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Gary Rowett

NorthStandUltra
NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,538
edited August 2009 in Other Football and Sports
I see our former injury prone defender Gary Rowett is the number two to Mr. Karren Brady at Burton Albion now.

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  • boogica
    boogica Posts: 2,321
    i thought he was a good player shame about the injuries he had.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Confirmed as manager after a spell as caretaker.

    As he played alongside CP anyone fancy Burton Albion away for a pre-season game?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    "Played alongside" is a bit strong - "waved at CP from the treatment room" would be nearer the mark.
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Would make a great day out, Good pubs with real ale.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,031

    Did they play together at Derby as well ?

    Excellant lower league ground in a town full of character.Perfect venue for a pre season friendly.

  • eug72
    eug72 Posts: 177
    Remember him scoring a belter away at QPR if it's the same bloke! I was right behind it.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Would make a great day out, Good pubs with real ale.
    Second that, a great town for a weekend on the ale!
    "Played alongside" is a bit strong - "waved at CP from the treatment room" would be nearer the mark.
    Sat alongside Powell for the team photo...

  • cafcdan18
    cafcdan18 Posts: 3,664
    Would be a nice pre season game.

    Wish him all the best, liked Rowett as a player before we signed him, did well in the games he did play. Pity injury recked his career as he could have been a very good defender for us.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,609
    Remember him scoring a belter away at QPR if it's the same bloke! I was right behind it.
    Wasn't that Gray Poole?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Remember him scoring a belter away at QPR if it's the same bloke! I was right behind it.
    Wasn't that Gray Poole?
    Yes, Gary Poole.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Four seasons together, 2 at Derby and two with CAFC.

    Maybe a good place for a few of our kids to go out on loan.

    But for all we know they hate each other.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Stole my jacket once at a player of the year awards






    Well I accused him of it , he had just picked it up by mistake




    Remember curbs saying that signing rowett would keep us up
  • BeckenhamAddick
    BeckenhamAddick Posts: 69
    Thought he looked quality for us until his body gave up on him! Good luck to him at Burton, even though they've let me down on my acca a couple of times. Grrrrrr.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    All tIme most expensive player in terms of fee divided by appearances (and broken hearts in Eltham when the big summer signing turned out to be a costly crock)
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    i thought he came on a fee based on appearances so the fee was never as high as most thought
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    I thought he cost £3m plus appearances - Wiki doesn't help much there - but it does say that he made 13 appearances which is more than I thought. So just the £200k per appearance (+wages) I suppose !
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    edited May 2012
    i thought he came on a fee based on appearances so the fee was never as high as most thought
    No, Curbs was crap and cocked it up. Boring mid table premiership football.

    At least that is what some thought. Of course canny old Curbs had a deal based on appearances gambling on a known crock like Rowett.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,782
    But for all we know they hate each other.
    Don't be silly Henry. How can anyone hate Powelly?

    ;-)
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Good luck to him, thought he was gonna be good for us, unfortunately his knees were about as strong as my grandads.
  • Rob62
    Rob62 Posts: 1,200
    edited May 2012
    The few times he did play he was clearly a good player though. Technically very strong. Was nice to see a central defender so comfortable on the ball.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    I thought he cost £3m plus appearances - Wiki doesn't help much there - but it does say that he made 13 appearances which is more than I thought. So just the £200k per appearance (+wages) I suppose !
    I imagine insurance would have paid out after he retired, so we would have got some of the money back?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Ooh aah is correct. Richard Murray negotiated a fee based on appearances so we only paid a few 100k of the 3.5m total
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    I think as well that someone's head rolled in the medical dept due to us signing him
  • Rob62
    Rob62 Posts: 1,200
    edited May 2012
    Ooh aah is correct. Richard Murray negotiated a fee based on appearances so we only paid a few 100k of the 3.5m total
    I understand why they can't, but from a fans perspective I wish things like this were able to be made clear. Similar situation to the Jeffers deal - it's annoying having these kind of headline figures used as examples of bad management when the reality of it was that we spent much, much less on these players than advertised.

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