Ashton for me was the perfect striker

Power, touch, proper sniffing goalscorer.

Really happy for him when he scored in the Cup Final. And yes, so gutted when he had to retire.

He'd left us but still would have been the answer for England.

Posted By: norway on September 24th 2013 at 14:20:54

Message Thread

*this* is interesting (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:42:40
- Yes, and we should be grateful of it because of the 9 years we waited to get back (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 13:58:24
  - Thats unfair on Worthington to a point. He never had the money. (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:02:12
    - Worthington made some costly errors... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 24, 14:27:34
      - Lots of mistakes, the ones he's making at York now (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 15:53:07
      - We didnt get Ashton in until Mid Jan tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:34:01
    - Of course it's unfair on Worthington, everything he's ever put has been unfair to Worthy (n/m) (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 14:03:10
      - Ok. Didnt realise.I dont often read pants posts tbh. (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:04:44
        
        ROLF (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:09:20
        
        Never understood his hate of Worthington who got us Premier League football (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 14:08:56
        
        "It's really really simple (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 16:58:05
        
        "I hope you can stick to this, because I'll remind you with this post otherwise (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 16:58:58
        
        *me replying as you assume I haven't accepted your request* (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 17:00:50
        
        Now, mrleelee, it's a month on, you said you wanted nothing to do with me (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 17:01:27
        
        I know why, because it's trolling, pure and simple (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 17:02:35
        
        Indeed (NCFC) - inutero, Sep 24, 14:12:51
        
        We didnt sign Ashton until Villa away. I remember it well because (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:15:43
        
        Dean Ashton (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:16:44
        
        Yep. He could have pushed Carl Cort and Siberski from the history books ! (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:19:16
        
        Pit, if you see this, I'm sorry I misjudged you as another persona of the troll (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 17:11:41
        
        He would have been England's first choice striker for years (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 14:18:38
        
        Ashton for me was the perfect striker (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:20:54
        
        Indeed. I am also acutely aware that the answer is not Danny effing Welbeck ! (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:22:10
        
        Said before - he is one of our three most important managers in last 30 years (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:14:43
        
        I would have Stringer on there as well IMHO (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:17:10
        
        Possibly (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:19:25
        
        Hates: (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:10:24
        
        There is indeed (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 14:16:43
        
        Oddbod ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 14:13:48
  - But... (NCFC) - yellowman, Sep 24, 14:01:58
  - Interesting, genuinely (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 14:01:00
    - For me I've been worried about this ground improvement thing (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 14:06:42
- McNally answered that in his recent Q&A (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 24, 13:54:24
  - Final position doesn't necessarily determine standard of performance though (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:08:06
  - We can't have continous improvement unless we do a Portsmouth or Ipswich (NCFC) - pants, Sep 24, 14:01:27
  - Can't just be about finishing position (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:56:52
    - The 11th thing is a whole new can of worms imho. (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 24, 13:59:32
    - Yeah, I'm sure there's some room for small margins (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 24, 13:59:14
      - Yeah agreed (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 14:11:24
        
        Yeah, good football, higher points but finish 14th would be fine (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 24, 14:14:22
- Hughton has already said that it's his job to take us on each season (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 13:50:43
  - He actually specified ... (NCFC) - loz, Sep 24, 13:53:23
  - Well, I think you're I'm a tiny minority there (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:53:03
    - I thought he said improving each league position each season (NCFC) - mrleelee, Sep 24, 13:59:51
    - 99% imo. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Sep 24, 13:54:09
- No... (NCFC) - yellowman, Sep 24, 13:47:38
- look at the reply i gave to that post..... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 24, 13:45:57
  - No, that's you saying what (you think) others are expecting (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 24, 13:48:44
    - I'd hope we can finish around 10th-12th again.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 24, 14:40:53
      - *assess (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 24, 14:41:12
- Enough, but a little bit of good football to boot wouldn't go a miss. (n/m) (NCFC) - Thegelman, Sep 24, 13:43:54

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