Favourite XI you’ve seen live (1 Viewer)

GK: Oggy
RB: Nilsson
LB: Froggatt (more of a winger but able to do a job defensively)
CB: Peake
CB: Kilcline
RM: Ndlovu
LM: McSheffrey
CM: McGrath
CM: Boateng
FW: Dublin
ST: Huckerby

Subs:
Schmeichel (although Westwood would be more deservng as I only saw Schmeichel once, but was very impressed)
Borrows
Gunnarsson
Bennett
Gynn (*Hutchison - only seen once in a testimonial when he was 50 but he still had some amazing ball control)
Gallagher
Regis

GK: Bill Glazier

RB: Danny Thomas
LB: Stuart Pearce

CB: Trevor Peake
CB: Peter Atherton

RM: Dave Bennett
CM: Terry Yorath
CM: Dennis Mortimer
LM: Tommy Hutchison (no 'N' before the 'S')

ST: Ian Wallace
ST: Dion Dublin

Subs:
Oggy
Steve Hunt
Roland Nilsson
Mick Ferguson
Stewert Robson
Robbie Keane

Speedies_Chips said:

GK: Bill Glazier

RB: Danny Thomas
LB: Stuart Pearce

CB: Trevor Peake
CB: Peter Atherton

RM: Dave Bennett
CM: Terry Yorath
CM: Dennis Mortimer
LM: Tommy Hutchison (no 'N' before the 'S')

ST: Ian Wallace
ST: Dion Dublin

Subs:
Oggy
Steve Hunt
Roland Nilsson
Mick Ferguson
Stewert Robson
Robbie Keane

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Fantastic line up. I'd have Gillespie ahead of Atherton. And although I've been very critical of Strachan as a manager on these pages, he was different class on the pitch (even at the age of 38) and certainly would be on the bench and most likely in any starting XI.

Westwood
Nilsson
Dann
Breen
Fox
Bennett
Boetang
McAllister
Frogatt
Dion
Regis

Speedies_Chips said:

GK: Bill Glazier

RB: Danny Thomas
LB: Stuart Pearce

CB: Trevor Peake
CB: Peter Atherton

RM: Dave Bennett
CM: Terry Yorath
CM: Dennis Mortimer
LM: Tommy Hutchison (no 'N' before the 'S')

ST: Ian Wallace
ST: Dion Dublin

Subs:
Oggy
Steve Hunt
Roland Nilsson
Mick Ferguson
Stewert Robson
Robbie Keane

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Not sure about Atherton but Wallace & Dublin would have lit up the prem

Oggy
Nilsson
Peake
Kilcline (just for the partnership with Peake)
Pearce
Robson
Mcallister
Whelan
Ndlovu
Dublin
Huckerby

Subs Westwood,Regis,Bennett,Speedie.Babb

Glazier
Neilsson
Pearce
Gillespie
Curtis
Mortimer
Rees
Maddison
Hudson
Keene
Hutchinson
Subs
Blyth
Clements
Wilson
giving my age away with this choice

Jim Blyth
Danny Thomas
Stuart Pearce
Gary Gillespie
Trevor Peake
Steve Hunt
George Boateng
Peter Ndlovu
Stewart Robson
Dion Dublin
Ian Wallace

Subs:
Oggy
Brian Borrows
Gerry Daly
Gary Thompson
Daren Huckerby
Phil Babb

Hmm this one actually trickier than I thought but from live game only it helps as limits me to early 90's onwards.

Going 4-4-2 struggled with left back tbh

GK: Westwood
RB: Nillson
LB: Fox
CB: Babb
CB: Breen
LW: Gallacher
RW: Ndlovu
CM: Boateng
CM: McAllister
ST: Dublin
ST: Huckerby

On their day Dublin and Hucks so destructive cannot remember a front two worrying oppo defences like those two before or after!

GK: Oggy
RB: Nilsson
LB: Fox
CB: Dann
CB: Breen
LW: Froggatt
RW: Hadji
CM: Boateng
CM: McAllister
ST: Dublin
ST: Keane

wantageskyblue said:

Jim Blyth
Danny Thomas
Stuart Pearce
Gary Gillespie
Trevor Peake
Steve Hunt
George Boateng
Peter Ndlovu
Stewart Robson
Dion Dublin
Ian Wallace

Subs:
Oggy
Brian Borrows
Gerry Daly
Gary Thompson
Daren Huckerby
Phil Babb

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This is about as close as I can get but I’ve given up now as I need to get Bennett, Nilsson and Ferguson in as well and it’s hurting my head.

