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shmmeee

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #71
Grendel said:
He may go in for a drink - no problem with that. Off to Sixfields isn’t he?
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Scab
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #72
Grendel said:
He was a great pro and worked in his limitations including lack of height and pace but was one of the better centre halves we had in the premier league years
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The 'great pro' type you regularly rip apart!! He certainly always gave 100% and for that reason I don't really want to slag him off, but he was extremely limited, a poor man's Mick Coop if you like. I know its only a drinking booth but it would be frankly embarrasing if he were to win any vote amongst City fans as our greatest ever defender. In our PL days Atherton & Babb were miles better.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #73
Legia Sky Blue said:
The 'great pro' type you regularly rip apart!! He certainly always gave 100% and for that reason I don't really want to slag him off, but he was extremely limited, a poor man's Mick Coop if you like. I know its only a drinking booth but it would be frankly embarrasing if he were to win any vote amongst City fans as our greatest ever defender. In our PL days Atherton & Babb were miles better.
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But there's more to being a club great than ability. Time spent at the club has to count for something.
Babb was only here 5 minutes.
I would say Robbie Keane was a better player than Terry Gibson, but I'd vote for the latter over the former.
 
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COV

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #74
Legia Sky Blue said:
The 'great pro' type you regularly rip apart!! He certainly always gave 100% and for that reason I don't really want to slag him off, but he was extremely limited, a poor man's Mick Coop if you like. I know its only a drinking booth but it would be frankly embarrasing if he were to win any vote amongst City fans as our greatest ever defender. In our PL days Atherton & Babb were miles better.
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Not sure who is saying Shaw is our best ever defender, but I certainly wouldn't say Atherton was better than Shaw. And to say he was "extremely limited" is not true at all tbh
 

rob9872

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #75
It's not best 11 or Nilsson would walk in, but he's not a club legend. It should be Curtis, Kilcline and Peake, then either Shaw or Borrows to fill the other imo. Other certs should be Cyrille, Dion and Houchen, midfield not so sure, Hutchinson definitely then possibly Lloydy and Doyler. I'm sure some will want Hudson or Wallace up top but not for me.
 
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Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #76
rob9872 said:
It's not best 11 or Nilsson would walk in, but he's not a club legend. It should be Curtis, Kilcline and Peake, then either Shaw or Borrows to fill the other imo. Other certs should be Cyrille, Dion and Houchen, midfield not so sure, Hutchinson definitely then possibly Lloydy and Doyler. I'm sure some will want Hudson or Wallace up top but not for me.
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I'm basing it on hairstyles, Nilsson gets a booth for me
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #77
I wonder if they will be able to blag a special license to stream city away games on iFollow.

Can imagine them making a fortune if so.
 
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hill83

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #78
Legia Sky Blue said:
The 'great pro' type you regularly rip apart!! He certainly always gave 100% and for that reason I don't really want to slag him off, but he was extremely limited, a poor man's Mick Coop if you like. I know its only a drinking booth but it would be frankly embarrasing if he were to win any vote amongst City fans as our greatest ever defender. In our PL days Atherton & Babb were miles better.
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I’ve voted for him because I think he’s our best ever defender. I just want to sit in a Richard Shaw booth and get pissed.
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #79
hill83 said:
I’ve voted for him because I think he’s our best ever defender. I just want to sit in a Richard Shaw booth and get pissed.
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Have to wear dreadlock wigs though.
 

Grendel

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #80
Legia Sky Blue said:
The 'great pro' type you regularly rip apart!! He certainly always gave 100% and for that reason I don't really want to slag him off, but he was extremely limited, a poor man's Mick Coop if you like. I know its only a drinking booth but it would be frankly embarrasing
if he were to win any vote amongst City fans as our greatest ever defender. In our PL days Atherton & Babb were miles better.
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I always thought he was fine. Solid and dependable player who competed against the best in the top flight at the time and held his own. Atherton was ok but fairly forgettable really
 

pipkin73

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #81
What has happened to team of Gary Breens
 
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Speedies_Chips

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #82
rob9872 said:
It's not best 11 or Nilsson would walk in, but he's not a club legend. It should be Curtis, Kilcline and Peake, then either Shaw or Borrows to fill the other imo. Other certs should be Cyrille, Dion and Houchen, midfield not so sure, Hutchinson definitely then possibly Lloydy and Doyler. I'm sure some will want Hudson or Wallace up top but not for me.
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Who is this Hutchinson?
 
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Grendel

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #83
rob9872 said:
It's not best 11 or Nilsson would walk in, but he's not a club legend. It should be Curtis, Kilcline and Peake, then either Shaw or Borrows to fill the other imo. Other certs should be Cyrille, Dion and Houchen, midfield not so sure, Hutchinson definitely then possibly Lloydy and Doyler. I'm sure some will want Hudson or Wallace up top but not for me.
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I wouldn’t even consider Nilsson he played about 60 games for us and was signed in his early thirties - wouldn’t be on the radar for me
 
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wingy

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #84
There's plenty of Rick Shaw's to sit in.
 
