The most likeable squad?
A silly one, just for debate - when do you think we've had a squad more 'likeable' than our current group?
Clearly, 'likeable' is subjective, but I'm referring to stand-up, decent chaps, you'd like to have a chat and beer with. With Bayo, Blooms, Wheeler and Darius, I'd say our current squad is the most likeable for a while.
I recall the 2009 promotion season side - Zebroski, Nathan Ashton, Gavin Grant et al. - being distinctly unlikeable.
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I think every single member of this squad would be good value for a chat and a pint.
This squad is right up there for me, along with the sides from the 2001 FA Cup run and the 2015 play off final (the latter obviously sharing a few key players with the current side).
Perhaps not Ryan Allsop. Imagine the state of the table with all the beer spilled.
I reckon Bayo is a glass slammer tbf.
And the long wait getting his round in!
I always enjoyed interactions with the Conference winning side going into the first two years in the league.
The O'Neill squad was generally very likeable. Paul Hyde, Jesus, Brownie, Terry Evans, Rhino, Jason Cousins, Scottie, Chuck etc were all happy to sign the back of my programme whilst waiting by the tunnel before the game. I can still smell the Deep Heat now! I was about 8/9 at the time, so didn't join them in the bar for a drink, but I expect they enjoyed a few sessions over the years.
I do find it interesting that we have a (well deserved) off-field reputation of friendliness and decency throughout all parts of the club which contrasts with our (partly-deserved) on-field reputation for shithousery.
But yes. I think we have as good a bunch of people representing our club as I can ever remember. I can’t ever recall being as proud to be a Wycombe supporter as I currently am. A lot of people no doubt contributing but ultimately it reflects the character of GA.
Starting to come around to thinking of him above Saint Martin as our greatest ever manager
Don't people have to be dead to be canonized? If so it has to be Martin the Magnificent and Gareth the Great!
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I agree with this.
Not if you play for Southampton!
This is the interesting thing about GA. A remarkable man around the club, a fantastic servant of the game, decent chap, but the way he played, and now his team is perceived to play, means he is generally disliked by other fans. Strange balance
But Gaz is loved by the fans of the clubs he played for QPR, Port Vale, Lincoln etc
I can't afford to buy a 25 drink round however friendly they are. And I suppose Gareth, Dobbo and the other management staff would want one too. Madness. And I bet some of them would want cocktails and soft drinks. And crisps.
Which Wycombe player has the most expensive tipple do you reckon?
Do we think Ryan does his little running on the spot thing before he finally goes up to the bar to get the beers in?
I think he queues for 5 minutes at one end of the bar before moving to the other end at the last second as he's about to be served
I reckon he'd order a huge round, then ask for a Guinness at the end. Then once the barman's done that and let it sit, ask for another one.
To be fair Wayne Rooney does the little run before his free-kicks...something tells me he's quite speedy getting to the bar though. And to the kebab van afterwards.
...while noticing and stamping down a bit of the lino that's come loose and then pulling little bits of stamped down lino out of the tread of his shoes.
Now now, there's no need to stamp on assistant referees.
Once they're on the floor they're fair game @chairboyscentral
What @WildWestFC said. Ordinary men in so many ways and yet they were extraordinary in my eyes.
I reckon Jacobson has a penalty-colada. Fairly pricey at ten a season.
And no doubt Blooms would "trip" and hit the deck just as he reached the bar.
Maybe it is the insight from tripping that makes them such a likable bunch.