Best player to play for city

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Originally Posted by truthpaste

Fair comment but may I say, wrong conversation.

If the thread was "The Player who was best for CCFC" then I would agree, Friday was a complete box of frogs.
As a gifted player, he was a flawed genius. The most exciting & charismatic player I have seen in my 55 years at City.

In terms of the greatest player ever to play for us it has to be John Charles. If he had been English he would have been knighted. It’s a pity that he was way past his best and had a seriously gammy knee when he played for us.

In terms of Robin Friday there is no doubt he had been extremely talented when he played for Reading. However, due to his lifestyle and attitude the law of diminishing returns set in early in his career. His reputation went before him, big clubs wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole and when Reading eventually got fed up with him we were the only ones mug enough to buy him. When he was with us he missed more than half the games he was eligible for be being in jail, suspended, injured or couldn’t be a*sed. Sadly, glimpses of his real ability were precious few with us. A real waste of a life. I’m sure he could have been a great player had his attitude been different. With Robin Friday it’s a case of what might have been. Outside of Reading and Cardiff, Robin Friday will be primarily remembered for a great photo and a completely untrue story of what was supposed to have happened in Brighton.