19-07-2022, 02:12 PM
(19-07-2022, 01:56 PM)BilltheCat Wrote: I don't get the Knight-adulation.
Sure, he played a great many times, but people forget the frequent close-seasons when he put in transfer requests and no-one came in for him.
And, while I'm here, his distribution was shite!
"A knight statue would have to have a fag in his mouth" - and a pint in his hand.
his thing about transfer requests was based on the simple premise that loyal players lost lost out on signing on fees and all the rest.
I don't recall his distribution being worse or better than the usual expected of keepers back then. When he took over from Mellor he was regarded as much better in that respect.