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what could have been - 15 years ago

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Harry Kewell turns down the Mancs, and signs for us ... What could have been had he stayed healthy and given us the form we saw at Leeds?

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If he'd been able to stay fit and maintain the form he showed in that impressive first season who knows?

He was a great addition to the side and added much needed artistry and creativity. But that was it really. He was wracked with injury problems and average form the next season, and he never really seemed to get back to his early career form, when he was so elegant and quick across the pitch, and could beat players at will.
 
Can’t be long before someone posts the footage of that step over where he managed to slow down time itself...
 
I really thought he was the missing link. Turned out he was missing a few links of his own.
 
In another lifetime that could have been some summer.. The French Gems (who I still think could have been more successful under a different set up), Kewell who had it all but bottled it due to injury and the brilliant Steve Finnan.

You win some you lose some, but Houllier was desperately trying to dig himself out of a hole by then.
 
if les gems had had a manager like Klopp or Wenger, history would have been very different but this is about Kewell! 🙂
 
manwithnoname said:
I dunno about that, they've had more managers than just Houllier, and achieved fuck all under any of them either.
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It's an important time to play under the right manager ... I think that goes more for Cinema-Popcorn, not Le Tallec (who admitted himself was his own worst enemy with his practice habits etc)
 
no one can over-hype Le Tallec more than our own fans. some people really bought into the 'gem' tag given by houllier when he was in fact pretty shit
 
James said:
I’ve never seen wracked spelt with a ‘w’ at the beginning. What’s the rule between wracked and racked?
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I always use "rack" in certain instances like "rack my brain", and associate wrack with wreck, so "wracked with guilt/ pain".

I think both are OK though, they certainly have been interchangeable in literature
 
Wasnt he very good the first 6 months or so? Scored some goals and looked very promising.
I was made up when we signed him, he was excellent for Leeds.
What could have been eh.
 
Didn't he do a big reveal on tv about who he would sign for Greizman style on tv?
Was rather exciting at the time I remember.
 
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Hansern said:
Wasnt he very good the first 6 months or so? Scored some goals and looked very promising.
I was made up when we signed him, he was excellent for Leeds.
What could have been eh.
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Yes, decent first season, but the first 6 or so months - which was a bit of a wobbly start for us as a team - he was our best player
 
He was devastating that first six months for us. Then he got injured I think against Everton and that was pretty much that.

I think we rushed him back to be honest again and again (same as we did with Owen/Fowler/Agger etc)

I was gutted it never worked out for him. He was the missing piece.
 
I mean it was gout that did it for him, wasn't it? Gout. Like he was an 18th century English aristocrat who had beef and red wine with every meal.
 
Oncy said:
He was devastating that first six months for us. Then he got injured I think against Everton and that was pretty much that.

I think we rushed him back to be honest again and again (same as we did with Owen/Fowler/Agger etc)

I was gutted it never worked out for him. He was the missing piece.
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Yeah, but unfortunately when he was playing well at the start of that first season, the rest of the fucking jigsaw disappeared, and he was the only piece.
 
doctor_mac said:
I mean it was gout that did it for him, wasn't it? Gout. Like he was an 18th century English aristocrat who had beef and red wine with every meal.
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A quick google tells me initially it was thought to be gout but later was diagnosed as septic arthritis.

Chronic inflammation being the problem for him with that condition.
If i was in charge of transfers i'd rule out any big money signing that has inflammatory conditions. Albeit i don't know if Kewell had it prior to joining.
 
Rosco said:
A quick google tells me initially it was thought to be gout but later was diagnosed as septic arthritis.

Chronic inflammation being the problem for him with that condition.
If i was in charge of transfers i'd rule out any big money signing that has inflammatory conditions. Albeit i don't know if Kewell had it prior to joining.
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So you think anyone who had septic arthritis shouldn't be relied upon in the future?
 
Rosco said:
A quick google tells me initially it was thought to be gout but later was diagnosed as septic arthritis.

Chronic inflammation being the problem for him with that condition.
If i was in charge of transfers i'd rule out any big money signing that has inflammatory conditions. Albeit i don't know if Kewell had it prior to joining.
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Ahhh. Actually, my father-in-law has just gone through the same diagnosis chain.
 
Would you trust him to be able to play well in the Premier League for a few years ?
 
I'm going to say no. He was on Rangers books as a youth player, but I don't think even Gerrard is desperate enough to gamble on him now.
 
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