Fropm Jon Macken to Mario Baloltelli!

[The Original Special One]

...what a long strange trip its been!
I just heard Macken got on the score sheet today: it seems like only yesterday when he were relying on him for goals!
Or was I dreaming?

[sandman]

His contribution in the Spurs away in the FA cup a few years ago taught me never to leave early for the train.

[guv111]

And from Robert Taylor to Sergio Aguero.

Mind you, "From Jon Macken to Robbie Fowler and Nicolas Anelka" sounds impressive, too, even though they were actually contemporaries.

[Esky]

Macken had the fantastic ability of getting into 1 on 1 positions with the keeper and then kicking it straight at them. Frustrating. Still, he played well in the 3-4.

[branny]

Macken had the fantastic ability of getting into 1 on 1 positions with the keeper and then kicking it straight at them. Frustrating. Still, he played well in the 3-4.

Yeah, he was much better from the half way line. ;)

[The Original Special One]

His contribution in the Spurs away in the FA cup a few years ago taught me never to leave early for the train.

Just looking up his Wiki article last night it seems he hasn't exactly been a prolific goalscorer in the lower divisions, either

[sandman]

His contribution in the Spurs away in the FA cup a few years ago taught me never to leave early for the train.

Just looking up his Wiki article last night it seems he hasn't exactly been a prolific goalscorer in the lower divisions, either

I can probably count his good performances for us on one hand?

[Blue Jam]

"The next Batistuta" - Keegan

[The Original Special One]

His contribution in the Spurs away in the FA cup a few years ago taught me never to leave early for the train.

Just looking up his Wiki article last night it seems he hasn't exactly been a prolific goalscorer in the lower divisions, either

I can probably count his good performances for us on one hand?

or even the two fingers?

[The Original Special One]

"The next Batistuta" - Keegan

remember George Weah's brother?

[Dunnylad]

Yeah, he was much better from the half way line. ;)

best goal I ever saw Macken score, of course it was for Preston! Was a strange signing, a striker we didn't need & didn't have the quality to move us on a level

[john@staustell]

A snip at £5M.

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

To be honest I can't help following with interest any and all of our OBs and particularly right now Der Bomber who is doing a passable job as manager at Brentford.

Chris Shuker was doing a good job at one of the lower division club a few years back bless him and SWPs little brother (ha ha) is regularly on the scoresheet in the 3rd division. Most fascinatingly of all a while back I came across Ady Mike who bizarrely had put on 3 stone and was proving a top buy for FCUM I kid you not.

Whatever happened to Michael Vonk I wonder? It appears he is head coach at Sparta Rotterdam

[Esky]

Macken had the fantastic ability of getting into 1 on 1 positions with the keeper and then kicking it straight at them. Frustrating. Still, he played well in the 3-4.

Yeah, he was much better from the half way line. ;)

It was a beautiful hit. Also nice for Etuhu that Preston were, at least for 90 minutes, a better club than City.

Vonk's manager of Sparta now. I was too young and we had to little coverage here for me to really remember anything about the mid 90's teams. Probably a good thing.

[Patrick]

The Vass always said a lot to me about where we were

[ant london]

The Vass always said a lot to me about where we were

I've got a big soft spot for Vass. I kinda liked Corradi too.....mainly for his celebrations


Mpenza and Benjani on the other hand....utter toss; as was Macken

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

www.stevedaley.co.uk

[Piccsnumberoneblue]

http://www.stevedaley.co.uk

"Following on from a controversial career"
I've heard Steve Daley's career described as many things, but controversial wasn't one of them.

[Evenmydoghatesunited]

I've gone all nostalgic now and randomly looking up online ex players as they occur to me. In January 2008 Eike Immel was a contestant at Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German edition of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

That sounds like a show with an even more surreal idea of what constitutes celebrity status than even we can come up with.

[Esky]

The Vass always said a lot to me about where we were

I've got a big soft spot for Vass. I kinda liked Corradi too.....mainly for his celebrations


Mpenza and Benjani on the other hand....utter toss; as was Macken

Seems like revisionist history to me with Mpenza - he did well and probably saved us from relegation. One of the better free transfers we ever picked up.

Benjani/Macken/Corradi were all awful though. Vass was decent provided no one wanted to argue with you about his worth ethic. He and Cole formed a good partnership in that one season.