Charlie Gubb? Or Jack Buchanan?

Do you remember Tim Russell

Used to run onto the ball like a rocket and then made zero yardage once he had it

Yes I do. Blast from the past, and I agree with your assessment.

Andy Platt was very much like that for us, defensively he was brilliant but didn't do much in attack.  Tim Russell was a similar time to Jon Grieve and Rodney Howe, Howe of course went on to have a good career down under.

Andy Platt was very much like that for us, defensively he was brilliant but didn’t do much in attack. Tim Russell was a similar time to Jon Grieve and Rodney Howe, Howe of course went on to have a good career down under.

He and Mark Elia were brought in to replace those two when Howe got injured and they both returned home