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Zaha

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President of The Niles Crane Fanclub
May 7, 2006
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This is a true story -

Just before we signed Bostock my dad (he is a football coach) was watching a Palace reserves game with Ian Dowie chatting about Moses and Bostock and Dowie said Moses had talent but would never make as he was to selfish and couldn't make good footballing decisions. Where as Bostock had more talent and was the opposite.

So I was chuffed when we signed Bostock obviously.

Moral of this story - dont listen to Ian Dowie.
Haha. Ever. Yeah, Bostock seemed to be the one many were hoping for good things. Who knows, maybe it could have been as simple as him staying at Palace for 3 or 4 more yrs and getting himself into the position as an integral player in that team before moving on at still a young age of 19/20. He got lost in the shuffle here immediately and whilst I'll not blame the club entirely, we probably made mistakes ourselves in that situation.

Whatever happened and whoever is to blame, it really made him go off track hugely. His loan moves were one disaster after another.

Shame but these moves tend to end in failure, or at least mild disappointment, and not success. We've peobably got a very good record compared to most. Lennon, Hudd, the two Kyles. We've had good service from all of them. Potentially Rose too. Not a bad return on our young player scouting.

Is your dad still in coaching?
 
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