So I was wondering exactly why it is that I love the Hoss so much
and I've sussed it.
We've had some quality here down the years, and generally they've been players with a gift, like Hucks with his pace and Chippy with his eye for a pass. A gift is seldom enough, and all of these fondly-remembered players have added other, gained, qualities to their gifts.
My all-time favourite two, though, and I think they're actually equal-faves now that Hoss has proved himself AGAIN, are Holty and Duncan Forbes. I think it's because they're great, not because of their gifts but despite their weaknesses.
Once, while trying to interest a mate in football, I tried to illustrate how all of life is acted out weekly on the football field. Forbes and Holt, in making long and (at least relatively) successful careers, are for me physical manifestations of our club. They didn't buy it, they weren't given it, but they worked at it, much harder than many people could have, and, like the club, should be revered for that.
You and I could never have been Martin Peters - but Hoss and Big Dunc could've been us.
Sigh.
Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on December 11th 2011 at 12:41:47
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- So I was wondering exactly why it is that I love the Hoss so much (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Dec 11, 12:41:47
- Except - someone yesterday was saying that Holt wastes his talent (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 11, 13:08:04
- We also have to remember that we bought him from L2, put him in (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Dec 11, 13:42:32
- Unless of course we're playing champs league footy where he might need the odd match to (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Dec 11, 14:07:12
- I think he sees what's required at the new level, and then finds it (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Dec 11, 13:14:32
- This (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 11, 13:13:05
- Wasn't it in the Paul Mcveigh interview where he explained how missing out on being (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Dec 11, 14:13:57
- I can see his point but I see it the other way (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Dec 11, 13:17:13
- We also have to remember that we bought him from L2, put him in (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Dec 11, 13:42:32
- Loved Big Dunc . 1-0 v Swindon and Sheff Wed in our first promotion to Div 1 (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Dec 11, 13:05:04
- I'm not fat enough to have been Holt (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 11, 12:44:56
- Except - someone yesterday was saying that Holt wastes his talent (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 11, 13:08:04
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