Best Players To Have Ever Come Through Our Youth System

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by EB Hornet, Feb 3, 2021.

  1. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    I remember going mad when we sold Dean to Brentford. I saw him play for the reserves quite abit then. Was even more mad when Perryman didn't want to sign him back from Brentford. The **** who had originally bought him from us.

    Rod Thomas I knew was doomed to fail. Used to see him in London far to often off his rocker.

    Murray another waster. Preferred the party life more than anything and heard he was a right p r I c k anyway.
     
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  2. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    David James
    Tim Sherwood
    Dean & David Holdsworth
    All out the same class.
    Tom Walley done an amazing job rarely gets the credit and accolades he deserves.


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  3. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    I spoke to Tim Sherwood once about a legends interview. I always thought he came across as a pr1ck on TV and he totally endorsed that view over the phone.
     
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  4. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    not met many peeple from bwood m8?
     
  5. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    My dad used to work with that youth team along side Tom Walley, I used to go to games on the team bus and sit at the back with Tim, remember him as a joker eyeing up girls we drove past


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  6. Gromit

    Gromit Academy Graduate

    I also seen to remember he would have an inhaler on the side line as well.
     
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  7. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    We could do with his energy in our lacklustre midfield
     
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  8. BigRossLittleRoss

    BigRossLittleRoss First Team

    True , but didn’t Paul Scholes any harm .
     
  9. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Lee Hodson on Sky now playing for Hamilton Accies.
     
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  10. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Just named man of the match as Mansfield edged past Northampton in the league 2 play off SF. Playing against his former club.
     
  11. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Liked a pint or 8 allegedly
     
  12. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Lost all his flowing locks !

    Another who has made a career for himself at least like Yidom , O’Nien,Byers.

    Not sure you can even say that now about recent youngsters who have left us .
     
  13. Dorset-Orn

    Dorset-Orn First Year Pro

    Larry Mcgettigan.... Looked like Charlie George with all the hair.! Usually muffed his chances but couldn't half run with the ball.
    Richard Johnson.... I thought he was useless at first but he came good, shame he had a bad injury.
    (Rod Thomas and Macnamee's problem was they were small and lightweight at 17 and they never grew any bigger).
    Callahan clinches for me because he didn't really have an athletic physique at all so it was all sheer class...
     
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  14. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

    No one has mentioned Darren Bazeley, rumour has it he could only play for teams beginning with the letter W, 283 appearances for us, 80 for Wolves and 100 for Walsall, then went to New Zealand and player for Waitakere United, now New Zealand's under 20 head coach!
     
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  15. EB Hornet

    EB Hornet Reservist

    One of my fave players, not even sure why, but he was.
     
  16. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Years before Cesspool took up the idea.
     
  17. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    Not a player, but Emma Saunders is our biggest home-grown success of the past decade.
     
  18. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    He's clearly from Sherwood m8.
     
  19. Charly says

    Charly says Academy Graduate

    He was good but no Barnesy.

    It’s got to be Young. No one else has come close honours wise.
     
  20. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    Jadon Sancho ? Bound to stir a hornet's nest this one.
     
  21. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    I mean, if he fulfils his promise/talent level, then he'll surely be the joint answer at least. He must already be noted in the conversation for what he did at Dortmund and for being an England tournament regular, though that says as much about us and the relative span of players we've produced.
     
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  22. Rich A

    Rich A Academy Graduate

    But Ian Richardson is still joint leading scorer for us in Europe. I'll add Steve Terry to the list too and I believe Vinnie Jones also spent some time at Watford early on.
     
  23. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

    Ross Jenkins is currently manager of Oxford City, rarely gets a mention although played 95 times for us.
     
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  24. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    Blimey - it might be age derived misremembering but ISTR doing quizzical double-takes with surrounding fans when that name was announced in a 2008 pre-season friendly against the Wood...
     
  25. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Better assists percentage than Digger though.
     
  26. Bubble

    Bubble Wise Oracle

    Probably Sean Murray?
     
  27. Bubble

    Bubble Wise Oracle

    My Uncle is the same age as him and played in the same football team at school.

    You're right, he's an utter c**t.
     
  28. With A Smile

    With A Smile First Team

    Not a bad team really

    James
    Gibbs Holdsworth, Page, Robbo
    Sancho, Curry, Jacket, Young
    Barnes, Blissett

    Subs: Doyley, Terry, Smith, Calli, Gifton, Mariappa, Richard Lee
     
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  29. Ilkley

    Ilkley Formerly known as An Ilkley Orn Baht 'at

    … and how many of our current lot would get in that team?
     
  30. Markoa$

    Markoa$ Squad Player

    Zero. All of them in their prime destroy our current lot.
     

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