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Aye dj the guy who was thrown into a cup final at 16 years old... Lucky for him it was before walter and allys time then..

 

What was the average age of the players the manager used at the time ... just out of interest?

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Tbh i've no idea how prevalent use of youth was back then or average age etc. Just pointing out that dj at 16 was no way "ready" to be played, but the manager saw something and took a chance. Why someone who got his break in that manner can be so dismissive now baffles me.

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Tbh i've no idea how prevalent use of youth was back then or average age etc. Just pointing out that dj at 16 was no way "ready" to be played, but the manager saw something and took a chance. Why someone who got his break in that manner can be so dismissive now baffles me.

 

Well, fair enough. DJ comments on Peralta not returning are also somewhat off for someone co-doing our media job these days.

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That is the time it took you for that reply since my post? Or did you indeed needed just this amount to get through the record books and check the squad of that season and the one before and after? Wicked!

 

Neither.

 

You asked, I answered. Take it or leave it.

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Tbh i've no idea how prevalent use of youth was back then or average age etc. Just pointing out that dj at 16 was no way "ready" to be played, but the manager saw something and took a chance. Why someone who got his break in that manner can be so dismissive now baffles me.

 

Lifted from FF:

 

Derek Johnstone - what a player

 

League Cup Final goalscorer from centre forward v Celtic aged 16.

 

Scottish Cup Final goalscorer from the subs bench v Celtic aged 17.

 

European Cup Winners Cup Final winner from centre half aged 18.

 

210 competitive goals, never took a penalty and played for years as a defender.

 

Capped by Scotland both up front and at the back.

 

Scored in 4 different Scottish Cup Finals, two of them with doubles.

 

Top scorer in 2 treble seasons.

 

3 titles, 5 Scottish Cups and 5 League Cups.

 

Yet was already finished as a player in his late 20s.

 

I know his opinions these days on radio and in the papers make us all cringe.

 

But by God what a bloody player he was.

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