Joseph-Désiré Job

Liamo said:
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As soon as I saw his name, this was what first sprung to mind. I liked him a lot but as other posters have rightly stated, we had some great strikers around that period. He’d walk into the current setup!
 
Not sure if he was maybe a victim of being brought in by a Manager (Robbo) and not 100% relied on by the next going forward. He hit purple patches if I remember rightly.

Had a great season linking with Geremi.
 
Between Job, Nemeth and Maccarone we have a strikeforce that were bit part and behinnd Yak, Jimmy and Viduka in the pecking order. At pretty much any time before or since they'd have all played a much, much bigger role.
 
the_smog_chorus said:
His Dad and other family members used to come and watch him and used to sit near me, at the end of one game when Job had scored his Dad was running up and down the concourse after full time (we were having a pint after) and he was singing one Job on Teesside (sounding strange to us because of the accent) and waving the Cameroon flag. It was brill!
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I was in that very same concourse!! Didn’t realise it was his dad though. Assumed it was a fan. Love that!
 
Alzi said:
I agree, Maccarone, Nemeth and Job were all good players in their own right but we were missing a presence upfront for a few years till Jimmy, Yak and Viduka all rocked up!
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They would all have smashed the championship. I rate Nemeth as the best of the three, then Job, then Maccarone.

One of Job's key weapons when he arrived was his heading ability, he was like a salmon, but then he fractured his skull and didn't really go in for headers so often, which cost him 10% of his game.
 
BoroMart said:
They would all have smashed the championship. I rate Nemeth as the best of the three, then Job, then Maccarone.

One of Job's key weapons when he arrived was his heading ability, he was like a salmon, but then he fractured his skull and didn't really go in for headers so often, which cost him 10% of his game.
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Job better than Maccarone? Not so sure about that. All 3 would dominate this league though.
 
Tom_Boro said:
Job better than Maccarone? Not so sure about that. All 3 would dominate this league though.
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Job was more of a wide forward than an out and out CF, he had better pace, more tricky, more creativity, better in the air. Maccarone was decent poacher but had a lot more holes to his game. If Maccarone hadn't scored the last minute UEFA winners I don't think this conversation would be even had. But that's my opinion.

Nemeth was clearly better than both but struggled to have the trust of the managers.
 
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