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Well done sir 
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/...he-taliban

Great story ... but surely he was a midfielder ?

Seconded !

He was Deep as far as I can remember

(04-09-2021, 01:33 PM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]He was Deep as far as I can remember

He was by far the best of the three players Venables brought over from Australia (Enes & Thorp were the other two), took a while to settle but by the time he moved to Palace he was one of our better players.  I remember him best for scoring two goals in a cup game against Villa.

(04-09-2021, 01:56 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-09-2021, 01:33 PM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]He was Deep as far as I can remember

He was by far the best of the three players Venables brought over from Australia (Enes & Thorp were the other two), took a while to settle but by the time he moved to Palace he was one of our better players.  I remember him best for scoring two goals in a cup game against Villa.

Crikey I remember that. I think they were both deflected as well. Pretty sure we led 2-0. Jan 98??

Foster and John Aloisi were by far the best aussies from that period

(04-09-2021, 03:18 PM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]Foster and John Aloisi were by far the best aussies from that period

Aloisi was streets ahead in class, but we got him separately to the other three from Spain.

I always thought Robbie Enes had potential but never got many chances, whereas Hamilton Thorp wasn't even a footballer !  We had young aussie winger around the same time as well (Harries ?) - he never made it either.

(04-09-2021, 03:38 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-09-2021, 03:18 PM)bluetagagain Wrote: [ -> ]Foster and John Aloisi were by far the best aussies from that period

Aloisi was streets ahead in class, but we got him separately to the other three from Spain.

I always thought Robbie Enes had potential but never got many chances, whereas Hamilton Thorp wasn't even a footballer !  We had young aussie winger around the same time as well (Harries ?) - he never made it either.

I think the Aussie winger you were talking about was Michael Panopoulos

No, Panopoulos was an Alan Ball signing later. There was a rumour that he ended up signing the wrong player because of a mix-up over names, but no idea if that was true.

The guy I was thinking of was Paul Harries, and looking him up he only made one appearance as sub in 1997.