| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? 11:01 - Dec 19 with 2535 views | tractorboy1978 |
Looks like he may have retired at 27 years old - said 'story is gunna be interesting'. |  | | |  |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 11:04 - Dec 19 with 2501 views | Swansea_Blue |
Nope. But he wasn’t in a good place here and looked like he’d retired already when we played him earlier in the season, so it would be no surprise. I’ve no idea what he might be referring to though. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 12:48 - Dec 19 with 2097 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 11:04 - Dec 19 by Swansea_Blue |
Nope. But he wasn’t in a good place here and looked like he’d retired already when we played him earlier in the season, so it would be no surprise. I’ve no idea what he might be referring to though. |
I know it's water under the bridge now, but what an earth were we thinking signing him.
I think MA got away with it as there wasn't a transfer fee involved, but presumably he cost us quite a bit in wages and loan fees. His performance against Spurs was so amateurish. | | | |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 13:43 - Dec 19 with 1832 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 12:48 - Dec 19 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
I know it's water under the bridge now, but what an earth were we thinking signing him.
I think MA got away with it as there wasn't a transfer fee involved, but presumably he cost us quite a bit in wages and loan fees. His performance against Spurs was so amateurish. |
On paper it was a very good signing. Tuanzebe was in and out with injuries and we needed cover. He was a former England international with Premier League experience. Obviously there are off field issues that we were unaware of at the time. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 13:58 - Dec 19 with 1727 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 13:43 - Dec 19 by GlasgowBlue |
On paper it was a very good signing. Tuanzebe was in and out with injuries and we needed cover. He was a former England international with Premier League experience. Obviously there are off field issues that we were unaware of at the time. |
Agreed, it was universally well received by fans.
Seemed like much needed Prem experience that we didn't have much of. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:05 - Dec 19 with 1676 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 12:48 - Dec 19 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
I know it's water under the bridge now, but what an earth were we thinking signing him.
I think MA got away with it as there wasn't a transfer fee involved, but presumably he cost us quite a bit in wages and loan fees. His performance against Spurs was so amateurish. |
Yeah, he’d already gone (head/legs, who knows?) when we signed him. He wasn’t very good at all. I agree it looked a reasonable signing on paper though, as he had a decent pedigree. All very odd. | |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:12 - Dec 19 with 1648 views | Herbivore |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 12:48 - Dec 19 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
I know it's water under the bridge now, but what an earth were we thinking signing him.
I think MA got away with it as there wasn't a transfer fee involved, but presumably he cost us quite a bit in wages and loan fees. His performance against Spurs was so amateurish. |
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. At the time, we were signing an England international with good Prem experience to cover in an area where we were short with Tuanzebe having injury issues. On paper, it looked to be a good signing. We couldn't have known in advance that he was done. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:40 - Dec 19 with 1530 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Hes got 2.5 years left on his contract in Italy hasnt he?
No way hes retiring early. | |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:56 - Dec 19 with 1459 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:40 - Dec 19 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Hes got 2.5 years left on his contract in Italy hasnt he?
No way hes retiring early. |
"27 and out" suggests he is. | | | |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:57 - Dec 19 with 1455 views | Vaughan8 |
I'll admit I thought he'd be a good backup defender for us who could play anywhere along the back for with decent premier League experience.
Presumably we didn't know about whatever these personal issues were at the time. His performance vs Spurs was so bad!
Why on earth did Sheff utd get him on loan?
Hope he sorts out whatever is going on. | | | |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:59 - Dec 19 with 1437 views | Blooos |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 12:48 - Dec 19 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
I know it's water under the bridge now, but what an earth were we thinking signing him.
I think MA got away with it as there wasn't a transfer fee involved, but presumably he cost us quite a bit in wages and loan fees. His performance against Spurs was so amateurish. |
His performance vs Spurs was pretty much identical to his performance vs us earlier this season | | | |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 15:26 - Dec 19 with 1297 views | mellowblue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:12 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. At the time, we were signing an England international with good Prem experience to cover in an area where we were short with Tuanzebe having injury issues. On paper, it looked to be a good signing. We couldn't have known in advance that he was done. |
I thought it odd at the time as Ben Johnson was sufficient cover. Seemed unnecessary. | | | |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 15:29 - Dec 19 with 1270 views | Herbivore |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 15:26 - Dec 19 by mellowblue |
I thought it odd at the time as Ben Johnson was sufficient cover. Seemed unnecessary. |
Johnson had shown by January that he wasn't what we needed as a right back. | |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 15:33 - Dec 19 with 1248 views | Zx1988 |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:40 - Dec 19 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Hes got 2.5 years left on his contract in Italy hasnt he?
No way hes retiring early. |
Depends on his situation.
Maybe he's decided that he'd rather cash in his chips now, rather than be bound to the club and its policies (such as attending training and keeping fit) for the next 2.5yrs?
I'd imagine there's a good chance that he'll be getting some sort of payoff anyway, if he's cancelling his contract by retiring. | |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 16:43 - Dec 19 with 1128 views | J2BLUE |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:56 - Dec 19 by tractorboy1978 |
"27 and out" suggests he is. |
I hope that does refer to his playing days and nothing more. Hopefully the PFA are checking on him. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 17:53 - Dec 19 with 894 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:40 - Dec 19 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Hes got 2.5 years left on his contract in Italy hasnt he?
No way hes retiring early. |
Why not? Up to him isn't it?
If he's not enjoying the game anymore, or that there are external issues, and quitting is better for him. It takes some proper bullocks to admit that, fair play to him. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 18:54 - Dec 19 with 743 views | mellowblue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 15:29 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
Johnson had shown by January that he wasn't what we needed as a right back. |
He has been disappointing for sure, but expecting Godfrey who played only once when in Italy to be any better was a bit of a Hail Mary throw, He was only average for Everton. | | | |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 20:44 - Dec 19 with 528 views | FrimleyBlue |
I do often wonder how he even came up on our list of players to recruit
He joined in jan after no football in the months prior with Atlanta. What an odd signing. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 21:31 - Dec 19 with 413 views | JammyDodgerrr |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 14:12 - Dec 19 by Herbivore |
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. At the time, we were signing an England international with good Prem experience to cover in an area where we were short with Tuanzebe having injury issues. On paper, it looked to be a good signing. We couldn't have known in advance that he was done. |
An England international who was signed by Atlanta just the summer before, who have one of the best scouting networks around. It was an incredible smart signing at the time. |  |
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| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 21:46 - Dec 19 with 344 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Anyone else see Ben Godfrey's cryptic Instagram post? on 21:31 - Dec 19 by JammyDodgerrr |
An England international who was signed by Atlanta just the summer before, who have one of the best scouting networks around. It was an incredible smart signing at the time. |
I disagree that it was a smart signing considering he hadn't played any football 6 months had injuries and covid issues. | |
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