Was Roland Nilsson our best ever Right Back ? (1 Viewer)

Evo1883

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #1

Question in title ?

 

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procdoc

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #2

Yes. He oozed class

 

Danceswithhorses

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #3

Yes, emphatically...new topic

 

zuni

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #4

yup, best i have seen

 

Evo1883

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #5

Seems this might be the easiest answer on here

 

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Brighton Sky Blue

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #6

All of the Richard Duffys combined don’t even come close

 

Evo1883

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #7

The reason for my question

Couple Sheffield wednesday fans said roland nilsson

 

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Perennial Lurker

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #8

Brian Borrows was hugely underrated. Thought he was good enough to play for England

 

Evo1883

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #9

Perennial Lurker said:

Brian Borrows was hugely underrated. Thought he was good enough to play for England

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Added to the fact he's a genuine club legend

 

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steve101

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #10

I would agree with Brian Borrows. Nilsson was certainly class but Borrows was talented and a great servant to the club.

 

Covcraig@bury

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #11

Buggsey . I bumped into Snoz in Kenilworth a few years ago in Raffles restaurant. We got talking and he said Buggsey was the best he had seen .

 

Old Warwickshire lad

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #12

Nilsson was class and never seemed hurried. But don’t forget Mick Coop was there for a long time, and never let us down.

 

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Northeast sky blue

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• Aug 14, 2024

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Old Warwickshire lad said:

Nilsson was class and never seemed hurried. But don’t forget Mick Coop was there for a long time, and never let us down.

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We've had a number of good right backs over the years. Danny Thomas, I believe played in that position, Graham Oakey, both good young players who suffered bad injuries

 

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long way home

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #14

Danny Thomas was my favorite player as a kid but RN is the best Right back i have seen at the club.

 

Sky Blue Wozza

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #15

The excellence of Nilsson almost made me forget the horror of Ally Pickering. Almost.

 

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SwanLane

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #16

Really tough choice. I’d just about go for Borrows because he was a total legend and a beacon of quality when we didn’t always have much. We had him throughout his prime and into a long Indian summer. Unfortunately having contemporaries like Stevens, Parker and Dixon didn’t help him internationally.

Nilsson was absolutely fucking mint tho.

 

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Cally Fedora

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #17

Yes, Nilsson and Borrows for me. Thomas also up there.

 

Sky Blue Pete

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #18

Mve maybe in a season

 

RegiswasGod

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #19

Yes. All day long.

 

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PVA

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #20

Kevin Foley

 

JSL

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #21

Mick Coop is worth a mention too

 

Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #22

Even more impressive that he's rated this highly given he was what, 34 when he signed? Over 100 caps for Sweden too.

 

nicksar

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #23

Roland Nilsson for me.
Our current right back is the best we've had for a very long time too.

 

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Ashdown

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #24

Different times called for different players Mick Coop, Borrows, Nielson, MVE ?
Roland was total class, Borrows an excellent loyal servant as was Coop but MVE has the ability in time and at a time now footballers are supreme athletes to be the best

 

Covkid1968#

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #25

Yes … but different world now

 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #26

For me, yes.

There are others worthy of a mention such as Borrows, Thomas and Coop, but I think Nilsson was just a class above. Made the game look easy.

 

Sky Blue Harry H

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #27

Injured far too early in his career, but I loved Graham Oakey ( the lad was brilliant)

 

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blunted

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #28

Perennial Lurker said:

Brian Borrows was hugely underrated. Thought he was good enough to play for England

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Would have if he had more than one foot.

 

rob9872

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #29

Yes to RN

Don't remember how beilliant Oakey was @Sky Blue Harry H

 

DannyThomas_1981

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #30

Danny Thomas was international class - I know I would say that but it's true. There was a buzz in the crowd when he received the ball - and he was our right back in the early 80s. I can only imagine how good he would be in the modern game - pace, technical skills he had it all. Very unfortunate with injury but a total legend.

 

Shannerz

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #31

One of the very best players I've seen play for the club.

I know Sheffield Wednesday were very good when he played for them, but it's odd that he didn't play for one or more of Europe's top sides.

Borrows would undoubtedly have won England caps if he had played for a more fashionable club. Convinced of that. Still wasn't quite as good as Nilsson, though.

 

Ring Of Steel

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• Aug 14, 2024

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I have to go with Brian Borrows. That’s not to run Nilsson down but Borrows could do it all, he oozed class & could score great goals sometimes too. With a touch more pace, had he been at a “bigger” club, and dare I say it had he have had more ruthless ambition, I think he’d have had a shot at playing for England.

I remember him being well into his 30s v Forest in ‘95 & Collymore was scoring for fun & was full of hype, Borrows played at centre half and never gave Collymore a sniff, he was just class.

Only player I ever saw get the better of him was, randomly enough, Ian Ormondroyd at Villa when they beat us 4-1 in 1990.

He’s my favourite ever City player, could go on for ages about him- but for me he beats Nilsson, also for longevity of course. Let Wednesday have Nilsson, we can have Bugsy

 

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Si80

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #33

Shaded out by Martin Lorentzson for me

 

Ring Of Steel

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #34

DannyThomas_1981 said:

Danny Thomas was international class - I know I would say that but it's true. There was a buzz in the crowd when he received the ball - and he was our right back in the early 80s. I can only imagine how good he would be in the modern game - pace, technical skills he had it all. Very unfortunate with injury but a total legend.

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Didn’t he become a physiotherapist in Cov after he had to retire?

 

Terry Gibson's perm

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• Aug 14, 2024

• #35

I didn’t see Thomas play but did meet him after a game in a restaurant once and he was very nice.

Nillson was better than Borrows (who was one of the worst crossers of ball that I have ever seen).

David Phillips would have been a brilliant modern type full back.