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You're probably right actually. He never ruffled any feathers.

Marc Degryse was sublime for about six months.

I loved Guy Whittingham. Had a knack for scoring really important goals. Did a decent spell in midfield as well considering he was known as a poacher.

Redfearn Froggart, surely?

It's not just us. Three of my non-Wednesdayite mates ordered shirts online yesterday. There's very much a feeling of "The bad guy has been beaten" here.

Richey Humphreys. Looked so good for those first few months. The chip against Leicester remains my all time favourite Wednesday goal. Apparently Waddle had really looked after him and when he left he lost a lot of his confidence. Real shame. He had a full career in the football league so fair play to him but you just wonder what he could've been. Also, O'Neill Donaldson was putting up insane numbers in the reserves in the mid nineties but Pleat stuck with Mark Bright who looked like he was pulling a cart at that point in his career.

I'm 43. I'd put Roly in the same age bracket as me only healthier.

When I was 14 I named my rabbit Graham after Graham Hyde. Turned out Graham was a girl and had four babies. Roland, Regi, Dejan and Darko.

2 - Roland Nilsson

3 September 1996. Maths exam at school. The teacher invigilating was a Wednesdayite called Mr Beer. As he walked past my desk he slipped me a little note. PLAYED 4 WON 4 POINTS 12 YEAH!

For those of you who don't subscribe to The Athletic. Just get a free trial or whatever. Just to remember this. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3420975/2022/07/15/best-premier-league-performances-no-19-chris-waddle-for-sheff-wed-v-west-ham/

Pleat was not that bad a manager

I think it would be a great idea if the likes of The Times, Guardian, Sky Sports, Athletic etc could be in there to bring mainstream coverage of his insanity to the world but he wouldn't let them in anyway.

They openly admitted at the start they knew nothing about football, but they employed THE RIGHT PEOPLE. Imagine what that must be like.

I can't imagine he's got many friends to be honest

I had that blinding flash moment during Euro 2004. I'd assumed that because Wayne Rooney was a professional athlete he was older than me. Nah, four years younger.

Richey Humphreys and that unbelievably precise chip that put us top of the Prem.

I'm pretty much in the same boat here. I think I watched about three or four live Premier League games last season and that's only because the wife is a die-hard Forest fan. I have absolutely no interest in the prem as it's rapidly becoming a closed shop and ruined by VAR. Other than England at tournaments, Wednesday are the only thing that keeps me connected to football. I'm on here every eight seconds looking for updates and the fact of the matter is nothing positive is coming, nor is likely to come. If we fold that's me done with the game.

Do you remember about ten years ago we played the kids in a friendly against Alfreton and got beat 14-0? And we are now going to play the kids against Leicester, on national TV, who have individual players who are worth more than our entire club. These kids are going to have their careers ruined before they've even started.

Is this not something for the police to be involved with now?

Real shame. I thought he looked like a successor to Sheridan for a while. Always seemed to have space and had a great understanding with Regi. A tight three of him and Pembridge with Hyde or Collins scrapping away behind looked good for about a month.

Criminal we didn't do more with Trustfull. He looked genuine quality.

I get Four Four Two magazine every now and then and every so often they do the 100 Greatest Players In The World list. Back in 93, we'd have had two players in that list: Waddle and Nilsson. Today, we barely have a dozen professional football players.

There was a Wednesday shirt in the background of the hard camera shot on Fantasy Football IIRC

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