Some people, me included, were gutted when Malky was sold and have said consistently that

it was a mistake. I even posted under the name "Bring Back Malky" for a while.

I know he was slow but I stopped criticising him after seeing him lead our defensive line in the two FA Cup ties against Chelsea. You could see how much the others depended on him and just how reliable he was in terms of making sure everyone did their job. I could see he was essential and couldn't believe it when Worthy sold him.

Worthy was still in the honeymoon "he just got us promoted" phase so I didn't say "Worthy's a total t**t for doing this". But I did find it a very strange decision and as things have turned out, it was an early example of his ineptitude.

Posted By: Old Git on September 26th 2006 at 11:01:34

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On the subject of Malky, hindsight being a wonderful thing (NCFC) - pants, Sep 26, 10:50:31
- Some people, me included, were gutted when Malky was sold and have said consistently that (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 26, 11:01:34
- Ditto for Iwan Roberts (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 10:57:20
  - Pace much more important for a striker (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 26, 11:03:21
    - I'd rather have given Iwan a one-year contract (NCFC) - Old Gregg, Sep 26, 11:05:11
      - But Roberts was a centre-forward (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 11:28:11
      - or Edworthy come to that (n/m) (NCFC) - returnofthemack, Sep 26, 11:20:26
        
        *sighs when remembering Eddy and comparing him with Colin* (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 26, 11:26:16
  - Was that in his first season here? (NCFC) - pants, Sep 26, 10:59:10
    - Yeah, I didn't like the abuse then and I don't like it now. (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Sep 26, 11:02:21
  - Roberts had to go. He got so slow that (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 10:58:47
- never realised his influence until he was gone (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 26, 10:53:33
- I thought he was too slow for the Prem (NCFC) - Old Gregg, Sep 26, 10:52:04
  - If we had the benefit of hindsight... (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 26, 10:58:15

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