I spose it depends what you mean by "unearthed"

I would say that you "unearth" a player when you take him when he's relatively unknown, certainly not setting the world on fire, and suddenly people think "bloody hell, that bloke's pretty good" and he turns out to be worthy of a much higher profile

So by that standard I'd say we "unearthed" Francis, Edworthy, Leon, Svenny, Saffers and Ebooboo. There's even an argument for saying we unearthed Deano, since although he was a very high profile Chumps player no-one else was prepared to take the chance on him making the transition and no-one else was prepared to pay £3m for him!

Posted By: Old Git on May 15th 2008 at 10:22:53

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Neil Adams sacked as coach - alongside 5 others (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, May 15, 09:34:31
- Root and Branch Root and Branch Root and Branch Root and Branch Root and Branch (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 15, 10:52:57
- Haha, Paul Baker, another ex yorkie at Norwich (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, May 15, 10:16:22
- Neil Adams (NCFC) - Sir Nigel, May 15, 10:08:02
  - I stopped listening to it years ago. Even when I had canaries world I have the away team (NCFC) - pants, May 15, 10:11:24
  - Your 3 monthly post, eh? (NCFC) - Cannydc, May 15, 10:10:32
- Darren Bloodworth (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, May 15, 10:00:40
  - He's resigned from his post rather than been sacked (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, May 15, 10:40:08
  - my guess is that it's a scaling back (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 10:02:40
- is this the beginning of the end (NCFC) - camcan, May 15, 09:55:49
  - I think they will keep the Academy as Glenn clearly loves working with youngsters - the (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 15, 10:03:46
- Even more importantly - who on earth is Gunny going to play crossbar challenge with now th (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 15, 09:50:07
  - Katie Price (n/m) (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 15, 09:51:08
  - Graham CrossbarChallengePlayer? (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, May 15, 09:50:37
- Glad our cheif scout's been axed. (NCFC) - lurd, May 15, 09:46:16
  - "Who exactly have we unearthed in the last 5 years?" (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 09:52:45
    - the only players i hadnt heard of where colin, gallagher and hughes (NCFC) - lurd, May 15, 10:13:52
      - I spose it depends what you mean by "unearthed" (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 10:22:53
        
        how do you reckon we unearthed either Svenny or Saffers? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 10:28:03
        
        I was pretty much unaware of Safri when we signed him (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, May 15, 10:42:26
        
        He'd been playing consistently well for Coventry for a couple of years. (NCFC) - Dog, May 15, 10:45:23
        
        Spot the yuppies (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 10:53:45
        
        fair enough. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, May 15, 10:51:57
    - When people say "unearthed", it's not like we discovered many of those players... (NCFC) - Dog, May 15, 10:05:01
      - Riverdance face (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 15, 10:06:31
        
        eh? (n/m) (NCFC) - Dog, May 15, 10:07:05
    - I very much doubt many of those were "unearthed" by the scout. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 15, 10:03:52
    - ah Jurgen Colin (n/m) (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 09:54:02
      - Ah Damien Francis (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 09:58:24
        
        indeed, but if Glen is to implement plan (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 10:00:53
        
        Has he really said that that's his aim? (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 10:04:17
        
        Not as explicitly as that, really, but in essence, yes. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 15, 10:09:25
        
        i thought thats what i read he said in pinkun (n/m) (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 10:06:02
        
        Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 15, 10:07:21
  - we have never replaced Kit Carson. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 15, 09:48:57
    - doing a fine job at Histon (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, May 15, 09:55:00
      - I didn't realise he was at Histon, thought he was at Pboro what is his role at Histon. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, May 15, 10:02:11
      - Histon rhymes with piston (n/m) (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 15, 09:58:34
        
        Broke (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, May 15, 10:20:55
  - farkin roit! (n/m) (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 09:48:00
- YOU CAN GET THAT FUCKING FENCE OUT OF YOUR ARSE NOW, NEIL. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 15, 09:44:35
  - I think GR might be in for a rough ride from Neil now! (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, May 15, 09:55:23
  - Arf. (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 15, 09:50:04
- bit of cost cutting going on by the sounds of it (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 09:44:03
  - well maybe we'll start producing some decent youngsters now (n/m) (NCFC) - Half Pint, May 15, 09:45:13
    - it's all in the genes (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 09:57:11
      - Paul Dalglish (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 10:00:05
        
        why would we want his kids? (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 10:01:26
      - How old are hucks kids? (n/m) (NCFC) - Half Pint, May 15, 09:59:33
        
        9 (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 10:00:47
    - chief scout Alan wood gone too (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 09:47:42
      - And the assistant academy physio. Hope the Assistant Kit Manager's ok, I'm worried for him (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 09:50:47
        
        He'll be fine. Fewer kits to clean and press. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 15, 09:51:36
        
        Will Neil still do radio narfalk? (n/m) (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 09:52:41
        
        not like he'll be busy doing anything else is it? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 15, 09:58:47
        
        if glen is talking about neil adams here (NCFC) - BoundsGreen, May 15, 10:08:29
      - fingers and toes crossed (n/m) (NCFC) - Half Pint, May 15, 09:49:11
- What dew they dew un traynun, Neyul? (NCFC) - Old Git, May 15, 09:41:24
  - If i were on my home PC i'd be tempted to bookmark that. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 15, 10:05:23
  - Ha ha...... (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 15, 09:50:42
- Blimey Charlie (n/m) (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 15, 09:37:32

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