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Re: Skillful players at Cardiff City
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Originally Posted by
NYCBlue
It seems like this thread is more about dribbling and taking men on. I still think Whitts' first touch from long balls and ball control in tight situations was a sight to behold. His goal against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup was ridiculous.
I'd have Whitts at or near the top in any list of either the best technical or most skilful City players I've seen - Alan Curtis would be another one on both lists, while another ex Jack Jason Bowen had a lot of talent and, going back a long way and sticking the ex Jack theme, Barrie Jones was a skilful performer.
More recently, I always though Anthony Pilkington was a good technical player.
Although I wasn't a great fan of his while he was at Cardiff, Robin Friday would be up there as well and Adrian Alston had a taste for the unusual which revealed him as a skilled performer.
Kimbo was a very good technical player as well and Mats Daehli also deserves a mention as well.
Rambo would be in any list of skilful and/or technical players as well.
Danny Gabbidon and Mark Delaney were also good enough technically not to get found out in the Premier League.
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Another one I should have mentioned is Steve McPhail, one of the bravest players I've ever seen at City.
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Ian Gibson, Johnny Vincent etc but for one game alone, nothing to touch him.......Greg Farrell, a lot of years ago now but some of those Middlesbrough players had their shirts on inside out, what a performance that night.
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
Ian Gibson, Johnny Vincent etc but for one game alone, nothing to touch him.......Greg Farrell, a lot of years ago now but some of those Middlesbrough players had their shirts on inside out, what a performance that night.
Absolutely, I’ve never seen as good a performance by anyone in a City shirt since. He was absolutely untouchable that night. I think Ian Gibson was playing for Middlesbrough that night in 1966.
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Tony Villars was a very good dribbler with the ball and I suppose the 70s equivalent of the Farrell match was when he scored a brilliant equaliser against Palace to send then down and keep us up in 1974.
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I’m surprised Alan Curtis hasn’t had more mentions, thought he’d be a shoe in for the list?
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that trapped lay off to Bellamy for the killer goal down at the liberty by rambo was world class
Stopped the ball and put it on a plate to be hit
Ramsey was an incredible talent and it was a disgrace dave Jones didnt give him his day in the sun at Wembley
We would have beaten pompey
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Jordi Culé
I’m surprised Alan Curtis hasn’t had more mentions, thought he’d be a shoe in for the list?
Agreed. The sunning goal he scored in the 1988 Welsh cup final versus Wrexham is one of the best goals I have seen live.
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Park Life
Agreed. The sunning goal he scored in the 1988 Welsh cup final versus Wrexham is one of the best goals I have seen live.
Any excuse.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mhCnrCxI4uY
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Optimistic Nick
There has been a lot of chat about brentford recently. I cannot hear the word “Brentford” without picturing Fowler’s chip. He was a class act on his day, at a time when players like that were a rare luxury
That game was a riot, we tonked them 4-1, only a month after we lost to them on Boxing Day. It was also Frank Burrows birthday!
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Jordi Culé
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Fatty Thornton
That game was a riot, we tonked them 4-1, only a month after we lost to them on Boxing Day. It was also Frank Burrows birthday!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m9fscrz0qWQ
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MacAdder
All of the above plus Jay Bothroyd when he was on his game. Knew how to score pretty goals too.
Jay Bothroyd was immense on his day.
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Park Life
Agreed. The sunning goal he scored in the 1988 Welsh cup final versus Wrexham is one of the best goals I have seen live.
Curtis was brilliant.
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Curtis at his best was a near World Class player.
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Quincy. Had a few skills. Shame he was in the list of worst ever players
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
Ian Gibson, Johnny Vincent etc but for one game alone, nothing to touch him.......Greg Farrell, a lot of years ago now but some of those Middlesbrough players had their shirts on inside out, what a performance that night.
We agree on something!
Gibson and Vincent were both good players,especially Gibson.
That Farrell performance is the stuff of legend.
I'd only been following football for a few years and I had never seen a performance like it.
It's 50 odd years ago now and I don't think I have really seen many, if any, like it since.
Think it was a saturday afternoon though wasn't it?
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Originally Posted by
splott parker
Ian Gibson, Johnny Vincent etc but for one game alone, nothing to touch him.......Greg Farrell, a lot of years ago now but some of those Middlesbrough players had their shirts on inside out, what a performance that night.
Amazing performance. Could never understand who he didnt repeat it, even occasionally.
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Elwood Blues
We agree on something!
Gibson and Vincent were both good players,especially Gibson.
That Farrell performance is the stuff of legend.
I'd only been following football for a few years and I had never seen a performance like it.
It's 50 odd years ago now and I don't think I have really seen many, if any, like it since.
Think it was a saturday afternoon though wasn't it?
Apologies I have just checked back and 3rd May 1966 was indeed a Tuesday night.
Unusual for City because I seem to recall that Scoular preferred to play on Wednesdays.
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Hilts
Curtis at his best was a near World Class player.
Fantastic player, he could throw his hips and drop a shoulder and some of the crowd would move. I always feel he is criminally underrated when people compare Welsh greats.
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Billy Ronson, Barrie Jones, Ian Gibson. But Whitts outshines them all.
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Craig Noone's performance away to Man City was one of the most skillful performances I've seen someone have in a City shirt. Shame he was so inconsistent as he was clearly talented.
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Elwood Blues
Apologies I have just checked back and 3rd May 1966 was indeed a Tuesday night.
Unusual for City because I seem to recall that Scoular preferred to play on Wednesdays.
The game took place on Wednesday 4 May and the following Saturday 7 May we lost 9-0 at Deepdale
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Enoch Mort
The game took place on Wednesday 4 May and the following Saturday 7 May we lost 9-0 at Deepdale
I was there and I could have sworn it was played in daylight.
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cardiff55
Billy Ronson, Barrie Jones, Ian Gibson. But Whitts outshines them all.
I think Billy Ronson was more industrious than skillful.