Quote Ranjit="Ranjit"Manu would have got torn apart by the threepenny stand on his return. However, time moves on and maybe Menzies deserves a clap after the game ..'"
Menzies never played for us.
Menzies is a legend. He's played RL at top level on two continents for the last 90 years (or so
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In the 3d days, it was a lot more common for players to stay at one club for a long time, so reactions to returning players were stronger.
But yeah, apart from that, your reasoning is totally sound.
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