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Hobo

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #85
Shaw was a spoiler and an awkward dogged opponent in much the same way Lloyd McGrath was in midfield. You could argue that both were under rated? With one eye on the ref, Shaw did a lot of holding, shirt pulling and liked an arm wrestle with an opponent. After all his nickname was "the Limpet."

But if you are talking best defenders I would put George Mason, George Curtis, Jimmy Holmes, Gary Gillespie and Trevor Peak all in front of Shaw.

Shaw was a player who you grew to appreciate from watching him week in week out rather than the odd TV apperance.
 
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Grendel

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #86
Hobo said:
Shaw was a spoiler and an awkward dogged opponent in much the same way Lloyd McGrath was in midfield. You could argue that both were under rated? With one eye on the ref, Shaw did a lot of holding, shirt pulling and liked an arm wrestle with an opponent. After all his nickname was "the Limpet."

But if you are talking best defenders I would put George Mason, George Curtis, Jimmy Holmes, Gary Gillespie and Trevor Peak all in front of Shaw.

Shaw was a player who you grew to appreciate from watching him week in week out rather than the odd TV apperance.
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What was George Mason like?
 

COV

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #87
I would have thought that the spirit of this is to have players that bring back happy memories as opposed to who our most technically gifted players are. I'd rather have a few pints in the Dave Bennett bar than the Gary McAllister bar, but I also know who the more gifted football player was. Likewise I'd rather have a beer in the Houchen bar than the Hadji bar, but again I know who by far the better player was.

Longevity, connection with the fans is way more important here than pure ability. Anyway if it was only due to ability we'd have the place jam packed with players who we had to sell on. They should be "our" guys- only exceptions I'd make are Regis & Dublin.
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #88
COV said:
I would have thought that the spirit of this is to have players that bring back happy memories as opposed to who our most technically gifted players are. I'd rather have a few pints in the Dave Bennett bar than the Gary McAllister bar, but I also know who the more gifted football player was. Likewise I'd rather have a beer in the Houchen bar than the Hadji bar, but again I know who by far the better player was.

Longevity, connection with the fans is way more important here than pure ability. Anyway if it was only due to ability we'd have the place jam packed with players who we had to sell on. They should be "our" guys- only exceptions I'd make are Regis & Dublin.
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Just go into a pub in Nuneaton and have a drink with dave Bennett?
 
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rob9872

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #89
Speedies_Chips said:
Who is this Hutchinson?
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I could blame predictive text or even pretend to care of someone who had left by the time I was old enough, but as most on here can't even spell Robins, I'll give myself a pass on this one.
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Jun 6, 2021
  • #90
Nick said:
I wonder if they will be able to blag a special license to stream city away games on iFollow.

Can imagine them making a fortune if so.
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Hope not, will lower the away following.
 
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Garryb80

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #91
Nick said:
I wonder if they will be able to blag a special license to stream city away games on iFollow.

Can imagine them making a fortune if so.
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When fans are back ifollow won't be allowed to stream games..much like previously. Away games especially would be difficult as the home team wouldn't want to run the risk of their own fans buying our stream and not going to the game
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #92
Garryb80 said:
When fans are back ifollow won't be allowed to stream games..much like previously. Away games especially would be difficult as the home team wouldn't want to run the risk of their own fans buying our stream and not going to the game
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Ifollow was around before Covid wasn’t it?
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #93
Shaw, Nilsson, Borrows and Curtis got my vote. Tried to vote only on players I've had the privilege to watch in the flesh. Chucked Curtis in though because of the way my Dad talks about him. People talking about Shaw is if he was Aaron Martin. Clueless. He played the majority of his games in the top flight against the best.
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #94
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Ifollow was around before Covid wasn’t it?
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Yeah of course it was.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #95
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Ifollow was around before Covid wasn’t it?
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Certainly was. Not sure being able to watch ifollow will stop a significant number of people attending. Needs to be looked into as people will watch the stream whether its available legally or not so how much benefit is it to block people who want to give the club money?
 

Tommo1993

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #96
Struggled to pick four from the midfielder list. Only one I was certain of was Doyle. Many of them before my generation, didn’t feel right picking McAllister but did anyway. Baker is the dud option.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #97
Baker will please the Facebook forum
 
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ajl

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #98

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Liquid Gold

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #99
Gutted, I wanted to drink reef and aftershock in the Kevin Thornton booth.
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #100
Liquid Gold said:
Gutted, I wanted to drink reef and aftershock in the Kevin Thornton booth.
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Think he gets a toilet cubicle.
 
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RedSalmon

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #101
Amazed no one mentioned Roy Barry.
 

clint van damme

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #102
Gone for Bennett, McGrath, Hutchison and Yorath.
 
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fatso

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #103
Trap one in the shithouse should be called Villa Park.
 
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COV

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #104
Tommy Hutchison
Dave Bennett
Ian Gibson
Lloyd McGrath

I like that Dean Emerson is an option, whoever is deciding these names knows their stuff
 
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Speedies_Chips

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  • Jun 7, 2021
  • #105
RedSalmon said:
Amazed no one mentioned Roy Barry.
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Roy Barry
 
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