GK: Bill Glazier
RB: Roland Neilson
LB: Chris Cattlin
CB: Gary Gillespie
CB: Trevor Peake
M: Ian Gibson
M: Dennis Mortimer
M: McAllister
RW: Peter Ndlovu
LW: Tommy Hutchison
CF: Dion Dublin

wantageskyblue said:

Jim Blyth
Danny Thomas
Stuart Pearce
Gary Gillespie
Trevor Peake
Steve Hunt
George Boateng
Peter Ndlovu
Stewart Robson
Dion Dublin
Ian Wallace

Subs:
Oggy
Brian Borrows
Gerry Daly
Gary Thompson
Daren Huckerby
Phil Babb

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Very nearly exactly my team - we must be a similar age! I would probably have Gordon Strachan in there (you could tell he was a very special player even at the age of 38) and switch Stewart Robson to he bench.

Or go 3-5-2?

Blyth

Borrows
Gillespie
Peake

Thomas
Pearce

Strachan
Boateng
Hunt

Dublin
Wallace

Oggy

Pearce
Gillespie
Peake
Borrows

Ndlovu
Robson
McAllister
Bennett

Speedie
Keane

Subs

Hedman
Nilsson
Babb
Froggatt
Hadji
Whelan
Regis
Dublin

Yes I think we probably are - I’m 55, saw my first game 74/5 and was hooked straightaway.

Fair shout on Strachan - I’m sure he came on as a sub at the Dell and got us back in the game almost single handedly - finished 2-2 iirc. Liam Daish was sat with the Cov fans. Funny what you remember and what you don’t.

DannyThomas_1981 said:

Very nearly exactly my team - we must be a similar age! I would probably have Gordon Strachan in there (you could tell he was a very special player even at the age of 38) and switch Stewart Robson to he bench.

Or go 3-5-2?

Blyth

Borrows
Gillespie
Peake

Thomas
Pearce

Strachan
Boateng
Hunt

Dublin
Wallace

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DannyThomas_1981 said:

Very nearly exactly my team - we must be a similar age! I would probably have Gordon Strachan in there (you could tell he was a very special player even at the age of 38) and switch Stewart Robson to he bench.

Or go 3-5-2?

Blyth

Borrows
Gillespie
Peake

Thomas
Pearce

Strachan
Boateng
Hunt

Dublin
Wallace

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Martin180 said:

Oggy

Pearce
Gillespie
Peake
Borrows

Ndlovu
Robson
McAllister
Bennett

Speedie
Keane

Subs

Hedman
Nilsson
Babb
Froggatt
Hadji
Whelan
Regis
Dublin

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Good shout to include Bennett in there. Very under rated in my view, even by City fans. He had everything, skill, pace, great delivery and a scorer of spectacular goals. I was invited to a match with my family back in the 1980s by a Luton player who had big Coventry connections (Luton vs. Cov at Kenilworth Rd) and Benno scored a wonder goal. I was going mental in the player's box - only to be sharply dragged down by my Dad. But what a strike.

Jim Blyth
Roland Nilsson
Gary Gillespie
Trevor Peake
Bobby McDonald
Tommy Hutchison
George Boateng
Steve Hunt
Peter Ndlovu
David Speedie
Cyrille Regis

No one recent, so my Non Premier Team would be:
Westwood, Dabo, Keough, Turner, Fox, Thompson, Safri, Wise, McSheffrey, Clarke, Wilson

Oggy - Just keeps out Bill Glazier
Oakey- Love watching him play,such a shame his career was so brief
Peake
Gillespie - Ball playing centre halves
McDonald - Such a skilful player.
Carr
Mortimer- Attacking midfield, both ball carriers who could score goals
Bennett - Best right winger I have seen for us
Wallace-
Regis- Power, pace and goals from these two
Hutchison- Our greatest player as far as I am concerned, Mr Magic.

Subs
Glazier
Pearce
Kilcline
Fergie
Dublin
Rees
McAlister

DannyThomas_1981 said:

Good shout to include Bennett in there. Very under rated in my view, even by City fans. He had everything, skill, pace, great delivery and a scorer of spectacular goals. I was invited to a match with my family back in the 1980s by a Luton player who had big Coventry connections (Luton vs. Cov at Kenilworth Rd) and Benno scored a wonder goal. I was going mental in the player's box - only to be sharply dragged down by my Dad. But what a strike.

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Him and Speedie were my favourite players as a kid , Bennett could have off games but when he was on it he was up there with Waddle as an old fashioned winger