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[quote="Richinns"]

Also - in other news - Nelson Mandela has been released from prison.[/quote]


Has he really!!! :O That will teach me to to keep up !! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZKZILvE70" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[quote="oxgull"]Has signed on with Salisbury as player/coach. Hope he does well for them and himself.[/quote]

Also - in other news - Nelson Mandela has been released from prison.

Has signed on with Salisbury as player/coach. Hope he does well for them and himself.

[quote="wivelgull"]Not everyone dislikes Brucie; I like him.[/quote]

:slap:

Not everyone dislikes Brucie; I like him.

[quote="Kit_robin"]

He has got his facts right. Macklin hardly played when at Salisbury, something ling mentioned at the time, and was discussed on this forum.

Check soccerbase: http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=Lloyd+macklin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
3 sub appearances in the cup, no league apps at all, one goal in FA cup.

Just because you don't like brucie's style doesn't mean that everything he says is wrong.[/quote]

Soccerbase doesn't record any appearances below BSP level. The three FA cup appearances were against Grimsby (twice) and Sheff Utd - the only appearances Macklin made in competitions recorded via soccerbase.

If you want any proof of that, have a look at the Gillingham squad, click on Ross Flitneys profile. According to soccerbase he made zero league appearances for Dover in 2010/11. I know for a fact this is wrong as I was there for one, and I know for a fact that he was almost ever present for Dover that year.

Just because soccerbase doesn't say he made any appearances doesn't make it "fact". Just a 5 minute search of the surprisingly crap match reports section of the SCFC website throws his name up in a league match against maidenhead.

[quote="Jeff"]

"get your facts right"

Great use of irony......[/quote]

He has got his facts right. Macklin hardly played when at Salisbury, something ling mentioned at the time, and was discussed on this forum.

Check soccerbase: http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=Lloyd+macklin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
3 sub appearances in the cup, no league apps at all, one goal in FA cup.

Just because you don't like brucie's style doesn't mean that everything he says is wrong.

[quote="brucie"]Yes - he must have been a regular because when he scored that goal he came off the bench - get your facts right.[/quote]

"get your facts right"

Great use of irony......

Are you basing your opinion on his regularity in a team based on one game where he came off the bench?!

Yes - he must have been a regular because when he scored that goal he came off the bench - get your facts right.

[quote="brucie"]That sort of sums it up really - Salisbury are a bloody awful side and they have got a bloody awful player. Good luck to him but honestly, he cannot play football. Lets face it Macklin was on loan to them last season and could not even get in their team. I think that is telling us something.[/quote]

I actually got to see Salisbury in the FA Cup last season and they weren't a bad side at all.

And also, not only was Macklin a regular in their side but he scored in the FA Cup against Sheffield Utd and put in such a performance that Blades fans were lauding him on their forum.

But then what do forum posters know about player performances anyway........

I wouldn't assume anything brucie, go and see one of their games and then make a judgement. They aren't as bad as you think.

That sort of sums it up really - Salisbury are a bloody awful side and they have got a bloody awful player. Good luck to him but honestly, he cannot play football. Lets face it Macklin was on loan to them last season and could not even get in their team. I think that is telling us something.

Really hope he does well, there is no doubting his commitment but unfortunately, the quality just wasn't there for league football. I have no doubt he'll be a very good player for Salisbury though. Does this mean he'll have to go part time?