Marcus Richardson
Here’s another I thought always put a shift in, but whom also has some fans scratching their heads wondering what his actual input was. Marcus Richardson was one of those players who impressed on loan, joined and then instantly divide fans opinion.
He had two loan spells with us, scoring four in 12 in the league first time out, then coming back with five goal-free games. Keith managed to snare him permanently, after which he scored nine in 37. The scoring record isn’t brilliant, that I’ll grant you, but he offered as much to the Imps as Ollie Palmer ever did.
Who can forget his last-minute winner against Northampton? Or the brace that downed Yeovil at the Bank the year they ended as Champions? Not me, that is for sure.
Yeah, there’s always that incident that resulted in him being swiftly transferred, perhaps scuppering the best chance we had of achieving a play off win. There’s the long spells he went without a goal too, but he often came on as a sub or found himself sitting out as GTF and Yeo did their thing. He was the third wheel, the extra man and his 10 goals in 44 games in 2003/04 often get forgotten.
So, what was your opinion?
Next up: is pace alone enough?
Josh Howling in particular was a really good player for us. We should have kept him longer. Class defender.
Josh Howling in particular was a really good player for us. We should have kept him longer. Class defender.
Marcus Richardson – affectionately remembered as “trampoline foot”.
Does anybody else think that Harry Anderson is the current equivalent of Derek Asamoah. Your description of Asamoah is exactly what I think of Anderson – fully of pace but no idea.