal.

As for his other loans, I agree, but he made some decent permanent signings even after he apparently lost the plot: Safri, Charlton, Ashton. Etuhu, Earnshaw, Croft and (especially) Dublin.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on December 14th 2009 at 23:16:03

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Nigel Worthington (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 20:40:18
- best manager in history (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 14, 23:32:26
  - Oh yeh.......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:47:30
- You'll probably have noticed that this still devides fans... (NCFC) - greendude, Dec 14, 23:01:01
- Simple answer yes he is a good Championship manager... (NCFC) - greendude, Dec 14, 22:46:08
  - I dont agree......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 22:55:50
    - OK then. Specifically, naming names, which youth players did you think Worthington failed (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 23:48:28
      - HUH? I didn't say/mean that either.............. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 15, 00:09:10
        
        Well, you *did* say it. If you're saying stuff you don't mean (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 15, 00:20:37
        
        From the guy who claimed I said " Worthy ignored" youth team players..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 15, 02:55:37
    - Specifically, naming names, which youth players which Worthington ignored did you think he (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 23:26:23
      - HUH? where did I say he "ignored" talent. (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:44:08
        
        ^^^ up there (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 23:49:17
        
        Of course I didn't, you just made it up..............well played! (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 15, 02:57:06
- Far better options out there IMHO. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 22:32:26
  - That was on his way out - a lot of managers do that! (n/m) (NCFC) - greendude, Dec 14, 22:48:06
    - Probably why managers get so much hatred at the end........ (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 22:53:13
- He still lives in North Norfolk (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Dec 14, 22:09:25
- worthy, is a legend at this club (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Dec 14, 21:36:33
  - thats a matter of opinion (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Dec 14, 22:10:13
    - What's your opinion, Sellers? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 22:13:10
      - i never liked the miserable old twat-he lost the plot at the end.ie peter fucking thorne (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Dec 14, 22:14:42
        
        Haha - I couldn't have put his final full season better myself. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 22:16:32
        
        the undoing of nigel worthington (and ncfc) (NCFC) - YAWN, Dec 14, 22:25:34
        
        I would laugh my cock off if he signed Peter Thorne for Sheff Wendies (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 22:21:02
        
        And Jason Jarrett. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 22:22:26
- Worthington did very well sorting us out in the second tier but couldn't really handle the (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 21:13:34
  - Excellent summary plus......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 22:51:11
    - "The right loan players come along at the right time" (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 22:54:15
      - I totally agree but......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:05:37
        
        One more thing.......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:10:16
        
        Harper and Cooper were effective loan signings too. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 23:16:03
        
        Agree but...... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:21:59
        
        Again, to be fair to Worthy ... (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 23:10:15
        
        History....... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 14, 23:16:24
  - Thanks alot for the in-depth report Foxtrot. (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 21:32:29
- 3 stages really... (NCFC) - dear prudence, Dec 14, 21:06:15
- Laws is better. Worthington operates well when winning (NCFC) - pants, Dec 14, 20:47:19
  - I was in York today, you bell end. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 21:37:24
    - I had a massive arguement with my girlfriend in the shambles once (NCFC) - Small, Dec 14, 23:19:17
    - Did you go to that juice place down the shambles? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Dec 14, 22:01:04
      - Some little old tea rooms thing. Nice. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 22:03:01
  - Yes we have little resources but Laws was very wasteful. (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 21:03:25
    - For what it's worth, I worked for your new(ish) chairman for a little over three years. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 21:35:02
      - at Plusnet? (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 21:54:26
        
        Yes, at Plusnet, although neither of us are there any more. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 22:01:21
        
        He's already kind of controlling it. (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 22:17:45
        
        ^^^ Amount of that which surprises me (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 14, 22:22:04
  - Very well put. (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Dec 14, 20:50:02
    - Thanks ever so much for all the info lads. (NCFC) - blueandwhitewizards, Dec 14, 22:40:16
      - You could do better and you could do worse, I reckon. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Dec 14, 22:55:58

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